1. ONLINE EFL RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS Lynn W. Zimmerman, PhD English Language Fellow A. Xhuvani University Elbansan, Albania https://lwzimmerman.wordpress.com/poland-workshop-materials-may-2015/ Lynn.Zimmerman@trainingexpress.es

2. Your Favorite Tell your neighbor your favorite online resource A few share

3. Teacher Resources articles about how to teach videos demonstrating classroom situations lesson plans graphic organizers worksheets quiz makers rubric makers puzzle makers

4. Learner Resources Quizzes Games Podcasts Videos Webinars Interactive activities Dictionaries, thesauri, etc.

5. One Stop English (teachers) www.onestopenglish.com Methods Lesson plans Skills Grammar Vocabulary Teaching various age groups Materials

6. Dave’s ESL Café (teachers and learners) http://www.eslcafe.com Stuff for teachers Idea cookbook Stuff for students Grammar Idioms Phrasal verbs Pronuciation Quizzes Slang

7. British Council (teachers) http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/ Lessons Activities Tips British literature Teacher training Articles

8. British Council (learners) http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/ Materials Exercises Games IELTS tips and practice Podcasts UK culture

9. Cambridge English Teachers (teachers) http://www.cambridgeenglishteacher.org/ Articles Webinars Interactive pronunciation

10. The EFL Playhouse http://www.esl4kids.net/ games songs fingerplays action rhymes craft ideas printable materials tongue twisters submit your own

11. American English (teachers) http://americanenglish.state.gov Resources Webinars American culture Games Activities Materials

12. Reference Materials for Learners Links to all kinds of dictionaries (http://www.tesolgames.com/dictionaries)http://www.tesolgames.com/dictionaries Virtual Thesaurus (www.virtualthesaurus.com)www.virtualthesaurus.com Interactive phonemic charts with audio… American and British pronunciation http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/pronunciation/phonemic- chart-and-app http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/pronunciation/phonemic- chart-and-app

13. Special Resources for Teachers Rubistar Rubric generator http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ Teacher tips for writing good test questions http://busyteacher.org/6095-12-teacher-tips-for-writing-good-test- questions.html http://busyteacher.org/6095-12-teacher-tips-for-writing-good-test- questions.html Puzzle maker http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/

14. Independent and Classroom Work Skills Reading Listening Speaking Writing

15. Extensive Reading Reading for pleasure Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org)www.gutenberg.org Bartleby (www.bartleby.com)www.bartleby.com Bibliomannia (www.bibliomania.com)www.bibliomania.com Online Books Page (digital.library.upenn.edu/books)digital.library.upenn.edu/books Good Reads (www.goodreads.com)www.goodreads.com

16. Reading Comprehension for Exams Exam sites such as TOEFL, CAE and IELTS have texts with interactive practice tests that students can use to practice reading comprehension. Flo-Joe (www.flo-joe.co.uk)www.flo-joe.co.uk ready-made reading quizzes and passages of text with exercises. Various levels Various topics Include strategies and procedures for dealing with texts

17. Newspaper Examples The Sun www.thesun.co.ukwww.thesun.co.uk Daily Telegraph www.telegraph.co.okwww.telegraph.co.ok The Australian www.australian.com.auwww.australian.com.au Daily Times Nigeria http://www.dailytimes.com.ng/ http://www.dailytimes.com.ng/ USA Today www.usatoday.comwww.usatoday.com

18. Online Newspaper Portals Yahooligans!, a child-oriented website http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/News/News papers http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/News/News papers Newseum www.newseum.org/cybernewseum Click Front pages www.newseum.org/cybernewseum Free Online Newspapers.com http://www.free-onlinenewspapers.com/usa-news-papers-list.html

19. Create Your Own Newspaper Crayon.net A tool for managing news sources Create a customized newspaper with links to predefined news sources automatically connects to the newspapers of one’s choice extracts news stories from them

20. Virtual Field Trip Activity In pairs, choose one of these art museum websites to visit The Louvre (www.louvre.fr) – choose Englishwww.louvre.fr The National Gallery (www.nationalgallery.org.uk)www.nationalgallery.org.uk The Art Institute of Chicago (www.artic.edu)www.artic.edu The Uffizi Gallery (www.uffizi.firenze.it)www.uffizi.firenze.it The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art (www.moma.org)www.moma.org

21. Listening for ELLs Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab (www.esl-lab.com)www.esl-lab.com English Language Learning Lab Online (www.elllo.org)www.elllo.org The English Listening Lounge (www.englishlistening.com)www.englishlistening.com BBC English Learning Home Page (www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml)www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml Takako’s Great Adventure (http://international.ouc.bc.ca/takako)http://international.ouc.bc.ca/takako Real English Online (www.real-english.com)www.real-english.com

22. Radio and TV Sites: Topics Science Earth & Sky www.earthsky.com www.earthsky.com The Discovery Channel www.discovery.com www.discovery.com History The History Channel www.historychannel.com www.historychannel.com Literature Poetry Archive www.poetryarchive.org www.poetryarchive.org MobyLives www.mobylines.com www.mobylines.com NPR: Books www.npr.org/templates/topics/ topic.php?topicId-1032 www.npr.org/templates/topics/ topic.php?topicId-1032 Commercials Funny Commercials http://funnycommercials.nl http://funnycommercials.nl Clio Awards www.clioawards.com www.clioawards.com Everyday Life BBCs Video Nation www.bbc.co.uk/videonation www.bbc.co.uk/videonation Sports ESPN Sports Zone http://espn.go.com http://espn.go.com http://espnradio.espn.go.com/ espnradio/index http://espnradio.espn.go.com/ espnradio/index

23. Radio: General World Radio Network www.wrn.org/audio.htmlwww.wrn.org/audio.html BBC www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.uk National Public Radio www.npr.orgwww.npr.org Canadian Broadcasting Corporation www.cbc.cawww.cbc.ca Australian Broadcasting Corporation www.abc.net.auwww.abc.net.au Voice of America www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfmwww.voanews.com/english/portal.cfm

24. TV: General ITN www.itn.co.ukwww.itn.co.uk ITV www.itv.comwww.itv.com Central TV www.centraltv.co.ukwww.centraltv.co.uk Channel 4 www.channel4.co.ukwww.channel4.co.uk ABC http://abc.go.comhttp://abc.go.com CBS www.cbs.comwww.cbs.com HBO www.hbo.comwww.hbo.com NBC www.nbc.comwww.nbc.com PBS www.pbs.orgwww.pbs.org

25. Podcasts for ELLs Breaking News English www.breakingnewsenglish.com/podcast.html www.breakingnewsenglish.com/podcast.html Jokes in English Podcasts www.voiceblog.jp/jokewww.voiceblog.jp/joke The Daily Idiom Podcast www.englishcaster.com/blogswww.englishcaster.com/blogs The English Teacher Show http://englishteacherjohn.com/podcast http://englishteacherjohn.com/podcast TOEFL Podcast www.toeflpod.comwww.toeflpod.com Voice of America’s Special English www.voanews.com/specialenglish/daily_radio.cfm www.voanews.com/specialenglish/daily_radio.cfm

26. Podcasts for Everyone National Public Radio (NPR) Podcast Directory www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php BBC Documentaries www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/documentaries www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/documentaries CBS News Podcast Feeds http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Podcasting http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Podcasting

27. Audio Books Audible.com www.audible.comwww.audible.com Sherlock Holmes Audio Books www.pinkgeekaudio.net/weblog3 www.pinkgeekaudio.net/weblog3 Project Gutenberg’s Audio Books www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1 www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1 Repeast After Us – Children’s Stories http://repeatafterus.com http://repeatafterus.com

28. Video Sites Apple Movie Trailers www.apple.com/trailerswww.apple.com/trailers Movietrailers.com www.movietrailers.comwww.movietrailers.com English Trailers www.english-trailers.comwww.english-trailers.com The Internet Movie Database www.imdb.comwww.imdb.com CNN (or other news media) video clips www.cnn.com/video_vault www.cnn.com/video_vault Guiness World Records www.guinessworldecords.comwww.guinessworldecords.com Brain POP www.brainpop.comwww.brainpop.com The Biography Channel www.biography.com/broadband/home/index.jsp www.biography.com/broadband/home/index.jsp

29. Interactive Web Pages for Writing http://www.rong-chang.com/writing.htm http://www.ego4u.com/en/business- english/communication/business-letter http://www.ego4u.com/en/business- english/communication/business-letter http://englishinteractive.net/tablet/writing.html http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topicsmenu/writing.html http://www.eslgo.com/classes/write/

30. Wikis Some places you can set up wikis are: PeanutButterWiki: http://pbwiki.comhttp://pbwiki.com SeedWiki: www.seedwiki.comwww.seedwiki.com JotSpot: http://jotspot.comhttp://jotspot.com OddWiki: http://communitywiki.org/odd/HomePagehttp://communitywiki.org/odd/HomePage WikiCities: www.wikicities.com/wiki/Wikicitieswww.wikicities.com/wiki/Wikicities Wikispaces: www.wikispaces.orgwww.wikispaces.org

31. Blog Sites Wordpress: www.wordpress.comwww.wordpress.com Weblogger: www.weblogger.comwww.weblogger.com Diaryland: www.diaryland.comwww.diaryland.com Upsaid: www.upsaid.comwww.upsaid.com Webcrimson: www.webcrimson.comwww.webcrimson.com Xanga: www.xanga.comwww.xanga.com

32. Writing Bee online: http://beeonline.blogspot.comhttp://beeonline.blogspot.com Blog-EFL: http://blog-efl.blogspot.comhttp://blog-efl.blogspot.com The FordLog: www.weblogs4schools.co.uk/TheFordwww.weblogs4schools.co.uk/TheFord Goin’ Upstream: http://goinupstream.blogspot.comhttp://goinupstream.blogspot.com Mariichigo: www.livejournal.com/users/mariichigowww.livejournal.com/users/mariichigo The New Tanuki: http://thenewtanuki.blogspot.comhttp://thenewtanuki.blogspot.com EFL/ESL Exchange: www.dekita.org/exchangewww.dekita.org/exchange Random Thoughts: http://namckeand.blogpsot.comhttp://namckeand.blogpsot.com

33. Children’s E-zines EEK: Environmental Education for Kids (Ages 9-14) www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/index.htm Midlink Magazine (Ages 8-18) www.cs.ucf.edu/~Midlink Stone Soup Magazine (Ages 8-13) www.stonesoup.com/index.html Scholastic News (Ages 8-14) http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews WireTap (Ages 14 and up) www.alternet.org/wiretap

34. Pronunication Practice Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net)http://audacity.sourceforge.net Make clips of authentic pronunciation Students record themselves saying the same words and phrases They compare them ‘side by side’

35. Podcasts Article about equipment for podcasting http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToStartYour FirstPodcastEquipmentEditingPublishingAndMore.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToStartYour FirstPodcastEquipmentEditingPublishingAndMore.aspx Article about podcasting http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows- vista/create-your-own-podcast-what-you-need-to- know-to-be-a-podcaster http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows- vista/create-your-own-podcast-what-you-need-to- know-to-be-a-podcaster Hipcast Liberated Syndication

36. Video Live action videos and stop motion videos can be motivating. Jing: http://www.techsmith.com/jing.htmlhttp://www.techsmith.com/jing.html MS Movie Maker: http://windows.microsoft.com/en- us/windows-live/movie-makerhttp://windows.microsoft.com/en- us/windows-live/movie-maker Voki: http://www.voki.com/http://www.voki.com/ Digitalfilms: http://digitalfilms.com/http://digitalfilms.com/ Microsoft PhotoStory: http://www.microsoft.com/en- us/download/details.aspx?id=11132http://www.microsoft.com/en- us/download/details.aspx?id=11132 Mail Vu: http://mailvu.com/http://mailvu.com/

37. Center for Digital Storytelling Center for Digital Storytelling (http://storycenter.org/)http://storycenter.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O- cqiEtjNrA&list=PL2zMrq22- Y2tFr8hW7w2hisiuyRVQx6sV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O- cqiEtjNrA&list=PL2zMrq22- Y2tFr8hW7w2hisiuyRVQx6sV What did you see? Hear? Think about: What story would you like to tell?

38. References IRA.NCTE. (2006) IRA/NCTE. Wading through the web. Retrieved from http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson983/p resentation.ppt http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson983/p resentation.ppt Krajka, J. (2007). English language teaching in the Internet-assisted environment. Lublin, Poland: Maria Curie-Sklodowska Univeristy Press.

39. Online Sharing Learning Management Systems Nicenet Moodle Canvas Edmodo Easyclass WizIQ Google Drive DropBox

40. Nicenet http://www.nicenet.org Some features: List of class members Class schedule Can copy and paste documents Personal messages Link sharing

41. Moodle http://www.moodle.org http://www.moodle.org WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) interface Some of its features: effective email system threaded forums tracking reports electronic assignment and management of papers and projects can use documents and presentations in mutiple classes

42. Canvas Offers a free version to educators Has a wide range of features http://vimeo.com/35336470 https://canvas.instructure.com/login https://ciee.instructure.com/courses/73?invitation=b3f5DH aixsoseqq2ZGVaNoUVkMEPQl63S08mhdOp https://ciee.instructure.com/courses/73?invitation=b3f5DH aixsoseqq2ZGVaNoUVkMEPQl63S08mhdOp

43. Other Sites Virtual learning environments Edmodo – https://www.edmodo.comhttps://www.edmodo.com Easyclass – http://www.easyclass.comhttp://www.easyclass.com WizIQ – http://www.wiziq.com/http://www.wiziq.com/

44. Google Drive Not an LMS Versatile tool for file sharing A single place to store, manage, and access all your files, from any place and on any device where you've installed Google Drive Can use Google Drive to store all file types, including documents, presentations, music, photos, and videos

45. Dropbox Not an LMS Cloud storage and file sharing http://www.dropbox.com

46. Social Media Facebook Special sites for students Twitter

47. Facebook Can set up a special private group for your classes Share self-study resources from the Internet Add links to useful websites Share materials connected to class discussions Prepare for the writing paper in Cambridge exams with peer-feedback Assign homework and remind students of homework deadlines Prepare for end of term tutorials Share files and pictures

48. Social Media for Students These sites are specifically designed with young learners in mind Fakebook FakeTweet Edublogs Kidblog Edmodo

49. Resources for Twitter http://www.slideshare.net/halafawzi/twitter-in-efl- classroom http://www.slideshare.net/halafawzi/twitter-in-efl- classroom http://www.teachhub.com/50-ways-use-twitter- classroom http://www.teachhub.com/50-ways-use-twitter- classroom http://etcjournal.com/2009/12/15/twit-torial/ Don’t want to tweet online – do "tweets" on post-it notes

50. Social Media and Your Class Set up the rules and guidelines with the students for safe and appropriate use http://www.safekids.com/kids-rules-for-online-safety/ https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/internet-safety-library http://www.gcflearnfree.org/internetsafety

51. References Davis, V. (2014). A guidebook for social media in the classroom. Edutopia. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/guidebook-social-media-in-classroom-vicki- davis http://www.edutopia.org/blog/guidebook-social-media-in-classroom-vicki- davis Haase, B. (n.d.). Using Facebook groups with EFL students. Retrieved from http://www.excel-college.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Using- Facebook-groups-with-EFL-students.pdfhttp://www.excel-college.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Using- Facebook-groups-with-EFL-students.pdf Stannard, R. (2011). How English language teachers can go with the Twitter flow. Guardian Weekly. Retrieved from http://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/oct/11/twitter-for-english- language-teachers http://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/oct/11/twitter-for-english- language-teachers