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TESOL English Language Bulletin- Do students like your teaching? Try this and find out 24 February 2015
- English learners mastering language at quicker pace 24 February 2015
- Some bilinguals use emoticons more when chatting in non-native language 24 February 2015
- States ceding power over classroom materials 24 February 2015
- As Common Core test season begins, teachers feel pressure 24 February 2015
Tag Archives: technology resources
AWW App: A SMART Board Alternative
Tara Arntsen
Another gem from a recent training session I attended is the AWW app, which you can use to turn your regular classroom computer, projector, screen, and WiFi into a more interactive platform for free. The “AWW” stands for “a web … Continue reading
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Be a Super Teacher With Simple Tech Tools
Tara Arntsen
A SMART Board training session I recently attended quickly turned into a great collaborative discussion about classroom tools. Super Teacher Tools was one such promising resource that was mentioned, and it is my pleasure to share it with you today. … Continue reading
Electronic Village Online (EVO) 2015 – Register Now!
Tara Arntsen
In case you did not know, TESOL’s Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Interest Section runs this wonderful project each year called The Electronic Village Online, or EVO for short. The EVO consists of these unique 5-week sessions starting January 12th and … Continue reading
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eduCanon: For Making Videos Interactive
Tara Arntsen
Videos can really be a good addition to any class, especially for students who may be struggling readers or those who are visual learners. Additionally, there are so many to choose from online that you can find videos for every … Continue reading
Leap.it: A Visual Social Search Engine for ELLs
Tara Arntsen
Whenever you search for something online, you probably have a go-to search engine, like Google, that can help you out with anything you could possibly imagine. You likely view the list of results in the traditional link and brief summary … Continue reading
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Google+ Education: Part 5
Tara Arntsen
Previously, I wrote a post about organization tools for every teacher and mentioned Edmodo, Schoology, and Engrade as a few good options for teachers wanting to go paperless or at least digitize some materials. Now, for part five of this … Continue reading
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Evernote: For Organizing Your Digital Life
Tara Arntsen
With all the media that we are exposed to every day, it is no wonder that people are often overwhelmed by the amount of information they come into contact with. For example, some of us are being told to use … Continue reading
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Free Books for Your Classroom 2: Storybooks Plus Phonics
Tara Arntsen
Almost a year ago, I blogged about one resource, Project Gutenberg, for finding free books for your classroom online, and now it is time for another one. While Project Gutenberg is great because it has so many classics, the site … Continue reading
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Randomizing Order in Class
Tara Arntsen
Unfortunately, it is sometimes hard to get students to volunteer, so educators all have their own methods for randomizing the order in which students present or perform other tasks. Do you have students draw numbers from a hat or popsicle … Continue reading
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Socrative: A New Student Response System
Tara Arntsen
Do you like the idea of exit slips, but don’t have time to grade them all outside of class? Do you find yourself wondering whether or not students caught the main point of your lecture? Do you wish you could … Continue reading