Category Archives: Internet tools

KEEP CALM AND WRITE

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Atiya

SITES TO HELP THE BEGINNING WRITERS IN YOUR ESL CLASS Fifteen Minutes of Fiction – Great for the busy writer. Fifteen Minutes of Fiction asks writers to sit down for 15 minutes and write something–a poem, a story, etc.–to post … Continue reading →

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Google Lit Trips

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Atiya

http://googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html This site provides free downloadable files that mark the journeys of characters from famous literature on the surface of Google Earth.

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GIVE YOUR STUDENT A MOUSE TODAY!

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Atiya

Mouse Mischief is free educational software from Microsoft that allows your whole class to connect to your computer/interactive whiteboard using individual mice. It integrates into Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, letting you insert questions, polls, and drawing … Continue reading →

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http://www.photovisi.com/

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Atiya

http://www.photovisi.com/ PHOTOVISI is a web application that turns your pictures into a collage which you can then download free. Great to illustrate story telling in an ESL class! Atiya

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LITERACY BASED FUN ACTIVITIES!

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Atiya

A Totally Free Study Support Service, BBC Bitesize is an online for free study support service for children. Bitesize is available on a variety of platforms including the web and mobile phones. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ Atiya

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ICT TOOLS FOR MEASURING LEARNING OUTCOMES

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Atiya

ESL teachers use many tools to assess their students’ grasp of academic subjects, including traditional paper-and-pencil quizzes and tests taken in the classroom. Now a number of computer software and Web-based programs have been added to teachers’ tool kits for … Continue reading →

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COLLABORIZE CLASSROOM!

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Atiya

The internet has become a precious tool for collaboration, although most applications in this area are focused on businesses. Collaborize classroom takes some of those same principals and applies them in a learning environment. Collaborize Classroom is a free service … Continue reading →

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ENGAGE YOUR CLASS WITH SOCRATIVE!

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Atiya

Socrative  is one of my preferred tools in the classroom. It is a free student response system that allows you to gather feedback from students through any Internet-connected device. One of my favorite aspects of Socrative is the variety of ways in … Continue reading →

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DIGITAL STORY TELLING WITH LITTLE BIRD TALES

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Atiya

Little Bird Tales is a fun application to use within your class for digital story telling. It has quickly become one of my favourite web 2.0 tools, mostly because it’s incredibly easy to create a high-quality digital story. Kids create narrated … Continue reading →

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GRAMMAR NINJA

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Atiya

Grammar Ninja is a brilliant educational game, shaped by Greg Lieberman, which requires students to recognize grammar characteristics within a sentence. Students become “the grammar ninja” and they must identify nouns, verbs and adjectives in a sentence, by throwing ninja stars … Continue reading →

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