Teaching with web resources

This was another great webcast on using the internet to teach.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E418AFF7ABDAD18E

YouTube video of webcast on Digital Natives

This was a really great introduction to the profile and needs of digital natives.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=14C2503BED14537C

Two online magazines for teachers - great articles

The American Federation of Teachers has two great online magazines.

The first, American Educator, has a particularly useful feature on cognition and learning.

Here's the main link,

http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/index.htm

Here also is a link to an article on accommodating ELLs in mainstream classrooms - so you can get a taste.

http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/issues/summer08/goldenberg.pdf




The second, American Teacher, has a variety of articles on classroom practice, policy, and administration issues.

http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_teacher/index.htm

Here's a sample of the useful articles you can find.

http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_teacher/mayjune09/AT_MayJune09.pdf

Resources for teachers

Here is a useful website created for English teachers - lots of great stuff here.

http://englishcompanion.ning.com/

You can create your own website like this at www.ning.com A great way to create a discussion group for teachers or teacher educators.

Free online teacher development program

Here is a link to the US Department of State funded teacher development series, Shaping the Way we Teach English

Useful online video and associated readings.

http://oelp.uoregon.edu/shaping.html

Online video

Lots of great video online here at Teacher's TV

http://www.teachers.tv/video

Kathleen Bailey's resource lists for teachers and teacher educators

Professor Kathleen Bailey has a great list of resources on a wide variety of topics at
http://www.kathleenmbailey.com/5_resources_reflists.html

E-pals

It used to be we had penpals. Now the internet makes it easy for us to find someone to write to in English. Here's a site to help people find an appropriate person to write to.

http://www.e-palworld.co.uk/

International House Journal

This is a link to the in-house journal of the International House affiliation of language and teacher training programs.

Some great stuff here for teachers and teacher educators alike. Practical short articles.

http://www.ihworld.com/ihjournal/backissues.asp

Teaching Large Multi-Level classes

Two great online resources

The first is Natalie Hess' excellent book - a limited preview is available at Google Books

http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=kEyHZ_DiVVkC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0

The second, on the same subject, but somewhat older is available on ERIC in its entirety. It was originally designed for Peace Corps volunteers.

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/29/a7/06.pdf

Reading for Young Learners

Here is a great site with lots of really fun reading activities for young learners.

http://younglearners.eslreading.org/index.html

Online teacher development videos

Here is a series of videos produced by the BBC and the British Council

Useful for teachers and teacher educators alike

http://teachingenglish.org.uk/transform/teachers/training/training-videos

A really great site for practicing English sounds and phonemic script

This site is a lot of fun. It would be great for kids, but is also sufficiently engaging for adults. A great way for teachers and students alike to improve their understanding of English phonology.

http://cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus/

Mindmap Software

Here is a link to a website that lets you make mindmaps online. Useful once in a while, and free.

http://www.bubbl.us/

Good for teacher educators but also for ESOL students who can make their own lexical mindmaps or collocation webs, etc.

Teaching and Learning English Spelling

Here is a link to a blog about teaching and learning English spelling... As it says,
How it works, how to learn it, how to teach it, and how to love it!

http://thespellingblog.blogspot.com/