2. Technology Integration
Rationale
It’s important to integrate technology when
studying Shakespeare and his texts because
technology helps bring to life Shakespeare’s
world. In the study of Shakespeare, technology
assists students in visualizing plays,
understanding poetic meter, and translating
texts. Technology can draw together key ideas
and concepts to understanding Shakespeare
through creative and interactive methods.
3. Internet Content
All internet sites that have been used in this
presentation have been evaluated as reliable
sources and will be cited in the notes section
for each corresponding slide.
The following three slides show a blog, a
podcast, and YouTube clip that are reliable
sources to help understand Shakespeare.
4. Blog Content
http:///theshakespeareblog.com
This blog posts different articles relevant to
Shakespeare and his works. Posts include
insight on new play adaptions, new
interpretations of his works, and tours of
Shakespeare’s world.
5. Podcast: “Romeo and
Juliet Through the Ages”
http://www.folger.edu/documents/ShaxUnlimited_Rand
JThroughTime.mp3
Folger Shakespeare Library
Shakespeare Unlimited
Episode 12 “Romeo and Juliet
Through the Ages”
This podcast considers how the play
Romeo and Juliet was perceived
through different times in history, as
well as why it is relevant to readers
today.
6. YouTube Content
Hip Hop & Shakespeare: Akala at
TEDxAldeburgh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSbtkLA3GrY
• This clip explores similarities between
Shakespeare’s works and other rap songs in
7. Internet Resources
No Fear Shakespeare
Though this site needs to be used with caution as
it is a branch of SparkNotes, it can be helpful for
students who are struggling to understand certain
scenes in Shakespeare plays. It gives a transcript
of Shakespeare’s plays side by side with a more
modern translation.
Shakespeare Words Glossary
This site is helpful as it provides definitions of
different Shakespeare terms commonly used in
his works.
PBS Shakespeare on Films
This source is useful as it gives many different
sources on how to incorporate Shakespeare film
9. Teaching Materials:
There’s an App for That!
App:
PlayShakespeare.com
• This free app puts all of
Shakespeare’s plays and
many of his sonnets at your
fingertips!
• This app also features
advanced search methods
that can bring users to the
exact act, scene, and line
number of a play.
10. Teaching Materials:
Contextual Definitions
Worksheet
This worksheet is useful
because this reading
comprehension activity is
similar to what is seen on
standardized tests and
specifically, the SATs. The
website also provides
other worksheets for
different Shakespeare
plays.
11. Teaching Materials:
Figurative Language
WorksheetThis worksheet presents a
figurative language activity
using famous quotations
from Shakespeare’s plays.
Students are asked to
identify similes, metaphors,
personification, and
hyperboles and then
explain their answer. This
activity is useful in a
classroom because it not
only emphasizes
Shakespeare but figurative
language as well.
12. Teaching Materials: Using
Textual Evidence
This worksheet
allows students to
focus on textual
evidence to support
different claims
about
Shakespeare’s play,
Macbeth. Practicing
activities such as
this will help
students better
support their claims
for other English
class writing
13. Subject-Specific Internet-
Based Resource
This search engine for e-
books has multiple
versions of each of
Shakespeare’s plays.
This site can be useful in
a classroom because it
would allow the class to
quickly find passages
through key word
Romeo and Juliet is commonly read in high school English, so a podcast such as this that considers themes, perception, and context is informative and helpful to understanding the text. The website Folger.edu also includes other activites for students to complete to help better understand Shakespeare‘s texts.
This video is only twenty minutes and will be interesting to students as it also brings in popular rap songs they might be familiar with.
I created this web through Inspiration’s 30 day free trial. This can be a useful tool for students when reading Shakespeare’s plays to help them keep track of key character and their relationship to other characters.
Available for download: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shakespeare/id285035416?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Link to “Shakespeare” search on the Online Books Page Website: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/search?author=shakespeare&amode=words
Literary Wonderland Shakespeare Site: http://www.literarywonderland.com/portfolio/william-shakespeare/
The Literary Wonderland Shakespeare Site allows students to participate in a variety of different activities including writing their own verisons of Shakespeare’s texts, interviewing Shakespeare, and listening to plays read aloud.
The Modern Library Shakespeare Site: http://www.modernlibrary.com/shakespeare/shakespeare-games/
This Modern Library Interactive Shakespeare site allows students to play different games. One asks students to name what Shakespeare plays famous quotes are from while another game utilizes reading comprehension. Both interactive websites could be useful in a classroom because they can help students learn through a different medium.
Primary Source Site #1: http://www.folger.edu/eduPrimSrcArch.cfm#8
This website organizes archived primary sources by different Shakespeare plays and topics that they are relevant to. Once you click on a topic, various primary sources appear. Underneath each primary source includes different ideas of how to incorporate them in a classroom.
Primary Source Site #2: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/william-shakespeare/#external-links
This site shows copies of Shakespeare’s will and his testament with various questions and a lesson plan for teachers who might consider using primary sources in a classroom discussion on Shakespeare.
Twitter allows teachers and students to collaborate on Shakespeare’s life and works. These two certified Twitter accounts share information and news on various Shakespeare-related topics that could be considered in a classroom.
Shakespeare’s Globe: https://twitter.com/The_Globe
Shakespeare B Trust: https://twitter.com/ShakespeareBT