Алексеева Ирина Евгеньевна, МОУ «Лицей №2» г. Чебоксары

Evaluating and selecting websites “As someone once said, the Web is like one great big, wonderful library. You enter the front door, and there are all the books... piled in the middle of the floor!”

Copyright and copyright-friendly resources www. onestopenglish.com – ideas from ELT from the world www. onestopenglish.com – ideas from ELT from the world www. englishteachers.ru – plans and presentations www. englishteachers.ru – plans and presentations www. eslcafe.com/ideas/ - teaching ideas www. eslcafe.com/ideas/ - teaching ideas www. manythings.org/e/crosswords.htm/ - vocabulary crossword puzzles www. manythings.org/e/crosswords.htm/ - vocabulary crossword puzzles http;//puzzlemaker. com – for making crossword puzzles http;//puzzlemaker. com – for making crossword puzzles programs for making tests programs for making tests – online exercises – online exercises

Searching This link is to a list of search engines in various languages

Using the interactive web in the classroom Digg - a news website where users vote on what appears on the front page Digg - a news website where users vote on what appears on the front page Digg Wikipedia - a user generated encyclopaedia Wikipedia - a user generated encyclopaedia Wikipedia YouTube - user generated video sharing website YouTube - user generated video sharing website YouTube BigThink - a forum for new ideas BigThink - a forum for new ideas BigThink TeacherTube - a video sharing website aimed at teachers TeacherTube - a video sharing website aimed at teachers TeacherTube Podomatic - a website where users can create their own radio style radio shows Podomatic - a website where users can create their own radio style radio shows Podomatic Voicethread - a tool for discussing files and photos Voicethread - a tool for discussing files and photos Voicethread VoxSwap - a language exchange site VoxSwap - a language exchange site VoxSwap Palobea - a language learning site for teachers to teach online Palobea - a language learning site for teachers to teach online Palobea CourseLab -free e-learning authoring tool CourseLab -free e-learning authoring tool CourseLab

Online writing for students and teachers Bubblr ( is a tool that allows users to create strips of photos and add text through the addition of speech bubbles. Bubblr ( is a tool that allows users to create strips of photos and add text through the addition of speech bubbles. Flickr ( an online photo-sharing website where users can upload their photos and tag them so that they are easily searchable. Flickr ( an online photo-sharing website where users can upload their photos and tag them so that they are easily searchable. Google Maps – a free mapping service accessed at As well as zooming in on any corner of the world it allows users to create directions between any two locations Google Maps – a free mapping service accessed at As well as zooming in on any corner of the world it allows users to create directions between any two locations Writeboard – writing activity gets students collaborating on a story using a website called Writeboard ( It works best with small classes Writeboard – writing activity gets students collaborating on a story using a website called Writeboard ( It works best with small classeshttp://

Collaborative online writing The following sites are easy to set blogs up on: Blogger Blogger –Easy to use blogging tool that allows users to create a blog in three steps. Edublogs Edublogs –Educational focused blogging tool to create personal and class blogs. 21 classes 21 classes –Tool to create class blogs with privacy features. Article on the uses of blogs in English language teaching: Article on the uses of blogs in English language teaching: rticles/blogging-elt rticles/blogging-elt rticles/blogging-elt rticles/blogging-elt

Wikipedia - Getting started - ed Use one of these wiki sites to create your own wiki: edhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page ed (follow the first part of the tutorial in the Set up your own wiki resource above to set up a wiki on this site) (follow the first part of the tutorial in the Set up your own wiki resource above to set up a wiki on this site) (there is a tutorial for setting up a wetpaint wiki at (there is a tutorial for setting up a wetpaint wiki at writing an article - writing an article -

Social networking for educational use Communicating with existing networks, making and developing friendships/contacts Communicating with existing networks, making and developing friendships/contacts Represent themselves online, create and develop an online presence Represent themselves online, create and develop an online presence Viewing content/finding information Viewing content/finding information Creating and customising profiles Creating and customising profiles Authoring and uploading content Authoring and uploading content Adding and sharing content Adding and sharing content Posting messages – public & private Posting messages – public & private Collaborating with other people Collaborating with other people

Practising listening & speaking with online audio - funny songs with video and texts - funny songs with video and texts – audio and video resources plus language activities – audio and video resources plus language activities - A directory of educational podcasts for teaching and learning. - A directory of educational podcasts for teaching and learning. BREAKING NEWS ENGLISH – BREAKING NEWS ENGLISH – Fairy Tale Corner – Fairy Tale Corner – learning English Elementary Podcasts – elementary.htm/ learning English Elementary Podcasts – elementary.htm/ elementary.htm/ elementary.htm/ OnestopEnglish Podcasts – OnestopEnglish Podcasts –

Evaluating podcast materials h.com – free audio and video files h.com – free audio and video files h.com h.com asts/series/wnc - world news for children asts/series/wnc - world news for children asts/series/wnc asts/series/wnc hcouncil.org/practice-your- listening hcouncil.org/practice-your- listening hcouncil.org/practice-your- listening hcouncil.org/practice-your- listening

Creating your own online audio recording com/talk/intl/en-GB/ quicktime/download/ quicktime/download/ quicktime/download/ quicktime/download/

Practising listening & speaking with online video Practising listening & speaking with online video – online textual dictionary bringing word to life though video – online textual dictionary bringing word to life though videowww.wordia.com video on different topics video on different topics English.org.uk/think/articles/online- video-elt – everything about video for ELT English.org.uk/think/articles/online- video-elt – everything about video for ELT