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New Direction for SocialESL
All good things must come to an end. After looking at feedback and traffic we have decided to close this site and start a new education portal focusing on tablets and apps.
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Create a Word List with Word Dynamo
This is a real language teacher’s development tool. In 5 easy steps one can create vocabulary lists for classroom use. Once you have create the list your students can study the words with Flashcards, then play multimedia games to learn the vocabulary. Try out the basic 5 item Academic Word List that I created this morning.
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ESL Activities (retro/vintage)
A site that I used in 1999 and was given a facelift in 2006 is still active. It has a smattering of language learning activities - some in very old Flash. It might be good for an intermediate level class on a Friday afternoon or a a reward at the end of a CALL lab activity. Check it out!
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Learn Top Production Tricks at tv.adobe.com
If you are in the fortunate situation of having ownership or access to Adobe products at your work or school, you might be interested in the volume of professional quality “How To” videos from Adobe. There are limitless experts and subjects in video format. Also, lots of advertising, but it is worth enduring these spots to learn from industry pros.
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Video Ideas for Teachers from YouTube
Although I am a strong advocate for using TeacherTube with students, YouTube has a quick item waiting for teachers to explore. There are less distractions, surprises and red faces with Teacher Tube. YouTube has a resource, “Ten Ways to use video in the Classroom“, that will help instructors possibly identify other ways of integrating existing video content such as TeacherTube or Editors Room – in their lessons.
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CCERBAL CALL conference 2012
The Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute’s research centre, CCERBAL, is hosting an international conference on Innovative Practices in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL). The two-day conference will be a unique occasion for researchers, teachers, students and all others with an interest in CALL to gather and share knowledge and ideas. Invited symposia on the topics of The analysis of learner-computer interactions and Distance learning and on-line exchanges as well as round table meetings on Teacher education and Political challenges and visions will provide forums for in-depth discussions of the conference themes and will facilitate exchanges between invited speakers and participants. The conference will be held on the University of Ottawa bilingual campus, in Canada’s national capital. It welcomes proposals on the teaching and learning of second and foreign languages through CALL in a wide range of contexts. In light of the venue of the conference, proposals focusing on CALL for the learning of Canada’s official languages (French and English) as well native, heritage and minority languages will be of particular interest.
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About Today 11 11 11
Just in case your students are curious about today. Timeand Date.com gives you additional information to provide.
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400 Free (University Hosted) Online courses
Yes, free online courses from the world’s leading universities. Including over 250 free courses in the liberal arts and sciences. Some of these audio & video courses can be downloaded these directly onto your computer or portal device.
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Hidden IELTS/PET Gem
Thanks to Enda Tuomey there is a great place to go for people who are learning English and taking the PET, IELTS or TOEFL exams in writing or speaking.
This site features:
- How to write Argument and Opinion essays for IELTS and lots of example essays;
- Writing about Graphs and other essays (Problem and Solution, Cause and Effect);
- Speaking for IELTS and PET; and
- Your essays! A place for you to upload your writing and help other people writing with their writing.
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KSAALT item “SpellingCity”
The nice folks at Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Association of Language Teachers published a short item called, “Creating Vocabulary Activities Using SpellingCity” recently.
Click here to download the publication.
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Online Meetings for a small group with LiveMinutes
LiveMinutes is a fresh offering, on the web, that provides an extended video conferencing resource. It has immediate plans to grow. At this time, it has features such a video, audio, whiteboard, document sharing, maps and more. We have tried it and our thinking of using in on our EVO course this January. Check out the screen shot from this morning.
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A countdown timer for in class activities
On several occasions, I have found myself in the situation of a common assessment activity where time was important the cohorts were in different rooms. Start times were dependent on the last student’s arrival time. Using a stop watch projected a screen form a projector made the time management much easier. A great stopwatch feature can be found at countdown timer.
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