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A web site with plenty of resources for teaching English to kids. Ready made worksheets, games, reading, activities, and so on. Children learn English by playing and in an very interactive way. The games are great fun!!! Yrma Garcia

Hi there! It has taken too long to manage this tool. But never mind. I am very optimistic and work harder each time. This web site must be a good device for teachers who work with kids. Though you must ensure that the computers in your classroom or lab meet the requirements since the software of this web site is very trendy, I think. Enjoy it!!!

Hi there! It has taken too long to manage this tool. But never mind. I am very optimistic and work harder each time. This web site must be a good device for teachers who work with kids. Though you must ensure that the computers in your classroom or lab meet the requirements since the software of this web site is very trendy, I think. Enjoy it!!! Yrma Garcia

I know we were told to bookmark a site referred only to the topic we chose on the map, but I found this great site that links you to a whole bunch of mterial about human rights. It inlcudes lesson plans, listening activities, interactive activities, pictures, wwebquests and a lot more. I haven't been able to go through the whole thing, but for what I've seen so far, it's very interisting and it will be of great help for some of us. I hope you enjoy it as much as I am right this moment.

This website provides extensive resources on the topic of a living wage. There is a wealth of information contained on the site, which provides comprehensive coverage of many issues surrounding the idea of a living wage and its impact on workers, communities, and businesses.One particularly interesting article discusses the impact of Walmart, not only on workers, but also on shoppers. I think the information on this site can be used in the discussion of how to balance the issue of how big retailers can contribute to communities by providing jobs and affordable goods while at the same time providing a living wage as opposed to simply low paying jobs that provide little or no benefits.

Jerry, this topic is a HOT one right now with the economy not only producing few jobs, but with people working 40 hours a week and being nowhere near meeting their financial obligations. Nice choice! M.

I've always been a supporter of Walmart - one of the few I think! If it wasn't for Walmart I'm not sure I'd be able to get by. The interesting thing though is that after reading one of the articles at the UC Berkeley labor center website, I realized that Walmart could pay more to its workers if they chose to and the impact on their profits, as well as the price increases passed along to consumers, would be minimal. The article discusses what would happen if Walmart was required to pay its workers $12 an hour and concluded even if Wamart were to pass on the entire wage increase to consumers, the increased price cost to the average shopper would only be about $12.49 a year. If Walmart offered a minimum wage of $12 an hour I can't help but believe there would be less resistance to them opening new stores in hard hit economic communities.

This site shows something that we are losing: Values. We need to be aware that one of our duties is to reinforce family unit. We have to work not only with children but with their parents, too. You can use the information to create a comfortable environment between children and their parent. I take every opportunity to share my opinion with parents. Parents who don´t speak English I always afraid about it. With this site you can tell them that the responsibility of teaching English is yours ( their English teacher), but the responsibility to motivate their children is theirs (parents), This site can help them to prioritize their family activities, to show interest in their children activities. Rosa Sandoval

Web site in Panama for spaying and adopting cats (and dogs). Used in the ongoing story in Group 1.

Lots of links to sites on different topics! Under The Advocates of Human Rights I found information about educational programs for adults in Peru.

This site promotes training for teachers in the field of human rights. There is a Lesson Plan related to Identity, which I think is key to starting a process of social inclusion. Eventhough I don't teach children, this lesson could be adapted for adults.

An interesting site to give a hand

Attractive site to discuss in EFL - ESP classes (Business - Global Awareness - Project Citizen - Charity)

There are many things that are able to be accomplished throughout the development of the new techniques. For example how to keep in touch with our students and to program different activities in a course. All of this encourages students to never stop practicing what is definitely a process. If they feel the communication doesn´t stop, they feel happy and free to produce more and more each time.

Great site to help with students assessment using rubrics.  

In this paragraph we might observe three things left out of Web 2.0 that in a certain moment may influence the practice and the responsibilities it may bring with them. The outline of each tension ends with suggestions for one or more researchable questions that naturally follow. With this we are only adding some particular issues that will in one way or another limit the strategic discoveries of this new technological way of communication. Further on, some limitations may impose certain morality issues that may limit any further development as well as oppose to many business negotiations that will be directly affected with this.

Official UN site on human rights issues in Cambodia

This is site created online by Ventesolers. VenTESOL is the Venezuelan brach of TESOL. Here we can keep updated.

I like to use this site for teaching kids about reading charts and graphs; side benefit is making them more aware of the world they live in.

I have a cousin who contributes to this group and I often recommend articles to other teachers from the site. I find that it can help teachers who have gotten stuck in a rut to break out of it. Most of the perspective are a bit liberal for Salem, OR but they still help colleagues look at issues in a new way.

In this site you can find a lot of activities to do with students about "Environment", for instance; vocabulary related to environment, lesson plans, video segment with different activities; listening; projects.

Grammar Bytes! Grammar Instruction with Attitude. Includes detailed terms, interactive exercises, handouts, PowerPoints, and more! Exercises Handouts Presentations Rules

Ismael - I will be using links to this site for our lesson plan. Thanks. JC