Dictionaries

· http://www.wordreference.com/

· http://dictionary.reference.com/

· http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/

· http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

· http://www.thefreedictionary.com/English

· http://www.collinsdictionary.com/

DICTIONARIES FOR CHILDREN

· http://www.wordsmyth.net/

· http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/for-children-and-schools

·  http://dictionary.kids.net.au/

Writing process

WRITING PROCESS

Writing from Yohimar Sivira

Writing from Ignatius Joseph Estroga

Connecting Reading And Writing In The Classroom from Keith Pruitt

 

The Writing Process from jelove1127


Purdue online writing Lab 

Globalization, cooperative learning

Globalization, Cooperative Learning, and ELT from Seyed Mohammad Hassan Hosseini

Resources for Special Needs students

RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS: 

These are some interesting web pages that are specialised in helping students with special needs.

· Special Needs Worksheets

· Activities for teaching English to Children with special needs

· StarFall: Where children have fun learning to read! : This site is good because it incorporates technology and is interactive for students. Students can click on a calendar and an audio recording will highlight and go over today’s date and the days of the week. The can read interactive books that allow them to use pictures and practice sounding out words/decoding. It asks questions and quizzes them, and also helps prompt students to the answer (i.e. the answer is highlighted or blinking). This site appeals to auditory, visual, and tactile/kinesthetic learners. It also has tutorial movies about different skills like reading left to write, vowels, memory games, making word games, and many other interactive phonics activities that feel more like playing and less like learning.




RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS:  

· Special Needs Worksheets

· Activities for teaching English to Children with special needs
 
· Special needs education (GenkiEnglish)

· Teaching ideas: Special needs students

· Teaching to students with special needs (pdf)

· Special Needs – Teacher Resources (webpage)

· Adapting the English curriculum for students with disabilities 

· English Language Classroom and Students with Disabilities : here you can find a lot of interesting web pages and resources  so as to help you with students with very different disabilities.

· A World Awaits You online journal on accessing Foreign Languages:  includes firsthand advice from ESL teachers, students and disability providers on how inclusion works in the classroom.

· University of California at Berkeley Disabled Students' Program: This website has an excellent overview of different disabilities and classroom advice for teachers.

The importance of Group Work

Interesting articles about the importance and effectiveness of Group Work:

· Group Work and Language Learning (Paul Nation, Victoria University of Wellington)

· The effectiveness of Group Work and Pair Work for students of English

39 Activities for English Lesson from yolyordam yolyordam




Interesting web pages where you can find a lot of teaching resources:

 http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?keywords=group+work&rating=3

APPs for kids and parents

Interesting APPs for practice English 

· 5 star Apps

· Free Apps

BY AGE:

· Preschool Apps

· Kindergarten Apps

· First Grade Apps

· Second Grade Apps

· Third Grade Apps

· Fourth Grade Apps

· Fifth Grade Apps

· High School Apps

· All Ages Apps

EDUCATON:

· Early Learning Apps

· General knowledge Apps

· Homework Help Apps

· Languages Apps

· Language Arts / English Apps

· Reading Apps

· Writing Apps for Kids

· Special Education Apps

BOOKS:

· All eBook apps for kids

· eBooks with coloring pages

· eBooks with games

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APPS FOR PARENTS

20 Free ICT Resources for the English Classroom

20 Free ICT Resources for the English Classroom

 

 http://ictinenglishnz.blogspot.com.es/2009/08/20-free-ict-resources-for-english.html

The Internet is full of free online ICT resources that can be used in English classrooms. These resources are a great way for educators to engage students, increase productivity, and promote learning. Here is a list of 20 free ICT resources to try out with your English class: 

eBeam - eBeam is an interactive whiteboard system developed by Luidia, Inc. that transforms any standard whiteboard or other surface into an interactive whiteboard.

Vyew - Vyew is a free online collaboration and web conferencing tool that can be used to share and connect with students, parents, and colleagues. This site tool allows users to present, collaborate, and review information in a real-time setting.

Mikogo - Mikogo features easy-to-use desktop sharing that is a great for assisting and connecting with students, parents, and colleagues.

Wetpaint - Wetpaint offers a free way to create collaborative educational websites. Wetpaint sites can contain forums, blogs, wikis, and social networks.

Yugma - This free web conferencing tools allows you to share your desktop with up to 20 attendees. Yugma is the perfect place for connecting with students online, conferencing with parents, and holding colleague meetings.

Thinkature - Thinkature is an online virtual workspace that allows users to collaborate through instant messaging. This web app offers educators a meeting room, whiteboard, and collaborative environment for adding Internet content, drawing, chatting, and creating cards.

Stixy - This beta site makes it easy to upload and share notes, photos, documents, and lists. Once files are uploaded, users simply invite others in the group to view and edit files online.

Project2Manage - Project2Manage is a free online project manager that allows you to set reminders, post messages, assign tasks, upload files, and collaborate. This application is a great tool to keep your classroom organized and connected online.

DimDim - DimDim offers a free way for English classrooms to connect online. This easy web conferencing app allows you to share live presentations, web pages, and whiteboards.

WriteWith - This web app features group collaboration on writing projects. Through this site, students and educators can upload documents, share tasks, assign tasks, chat, and track actions.

Moodle - Educators looking to move their English classroom online should check out Moodle. This online course management system provides the tools for creating Internet courses and educational websites.

Yuuguu - Yuuguu allows instant screen sharing for web conferencing, remote support, and real-time collaboration. A free account gives users access to five-participant screen sharing.

Bookgoo - This easy-to-use web app allows users to highlight and annotate documents as they would a piece of paper. To use this web app, simply upload your content, edit, and share the finished files privately with others.

ooVoo - ooVoo makes it easy to connect with students, colleagues, and parents using video calls. With this site, educators can also send one-minute video messages, chat six ways, and send up to 5MB files at a time.

WiZiQ - This application allows educators and students to collaborate through virtual classrooms, online tests, and educational content.

Edmodo - Edmodo is a microblogging site created specifically for K-12 classrooms. With this site, educators can share timelines, assignments, grades, files, notifications, calendars, and more.

Postica - The virtual sticky notes provided by Postica offer an easy way to create and share notes, assignments, and files online. This web app can also be used with Twitter and iGoogle.

Phonevite - Phonevite is a popular, award-winning community broadcasting system that can send messages via the phone or social media. With this system, educators can send task reminders, emergency alerts, cancellations, and messages to students.

Wridea - This free web app provides a way to organize, manage, and store ideas to share. Wridea is a great way for students and teachers to brainstorm in a collaborative group.

SimplyBox - SimplyBox is a free content networking web app that offers tools for capturing and collaborating on content in web pages. Captured information can be organized into neat little boxes. The boxes can then be shared with students and colleagues for visual collaboration.

ReviewBasics - This free web allows users to upload documents, images, and videos that can be viewed by a specific group for commenting, annotating, and marking. This is a perfect way to collaborate on assignments, projects, and notes. 

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