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Which websites have you used? What age and level are your students? My favorite site for younger students is www.starfall.com. For intermediate and advanced students I like www.edheads.com, www.sciencenewsforkids.org, www.iknowthat.com and www.brainpop.com. None of these sites is specifically for ES...

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I propose we start a list of ways to use video clips. Since Google has bought YouTube, I think it is safe to say that we will have a source of free video clips for some time to come. In addtion to using the available clips, you can also produce your own video and upload it to the site. You can eithe...

Murtala Abdulrahman, a Computer Science major at Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto, Nigeria, is creating a Moodle discussion board as part of his coursework, for his university to use. For more information about what he is doing and how he is doing it, you can check out a category in our forum, ...

Hi Matty, Would you share with us the best place to get Flash templates? As you say, there is loads of material out there for ESL/EFL, but it needs to be repurposed for use online. I am working on some Chinese teaching games and I want check out what is available before I reinvent the wheel. I have ...

Hi Bluerose, I am sure we can hep you work with your students to do an international project. What are your resources? Do you have access to a computer? If you do not have one at school, can you use one in an Internet cafe? If so, ask your students to come up with one English word each and write it ...

You raised some good points, and you will be happy to know that there are means for addressing them. First, MSN has a WHITEBOARD. Go to ACTIONS in the TOOLBAR (at the very top of the window) and click on the ARROW. From the DROP DOWN MENU, find ACTIONS and click on it. Chose START AN ACTIVITY. You m...

Hi Matty, A few days ago, I recieved the email copied into the next paragraph. I asked the writer's permisson to include it in a post, though, at the time, I was not sure where it would fit in. As a partial reply to Matty's post, I will copy it here with my response. "I am a private teacher of Engli...

Hi, Welcome to online teaching! The learning curve is steep, but once you get the hang of it, you will have some very important tools at your disposal. Have you used the www.moodle.com site's resources? I don't mean just looked at it, but really tried to do study and research about how it works? How...

Hi Yucari! Your project sounds very exciting! The Internet really does open up some great opportunities for learning. Can you tell us a little more about your project? I teach 60 college students in North Carolina. They will soon be finishing up a project on Afgahnistan. Please give us information a...

Hey Folks, Check out this little video of the song here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN7-RSOSWrI&mode=related&search= I hope that more teachers and singers will take advantage of being able to upload teaching videos such as this one! It would be nice to see teaching videos where the teacher goes ...

Hi Folks, For more information on what other folks are doing, you can check ot the following resources: 1. The Webheads - ohhh... where to start? The Webheads talk about telecommunicative instruction and are involved in many projects. Start with Vance Steven's homepage. Vance is prolific and a rich ...

Hi Christopher, I am very interested in your idea. I have been doing similar work. Do you have Skype? Please take a look at the forum we have just started at www.eslwebcamforkids.com/forum/ As you will see, I am interested in content development and delivery and am big on collaboration. I teach coll...

Please help us with a list of the best websites and activities to teach English to kids with online instruction (1-to-. I have listed some of my favorites. Please keep in mind that this is for teaching kids up to 18. Therefore, any material that is suitable for little ones - easy songs, online books...

I feel very strongly that ESL students will benifit greatly from the early introduction of the sound system of English through a well-planned study of phonics. Moreover, students need to learn a variety of songs, rhymes, and other oral material in order to develop phonemic awareness. KK is widely us...