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EFL Classroom's Blog – September 2010 Archive (14)

Larry Ferlazzo - the ultimate website resource

I've highlighted Larry Ferlazzo's amazing blog already but it is about time to repeat! Well worth once again, letting others know about all the invaluable work here does. He constantly shares and informs ESL / EFL teachers around the world and really "makes a difference" His site is extensive and exhaustive and you can find his daily new entries/posts on our main page (scroll down and on the right).

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Added by EFL Classroom on September 30, 2010 at 11:58pm — No Comments

Mixtube - your own youtube catalog

MIX TUBE

Mixtube is a really simple way for teachers to make a list of their favorite Youtube videos You simply put in the url/address of the video and it will be added to your list. You can "borrow" a list of others and use it as the foundation to build your own. (just go to the bottom of the list and select - "create your own playlist based on this". It is really simple!… Continue

Added by EFL Classroom on September 30, 2010 at 11:57pm — No Comments

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

WideWord is a great addition and in many ways "improvement" on a lot of collaborative writing tools out there, in particular Pirate Pad or Writeboard.Yes, there is google docs but WideWord makes it s…

WideWord is a great addition and in many ways "improvement" on a lot of collaborative writing tools out there, in particular Pirate Pad or Writeboard.Yes, there is google docs but WideWord makes it super simple and secure to edit a document together. Perfect for a class or groups within a class.

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Added by EFL Classroom on September 30, 2010 at 11:50pm — No Comments

Vocaroo - easy audio recordings

Vocaroo is a fabulous audio recording site. No frills simplicity and in seconds you can have an mp3 to either download and play back to students/share or embed on a webpage.

Go try it! Russell Stannard has a nice tutorial on his site about Vocaroo.…

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Added by EFL Classroom on September 30, 2010 at 11:47pm — No Comments

Storybird - the best online story writing site

Storybook is a fabulous idea. Using art contributed by some of the world's best illustrators, students can quickly choose pictures and write a story. It is so easy! On one simple interface, students drag over the picture and then type in the box. No saving, that's automatic. Just click the + sign to add the next page. Keep it private…

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Added by EFL Classroom on September 30, 2010 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

Verbalearn

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Added by EFL Classroom on September 21, 2010 at 1:10am — No Comments

Sing Snap Karaoke

Singsnap is the newest of a long line of karaoke… Continue

Added by EFL Classroom on September 21, 2010 at 12:59am — No Comments

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

Placespotting

Placespotting has been discussed previously on the discussion thread (and here) we had about teaching Geography. Thanks to Vincent for the mentioning of it and it is worth telling others about again here! Visit Placespotting for many more searches, it is addictive! Great way for a teacher… Continue

Added by EFL Classroom on September 16, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Origami online

Origami Club rocks! I gave a lecture yesterday and stayed for the presentations by teachers. One teacher introduced us to this site and I was immediately captivated. Such easy instructions, very user friendly, topical (lots of Christmas stuff). Further, though I've done origami before, I was really sold on how following English instructions and learning while doing is such a… Continue

Added by EFL Classroom on September 15, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

ELT and TECH

Time to toot our own horn!

You might not have noticed but we have a wonderful wiki that is public and full of tutorials on how to use many tools, applications, websites when teaching English. ELT and TECH.

I will be adding to it weekly, so keep going back. Just click on the links to the right and get what you want. Lots on offer and it is a nice… Continue

Added by EFL Classroom on September 15, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

10 Commandments of Bearing and Being a Social Network

I've spent A LOT of time on social networks. Probably much more time on forums (which I also consider SNs) than with blogs and the normal SN communities. It isn't easy to create a successful community that is free and without pretense. And, with doing the time, comes some insider knowledge - some wisdom that everybody that's done time garners.

Here, I will share in 5 posts, the notes of my mind, the crumbs and scratchings and conclusions I've arrived at through "doing… Continue

Added by EFL Classroom on September 8, 2010 at 2:14pm — 3 Comments

Icon Scrabble.com - Short Headline maker

Icon Scrabble is a really simple idea that might be an attractive way to highlight vocabulary.

You simply put in an 18 character word or phrase and then save. It will give you an attractive picture in "scrabble style" to display/keep. It would be great if they put an embed code there for us - I'll contact them and let them know.… Continue

Added by EFL Classroom on September 7, 2010 at 12:00am — 2 Comments