Week#5 - Activities Revisited

New Activity Sites

• Grammar-Quizzes: Practice on Points of English Grammar (ESL/EFL)
• Interactive English Exercises
• Tiny TEFL Teacher Home
• Quia - Quia Web

Favorites

• Englishpage.com
• FreeESLMaterials.com
• AgendaWeb - Free English Exercises
• StarFall.com  (young learners)
• elllo.org - English Listening Language Lab Online
• 5 Minute English- Hundreds of Short Self-Study English Lessons
• A4ESL.org - Activities for ESL/EFL Students (English Study)

Others

• English Online France
• SpellingCity
• Exercises for Beginners
• Manythings.org
• Jezarka's Interactive Exercises
• ESL Blues
• Real-English.com - ESL Videos ESL Lessons.
• Business English Grammar Lessons
• English Exercises Online
• English Works! Exercises Main Index
• ESLBears: ESL Activities and Exercises
• English Language Centre Study Zone
• Teaching ESL
• Rong-Chang.com
• Adult Learning Activities | California Distance Learning Project
• Breaking News English Lessons
• Learn English Online at Open English World
• English Learing Activities List (Emily Chen)
• ITESLJ's links to Games & Quizzes

Sites designed specifically to provide test taking peparation

• http://www.english-test.net/
• http://www.gettoefl.com/practice.htm
• http://www.easyenglish.com/
• http://www.eslgold.com/
• http://www.selfaccess.com/ (click 'free samples')
• http://www.examenglish.com/
• http://toefl.practice-tests.learnhub.com/

Online Activity Generators

• ProProfs Quiz School
• Quizlet (Flash Cards)
• Script-O! (not free)
• PuzzleMaker.com
• Charles Kelly's Online Quiz Generator
• EclipseCrossword Puzzle Maker

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Mobile Tools

• Google Translate - Android iPhone
• Conversation English
• iVocabulary
• English Phrasebook m(Idioms)
• 15,000 Useful Phrases
• AccelaStudy

Make your own comics and animations

• Makebeliefscomix.com/Comix
• Comicmaster.org.uk
• Stripcreator.com/make.php
• Wittycomics.com
• Blank Cards
• Videos 
• Goanimate.com
• XtraNormal

Personality Tests and Your Virtual Fortune

(good for vocabulary) 

• Right Brain/Left Brain
• MBTIStatements
• Word Choice
• Descriptions of MBTI Types
• More Descriptions
• Lots of tests at: Similarminds.com/personality_tests.html

Easier Stuff

• Astrological Profile
• Tarot Card
• Chinese Readings
• Chinese Zodiac Compatibility
• How Romantic Are You?
• Coworker Zodiac Comparability
• Children's Horoscopes
• Love Horoscope Profile

Odds & Ends

• Graphic Organizer Links & Gliffy.com (mind mapping and chart building) 
• Barry Fun English Tools
• Online Clocks & Stopwatches

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Week#3

Video capturing and editing
   Sites that can be used to download video from YouTube

• KeepVid.com - online download tool - paste in the video URL, choose your format, can convert
• Tubget.com - similar to Keepvid
• Video2mp3.net - Convert Youtube videos to mp3 files
• Downloadhelper.net - Firefox extension allows downloading and converting
• Other Download Tools: Vixy.net, Videogetting.com,  Zamzar.com,  KeepTube.com

  Window Live Movie Maker Guides 

• Teacher Training WMM Screencasts
• 7tutorials.con Guide 
• Make a slideshow with pictures

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Screencapturing & Screensharing

• Live Desktop Sharing
• Quickscreenshare.com
• Mikogo
• Yugma 
• Vyew 
• WizIQ
• Screen Capture (image & video)
  
  • Screencast-o-Matic
  • Screenr
  • Jing Project - easy screencast publishing
  • Camstudio - free screencast software
  • Camtasia - Media Recording (commercial)

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• Edublog Awards

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Week#2

Go to this Google Doc and add your Skype ID and Gmail Address

Skype
Register for an account at http://www.skype.com/go/join?intcmp=join
If you don't have Skype on your computer, download it here: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/windows/
Start the program and login.
Skype Guide

Google+ Hangouts
Guide to creating and joining a Google+ Hangout

Video Email
Register here: http://eyejot.com/join
Click 'Compose New Message'

Interactive Presentation Environments
Blackboard Collaborate
Video example - Collaborate Recording
Webhead Recordings    Classroom20 Recordings

Try joining a Collaborate room at Webheads http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=273662
Click Join. Then Login and click 'Enter Now'
Save the 'meeting.php' file and open it.  Click Run

Classroom2.0 Site  &  Upcoming Events
WebheadsinAction  EVO2012 Workshops

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Week#1

• Discuss your CALL Learning Passions & Preferences
• Experiment with building a course website
  Google Sites   Weebly   
• Check out a few new sites on the Website Buffet page

Screen Capture (image & video)

• Screenr
• Screenjelly
• Screencast-o-Matic
• ScreenToaster
• Camtasia - Media Recording
• Camstudio - free screencast software
• Jing Project - easy screencast publishing
• SnapZPro - Media Recording
• Wink

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Recent Additions

• http://busyteacher.org/ (printable handouts)
• http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
• http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/School-Bell
• http://www.learningchocolate.com/
• http://www.sesamestreet.org
• http://www.dogonews.com/
• http://blachan.com/shahi/ (visual dictionary)
• http://www.roadtogrammar.com/

Jeff's Favorite Sites (totally subjective)

• UsingEnglish.com
• Internet TESL Journal Links
• AgendaWeb.org
• Sounds of American English
• RachelsEnglish.com
• EnglishCentral.com
• English Listening Lesson Library Online
• FreeESLMaterials.com
• ESLGold.com
• Wordcount.org
• Free Rice

General/Mixed Purposes

• Internet TESL Journal Links
• English-Zone.Com
• Learning English with EnglishClub.com
• ESL Flow
• English Daily
• Englishforeveryone.org
• UsingEnglish.com
• English, baby - Student Community
• Activities for ESL Students
• Ediscio.com - Online Flashcards
• Learning English Online
• Dave's ESL Cafe
• Interesting Things for ESL Students
• British Council - Learn English
• Virtual Language Centre (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
• List of ESL Podcasts
  
  
  CALL Glossaries

• ICT4LT Glossary
• Walt's Internet Glossary
• Glossary of Internet Terms by Matisse Enzer
• Glossary of Internet & Web Jargon by UC Berkeley
• Computer Dictionary - Technology, Network & Internet Terms

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Games & Activites

• AgendaWeb - Free English Exercises
• 5 Minute English- Hundreds of Short Self-Study English Lessons/ Free ESL Online
• SpellingCity
• Exercises for Beginners
• Manythings.org
• StarFall.com
• Jezarka's Interactive Exercises
• elllo.org - English Listening Language Lab Online
• A4ESL.org - Activities for ESL/EFL Students (English Study)
• ESL Blues
• Real-English.com - ESL Videos ESL Lessons.
• Business English Grammar Lessons
• English Exercises Online
• English Works! Exercises Main Index
• ESLBears: ESL Activities and Exercises
• English Language Centre Study Zone
• Teaching ESL
• Rong-Chang.com
• Adult Learning Activities | California Distance Learning Project
• Breaking News English Lessons: ESL Plans Teaching Current Events
• Learn English Online at Open English World
• English Learing Activities List (Emily Chen)
• ITESLJ's links to Games & Quizzes
• Delicious.com/learningcall/activities
  
  Sites designed specifically to provide exam preparation
• http://www.gettoefl.com/practice.htm
• http://www.easyenglish.com/
• http://www.english-test.net/
• http://www.eslgold.com/
• http://www.selfaccess.com/ (click 'free samples')
• http://www.examenglish.com/
• http://toefl.practice-tests.learnhub.com/

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Listening

• English Listening Lesson Library Online
• Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
• Adult Learning Activities - California Distance Learning Project (news stories and Interactive exercises)
• Learning Resources (news stories from CNN and CBS and interactive exercises)
• BBC Learning English: Watch and Listen
• The English Listening Lounge
• English Listening Room 
• English Listening Exercises
• Voice of America - Special English
  
  Music
• Lyricstraining.com
• Lyricsgaps.com
•  Learn English By Songs.- another EFL music resouce
• Musicalenglishlessons.org
• Teaching with Songs - ESL music materials from Isabel Perez
• Songsforteaching.com
• Tefltunes.com  - ESLSong Lessons Songs For Teaching Grammar
• Lyrics Mode - find lyrics to popular English songs  
• K-POP MADNESS: Lyrics
  
  Online Karaoke
• Karaokeparty.com
• Karaokepla
• Singsnap

Podcasts

• Listen to English - Learn English
• ESL Business News
• Business English Pod and Video Vocab
• Guide to the TOEFL Test Podcast
• ESLPodcast
• English Through Stories
• The Bob and Rob Show Podcast
• ESL PodCards
• ESL Podcasts
• ITESLJ Podcast List
• Shambles ESL POdcast List 

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Pronuciation & Speaking

• American English Pronunciation Practice
• Learning English Pronunciation
• English Pronunciation at EnglishClub.com
• English Pronunciation/Listening (Okanagan University College, Canada)
• Phonetics: English Sound Library (University of Iowa) 
• Eva Easton - Pronuciatio
• Teaching Pronunciation
• Voxopop.com
• TalkEnglish.com
• Emily's Pronunciation Class
• Focus English: Everyday English in Conversation
• Focus English: Conversation Starters
• Conversation Questions for the ESL & EFL Classroom
• Allyn and Bacon Public Speaking Website
• Great American Speeches 
• Top 100 Speeches
• The English Learner Movie Guides

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Vocabulary

• Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun! 
• Vocabulary Learning 
• Wordcount.org (how common are words?)
• Vocabulary Zone from English-Zone.com
• Vocabulary Lessons and Activities from eslflow.com
• Vocabulary Lessons from EnglishClub.com
• Word Based Games for ESL Students
• Vocabulary University 
• Vocabulary Exercises
• Vocabulary Web Games
• E. L. Easton - English Vocabulary
• Business Vocabulary
• Vocabulary for K-12 and ESL Kids

  

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Reading

• The Online Books Page (University of Pennsylvania)
• English Reading from E.L. Easton
• English reading from EnlgishClub.com
• Great Books
• BBC Schools (for ages 4-11, ages 11-16, and ages 16+)
• Classis Bookshelf
• Online Library of Literature
• The Literature Network
• Open Directory: Literature
• Online Children's Stories
• Repeat after Us - Online Library and Language Lab
• Extensive Reading Foundation

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Writing

• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
• Advice on Academic Writing
• My-English-Writing.com
• Online Writing Lab (OWL) - Purdue University 
• The Writing Center - University of Wisconsin at Madison
• Writing Resources for English Language Learners - Ohio University ESL
• Writer's Web - University of Richmond
• Hypertext Writer's Guide - University of Victoria 
• Advanced Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English
• E. L. Easton - Writing
• Rong Chang Writing
• Writing Activities
• Academic English Cafe

  

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Grammar

• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• Grammar Bytes Exercises Handouts & Presentations
• Grammar Help
• Hyper Grammar
• English Grammar Zone
• Guide to Grammar and Style 
• Grammar in English Daily
• E. L. Easton - Grammar

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Fun Sites
 (personality tests)

• Lots of tests at: Similarminds.com/personality_tests.html
• Right Brain/Left Brain
• MBTI
• Statements 
• Word Choice
• Descriptions of MBTI Types More Descriptions

• Astrological Profile
• Tarot Card
• Chinese Readings
• Chinese Zodiac Compatibility
• How Romantic Are You?
• Coworker Zodiac Comparability
• Children's Horoscopes
• Love Horoscope Profile

EFL Blogs
  Blog Lists

• International Edubloggers Directory of ESL & EFL blogs
• Lexiophiles list of Top 100 Language blogs
• EFL Blog List
• Moving Forward's Education Blogs by Category
• Top 100 high school teachers who blog
• Teacher Lingo Teacher Blogs
• 100 Cool Teacher Blogs

Here are some EFL Related blogs and blog lists. 

Blogger Blogs Graham Stanley, Spain Nelba Quintana, Argentina Doris Molero, Venezuela FCE Blog, Claudia Ceraso, Argentina Michael Ivy, Italy English with Rosa Michael Ivy, Rome Daniel Kirk, Japan Maria Jordano, Spain Larry Rhoe, China Michael Coghlin, Australia Nancy McKeand,  USA Jimbo (Jim Hall), Japan Dennis Newson, CTJ Online, Germany Marie Irene, Venezuela Vance Stevens, UAE

More EFL Teacher blogs Larry Ferlazzo's EFL Edublog Langwitches Mr. Horne's ESL Class Blog Aniya's The English Teacher KinderKids Aaron Campbell, Japan Bee Dieu, Brazil Richard Firsten, USA Teaching English in Korea, James Trotta Scott Sommers, Taiwan Neil Whitfield, Australia Nina Liakos, Maryland USA Brad Stephenson, Japan Nathan Bauman, Korea Other News & Tech Blogs Lifehacker.com EHub Freetech4teachers.com Jane's Pick of the Day