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A large collection of ways to use Jing to teach languages, including feedback, vocabulary and grammar, timelines, using your webcam, reading, etc.

"Whether you are looking for teaching activities, worksheets, lessons, games, ideas or articles, you've certainly come to the right place. The pages at Teach-This.com are designed to direct you quickly and easily to the ESL/EFL teaching resource you are looking for. You will find lots of new teaching ideas and activities to keep your classes imaginative and interesting." Created by Paul Adams, this crowd-sourcing site collects lesson plans and activities from teachers and lets other teachers download pdfs and use them. Categorized roughly by themes and grammar structures, there is a lot of helpful cross-referencing. Each lesson has a designated level (intermediate, elementary, etc.) and a brief abstract. Most lessons are for teens/adult learners. It's up to you what pedagogy or approach is going to work with your students. It's free -- add your own lesson!

These resources include an APA Powerpoint tutorial, the APA Sixth Edition, advice on writing a dissertaion -- with samples -- the mechnaics of writing/grammar, and how to avoid plagiarism. For advanced, academic students.

"For Teachers: automated homework assignment, grading, and reporting For Parents: manage student success For Students: learning with immediate feedback in students' preferred environment, the WEB "

Google is offering Add-ons that will make this online tool more comparable to the features of MS Word or Excel. For example, use Gliffy for charts and diagrams, Track Changes in four colors (without resort to the font formatting toolbar), grammar check, and use templates and bibliography styles. This article highlights and describes some of the apps.

Wallwisher can be used to post messages to someone or several people, but it can also be used for educational purposes. The page works like a set of sticky notes. In this page, Nik Peachey has asked teachers to collect resources or links to good Web 2.0 tools. It will take some time to go through them all. The disadvantage is that there is no inherent organizational method. New messages pop up wherever, sometimes even over other messages. But it might be great fun to have a class of students or student-teachers try it out and collect resources for you. For example, you could have students look for good Grammar sites on the Web, then have them explore each other's and write "comments" in another Wall wisher post.

Shows how you can use Jing screencasts to create mini-lessons for your own students--illustrated with vocabulary, grammar, ways to give feedback, and getting students to ttalk

A lesson plan for writing dialogue/short play online at a cartoon creation site. "Lesser controlled computer room writing activity. This activity can be adapted to the level and grammar area of your choice. Level: Intermediate & above Location: Computer room Topic: Writing direct speech in a cartoon Language Focus: Direct speech, present tenses etc Time: 30 minutes"

Has an interesting business letter generator.

ESL Galaxy offers over 2368 free printable worksheets for ESL lesson plans and ESL Activities; and there are more additions every day. The worksheets include: Board Games, Crosswords, Grammar worksheets, Vocabulary Worksheets, and more

One of an extensive series of ipod shows to learn English. Be sure to pull down the menu from >More From: podEnglish to see the full selection. These are unique in being situationally based, rather than simply grammar based.

Lots of great ideas for using the downloadable app on your desktop to help students practice grammar and vocabulary with Word Magnets.

"Yet surprisingly few studies of this format have produced supporting evidence for learning styles; far more evidence (such as this study) runs counter to the myth. What often happens is that both groups perform better when taught by one particular style. This makes sense because although each of us is unique, usually the most effective way for us to learn is based not on our individual preferences but on the nature of the material we're being taught - just try learning French grammar pictorially, or learning geometry purely verbally."

This blog describes some of the games the author is working on and includes comments by kids about the educational games they tried out. The focus is on games to teach science, but the ideas are interesting and might be applicable to other areas (games to teach grammar?)

A huge variety of online activities.

This free quiz app allows you to compete with other players around the world. For CEFR level B1-B2, i.e., fairly advanced. Practices vocabulary and grammar, and works with both Android and iOS.

What are the top ten? This is for native speakers, but has relevance if you are teaching academic writing at the advanced/university level. "The Comma Splice | The Abused Apostrophe | Subject-verb Agreement | Coordinated & Subordinated Conjunctions | Double Negatives | Disruptive & Misplaced Modifiers | Unclear antecedents Preposition Overuse | Fragments | Run-ons"

"The key to IELTS Writing Task 2 success is to give the examiner exactly what they want and nothing else. "Below you will find everything you need to achieve a high score in IELTS Writing Task 2. "It includes: 5 Step Approach Video Writing Task 2 Tips Essential Skills Sentence-by-Sentence Structures Common Topics Full Lessons On All Question Types. Grammar Sample Answers Correction Service Easy to Understand Infographic" This lesson is oriented toward passing the IELTS Writing Exam, but it is a useful set of exercises and activities, including a video, for anyone learning how to write an academic essay