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Explania: Animated Explanations

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Watch hundreds of animated explanations, interactive tutorials, animations and instructional videos, and feel free to embed them on your own web pages.

 

Promising site with lots of authentic videos

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YouTube videos for EFL Lessons

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I use these videos in my EFL classes to introduce the topic, set the context, and elicit the target language. I've used these with high school students and older, but many are also appropriate for children's lessons.

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Seven misconceptions about how students learn

Here are seven of the biggest myths about learning that, unfortunately, guide the way many schools are organized in this era of standardized test-based public school reform.
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A few things to keep in mind....

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Learning Adventures with Mrs. Gerlach: Motivational Magic!

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A plethora of classroom management ideas! Primarily aimed at YLs

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Online Audio Joiner

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Online Audio Joiner is a free tool that enables you to join multiple audio files into one single. It supports most audio formats and allows to crossfade you tracks.
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Ten Simple Phonics Activities Requiring Little Preparation (TESL/TEFL)

10 activities that work well with various levels. ESL students or young native speakers.

 

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Wilson, Matthew. "Ten Simple Phonics Activities Requiring Little Preparation." The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. XIV, No. 4, April 2008.

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Whatever Happened To iBooks?! | Edudemic

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Interesting article on creating and curating digital content as ePubs

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12 Awesome EdTech Tools for 2012-2013

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A nice basic list of tech tools for teachers

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A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods

Want ideas for how to present data visually? Look no further!

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7 Mobile Apps Students Can Use to Never Lose Handwritten Notes Again

A list and description of 7 apps for taking notes

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OECD Stats

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A quick, visual way to compare various statistics among 13 OECD nations. 

 

I'm not sure how I'd use this in class, but it has great potential! Maybe for a comparatives lesson....

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Cybrary Man's list of PBL resources

An impressive list of online resources related to project-based learning (PBL)

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Interesting Ways to Use QR Codes

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Some very cool and inspiring ways to use QR codes in class!

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Google Art Project

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Explore collections from around the world with thousands of artworks photographed in extremely high resolution. Also enables to create and share own collections of masterpieces.
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David Pogue: 10 top time-saving tech tips

Tech columnist David Pogue shares 10 simple, clever tips for computer, web, smartphone and camera users. And yes, you may know a few of these already -- but ...
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POSTER: 7 Best Games for Your Next Conversation Class

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"Introducing '7 Great Games for Your Next Conversation Class' - a reference poster with 7 creative conversation class ideas."


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Why use video to learn English? A debate.

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"Here is an article that appeared in [a recent issue] of The English Connection. It is in the form of an email debate between a teacher in Korea, Michael Griffin and David Deubelbeiss...."

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17 Free Tools for Creating Screen Capture Images and Videos

Macs have easy shortcuts for screen captures; but if you want to do something a little fancier, such as add highlights or annotations, or if you'd like to record a video of your computer screen, this article offers some interesting alternatives.

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Digital Writing Workshop: tools

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Very extensive list of websites and applications for all types of content creation: text, presentations, audio/video.  Useful overview on homepage.


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100 Ways To Use Facebook In Your Classroom | Edudemic

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Great ideas--small and large--for how teachers can take advantage of Facebook.

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20 Registration-free online map tools for the classroom

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Map tools--potentially useful for "directions" units and general exploring of the world.

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Educational Leadership:Feedback for Learning:Seven Keys to Effective Feedback

Long article on what constitutes feedback, with suggestions for how to do it effectively.

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Rubrics

A list of useful rubrics sites

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Explania: Animated Explanations

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Watch hundreds of animated explanations, interactive tutorials, animations and instructional videos, and feel free to embed them on your own web pages.

 

Promising site with lots of authentic videos

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Eliminate Failure with “Flow” | Connected Principals

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A good reminder and inspiration for teachers on how to keep students challenged but not anxious, improving their skills but not getting bored.

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Zeek Interactive

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A super-easy way to generate a URL that students can click on to post a pre-created Twitter message. Turn it into a QR code to use it as a reward, or to let students easily "check in" at educational events!

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Film Circles: Scaffolding Speaking for EFL Students

This article describes how the researchers implemented "film circles" for a class watching a movie. It explains the students' assigned roles and how they were scaffolded.

 

Useful for teachers who make their own curriculum; probably less useful for supplementing a grammar- or function-focused textbook.


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