This document provides resources for 21st century skills in the English Language Arts classroom, including websites, tools, and a job description for a 21st century literacy specialist. The literacy specialist is responsible for integrating 21st century skills across the curriculum through teaching, leadership, professional development, and collaboration. Numerous online resources are listed to support digital literacy, digital storytelling, collaborative writing, and other 21st century skills.

1. 21st Century Skills in the ELA Classroom With Karen Brooks

4. http://www.evalutech.sreb.org/21stcentury/21st_century.pdf

5. FromChristian School Journal

15. http://k12onlineconference.org/

16. Mr. Miller’s Classroom 10 Blog http://millersenglish10.blogspot.com/index.html

17. The 21 st Century Schoolhouse Bloghttp://literaturecirclesintheclassroom.blogspot.com/2007/04/watching-my-students-think-this-all.html

18. eHowhttp://www.ehow.com/how_2101674_start-classroom-blog.html

21. Also check out on Flickr – Digital Storytelling in 5 photos or less. http://flickr.com/groups/visualstory/

23. Clickable Poems http://www.clickablepoems.com/

24. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/readlanguage/

28. Video Conferencing http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/directory.cfm

31. THE GROUCHY LADYBUG http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webqfrey/webqsfrey.html

32. Google Lit Trips http://www.googlelittrips.org/

33. Other Great Web 2.0 Resources SMARTBoard Lesson Enhancement Resources for Website Promote 21st Century Skills

36. Digital Storytelling http://web2-and-you-2.pbwiki.com/Digital%20Storytelling%20in%20Social%20Studies

39. Contact Karen Brooks [email_address]