Try the EnglishCentral free trial. See What's New this month Have you read Our Latest Newsletter? Check out Our Top 50 Lists

EFL CLASSROOM 2.0

Search Results (20)

Supporter The #1 ...... ("funnest" online game in ELT)

Number One ** Not your ordinary, endless list - just what's number 1.

Draw My Thing

I've written about this game every…

Continue

Added by ddeubel on September 2, 2011 at 8:07pm — No Comments

Supporter My New Favorite Online Drawing Program

My new favorite online drawing program!

Click on image for link

There is some method to my madness here- the above image will take you to the actual web page. What follows below is my experiment with embedding swf or dcr files, but the "undo" button is cut off from use...…

Continue

Added by Ellen Pham on January 28, 2009 at 7:00pm — 6 Comments

Supporter Odopod online drawing

Kids love to draw. Heck, everyone loves to draw. (see my blog post, "The Draw of Drawing" for many ideas) And Odopod's Sketchpad is the absolute best on the Web. I've long had it on our site map (look at the bottom category). However, they've recently redesigned and it is cooler than ever!

With the sketchpad, you can make a sketch and… Continue

Added by EFL Classroom on September 30, 2010 at 11:55pm — No Comments

Supporter The "draw" of drawing

As a language teacher, I often use drawing as a way for students to "learn" language. Students love drawing and it is a very motivating tool that almost every student enjoys Even those students who have difficulty drawing can have fun given a teacher that shows their own inept drawing ability and keeps things "light".

I wrote "learn" because the real purpose of getting students drawing is not so they "learn" language but rather unconsciously acquire…

Continue

Added by ddeubel on July 17, 2010 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Supporter The #1 ...(Quick and Easy Young Learner Lesson)

** Not your ordinary, endless list - just what's number 1.

Get the full eBook

What Do You See?

Let's face it, many times as a teacher, we are faced with…

Continue

Added by ddeubel on November 10, 2010 at 1:58pm — No Comments

Supporter Funny Door Mats

I'm a big fan of drawing in the EFL Classroom 2.0. Last night, my parents related a story about a neighbors door mat (pictured). I immediately thought "LESSON!", so here it is.

It would be great…

Continue

Added by ddeubel on December 18, 2011 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Supporter Featured Resource: Storyboards

Storyboards are an excellent resource that allows students to creatively produce language.

They can either be drawn by students (see the template) and then the students tell the story. Or, they can be predone and students use to tell the story or write out the…

Continue

Added by ddeubel on October 19, 2012 at 2:03pm — No Comments

My head's spinning but I'm loving it [Classroom escapades 03]

It's the end of week 3 of my new Ning-multimedia class.

There's so much happening at times that I can scarcely keep up. So where to start? Well here's some of the highlights and issues I'm thinking about.

The building of community

The students are posting incredibly supportive comments to each other. And it's not empty rhetoric. They're making connections to their own lives - making comparisons and offering support and encouragement.… Continue

Added by Greg Oz on February 8, 2008 at 8:53am — 1 Comment

Supporter Youtube 4 Teachers

Video Rulz! However for teachers, youtube can be problematic in the classroom. Too many distractions, too many ads. The students are busy looking at all the other stuff and not focusing on the main video.

I've made a player that helps immensely. Drawing on youtube's API, you even get higher quality and more reliably…

Continue

Added by ddeubel on December 2, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Supporter Pixton - one of many comic generators

Today's site comes from a fellow EFL Classroomer, Michael Stout. It is Pixton, a site from Adobe which allows students/teachers to create comics quickly and "funly".

I really like this one! Previously, on a substantial thread, we discussed many other comic makers but this one… Continue

Added by EFL Classroom on September 16, 2010 at 10:52pm — No Comments

Supporter The #1 .... ( teaching tool)

Number One ** Not your ordinary, endless list - just what's number 1.

A Blank Piece of Paper

I'm sure many of you might have voted for…

Continue

Added by ddeubel on September 11, 2010 at 12:30am — 1 Comment

Supporter On The Shoulders of Regular Joe Teachers

These few words today are in thanks to all those I've learned from. The thousands of teachers I've trained and spoken with, the thousands of teachers sharing online and who've I've "nudged mouses" with, the many teachers I've had the pleasure of joining in their own classrooms, the teachers who've I've corresponded with by email AND even the teachers I've never even touched bases with (for all knowledge flows, like water). Hat's off to you all.

We often think we rest on… Continue

Added by ddeubel on November 30, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Supporter My Best "Practical" Teaching posts

I'd like to share for the start of a new school year or semester - My best "Practical" blog posts. Meaning, posts about actual resources to be downloaded, used in class. Lesson ideas. This complements my …

Continue

Added by ddeubel on August 23, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Supporter Youtube 4 Teachers

I've made a playerthat helps immensely. Drawing on youtube's API, you even get higher quality and more reliably…

Continue

Added by ddeubel on December 4, 2011 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Supporter First Peoples/ First Nations of the World- an ongoing project

Netsilik Inuit- Canadian Artic

Kiashuk, admired as one of the greatest Inuit (Netsilik) artists, died in 1966, nearly eighty years old. He was renowned among his people as a hunter, a storyteller, and a singer of the old songs. His drawings and prints portray all aspects of Inuit life, hunting, fishing, and the world of the spirits.

Netsilik Vocal Games (Artic Inuit)…

Continue

Added by Ellen Pham on July 31, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

Supporter My winter camp idea, any thoughts?

Here's my proposal for my winter camp. Any thoughts? Would middle school kids enjoy this? I really want to work on things like reading and writing. The kids I teach really need help in that area.

Non-fiction Reading and Writing

Class final project: Class portfolio of writing in a newspaper format.

Objectives: To increase students’ interest for reading short books, write book reports and present them, and work on editing and publishing students’ writing into a finished… Continue

Added by Jessica Cahill on October 23, 2009 at 5:00am — 6 Comments

Inspiring & motivating - how it should be

I'm a newbie here.

I teach ESL (settlement English) to adult refugees and immigrants.

My class has been working this term to create short movies about 'How to catch public transport' for students at a lower level. It has been a steep learning curve for us all but oh so inspiring in so many ways. They have just gone for it. They're engaged, excited and teaching each other along the way. I'm stepping into the background - there to support if needed.

Now we' re… Continue

Added by Greg Oz on November 28, 2007 at 7:04am — 4 Comments

Supporter Can You Help Me Create Change?

I have been mulling over an idea in my head for a couple of months now. The above video inspired me to disclose it today. Above is the video log from the Uncultured Project. Uncultured was started by a college student from the US that was so moved by a speaker at his school talking about practical solutions to the issues that aggravate world poverty. Shortly after he moved to…

Continue

Added by Justinoxxii on June 26, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

Supporter The power of collaboration - a member's story.

The internet and associated technologies offers no greater boon to educators than cross cultural classroom collaboration. Making the world more beauty and small - through understanding and community.

Rawya Shatila has been a stellar member here - someone at the forefront of using video and web 2.0 with her elementary language learners. See her student created videos and visit… Continue

Added by ddeubel on August 3, 2010 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

Supporter Do Teachers Kill Creativity

Do teachers kill creativity? What is the harm that a "teacher" does, just by being a teacher? Do we indeed stunt student achievement, growth and "thought" by our mere presence as a model and person to look up to and copy/become?

Like Ken Robinson's story in "Do School's Kill Creativity", where the little girl is drawing God and the teacher says, "You can't draw god!" -- are we limiting our students by teaching our… Continue

Added by ddeubel on December 3, 2010 at 8:41pm — No Comments