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Try Wikimedia Commons for millions of free files

Wikimedia Commons permits the use of over 10 million media files. This media file (images, sounds, and video clips) repository  allows accessibility to public domain and freely-licensed educational media content. Great for budget challenged teachers across the globe. Locate media by topic, location, type, author, license and by source.

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Time for grammar review? Try Road To Grammar

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This free resource offers quizzes, games and PDF download activities for students and teachers.  It is worth a quick look to see if it might be useful for your grammar sessions.  There are four sections to explore.  These sections are Quizzes, Extra Practice, Games and Downloads.  ESL and EFL instructors should also look for Road …

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ScreenCast-O-Matic

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ScreenCastOMatic is a web based,  free one-click screen capture recording on Windows or Mac computers.  Yes, no installation required.    A recently published  5 minute video providing you with clear instructions on how to use ScreenCast-O-Matic is now available on YouTube. I’ve been using it for a year or so and it has been reliable and …

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Dipity for Timeline activities

Chronology is can be a key factor in teaching many concepts in all subjects.   In the example I created below, I created a Dipity timeline of a typical week.  This can be used to introduce the present simple tense.   As well, students with free accounts could produce timelines (constructivism) to tell a story or to …

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Our first course migrated to the Moodle MOOCH

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Free Lessons and activities at esltopics.com

At ESLtopics there is a mountain of learning opportunities waiting to be used by ESL or EFL teachers.  Teachers can supplement their  speaking, reading and writing classes with the  word banks,  quizzes and activity handouts. Alternatively, they may mix and match and create their own complete lessons!  Oh did we mention that these are also …

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Textivate Text Exercise Generator

Textivate is a web based application that easily generates a myriad of interactive browser-based language activities based on any input passage of  500 words or less. A teacher or students can paste or input a text into textivate the text box on and click on the textivate now button to see the generated  exercises. Be …

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Prewriting Activity with The Interactive Trading Card Creator

The Trading Card tool gives students an alternative way to demonstrate their search, literacy, and categorization skills as they learn about about popular culture texts or realia. This interactive tool allows students to create their own trading card about a real or fictional person, place, object, event, or abstract concept.  This could be used as …

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term.ly for Vocabulary Building Activities

term.ly provides concise definitions as well as a quick link bar to other web resources to locate elaborations of input terms.

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Trello, a simplified project organiser

Whether it is is a real world or class assignment, Trello can help with project organisation and progress. It has a very friendly interface as well as intuitive mechanics that make Trello a tool in which no training is required for newbies.  

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