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Websites of interest. Nearpod: Create, Engage, Assess through Mobile Devices. 53 Ways to Check for Understanding. 40 FREE ESL Travel Powerpoint presentations, exercises. 10 Favorite Educational YouTube Channels. YouTube is a powerful resource for teaching and learning – if you know where to look.

10 Favorite Educational YouTube Channels

This list of must-watch educational YouTube channels are perfect for finding video clips to share with students in class or in a flipped learning environment. As opposed to an individual video, channels are created by individuals and organizations and are full of related content. You’ll also find resources for educators to help boost content knowledge and introduce teaching strategies. TED-Ed What I love most about TED-Ed videos are how they address questions from our everyday lives. Topics include “Does grammar matter?”

Smithsonian Education With videos for teachers and students this channel has lots to choose from. Crash Course This YouTube channel includes videos that provide an introduction to different topics. Discovery Channel I recently featured some fantastic virtual reality videos from Discovery but their YouTube channel is equally awesome. Eight Great Apps for Educators to Create, Display and Share. Nancy White/Flickr By Kathy E.

Eight Great Apps for Educators to Create, Display and Share

Gill, PBS MediaShift For educators looking to integrate iPads, iPods and other mobile devices, here are eight must-have apps that will make life easier to do things like move files, capture lectures, read PDFs, and much more. 1. Inspiration Grammar Worksheets. TalasomTEDlarhand. Varieties of English. Prepositions. Christmas Traditions, Christmas History, Christmas Around the World, The Christmas Story and Christmas Fun and Games! - whychristmas?com. The Week in Pictures latest world and news photography.

A huge bunch of resources for teaching the present perfect tense. Almost universally, elementary learners of English are systematically introduced to the simple present and simple past forms.

A huge bunch of resources for teaching the present perfect tense

Ideas and activities to teach the present perfect. Present perfect aspect – tips and activities. By Kerry G.Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield Tips and ideas from Kerry Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield on teaching the present perfect aspect.

Present perfect aspect – tips and activities

Introduction When teaching the present perfect, or explaining the present perfect, it is often easiest to focus on the use of the present perfect rather than the meaning. Malala: The girl who was shot for going to school. Image copyright AFP One year ago schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen - her "crime", to have spoken up for the right of girls to be educated.

Malala: The girl who was shot for going to school

The world reacted in horror, but after weeks in intensive care Malala survived. Her full story can now be told. Inspiration Grammar Worksheets. Textbooks by Subject. BookBox. Read Books Online, Over 10000 Free Online Books For Everyone. Free Classic AudioBooks. Digital narration for the 21st Century. US Election 2016. Gott och blandat. Free ebooks by Project Gutenberg. Free Electronic Books Online. Let Students Find Joy and Purpose In Reading - Actively Learn. Curriculet. Lessons Worth Sharing.

Emaze - Online Presentation Software – Create Amazing Presentations. 11 Hilarious Hoax Sites to Test Website Evaluation. Game-based blended learning & classroom response system. 10 Word Cloud Generators You Have Probably Never Tried. A few days back, we looked at five great ways to incorporate word cloud generators into your classroom.

10 Word Cloud Generators You Have Probably Never Tried

There are obviously many more uses out there for them – but that is a discussion for another post. We’ve mentioned most of these before – in a post from way back when – so I won’t go into too much detail about each individual one, but we’ve added a few notable ones to the list. (Of note, the list is in no particular order). The vast majority of them work the same: plug your text into the box, select a few options, and you’ve got yourself a word cloud.

Some offer more options than others, some offer word clouds with words going in any and all directions, some offer shapes, others create much simpler word clouds. If you do a quick search for word cloud, you’ll see so many different types. Do you have a favorite word cloud generator from the list below? Free ebooks and online books. Web sites. Modelltexter. Close Reading Toolbox Freebie! This post originally appeared on the blog CreateTeachShare.

Close Reading Toolbox Freebie!

Well, my school year has barely ended, and call me crazy, because I am already planning and creating for next year!! I have a list a mile long of new ideas that I can’t wait to try out for next year. My first one?!?! Close Reading Toolboxes!! Close Reading has become a huge reading practice in my classroom, and has helped my students to get through those challenging informational texts. While cleaning out my cupboards recently, I came across these photo cases that I never ended up using for anything. These photo boxes come in a larger plastic box, which holds six individual photo boxes.

I created two labels for the outside of the larger plastic box, just to keep it fancy. Then I created a label to put on each of the individual plastic boxes… On the inside cover of each box, I created a reference sheet for the different tools that each box contains. British Council, BBC. Entrepreneur/Teaching. Lessons plans & activities. Travel and Sightseeing: Directions Through Town (3) Travel and Sightseeing: Directions Through Town (2) Travel and sightseeing are always fun, but if you find yourself lost in a new city on vacation, you will probably have to ask for directions.

Travel and Sightseeing: Directions Through Town (2)

Understanding directions is a big part of this. Look at the expressions below and be sure to understand the meaning of the places on the map before you begin the listening activity: Listen by pressing the "Play Audio" button. Then, choose TRUE or FALSE for each sentence, which may be missing one or more words. Press the "Final Score" button to check your quiz. [ Other Audio Options: Play RealMedia | Play Window Media ] Listen to the sentences again as you read the Quiz Script. Travel and Sightseeing: Directions Through Town (1) Whether you are on a sightseeing trip through Europe or backpacking in Australia, finding your way around the city while on vacation can be difficult unless you know what to say.

Travel and Sightseeing: Directions Through Town (1)

Understanding directions is a big part of this. Train Tickets: Getting Around Tokyo. Finding budget plane tickets, hotels, and tours packages might sound difficult in Tokyo, Japan.

Train Tickets: Getting Around Tokyo

However, after you arrive, you still need to find your way around the city, especially like one as big as Tokyo. What are two of the most common forms of public transportation in your country? Would foreigners visiting your country have a difficult time using public transportation in major cities? Why or why not? Listen to the conversation by pressing the "Play Audio" button of the audio type you want to hear, and answer the questions. . [ Other Audio Options: Play RealMedia | Play Window Media ] Listen to the conversation again as you read the Quiz Script. English grade 6-9.

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