Exploring Web 2.0 October 2011

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

On November 20th we celebrate International Children's rights! We must reflect on the importance of respecting children's rights. 

It is a good website to test students' grammar, also could be an extra practices for students. When I tutor students, I use this tools to be a grammar practice. We teach the grammar rules first, but students sometimes are confused the rules. If we give students extra practices, they will figure out the rules and be much more familiar with it.

Lyrics.com is a music community with the largest searchable lyrics database.  Great source for using songs in the classroom.

A popular website where you can find practically any type of music video to use in the classroom.

I am very interested in adopted and foster children. I believe every child has the human right to a safe and healthy home environment. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. This is a great website I found that helps teachers navigate with this sensitive human rights issue. It's a great resource for not only understanding how to approach adopted students, but also how to teach other children about the lives of those whom live with guardians that are not their parents.

It is a Page where we can find many activities to work in our classes. It 's important to teach our students about human rights in order to get a better world. Human rights are universal and we have to teach how some culture can affect these rights. This page includes human education activities, culture and changes activities and so on

I came across Advocates for Youth in college while working with a sub-group of the Bus Project. It has proven to be an invaluable resource when helping students research current events. They are able to learn about the issues and see what their peers are doing about them.

Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization dedicated to building houses for the most needed.  It is present in 17 countries in Latin America and the caribbean.  Most of the houses are built by volunteers and families that have been benefited with houses.  This webapage can be used to present the topic of Human rights, solidarity, and how every person has the right to live in their own home.  It can also foster volunteer work in the community by contacting a local office in your country.

This site have a lot of interactive games where students can enjoy different topics and practice what they need to practice, there you can also find idioms to apply some real vocabulary in your classes and their earning process.

Use the radio transcripts and audio files on our site to improve your American English and learn about current events, science, health, economics, US history, American culture and much more. We use a vocabulary of common words and a slower speech rate to make the language easier to understand.