This document discusses using technology to help students better understand literary devices like irony. It provides examples of internet resources like blogs, podcasts, videos and websites that can provide definitions, real-world examples, and opportunities for active learning. Students can use these resources to gain a deeper understanding of irony and then apply it to literature and their daily lives. Links are included to specific online resources about irony and works like "The Story of an Hour" that can benefit students.

2. Technology Integration
The English language is complex and filled with all
sorts of hard to understand literary devices.
Incorporating technology into a lesson about a literary
device, such as irony, can give students more resources
and opportunities for getting a full understanding of the
term. Technology also allows students to be exposed to
examples of irony in the real world and in literature.
The use of technology in a lesson about irony also
makes the student a more active participant in their
furthered understanding of the term, so that they can
then apply it to any example they come across in
literature or their day to day lives.

3. Rational Video

4. Internet Content
0 The new generation of students is being raised
around the constant use of technology and more
specifically the internet. In giving students
opportunities to obtain reliable and factual
information from resources on the internet, it makes
the material more accessible. The internet content
that I have chosen is useful for students to get real life
examples, literary examples, and definitions.
0 The following three slides provide examples of
possible internet resources.

5. Internet Blog
Click on the image to view the BLOG website

6. Internet Podcast
Click on the image to hear the podcast

7. Internet Video
Click on the image to view the internet video

8. Internet Resources
0 The internet has a vast amount of resources
for students including a number of agencies
and organizations that are experts in literary
devices and works.
0 The following two provide online resources
that students may use.

9. Internet Resources
0 Tvtropes.org- The Seven Types of Irony (Click to
access website)
0 Rational: This website explains the definition of
irony and the seven types of irony, while providing
students with example within popular culture
television and movies.
0 The Literary Encyclopedia (Click to access website)
0 Rational: The Literary Encyclopedia explores
literature, history and culture. It is a resources for
students to learn about all literary techniques or
stories through a historical and cultural
perspective, including “The Story of an Hour.”

10. Internet Resource
0 The Virginia Commonwealth University pages on “The
Story of an Hour” (Click to access website)
0Rational: This website gives the written version of
“The Story of an Hour.” It also connects students to
student discussions about the story, explorations of
the story, and other websites about Kate Chopin.
0 PoetryArchive.org (Click to access website)
0 Rational: The poetry archive has a variety of
resources about poems, poets, and literary devices
for students. This link bring the viewer to the page
on irony, where they can find the origin of the term
irony and uses of the term within poetry.

11. Inspiration Diagram

12. Teaching Materials
0 http://poster.4teachers.org/ I can create my own
worksheets or posters.
0 http://quizstar.4teachers.org/ I can create my own
quizzes and assign practice homework for students
that would lead up to the quiz.
0 http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/English/
Reading_and_Writing/Reading_and_Writing.html This
website can give me tools for helping my students to
become better writers when it comes time for them to
write a reflective paper about what they have learned.
0 http://www.polleverywhere.com/ This website will
allow me to set up questions about the material I am
teaching and then have my students use their phones
to text in their answers. This is an interactive way to
check understanding in class.
Click links to access websites.

13. Subject Specific Resources
0 The Digital Library (Click to access website)
0 Female writers were few and far between when
Kate Chopin wrote “The Story of an Hour.” The
digital library is a great resource for students to
learn about female writers, and more specifically
Kate Chopin.

14. Internet Uses
0 http://dictionary.reference.com/
0 This website allows students to look up the
definitions to words that they are uncertain about. I
provides students with the the part of
speech, examples of the word in a sentence, the
origin of the word, and synonyms and antonyms to
the word.
0 http://www.bartleby.com/inaugural/
0 This website gives students access to books online.
Click links to access websites.

15. Web 2.0
Click on the image to view the Google Docs website

16. More Web 2.0
0 Because of the internet I was able to share this
presentation on Slideshare!