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Learn English Kids is a great collection of resources from the British Council for children learning English as an additional language. Play games, listen and watch stories and learn songs. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English+As+An+Additional+Language

A 3D role-playing game designer that encourages learners to create stories narratives by playing the game. Designing games is fun and it is easy to share with your class mates. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

This is a fab literacy site where you can find interesting and rare English words. Browse for words to make children's work stand out from the crowd and play 'guess the meaning' with your class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

A great spelling resource from the Oxford English Dictionary. Listen to words and try to spell them at three levels of difficulty. Choose between British and US spelling. Play full screen at http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/media/spelling-bee-2011/SpellingContest.swf http://j.mp/HBnIw6 http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

Go on a spooky adventure to find out about punctuation and play games with the super site from the BBC. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

A superb English grammar game where users throw ninja stars at the correct type of word. Download the sentence creator to make your own sentences and play offline. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

A great collection of play scripts for children. Browse 100s of plays on a range on topics. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

Play hangman in ten European languages, including English, French, German and Spanish. You can choose the level of difficulty. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages,+Culture+&+International+Projects

A wonderful story site for younger children where the readers play a platform game with Rex the dinosaur to follow the storyline. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

A good MFL spelling game. Find as many French, German, Spanish or English words as you can using the 6 letters you are given. Sign in to track progress or press the 'visit' button to just play the games. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages%2C+Culture+%26+International+Projects

This is a MUST TRY site. It's not often that I'm amazed be an educational resource, but I am with this one. Pora Ora is a stunning educational virtual world for Primary school aged students. Play truely fun educational games which practise skills in English, maths and many other subjects. The graphics and useably is superb. Online safety is at the heart of this site. The parential admin account can set the student's account to free chat with everyone to completely locked down where they have the world to themselves and everything in between. The site has a language filter and users can report any incidents of trouble. Also, the first task requires the user to complete an online safety task. The site is free with a few premium features coming out later. You have got to try this one! http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

A spelling game for older students. Listen to the audio and spell. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

Continue the story by dragging your words from those provided. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

This is a must try site which provides an amazing 3D world which teaches English and maths core skills. Players race against two other randomly chosen online players of a similar level. The questions start out very easy and adapt to the performance of the player. The questions are read out and some are displayed on the screen. The player just clicks on the correct multiple choice answer to increase their speed. There is a download for PCs and Macs as well as apps for iPad and Android. There are teacher accounts which allow you to make logins for lots of children quickly. When there log in students will be asked to design an avatar. Because the resource requires a sizeable download it takes a little time to set up, but because it runs on your local device game play is very smooth and quick. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Pick a student at random just by giving your device a shake or tapping the screen -- but that's just the beginning. Stick Pick suggests question starters for learners at different levels and also records how well students respond during classroom discussions. If a student is consistently scoring near the top or bottom, simply change the level so students aren't bored or frustrated. Depending on students' levels of English proficiency, they might be asked simple yes-or-no questions or to elaborate in longer sentences.

These digital tools show promise to support word learning, review, and play with language. They are grouped them into four categories: Reference Tools, Word Clouds, Games and Review, Word Walls and Virtual Field Trips.

A superb site with animated videos of Shakespeare plays. Watch short explanations about some of the most famous plays and watch videos exploring the characters. The text that goes with the videos is useful and child-friendly. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English