ELI Websites

Short list of usual approaches to add rigor (critical thinking) to all types of assignments

This goes both ways, top to bottom and bottom to top. I was initially thinking of the sting that class evaluations can often have but then expanded that to "why is the sting going down more often than up?". There should be a system in place that voices both ways; I grow as a teacher through student feedback (often with an "ouch!" factor; I should grow in admin through the same system. Thoughts about a feedback loop that would be safe and useful? You can slip an anonymous note under my door for now... :-)

Other than the PD article, I thought the TED talk looked like it could be really interesting for the higher level students

There were some really useful feedback "stems" in here for mid-session evaluations or other regular feedback to students. It's nice to not have to reinvent the wheel when you can use a stem and personalize it for students!

grammar powerpoints from Azar. Highly recommended by Jaime and personally I think Azar does a great job of presenting grammar clearly. All free for download!

I survive using Azar!! Love it.

Cute video students could watch and describe. Good for lower levels; very visual.

Cute video students could watch and describe. Good for lower levels; very visual.

This is worth the time it takes to do it...I found it eye opening how dumb I felt while reading it AND how few of the traditional reading strategies we teach I actually used.

perfect timing!

Clear, informative article on making feedback effective

Grammar videos from the British Council. Short and explanatory...might be really useful for those of you who are semi-flipping.

Using next Saturday! Thanks, love British Council's resources.

This was very helpful! As a native speaker, I had to go back to basics to think about 'phrasal verbs' transitive and intransitive, multi-word verbs, etc. all the different terms... I think this could be used for various levels. Good explainer.

Simple summarizing activity

Learning from failure..interesting assessment ideas in here Popularized from the book of the same name, the idea behind failing forward is to see failing as a part of success rather than its opposite.

automatic citation generator plus a bit of checking of elements of writing. Not bad for a free program; Mike's students are using it and find it helpful. Thanks for sharing Mike!

This is great, I didn't know this even existed! Thanks!

short blog post on wait time and the importance of teacher wait time before AND after questions

short blog post on wait time and the importance of teacher wait time before AND after questions

Very interesting post about experiencing classes from the student point of view. I wish we (myself included) were able to do this...even with doing classroom observation I have learned about the importance of breaks, no matter how engaging the lesson is

Very interesting post about experiencing classes from the student point of view. I wish we (myself included) were able to do this...even with doing classroom observation I have learned about the importance of breaks, no matter how engaging the lesson is

108 ways is about 90 too many but maybe there will be a couple of ideas in here about word clouds. They are so cool!

Ideas for getting students up and moving around while still working...3 hours is a long time to sit!

Ideas for getting students up and moving around while still working...3 hours is a long time to sit!

Ideas for student engagement and differentiated learning