Latest update 4th June 2013 - These are some of the best free internet resources for education. This page is constantly updated; every time the author comes across a new piece of software or an exciting website, the author lists it here. This list is in alphabetical order which makes it easy to use with a short explanation of what each software, website, or app does.
Wizer is a fantastic free tool for creating simple digital worksheets that enable learners and teachers to do some pretty complex things. When I first discovered the tool a few months back I was really impressed by how easy it was to create really engaging blended learning content for class or homework, so it's great to be able to publish this Q & A with Nira Mayorchik Sheleg the Co-founder & CEO.
This is a great website for leisure learning. You'll find popular music, TV shows and drama in Korean, Chinese, and so on. Most of the shows come with subtitles in various languages.
Welcome to the first November edition of my Edtech and ELT newsletter.
In this editions you can find:
A discount code for my new ebook
Some really interesting articles on how the internet is impacting on truth and fact
Some great new apps and tools to encourage students to create their own videos.
There is an assumption that persists in the educational community that more mature teachers are much more difficult and reluctant to be trained on the effective use of educational technology. To some degree, I think this assumption has been built on by the digital native vs digital immigrant myth. But as someone who has trained teachers of all ages all over the world I would say that, from my own experience, this hasn't been the case.
Spongelab is an online learning platform with science animations, images, videos and games integrated into a teacher content management system. All at no cost, science teachers, students and thinkers can access our growing database of amazing interactive educational media. Spongelab - where science meets play!
Spanish Proficiency Exercises is a compilation of brief video clips in which native speakers of Spanish from various locations throughout Latin America and Spain demonstrate various language tasks.