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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

Interesting article about the changes in expectations of today's learners

I found some really good reminders for myself in here, and some new ways of looking at things.

Looks like a good self study site for ESL students. A little on the advanced side; probably wouldn't work for levels lower than 4.

online reading with self-quizzes. "Beginner" actually seems like low intermediate to me. Not a lot of articles currently but good resource for self student

good at home study site, especially for lower levels (even pre-1!). Has vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, etc. with a strong focus on beginning survival vocabulary.

Grammar practice with quizzes. Good self study.

Not much revolutionary here, but points 3 & 4 are good reminders of the importance of connecting English to real world uses and of the value of fomulative assessments like exit slips, etc.

Online reading site for very beginning readers. Definitely geared toward kids, but students can read/listen at the same time -- a big plus in my book. Free, no registration required. A lot of non-fiction, which helps "up" the level a little bit.

Online reading site for very beginning readers. Definitely geared toward kids, but students can read/listen at the same time -- a big plus in my book. Free, no registration required. A lot of non-fiction, which helps "up" the level a little bit.

This series of drawings struck me as something that might be useful to spawn conversation. Some Drawings are more controversial than others, but several hit on topics that I think some classes are already discussing, especially the upper levels.

This is a fun video about the function of the comma in compound and complex sentences. Good for review. Questions are customizable if you register your name and e-mail.

Well done resource for plagiarism info -- good for Level 6 teachers. Thanks to Jaime for the find!

Perhaps a thing of the future?

This is kind of crazy but interesting. Try out the quick exercise to see how fast we can read by using our "Optimal Recognition Point". Warning: You may get a little dizzy.

Simple and easy technique to help students deal with the "look every unknown word up immediately in the dictionary" state of mind. Short, simple, and requires NO tech tools other than a pen or a marker!

good exploration of the skills all students, of any age, need as 21st century learners.

I found this awesome vocab tool that picks out important words in an online (or typed in) text based on relevance, frequency, and subject. It creates word clouds (don't worry, I didn't know what those were either), gives definitions, parts of speech, and examples from the text. The full features are only available with a paid subscription, but there's a lot you can do with the free version, too, and you don't even need to create a username or password! This could be a very helpful website to pass on to students.

Looks at what skilled teachers think, say, and do to create successful classroom & learning experiences.

Excellent, succinct reminders of the power of very basic questions in student engagement

Interesting article regarding picking / choosing your battles in classroom management / teaching in general.