English Companion Ning - Where English teachers go to help each other. Enhanced English Teacher — A blog about using technology in an English classroom. Education Week Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook: The World's Largest English Department. Published Online: September 21, 2009 Published in Print: October 1, 2009, as The World's Largest English Department This spring, 10 days after completing her bachelor's degree in secondary English education from the University of Tampa, Laura Abercrombie was hired to teach 8th grade language arts.
Anxious about what might be awaiting her in the fall, Abercrombie did what any self-respecting digital native would do: She took her troubles to the Web. She searched "language arts" and stumbled upon The English Companion Ning, whose tag line read, "where English teachers meet to help each other. "