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A short lesson plan -- how to do a role-play in class. This is a nice model that can be revised and used for other situational learning role-plays.

This app is like Evernote on steroids. Free from Microsoft, you can organize a whole class using the apps built into the interface for all devices, both computers and mobile. Organize and publish lesson plans and assignments, create quizzes and make hand-written notes on them, send emails, add photos from other devices, create video and audio messages, clip any webpage to view later on or offline. Works with a large number of other apps, such as fax/scanner tools, Feedly for archiving information, smart pens, ModNotebooks, which digitizes paper and pencil documents. Or create your own app with onenote appi (dev.onenote.com). T/H A. Burns

Wow! This has articles on how to use comics, lesson plans, and links to places on the Web where you can create comics. Excellent blog feature.

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

This is a nice example of how to use Geocaching for project- or problem-based learning. Join the wiki and help add to the lore.

Lots of good ideas for using PowerPoint and Win MovieMaker in the classroom for student projects. Includes templates, for example, for writing story maps, timelines, and genealogy tables with PowerPoint.

A nice way to categorize and save "playlists" of various websites. C. Arena's are oriented to technology-using teachers. Collect a set and share with others.

"This is a virtual place for folks interested in learning to "operationalize TPACK" (Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge) via curriculum-based learning activity types ('LATs') to get up-to-date information, and (more importantly) participate in the vetting and refining of the activity types in each of the curriculum areas in which activity type development is happening." College of William & Mary School of Ed has set up a community site where there is a collection of activities with accompanying technologies for a wide range of ages/grade levels. There is also a "teaching strategies" page and links to presentations, assessment tools, and other resources. Hopefully there will be frequent updates and the pages will be a useful resource.

A site for thought about how to inspire creativity and thinking: "Design thinking consists of four key elements: Defining the Problem, Creating and Considering Multiple Options, Refining Selected Directions, and Executing the Best Plan of Action."

This article includes a link to a journal template. Writing about reading is something I always had my intermediate-advanced students do, and I'm sure it could be adapted to lower levels as well.

This has great videos on how to teach a wide variety of subjects, as well as how to manage students' behavior in class, set up collaborations, assessment, and esp. for US teachers, the common core standards. Very useful for teacher training, though not specifically oriented toward ESL/EFL.

An absolutely great site for video tips on great techniques used by good teachers to manage their classrooms. Effective teaching practices, though not specifically related to ESL/EFL, can be adapted to your own setting. A terrific resource.

Offers ESL educators ready to use media-rich lesson plans from Northern California Public Broadcasting on a range of useful themes: health, eco-litereacy, immigration, the green economy, financial literacy etc.

"dive into this admittedly overwhelming list and pick the questions that most inspire you to tell an interesting story, describe a memorable event, observe the details in your world, imagine a possibility, or reflect on who you are and what you believe." Prompts are organized loosely by topic, and relate to a published NY Times story.