Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Promising grammar site

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I found what seems like a good, comprehensive grammar site: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar It's a German site.
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Reading for Adults

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Reading for adults 2 View more presentations from Judith Sotir
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Teach Collaborative Revision with Google Docs

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http://www.google.com/educators/weeklyreader.html Below is a cut/paste from the site...excellent information "Revision is a critica...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Higher Education Information Website

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http://www.collegeatlas.org/ The above website (College Atlas) has some good information on higher education options and opportunities th...
Monday, May 03, 2010

Help a Good Program get the Funding it Needs!

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Vote everyday until the end of May. Every VOTE counts! Just click on the VOTE bar under the message. You'll need to register the firs...
Friday, March 26, 2010

Tech Education: Where's the Money?

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If there is one thing that you can count on, it's that new technology costs money. Whether it's the new iPad (wonderful, but where...
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Wow, What a Summer

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All I can say is 'Wow, what a summer!' The weather has hardly been summer-like, but that aside, it has been a long hot season for ed...
Monday, June 08, 2009

Write4net: Publish without blogs

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http://write4.net/en Publish full articles without needing a blog or site. There's no setup or login. Just write your text and Write4...
Monday, June 01, 2009

Timing is Everything

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You just never know. A few weeks ago I attended a webcast from Classroom 2.0. As the webinar was winding down, I glanced over at the chat ...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

Student Hotlists

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The AELC will not be running classes this summer, but this cartoon explains to students how to use the Student Hotlists in the right colu...
Wednesday, May 06, 2009

GED Math website

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'There is a good website for GED math students. It has very good visual aids. It is http://www.gedmathgraphics.net/ Check it out!' ...
Monday, April 27, 2009

Waubonsee College AEHS Induction

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Created using ANIMOTO.  The simplicity and elegance of Animoto makes a strong statement for the use of Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

UDUTU: Online Course Authoring

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http://udutu.com/    My UDUTU is an online course authoring site. The main advantage is the ability to add rich media (the kind that takes u...

ESL Flashcards

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I had a request for finding free ESL flashcards with pictures. I have 3 sites that cover that category (all are also listed in the side colu...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Easy Wikis: Jottit

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http://jottit.com/ For those of you who really want to create your own blogs or wikis, but need an easy site to help you grow your experti...

Custom You Tube Video Players

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To create a You Tube Video Viewer, go into your You Tube account.  Go to More.;Custom Video Players. Create customized video players for pu...
Tuesday, April 07, 2009

My Favorite MI/Web 2.0 Tools

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I personally love Web 2.0. I'm also aware that my own staff, although they all try, may not embrace these tools as fondly as I do. That ...

MI: the 'New' Buzzword

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One of the latest 'buzzwords' in education is the theory, first espoused in 1983 by Howard Gardner, regarding Multiple Intelligence...

Sites from Edutopia

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If you've never seen Edutopia magazine (published by the George Lucas Foundation) I suggest you add it to your 'must read' list....
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Voice Thread

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I previously reviewed this site, but it's worth a re-run. http://voicethread.com/ It can be used for distance learning, collaborative...

Quizlet Online Flashcards

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http://quizlet.com/ Study vocabulary or almost anything Create your own flashcards - sign up free Share flashcards with your friends Vi...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Education Today and Tomorrow: You Tube Video

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This is a thought-provoking video on what challenges face educators today.  Highly recommended! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnh9q_cQcUE...
Monday, February 23, 2009

From: Infinite Thinking Machine

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Here's a list from http://infinitethinkingmachine.org/ that if you haven't seen, may be useful to your classes: (and if you don...

Signs for ESL Civics

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For those of you looking to supplement the Ventures curriculum with signs, there are a number of web sites available for you to use as resou...
Thursday, February 19, 2009

NEW ESL Civics Hotlist

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There's a new addition to the Student Hotlists: ESL Civics. Check it out by going into the list, choosing ESL Civics and clicking on it ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Author Stream: Upload PowerPoint Presentations

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http://www.authorstream.com/ Author STREAM is a new app that allows you to quickly and easily upload PowerPoint presentations no matter wh...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Nursing Assistant Practice and Review

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http://www.hospitalenglish.com/students/nurse.php   Hospital English  Prepared for English as a Second Language student. Work on vocabulary,...
Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Interactive Social Assessment: Poll Everywhere

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http://www.polleverywhere.com/ Here's a Web 2.0 tool to immediately create interest during PowerPoint presentations: Ask your audience...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Create Screencasts: Screentoaster.com

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http://www.screentoaster.com/ ScreenToaster is a free online screencast service allowing to capture screen activity. ScreenToaster is comp...
Monday, November 17, 2008

G Cast: Audio Podcast

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http://www.gcast.com/    Here is another example of an audio only podcast that uses any telephone to set up. (see previous post on http://ww...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Classroom 2.0 Discussion Groups

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I highly recommend Classroom 2.0 as a tool for educators ( http://www.classroom20.com/ ). In addition to various blogs and wikis, discussio...

DigiSkills Group

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"Developing Digital Skills @ School" is devoted to teachers and students working on innovative digital teaching methods like blogg...

Quintura: Visual Cloud Search Engine

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http://www.quintura.com/ Quintura takes searching to a new level...up in the clouds. It employs the new cloud technology to provide a mor...

Scribd: Document Sharing Site

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One of the most daunting tasks for people using the Web is the number of formats that are used, and the difficulty of using them cross platf...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Audio Dropboxes

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CLEAR: Michigan State University http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/audioDropbox/AudioDropboxes.pdf Documentation http://clear.msu....

Center for Language Education and Research: CLEAR

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http://clear.msu.edu/login/login.php Michigan State University "Welcome to CLEAR's online store. CLEAR was established in 1996 a...

Yugma: Online Collaboration Tool

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https://www.yugma.com/ Free, unless you want more robust usage features. " Yugma is the easy, secure and reliable collaboration tool f...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Babbel

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Learn Spanish, Italian, German or French easily online. Learn vocabulary, situational language , grammar, tutorials and more. http://www.bab...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008

dabbleBOARD: Collaborative Whiteboard

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http://www.dabbleboard.com/ Here's another collaborative whiteboard that was suggested by a reader. If you need visuals, dabbleBOARD i...
Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Cool Tools: Collaborative Web 2.0 Apps

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I've been going to meetings and finding new Web 2.0 apps that allow for collaboration, meetings and even sketching and drawing, using on...

Campfire: Instant Messaging for Groups

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http://www.campfirenow.com/ Campfire is a web-based group chat tool that lets you set up password-protected chat rooms in just seconds. Invi...

Thinkature: Real Time Web Collaboration

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http://www.thinkature.com/about/ Simple collaborative space that can be shared in real time. Free With Thinkature, you can create a coll...

Twiddla: Free Interactive Space

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http://www.twiddla.com/Home.aspx Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your ...

VYEW: Free Collaboration and Live Web Conferencing

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Why Vyew? Instant use from any computer No installation New and improved collaboration Together in real time or independently at any time F...

WiZiQ Virtual Classroom

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http://www.wiziq.com/ Anyone can Teach & Learn Live, Online WiZiQ Tour Join Now for Free WiZiQ is a place where you can teach and learn ...

SKRBL: Online Interactive Whiteboard

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Here's a great Web 2.0 tool: http://www.skrbl.com/ Simple and easy online multi user whiteboard, start skrbl, give out your URL ...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

New Hotlist: Computer Skills

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http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listadultedjs1.html This is the newest Hotlist to help students learn Basic Computer Skills, Keyboard...