Tag Archives: teachers
History For All
How Earth Made Us is a documentary series produced by the BBC. Because it is available on YouTube, there are many options available to an ESL instructor who wants to use the series in the classroom. Continue reading
21st Century Newspapers
Paper.li is an RSS aggregator that looks like a newspaper. This can make it very accessible and easy to setup and interact with. Continue reading
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Teaching with Google Images
A quick search of Google Images can quickly fill in gaps in students’ vocabulary and facilitate communication. Continue reading
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Show Me The Money
Links to royalty- and copyright-free images produced by the U.S. Government. Continue reading
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Pop Psychology for Teachers
This blog identifies interesting research articles and then summarizes them in a way that makes them very easy to apply to the workplace, including the classroom. Continue reading
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Kinect Development
Microsoft plans to release a software development kit (SDK) for the Kinect which should mean many more Kinect hacks to come. Continue reading
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Hey, You Guys!
Videos made by the Electric Company are fun and catchy way to reinforce language learning. Continue reading
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2010 in review
Some of the numbers that Wordpress automatically generates for ESL Technology.com as well as a discussion of what is being done with this and other data that is routinely available online. Continue reading
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Hacking Kinect
I’m still not that impressed with Kinect — 3D drawings are cool, but will they help me teach English? — but I’m thrilled that hackers big and small are poking around under the hood. Continue reading
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Computer Games in ESL
Computer games are a medium that has become as popular as Hollywood movies. It’s not uncommon for teachers to show movies in class, but how can games be incorporated? Continue reading
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