The Purdue Owl

The webpage I would like to recommend to English teachers and all teachers in general is the Purdue OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ The mission of this website is to assist people in developing their writing, no matter what skill level they are at. This tool is free for anyone to use and it is very thorough and concise. The toolbar on the left side of the webpage displays many of the types of service the website offers, for example,: “General Writing, Research and Citation, Teacher and Tutor Resources, Subject Specific Writing, Job Search Writing, and English as a Second Language”. I also frequently use this webpage for information on citations for different kinds of materials. Clearly, this website has a lot of offer. Because of this, I recommend this to both teachers AND students. Teachers can use this webpage to refresh themselves on some writing rules, and more importantly, by clicking on the teacher resource tab, they can even plan lessons and find new media to use in their classrooms. There is a great new toolbar that pops up with all sorts of resources for the teachers to pull from to format creative lessons that teach writing. There are multiple “How To” pod casts that teachers can also integrate into the classroom. Students can use this webpage to also brush up on rules of grammar and writing. As I previously mentioned, it is also a great tool for formatting citations for papers. They can also use it learn how to research and also to learn how to write for different situations and formats. This goes for students in high school as well as middle school.

I really recommend this website to anyone involved in the field of English in any way. Many of my teachers have even referred me to this website when I have had questions about writing. The University of Illinois English librarians have even referred me to the OWL.  Purdue has come up with a brilliant resource and I want to get this information out to everyone who could find it useful.