#webliography

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Literacy Webliography

A curated list of digital resources related to literacy, active vs. passive voice, and note-taking strategies.

A. Understanding Active and Passive Voice

1. Purdue OWL — Active & Passive Voice

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/active_and_passive_voice/index.html A clear explanation of how active and passive voice function in writing, with examples and revision strategies. Excellent for middle/high school writing instruction.

2. Grammarly Handbook — Active vs. Passive Voice

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/active-vs-passive-voice/ Student-friendly breakdown with color-coded examples. Useful for independent practice and mini-lessons.

3. Khan Academy Grammar — Verbs and Voice

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/parts-of-speech Interactive practice and brief videos explaining how voice impacts meaning and clarity.

B. Note-Taking Skills & Strategies

4. Cornell Note-Taking System (Official Guide)

https://lsc.cornell.edu/how-to-study/taking-notes/cornell-note-taking-system/ Explains the classic Cornell layout and how to summarize learning — excellent for high schoolers preparing for college readiness.

5. UNC Learning Center — Notetaking Methods

https://learningcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/notetaking-systems/ Shows several note-taking styles (outline, mind map, charting) and when each is effective for different learners.

6. GCF Learn Free — Taking Notes Online

https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/ Short tutorials for digital note-taking, ideal for Chromebooks and classroom tech integration.

C. General Literacy Development

7. Read Write Think (NCTE/IRA)

https://www.readwritethink.org Standards-aligned reading and writing strategies, graphic organizers, and lesson ideas. Great for literacy intervention and scaffolding.

8. Newsela

https://newsela.com Leveled nonfiction texts with built-in quizzes. Supports differentiation and vocabulary instruction.

9. CommonLit

https://www.commonlit.org Free reading passages with embedded questions, annotations, and discussion prompts.

D. ELL (English Language Learners) Support

10. Colorín Colorado

https://www.colorincolorado.org Guides, strategies, and classroom activities for supporting multilingual learners.

E. Assistive Technology & Accessible Learning

11. Bookshare

https://www.bookshare.org Offers accessible books for students with print disabilities (requires school approval).

12. Rewordify

https://rewordify.com Simplifies complex texts for struggling readers while tracking vocabulary progress.

[arefino]

10 Ways to start an Online Portfolio

Now-a-days, there are so many ways to get started if you're trying to create an online portfolio. With all these resources available to us, how are we to know which ones to choose? In this list, I hope to point you in the right direction if you're trying to create some sort of online portfolio to both boast your professional credentials as well as host your work for others to view and comment on. Below I've listed 10 websites that can help you get started.

http://www.noupe.com/design/personal-portfolio-websites.html

This is a great website to view sample portfolio and professional websites. There are some awesome templates all with very unique designs. Many of these sites are portfolio’s of other people, so you can grab ideas from each of them and develop your own!

http://www.LinkedIn.com/ 

 LinkedIn is a professional facebook. It’s where professional people go to meet other professional people. People are networked based on business and career goals. 

http://www.w3schools.com/html/

 A great website to visit to learn about html coding. HTML is very important for those that want to build a professional website. With a knowledge in HTML and CSS, a very sleek and professional portfolio can be designed.

http://www.wix.com/

 Wix is a great destination for those looking for a flash-based website. Although flash websites may not be compatible with mobile devices, there still many reasons to make on and an awesome product can result.

http://www.inkspot.com/

An online writing portfolio for writers alike. Whether you are a digital writer, professional writer, or joy writer, this site is for you. People share their work with others in hopes for both critique and praise.

http://www.writing.com/

 Writing.com is another online writing portfolio. They have a lot of great information that writers can find useful in creating their works.

http://www.instantshift.com/2009/04/26/how-to-create-a-better-online-portfolio/

 This website provides information for people to create an effective online portfolio. It includes tips like understanding your audience and keeping it simple.

http://www.theresumebuilder.com/

Gives tips in building a quick resume in under 10 minutes. They give bare facts to help you get started but don’t necessarily provide you with a medium to do so.

http://www.prosite.com/

Another networked portfolio site. Although they charge, their online presence seems professional and can hold a lot of work.

http://www.krop.com/creativedatabase/

Krop is a social network for online portfolios. It builds a sleek design mixed with amazing interconnectivity and ability to network. I would highly recommend it for an online presence.

[cherylringer-blog]

A Potential Writer and Editor’s Webliography

Here are 10 websites that I have found that seem to be extremely beneficial to creating my own online portfolio. I want my portfolio to consist of my work as a writer, as well as an editor. I would like to create a place where all of my social media sites can be linked together, where I can show my work, and where I can have other writers/editors go talk about and see my products. I would also like to learn how I can become a more efficient and successful blogger, writer, and editor. Here are the sites that can hopefully get me where I strive to be …

1. http://wordpress.com/

Wordpress is the “largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day.” This website provides its users with a free blogging website. It allows it’s users to make their blogging space personal and all about “you” and a specific and intended audience

2. http://www.templatemonster.com/

Template Monster is a website that provides its users with templates for all different websites and sources. It allows users to use any product, category, style, and autor to create the exact type of blog/website you wish to create. It also allows you to pick price ranges, colors, and templates to make your website exactly what you wish it to be.

3. http://writersresidence.com/

This website helps to “create a beautiful writing portfolio with ease.” It specifically aims to impress editors, showcase writing samples easily and effectively, helps/gives advices from the Writer’s Residence support team, and is easily accessible and free to all users.

4. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/04/creating-a-successful-online-portfolio/

Smashing Magazine created a very informative article about the problems that many people run into when creating a successful online portfolio. By showing its readers common mistakes that designers make in their portfolios their readers are able to make sure that they are making a conscious effort to avoid making these same and common mistakes.

5.http://www.site2you.com/

Site 2 You helps with the creation of a website. This website helps its users to understand how to build a website, how to host it, and how to get a domain name registered. This website allows all the sources that are needed an available in one place so that the process of creating a website/online portfolio is much easier and more organized.

6. http://www.cyberindian.com/web-designing/8-tips-for-great-website.php

Cyberindian provides its readers with 8 specific and helpful tips on “how to make a great website”. By making sure that the reader is aware of important components of creating a great website such as color schemes, templates, backgrounds, external links, site maps, and more.  

7. http://www.colorblender.com/

ColorBlender is a great website to help adjust colors so that users are able to choose exactly what they want for their webpage. By having easily understandable and accessible toggles to create exactly what colors you want to use for your website, you will get exactly the product you wish to produce.

8. http://www.make-a-web-site.com/

This website is a great sort of checklist to make sure that every step of the web-page creating process is completed. It also provides its readers with links so that they are sure to understand what the website means when they tell you to make sure you have all of the steps necessary such as “form method” or “alternate text for images’

9. http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/20/how-to-craft-post-titles-that-draw-readers-into-your-blog/

This site explains the importance of titles on a blogging site. It also helps readers/writers to create titles that are appealing to their intended audience. It provides 8 tips on what type of titles are the most appealing and why they are so attractive to readers.  

10. http://www.top10bestwebsitehosting.com/?kw=website%2520builder&c=14385002748&t=search&p=&m=e&adpos=1s1&a=20&gclid=CJih16ivqasCFcsBQAodhguC0A

This website provides you with the top 10 web hosting companies. By using this website it enables you to make a more informative and successful decision when creating a web page.It provides a very informative chart that clearly shows the ranks, web host name, price features, bonus features, customer ratings, reviews, and links to each site.

[erin1014-blog-blog]

Online Portfolio and Resume Building

smashingmagazine : It is an online magazine for professional web designers and developers with a focus on valuable techniques and the best practices. It expresses several common "pitfalls" of online portfolios.

Wix : It is an online platform and also builds websites. It allows its users to choose templates or create a website from scratch. Any type of media can be uploaded through it.

writersresistance : It allows writers to create a website for their online portfolios. It also allows writers to create an online resume, share writing samples, and market their skills as a writer.

wolframalpha : It is a computational knowledge engine that searches several topics to produce the most useful information.

w3schools : A site that features short lessons in how to create a website. It is great for learning how to use HTML with detailed steps while also showing other types to use.

portfoliopen : It is a site that allows people to create an online portfolio. Also, once created, one can manage it for free and they have a twitter account.

Resume for Dummies : A site that gives detailed steps that are dumbed down to the easiest forms. It explains step by step directions to creating a working resume.

freelanceswitch : A site that gives steps to building an online portfolio in nine easy steps.

carbonmade :An online portfolio service that helps show off your work. Also on twitter.

linkedin : It is a site that allows its users to create a social resume. It also allows its users to control their personal identity online and is a source for finding knowledgeable information.

[jcarlson209-blog-blog]

Annotated Bibli

My project is going to be a personal website showcasing my work as a professional writer. Here are ten websites to help design a eye catching, internship scoring website :)

carbonmade.com This is a quirky website designer that catches the eye and is easy to use.

smashingmagazine.com This website is loaded with tips on building a website-- what not to do, what to avoid.

1stwebdesigner.com This website gives tips for creating a webpage and it has tabs to help build a website, go through tutorials, and work with Wordpress.

blog.spoongraphics.co.uk This is a website of interesting blogs (layouts) to consider for blogs on my website.

freelanceswitch.com There are so many tips on this site, not just involving building a website, but how to deal with clients and situations.

instantshift.com This has tutorials and Wordpress also. It also has CSS and fonts, which are helpful.

creativepublic.com This has different resources, articles, and interviews to look at which could be helpful when trying to find information to put on a website.

newyorker.com This is a well respected magazine that I hope to write for one day. I could find different styles and text to try to form my writing on my website to. 

Cosmopolitan.com This magazine is where I am trying to score an internship. I would obviously have to follow it closely and try to trim my work to fit the description of what they are looking for in a writer.

typekit.com This website is all about fonts for a website. Because my website is based around creative writing, I would use this to find fonts suitable for my pieces. 

and there it is :) 

[babbino-blog]

Webliography for Building a Resume

1. Razume - Razume is a service that enables job seekers to complete their resumes and polish them up with feedback from reviewers in the community.

2. LinkedIn - LinkedIn is a combination of a resume, cover letter, reference document and a moving database of your contacts.

3. VisualCV - VisualCV is a website that provides users with a virtual resume, as well as a database of job openings and networking opportunities

4. Emurse - Emurse allows you to create, share and store your resume for free online. 

5. Xing - Xing offers many of the same services as LinkedIn, and like LinkedIn, can serve as your online resume and cover letter.

6. ResumeBucket - ResumeBucket is a service that enables you to post a resume quickly online.  

7. ResumeSocial - ResumeSocial is a social resume community, where you can post your resume online and get feedback, just like Razume. 

8. Gigtide - Gigtide is a website that lets you create, publish, manage and track your resumes, contacts and cover letters online. 

9. Howtowritearesume - Howtowritearesume gives you an easy way to build a professional resume, without being an expert.

10. Ziggs - The service lets you create a profile and manage your online identity, and alerts you each time a recruiter views your profile and resume.

[breezybeats90-blog]

Website Building Webliography

thesitewizard.com/gettingstarted/startwebsite.shtml

w3schools.com - These websites lay out the basics of building a website for beginners. They will be good for me because I've never built a website before.

http://net2.com/nvu/ - A simple, powerful, free website building software. This is how I will make my website.

http://paytonmacdonald.com/

http://www.ayanokataoka.com/home.html - Two good examples of musicians in my field with websites. These sites have all the basic information on them that I will expand on my site.

glish.com/css/

mako4css.com - Two really helpful websites with information about CSS and all it entails. I will reference these if I need help with CSS.

wordpress.org - A simple tool for creating a website. If NVU doesn't work for me, then I will use wordpress to build my site.

http://www.guiseppegetto.com/wra150/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cacmc_wordpress_guide_deluca.pdf - A very helpful and detailed guide for creating a wordpress site. This guide will come in handy if I decide to use wordpress.

websitetips.com - A good general site with articles, tutorials, and tips on building websites. I will reference this when building my site, for it has plenty of good information.

[arielee75]

Annotated Webliography of Website and Photo blog design

This is 10 resources to create professional website and photo blog. I am planning to make a photo blog with word press in order to share my experience with the person who likes travel or photography.

1.http://www.pictorymag.com/

I strongly recommend this website. This website is a great example of photo blog. The theme is simple black with impactive photo. Under every photo has a paragraph to tell the stories of the picture. I could say I love this website. I like the way that people share stories. I want to create a photo blog  just like this.

2. http://wordpress.org/

This is a software that I will use to create my website. Many people are using word press to set up their own website. The system of word press is very helpful for the people who just begin with web design. 

http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/ this link give us some suggesstions on how to start use wordpress. Such as "create a homepage" and "add more pages". If you want to more information about using word press. chenck here. You can follow the step on the website to create your web with word press.

3.http://www.w3schools.com/

This website gives you basic html instructions to help create your website and make it look professional. I used the information from this website to create a website before. If you want to make your website looks special,CSS files plays an improtant role. http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp this page is teach you to write your own CSS. This http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_examples.asp are examples of CSS. You can understand the how CSS works visually.

4.http://www.5min.com/Video/How-To-Make-A-Photo-Blog-4618995

I think many people feel confused about what photo blog is. The video explains how to start a photo blog. Give a lot of advice about build a photo blog. And offer some websites to develop the photos. 

5.http://www.guiseppegetto.com/wra150/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cacmc_wordpress_guide_deluca.pdf

This link is from my writhing class teacher. I am going to use word press to create my website. The PDF is detailed and informative. As a new user of word press, I think it would very helpful.You just need to follow the steps on PDF then you will get your website.

6.http://twitter.com/#!/Photojojo

As we know twitter quick updates search engine. So I could find a lot of information about how to edit my photos.There is a tweet posted on June 1st, said about "Does the lighting in your photos come out too extreme? Learn how to control lights/darks with histograms." It give us a link about the steps that use histogram.

7.http://twitter.com/#!/Photoshop

Photoshop is software to edit photos. This twitter has many tips about how to use Photoshop. 

8.http://www.digital-photography-school.com/

If you are not a good photographer or you don not know how to use your digital camera. This website is great place to visit. They are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in their understanding of photography.

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/5-lessons-for-photographers-from-memoirs-of-a-geisha is someone's expericence about photograpgy. 

9.http://www.sandrophoto.com/

This website is all about photography. You could find information about edit photo with Photoshop, you could find information about skills of taking picture. http://www.sandrophoto.com/2009/03/10/how-to-make-a-photo-blog/ has detailed steps to teach you how to start a photo blog with word press.

10.http://www.themeworld.com/

Do you want your website looks more attractive? This http://www.themeworld.com/fonts/ have a lot of fronts that can be download.