Saturday, September 19, 2009
Teaching writing isn’t easy but despite being a “high order skill” it is an invaluable thing for any student who will work in an all English environment. Or for any second language speaker who’ll communicate online (or by snail mail – people still do that, you know!).
Fortunately there are many online sites to help teachers [...]
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Today I spent a little time helping out another teacher with resources for teaching about the planets. I thought I’d take a moment and just share here too…. This is fascinating stuff for kids of all ages and if you can get them doing any of the following, you’ll be successful.
1. Project – get groups [...]
I’ve been giving more and more workshops on using Technology and Language Teaching.
Here’s a presentation with lots of direct links to applications, tools, games, resources that I think English teachers will find useful in their “wired” classroom.
I also recommend going HERE for more tutorials and information. Our Professional Development page also has lots of great [...]
I tried to do something different with this presentation of wordles. Simply GO HERE and see them. Play What the Wordle. It is in my Picasa web album – something teachers might use!
You can get a lot more Wordle games on EFL Classroom’s wordle page!
The powerpoint will be forthcoming so you can print [...]
A new way to learn vocabulary as a game…
I’ve highlighted Larry Ferlazzo’s amazing blog already but it is about time to repeat! Well worth once again, letting others know about all the invaluable work he does. He constantly shares and informs ESL / EFL teachers around the world and really “makes a difference” His site is extensive and exhaustive and you can find [...]
NEWSLETTER ARCADE TED TALKS VOCAB SOFTWARE PRACTICE INFO STORIES PEOPLE KARAOKE POP GAMESJOB UNIVERSE CHAT TEFList DIALOGUES STUDY TARHEEL EDITOR STORIES ETEACHING VOICETHREADS NFB SONGS RADIOCLICKNLEARN VOICE MEJUKEBOX COTEACHING LISTEN blog LESSONSBOOKS READERS/QUIZDAILY LESSON MINGOVILLE SPELL IT CURRENT EVENTSVIDEOS RESOURCES TEXTBOOKS SCRIBBLAR DOCSF & F LISTENING VIDEOS + PEACE BLOGS YAPPR EVENTS AUDIO TWITTER DISCUSSIONS [...]
I’ve been investigating many new “chatterbots”, artificially intelligent characters that can help students practice and learn English online. Dave our wonderful chatterbot is under the knife but I think I’ve found a way to keep him on life support at least. You can still keep him company HERE.
However, I’ve designed the first prototype of
Michael Jackson will never die! I truly believe that and when we commit to excellence, no matter what else our manner, a part of us will live forever. Michael Jackson touched eternity and we will enjoy his genius forever and anon.
I’ve traveled and taught English around the world. Wherever I was, I could count on [...]
MIX TUBE
Mixtube is a really simple way for teachers to make a list of their favorite Youtube videos You simply put in the url/address of the video and it will be added to your list. You can “borrow” a list of others and use it as the foundation to build your own. (just go to [...]
