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A lesson plan for the "1 minute recording" or podcast, from Gladys Baya, a leader of Learning with Computers YG.\n--EHS

This website, provided by the International Reading Association, offers hundreds of articles on a range of topics in reading education. To find articles that match your particular interests, simply search or browse the author, title, and subject indexes.

"Google Earth and Google Maps has always been a natural fit in social studies classrooms. But Google Earth and Maps can also be powerful tools in other content areas. The resources below represent some of my favorite resources for introducing Google Earth and Maps in areas outside of social studies." A great list of uses for a variety of subjects. And a link to how to get Google Earth Pro for free. T/H R. Byrne

Capture anything anywhere, access it from computer, phone, or mobile, find it fast with keywords, tags, text inside images, share with students. A great tool.

A great tool for developing quickly memorized vocabulary. The teacher (or students) can add pictures. The tool creates quizzes of various types--type in the answer, drag and drop, etc., after you have had a learning period. Many different uses and offers so much variety the student is dragged more practice than he expects!

"Engrade unifies all of the people, tools, data, and curriculum in your schools on one user-friendly platform. " And it's free. Includes gradebook, attendance/seating chart, admin reports, access by smartphone, messaging to parents, and security.

"The following are some of the best free tools available online that can help teachers create quizzes." This blog links to some 16 online quiz makers with very short descriptions of each. For college/adults and K-12 also. Some sites have pre-made tests in such subject areas as history, geography, and grammar. Most allow different types of quizzes and some have games as well.

So far there are 20 videos concerning British language and culture. Looks like it would have high appeal to secondary students and mor advanced learners.

Aiden Yeh's English Advertising Class creates video TV commercials for selective (and inventive) products - advanced EFL learners.

This is a short article linking to several educational game-making sites. Creating your own game means targeted practice for your students, but most of the sites also have a bank of games made by other students and teachers. Most are exceedingly simple, but students find them really motivating. And students will learn even more by making their own for self-study or practice with friends.

Games, especially involving teams, are a good way to get in a lot of language practice, and can also teach some social skills. These games are family-friend and are categories for appropriateness for classrooms, ice-breakers, party, active games, etc.

You don't need to be an expert to use video effectively in a variety of ways. Thanks to R. Gesthuizen, Diigo in Education.

This picture dictionary has sound so students can see, read, and hear vocabulary elements. Each section also has little self-tests for students.

Audio and some video titl at these sites are free. I think you might be able to use a desktop recorder like Audacity to record a book to a set of files to take with you, or put on an iPhone. (Avoid the ads at the top of this page--the article is below.)

This is an amazing resource for teaching high school/adult ed. It is video-based and free--individual students can sign in, or a teacher can register a whole class and keep records of their activities. There is an excellent explanatory video for teachers also. Lots of listening/speaking/reading practice.