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"The Newseum displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form. Some front pages may contain material that is objectionable to some visitors. Viewer discretion is advised." This would be very handy, and easy to use, for adult ESL/EFL, social studies classes, or cross-cultural study: What is considered important in each location? How is the same news story treated differently in different cities or different parts of the world? Excellent for visual learners.

This would be very useful for h.s. social studies or an adult ESL/EFL class where students can compare how the news is presented in different newspapers, or compare what is considered important in different cultures.

Get learning materials, commune with colleagues, find online exercises to use with students, and connect with the MERLOT Second Life community. Great resources and connections for teachers.

"Graphic organizers have become a valuable tool for helping students learn to analyze and process information. The visual format makes organizing, interpreting and understanding new material quicker and more successful than simple memorization alone. The graphic organizers on our site were selected for their value and broad appeal to many different educational situations. " Offers a number of visual organizers created in PDF format to download. You don't load in any data online, but they look like a help for organizing student projects

100s of guides to learning and studying in dozens of languages. Especially good for writing, reading, and critical thinking skills. Also has some materials for students with learning disabilities, e.g., ADHD. Mainly native-speaker oriented.

"In this video, made while I was Tech Liaison for the Alaska State Writing Consortium, I share some ideas about teaching with Twitter and reflect on using Twitter with both local and distance students at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. "This video was created as part of an online presentation I did with, David Wicks, Seattle Pacific University, and Jason Rhode, Northern Illinois University. It was presented online for the Northwest eLearning Community January 27, 2011. We have posted more materials and links to additional videos at their Google site: Twitter in Edu." From Jacquie Cyrus, Guam.

While it looks a little cluttered to begin with, this is a great site for teachers to find usable, pedagogically defensible materials. You can use lots of free stuff at the site, but for a modest subscription price, you have access to everything Jason Renshaw has built. (He is also sympathetic to teachers in developing countries who may have difficulty coming up with the scratch.) He also has many short videos on the pedagogy of his work and teaching approaches in general.

Advanced training for Google Earth: Now you have all read Advice For New Members and Placemarks and Overlays (Basic Training), Right? If you haven't, you better! I will know if you try this "Advanced Material" before you study the basics... and some large ugly Troll will be knocking on your back door late at night if you lie to me.

A social site where teachers can add a syllabus and other materials, and students can communicate with each other.

A one-stop site for sharing information and ideas with teachers of English all around the world and accessing tools, resources and materials for your classes.

Truly free and non-commercial, the collections M. Sheehan lists include the Federal Registry (FREE, and non-commercial) with animations, primary docs, maps, etc.; Graphic Organizers from Vermilion Parish; The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, with primary sources and online exhibits to explore history; Chonicling America from the Library of Congress, which contains a database of newspapers from 100 years ago. These sites would be great for authentic materials and content-based tasks for teens/adults.

"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."

Insert a URL on this page and it will render a readability score. This could be helpful to determine readable authentic materials. However, I suspect most webpages all run pretty close to the same level. This would be interesting to experiment with.

This is an excellent example of how principal and teachers work through formative assessments and customization of teaching materials collaboratively. It can happen!

"One reason PBL might be hard for some teachers to start is that there's just so much stuff out there about it. Who has time to wade through it all? To solve this problem, I went out in search of the clearest, most authoritative information on PBL and put together a collection of materials that will help you get your feet wet, plus links to more resources for when you're ready to dig deeper." This article starts with a definition and gives teachers help in getting started with PBL.

An educator explains how he uses Twitter to inspire authentic conversations within his class and across the Twitterverse:: "Within days he found students tweeting at each other multiple times an evening, mentioning and "favoriting" their peers' thoughts, and providing ample material for classroom discussion. His students were being "more careful and reading more closely," Bronke noted. Conducting conversations online allowed him to track their comprehension as well. Because most of his students used Twitter for recreational purposes, they could also utilize their experiences in English class and include their class hashtags as they responded to tweets from One Direction and Tim Tebow. And as an added bonus: Bronke used his already-established education-oriented Twitter handle. This meant that the student comments he retweeted were often retweeted and "favorited" by teachers and scholars who wanted to support their ideas. These students learned that their voice mattered even outside of the classroom setting, and that engaging in real dialogue could be fun and worthwhile."

"Welcome to Goin' upstream, a meeting place to interact after class. It's a class den to share useful material on the content and specific problems that arise in the classroom. It's a place to set your own agenda and record your experience when going upstream with your best buddies." A bulletin board used for a collaborative classroom (2005). Gives an idea of how an online BB might be used.

"EDUCATOR TOOLKIT News & Media Literacy In today's 24/7 digital world, we have instant access to all kinds of information online. Educators need strategies to equip students with the core skills they need to think critically about today's media. We teach foundational skills in news and media literacy through our Digital Citizenship program, specifically through our Creative Credit & Copyright and Information Literacy topics. Built on more than 10 years of expertise and classroom testing, these lessons and related teaching materials give students the essential skills to be smart, savvy media consumers and creators. From lesson plans about fact-checking to clickbait headlines and fake news, we've covered everything. To learn more about our approach, read the Topic Backgrounder on news and media literacy."

Community worksheets for a wide variety of secondary school subjects, including STEMS and world languages. Create tests and worksheets and instructional materials and share with others.

R. Stannard on Quizlet - introduces Quizlet aspects, including Flashcards and testing; how to create study sets and use folders to organize your review materials for students.

"We want our students to be active viewers. But why stop at comprehension? "Active viewing is great, but it isn't enough. When it comes to video, students shouldn't just get it; they should also have something to say about it. Students need to be active and reactive viewers -- comprehending and critiquing, reading and reacting, getting and giving knowledge. Below you'll find great tools, tips, and strategies for helping to foster both of these essential media-literacy skills." This page has a wealth of materials -- worksheets, video lessons, tips, etc. -- for critical thinking.