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What do you get when you combine modern technology, classic literature and room full of eager students? Answer: a powerful, engaging language arts learning experience.
 This web site is devoted to educating, challenging and inspiring teachers like yourself to integrate technology into their language arts curriculum. Recognizing that no teacher can effectively apply a tool they don't understand, the goal of the Classic Texts, Modern Publishing web site is to take teachers to a new level in their technology skills. Specifically, teachers will leave this site with the desktop publishing (DTP) and web publishing skills they need to use these tools in a technology-infused online unit.
To help teachers achieve a functional level of literacy with desktop publishing and web publishing, this site includes tutorials for using two common software tools: Microsoft Publisher (DTP) and Microsoft Word (web publishing). In addition, teachers will use FTP (file transfer protocol) software to upload their completed web page to a web server.
Both tutorials are available in Microsoft PowerPoint format.
With desktop and web publishing skills under your belt, you're ready to both use and teach these tools with a technology-infused online unit plan.
This online unit focuses on the use of desktop and web publishing as a powerful
learning tools for English and Language Arts. Your students will use Microsoft
Publisher and Microsoft Word to create a newsletter and web page that illustrates their knowledge of the
writings of William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar,
in this case). Though designed for upper-grade students learning about
the writings of a famous European author, the unit can be adapted easily
to other works of literature, grade levels or subjects.
The Unit
The online unit is housed in TaskStream; it has many links and resources attached
(requires live Internet connection).
The Lesson Plans
The individual lessons that make up the two-part unit are also available in PDF format.
Julius Caesar Desktop Publishing Lesson Plan
(PDF, 78 KB)
William Shakespeare Web Publishing Lesson Plan (PDF, 91 KB)
Julius Caesar DTP Rubric (PDF, 94 KB)
William Shakespeare Web Publishing Rubric
(requires live Internet connection)
Useful Links and Resources
Shakespeare Sites (DOC, 44 KB)
Shakespeare Pictures (DOC, 215 KB)
Student Work
See some student newsletters from the desktop publishing portion of the Classic Texts, Modern Publishing online unit. (Examples require Microsoft Publisher 2000.)
Newsletter Example 1 (PUB, 975 KB)
Newsletter Example 2 (PUB, 566 KB)
Newsletter Example 3 (PUB, 356 KB)
Newsletter Example 4 (PUB, 222 KB)
Ed's Oasis MasterSearch Rubric
The Ed's Oasis MasterSearch Rubric is a useful guide for evaluating web-based lessons and units. You can access it here.
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