50 Incredible, Historical Speeches You Should Watch Online You hope that your professors will be good speakers who can keep your interest for at least the length of a class period, but more often than not, you’ll have a teacher or two each semester who drones on and on and doesn’t make you feel passionate about the subject. They could take tips from these speakers who have inspired thousands or even millions of people around the world, some even long after they’ve died. Here are 50 incredible, historical speeches you should watch online. Commencement Addresses These commencement speakers include presidents, a professor, political strategist and industry leader. John F. Presidential Speeches Presidents are natural and practiced leaders and give some of the most impressive speeches. Barack Obama Election Night Speech: Moments after being elected the first ever African American President of the United States, Obama addresses the nation live from Chicago. Society and Culture War and Peace Politics
Watch2Gether - Watch Videos. Together. Listening Skills: 10 Online Tools For Developing Your Students' Skills Over 5,000 graduates now working worldwide Training teachers since 1998 4.9/5 average rating Our courses Menu 10 Tools for Developing Students’ Listening Skills By Nik Peachey on September 23, 2019 Careers, Diploma, Lesson planning, News, TEFL, TESOL, Tips Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin For many students improving their listening skills is the hardest of the four skills to master. Traditionally, listening skills have been developed in the classroom by the teacher using audio files and graded listening activities. This, however, is an area of language learning where digital technology and mobile devices can have a significant impact. In this article I’d like to share a cross section of what’s freely available for teachers and students. LyricsTraining This app has long been a favourite of mine as it combines listening to songs with learning a language. Listen Notes This is a podcast search engine with a huge collection of podcasts on a wide range of topics. Accent Rosie TeachVid
25 TED Talks Perfect For Classrooms The following is a cross-post from our content partners over at Online Courses. They’ve been crafting some entertaining and informative lists just like this one so check ‘em out if you’re in the mood! TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) represents the best things about the Internet … and sometimes the world, for that matter. With the click of a button you can be inspired, educated, encouraged, wowed, or entertained by speakers from all walks of life. Whether you’re looking to inspire or entertain your students, the following TED talks have terrific lessons embedded in fascinating talks.While not every single talk may float your boat, there are likely a few that you should think about showing to students this year. Benjamin Zander on music and passion: If you want your kids to fall in love with music, Ben Zander is your best friend.
Flippity — Spelling Words Flippity Scavenger Hunt Easily turn a Google spreadsheet into an interactive scavenger hunt activity. Demo Instructions Template All of the Flippity activities above can be set up to automatically email you results upon completion, giving you documentation and insight into how your students are doing. Flippity Self Assessment Easily turn a Google spreadsheet into a self assessment quiz. Demo Template The Flippity activities above can be fun and easy ways for students to interact with course materials but students will need to takes screenshots of the results or share their screens with you in a video conference in order to demonstrate their learning. Students can use the Flippity activities above to study course content. Flippity Leader Board Easily turn a Google spreadsheet into a mobile friendly leaderboard. Demo Template You can link to Badge Trackers, Progress Indicators, and Leader Boards to display what students have accomplished. Flippity Board Game Demo Template FlippityFun with Words
ESL Listening Comprehension Exercises: Movie clips to practice English | ELL/ELT REMEMBER: We post new listening comprehension exercises every week in the ad-free PREMIUM EDITION of our website. Here's what you do: Click on the video you want to watch below.Watch the video, and pay attention to it! (You can pause and rewind the video.)Answer the listening comprehension questions below the video.Check your answers. Till The Hummingbird Project Silver Linings Playbook Away We Go Aftersun Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Emergency Licorice Pizza Adventureland End of the Tour PowToon Randall's Video Snapshots: For ESL/EFL Students The movie clips called Video Snapshots are designed to provide additional learning content related to other listening activities on my site. To learn more about this project, read the Frequently Asked Questions below: Current Videos (Click the picture to watch the video - Click the link below the picture to visit a related listening activity). Why did you create this section of your Website? How do you decide on the topics? Why are the videos short, between 30-60 seconds? Do you plan on adding other speakers on the videos? Do you realize there are some grammar mistakes in the videos? There is a lot of background noise in some the video, and it's sometimes hard to hear exactly what is being said. Which video format do you use? Randall's Sites: Daily ESL | ESL Blog | EZSlang | Train Your Accent | Tips For Students | Hiking In Utah
KineMaster - Video Editor KineMaster lets you create professional-quality videos in minutes! Edit pre-made projects (or start a new project). Combine your own videos and images with incredible visual and audio effects. Then save your video to share with the world! NEW WAYS TO CREATE• Browse and download useful, dynamic, and inspiring projects on the new Mix screen• Find just the right KineMaster project, from among many, on the Search screen• Manage your projects, or make a new project, on the Create screen• Save your favorite projects and manage your KineMaster account on the Me screen MIX UP NEW CREATIONS• Download a KineMaster project from Mix, then replace the videos and images• Change as much as you want to make your video uniquely yours• Add creative flourishes with thousands of visual and audio effects • Write and edit text, then add effects and animations• Install custom fonts to keep your brand consistent … And many, many more features, options, and settings!
Loom for Education — Loom is free for teachers and students who are using Loom for classroom work. Below, we’ve compiled a list of resources, how-to’s, and examples from teachers who are using video recordings to connect with their students. Guide to Using Loom for Education: This Help Center article shows educators how to sign up, set up an account, and use video recordings in a classroom setting: how to create and share your videos, use key features like the drawing tool, flip your camera, record presentations, and more. Loom: Bring Learning Alive With Screencasting in the Classroom: This is an excellent resource from Kathleen Morris, a primary school teacher in Australia. She walks through what screencasting is, and how and why to do it with Loom — then she lists several relevant use cases for using Loom in the classroom. Examples: How educators are using Loom Mrs. Misha Villatuya walks her fifth graders through a presentation about how to tackle the “SBAC Challenge.” Get started with Loom for education.
Support for teachers and teacher educators The British Council is committed to supporting the use of technology for the continuation of education in a crisis. As many teachers find themselves in an unfamiliar situation of having to teach their classes online, with little or no experience, the British Council TeachingEnglish website is committed to providing as much support as possible to help you navigate your way through the world of online teaching. Below is a list of initiatives that we are currently providing, or planning to provide in the coming weeks. Insights and research Covid-19 insight reports The two reports here provide insight into how education systems and teachers and teacher educators have responded to the impact on education of the Covid-19 pandemic. Covid-19 case studies These case studies celebrate the work of teachers and teacher educators during the Covid 19 pandemic and school closures. Other research Lesson plans The majority of our lesson plans are for face-to-face classroom use. For secondary students Webinars