Ellen Dougherty, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, doughertyellenm@gmail.com
Jose Antonio da Silva, Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brazilia, Brazil; joseaok@yahoo.com

'Curators'

Resources

Teacher tools

• TESOL Technology Standards: Download standards framework (free), or buy: http://www.tesol.org/BookLanding?productID=721 
  
• Rod Ellis's summary of SLA theory for teachers: http://www.cal.org/content/download/1553/16478/file/PrinciplesofInstructedSecondLanguageAcquisition.pdf 
•  Lesson plans, articles and research: iteslj.org
• Larry Ferlazzo's blog for ideas about different skill-builders, teacher tools, and more: larryferlazzo.edublogs.org
• Nik Peachey's blog for ideas about different skill-builders, teacher tools, and more: nikpeachey.blogspot.com
• Rubrics - rubric generator: rubistar.4teachers.org
• Gradebook - ThinkWave: thinkwave.com or search online
• Make long URLs short - TinyURL: tinyurl.com or Google URL shortener: goo.gl 
  

• Customize, shortened URLs: http://bit.do/
• Mobile technology
  
• Overview: http://mobileesl.blogspot.com   
  
• Kathy’s Schrock’s Bloomin’ Apps (organized by Bloom’s Taxonomy) http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
  
• 
List of apps at goo.gl/C8AWX 
  
• More from Larry Ferlazzo: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/12/07/the-best-web-2-0-applications-for-education-in-2013/
  
• CALL-related teacher tools
  Journals: TESL-EJ (www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress), Language Learning and Technology (llt.msu.edu), CALL-EJ (callej.org)
• CALL Interest Section: www.call-is.org
• Webskills course content: available at umbc.uoregon.edu/eteacher/webskills/assignments_su10.html
• BBC Learning English site: www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/english.shtml (wide range of useful resources; not updated recently)
• British Council LearnEnglish site: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/  
  
• LearnEnglishKids (BBC) at learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/listen-and-watch/
• Edutopia - K-12 Education resource: http://www.edutopia.org/
• Creative Commons - a platform for sharing knowledge & resources - https://creativecommons.org/
• Example of video a Creative Commons' resource - How to use Google Docs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA

Authentic material and strategies/tools for working with authentic material

• Authentic material in different media:
  
• BBC: www.bbc.com 
  
• PBS: http://www.pbslearningmedia.org 
• English Insight: condor.depaul.edu/~dsorsa/insight/
  
• Free text open-access scholarly articles and academic material: https://doaj.org/
  Cautionary tales: http://scholarlyoa.com/
  
• Wikipedia: www.wikipedia.org
  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
  
• wikiHow: http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page
• NoodleTools for web searching suggestions and options: www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html
• Readability of web pages: use Advanced Search in Google and choose readability level
  
• Delicious to store web links: www.delicious.com (how-to information at www.deborahhealey.com/techtips/sept2009.html)
• On-line safety - Netsmartz: www.netsmartz.org/internetsafety 
• Online Writing Lab: owl.english.purdue.edu
• Web translators: www.bing.com/translator/  and translate.google.com

Graded material/ authoring by teachers and students

• BreakingNewsEnglish: - www.breakingnewsenglish.com and LessonWriter: www.lessonwriter.com to use/prepare material
• Crosswords, word search generator - PuzzleMaker: www.puzzle-maker.com
  
• Authoring programs (including crosswords)- Hot Potatoes: www.hotpot.uvic.ca (free download) (how-to handout)
• Create gap-fill exercises from any text - Textivate: www.textivate.com (no longer free)
  

Project-based learning sites and tools

• WebQuest: WebQuest site (webquest.org ), QuestGarden (questgarden.com) , Zunal (www.zunal.com); WebQuest templates in Google Sites
• Class-to-class project possibilities: iEARN: iearn.org (find a partner class) and Taking IT Global: www.tigweb.org (join a project/discussion)
• Concept mapping: Bubbl.us (online, free): https://bubbl.us/  or FreeMind: freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php (free download and install) and Inspiration or Kidspiration (both commercial: http://www.inspiration.com/  ). 
• Screencasting (creating videos with the computer screen and audio) with Screencast-o-Matic: www.screencast-o-matic.com (free online) or  Jing: www.techsmith.com/jing/ (free download)
• Class and individual web pages: sites.google.com (how-to PDF and informational wiki)
• Class and individual blogs: www.blogger.com (how-to handout for Blogger)
• Audio recording and sharing - Vocaroo: www.vocaroo.com
  
• Audio recorder/editor - Audacity: http://www.audacityteam.org/ (free download)
• Record audio or video on a mobile phone
• Audio discussion forum: Voxopop: www.voxopop.com , ANVILL: https://anvill.uoregon.edu/anvill2 (get a free login - see email on the site)
• Audio file sharing: Podomatic: www.podomatic.com

Skill area resources

Writing

• Tools in Word: Insert Comments,Track Changes
• Google Docs (docs.google.com) for file sharing - see Example Document 
• Group discussion sites - Nicenet: www.nicenet.org (how-to handout)
• Concept mapping: Bubbl.us (online, free): https://bubbl.us/ or FreeMind: freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php (free download and install) and Inspiration or Kidspiration (both commercial: http://www.inspiration.com/  ). 
• British Council LearnEnglish site: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/  

Reading

• Breaking News English for pre-made readings and activities: www.breakingnewsenglish.com
• VOA Special English for simplified news read more slowly: www.voanews.com/specialenglish
  
• Project Gutenberg for literature: www.gutenberg.org (free downloads in different formats)
• CNN Student News: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
• LessonWriter to create activities for your reading: www.lessonwriter.com
• Hot Potatoes to author exercises: www.hotpot.uvic.ca (free download) (how-to handout)

Listening

• Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab with pre-, during-, and post-listening activities: www.esl-lab.com
• Breaking News English for pre-made readings and activities: www.breakingnewsenglish.com
• English Insight: condor.depaul.edu/~dsorsa/insight/ (video and exercises to download)
• Some of the activities at ManyThings for ESL Students: www.manythings.org

Speaking

• Voxopop (audio discussion forum): www.voxopop.com
• Voicethread (not free) to add audio, text, or graphics to a prompt that can be a graphic: www.voicethread.com 
  
• ANVILL: https://anvill.uoregon.edu/anvill2 (get a free login - see email on the site)
• Audio recording and file sharing: Vocaroo: vocaroo.com
  
• Audio file sharing: Podomatic: www.podomatic.com
• Audio recorder/editor - Audacity: http://www.audacityteam.org/ (free download)
• Video file sharing: Vimeo: vimeo.com (less public than YouTube), YouTube: www.youtube.com

Vocabulary

• Practice in context with LessonWriter: www.lessonwriter.com and BreakingNewsEnglish: www.breakingnewsenglish.com
• Concordancing: Compleat Lexical Tutor (LexTutor) www.lextutor.ca/conc (this includes some information about concordancing as well) and AntConc: www.antlab.sci.waseda.ac.jp/software.html (free download)
• Cloze and other vocabulary building activities: www.lextutor.ca (try them yourself first so you know what each one does)
• Vocabulary exercises - choose the ones that are most appropriate for your students: Many Things: www.manythings.org or a4esl.org (be selective!)
• BBC Learning English site: www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/english.shtml (wide range of useful resources)
• British Council LearnEnglish http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/ 
  
• LearnEnglishKids (BBC) at learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/listen-and-watch/ 
• Spelling City - vocabulary practice -  https://www.spellingcity.com/
• 16 Websites to teach vocabulary

Mobile technology: laptops, tablets, mp3 players, (smart) phones, more

• Mobile pedagogy for English language teaching: a guide for teachers:
•  http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/sites/ec/files/E485%20Mobile%20pedagogy%20for%20ELT_FINAL_v2.pdf
• Adobe Voice app (create a story with audio and visuals): 
• https://standout.adobe.com/voice/
• Google for Education:
• https://www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/
• Wordle (word cloud generator):
• http://www.wordle.net/
• Thinglink (add media links to photos & videos):
• https://www.thinglink.com/
• Edpuzzle (make videos interactive):
• https://edpuzzle.com/
• Kahoot! A game based learning platform
• Teachers: https://getkahoot.com/
• Students: https://kahoot.it/#/
• iMovie Trailer - (easy video creator)
• https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id377298193?mt=8
• http://www.macworld.com/article/2069025/how-to-create-imovie-10-trailers.html

• What do you and your learners have?
• What are your objectives?

Options

• Oral skills: Audio, video, phone calls
• Written skills: Web, email, texts
• Also: Flashcards and games

Social networking

• Consider
  

• What are your school policies?
• What are your learners’ needs?
• What do your learners think about this?
• Why are you doing this? What are your goals? What are YOU familiar with?
• Start with what you know
• How will your and your students’ information be used?   

• Consider creating a group page or a ‘public’ page with resources

• Group games on Facebook (www.facebook.com)
  

• Skype (www.skype.com) for small-group audio (free) or video (paid)

Create one or more lesson plans using some of the tools above.

Sample lesson plan template with technology component (Word doc to download)

Create a lesson dealing with a cultural issue – a web quest or use of on-line resources integrated with interviews students record and papers students write

WebQuest template on Google Sites (you'll need a Google login to use this)

Updated 12 March 2017 E. Dougherty/ J. daSilva