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Play the original Oregon Trail at this online disk archive. Simulation uses some math and when played as a group involves decision-making and discussion of choices.\n--EHS

Interactive tutoring and learning tools and exercises for maths, US grades 3-12 (late elementary through high school). ALso sponsors teacher development courses (fee-based). --Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

Free audio stories/audiobooks for kids. Usually features a holiday-related story on the frontpage, but includes classic English fairytales like Snow White and The Three Little Pigs. Not specifically ESL/EFL, but looks very useful for listening and culture activities.\n--EHS

A high quality refereed journal for second and foreign language educators. --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.

"This website is an integrated collection of the indicators and analyses published in The Condition of Education 2000-2008. Some indicators may have been updated since they appeared in print." From the US Dept of Education and Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics --Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

From the About page:\n\nMy Pop Studio is a creative play experience that strengthens critical thinking skills about television, music, magazines and online media directed at girls. Users select from four behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn more about mass media:\n\n Looks like fun for high school students, and was created by a team at Temple University, School of Communication. Focus is media literacy.\n--EHS

One of a collection of several videos concerning education at the present time in the US.\n--EHS

Mark Warschauer's blog has replaced the old emailed Papyrus Newsletter. He now has a team of contributors. Focus is on digital learning and literacy, with an emphasis on the digital divide, new tools, ruminations about the nature of life online.

This is going to a relatively short "The Best…" list sharing places where ESL/EFL/ELL teachers who are both new and experienced with using educational technology can find resources, ideas, and support.

Part of Susan Gaer's Email Home Page projects, this one for younger learners. --Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

Examples of young student art and English practice; may be useful for lesson planning. Directions in Portuguese. --EHS

A description of past history of Second Life (c. 2006)--how it came to be and how the economy works. Good background if you are thinking about pedagogical uses of SL, --EHS

Socialight is a new tool for location-based messaging, currently being used at museums, national parks, etc.

IRRODL is a refereed e-journal to advance research, theory and best pratice in open and distance learning.\n--EHS

Articles, Research Papers, Lessons Plans, Classroom Handouts, Teaching Ideas & Links A huge compendium of things for students to do online, as well as articles for teachers on pedagogy and lesson plans. practical focus and strong ESL/EFL orientation. --EHS

Publishes weekly articles on practical approaches and lesson plans for teaching EFL online. Here at the ELT Newsletter teachers of English can * read weekly articles on topics of interest to ELT professionals - updated every Friday * gather teaching tips from the weekly articles * find links to other sites of interest to English teachers (and learners) Every week we publish a new article on ELT. We cover a wide variety of topics - young learners, adults, general English, business English, exam classes, modern concepts and ideas such as Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Multiple Intelligences, and more. If it's of interest to English teachers, it's of interest to us! --EHS

The Knowledge Tree is an e-journal generated by members of the Australian vocational education and training (VET) system to enable the sharing of research and learning innovation in national and global e-learning practice.

Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration. Not particularly focused on ESL/EFL, but on everything to do with online education. Particularly slanted toward administrative issues,not teaching.

Our articles offer a new learning theory to accommodate the learning styles and preferences of today's digitally immersed students, discuss how preservice teachers can be prepared to integrate gaming into their curricula, and present technological solutions to challenges in teaching and testing. --EHS