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Richard Byrne advises teachers to activate page-level permissions when giving students access to classroom websites for blogging or digital portfolio development (2012.05.24).

Video introducing Russell's website and the various types of videos it provides for learners of English and teachers interested in using technology in ELT and other areas

This site contains resources for those who are just beginning and those who wish to explore in greater depth three important topics in higher education today, particularly as they are related to teacher preparation. The three topics of this website are: Multimedia Records of Practice to enable faculty to make public their typically invisible practice of teaching and to support their scholarship of teaching activities; Electronic Portfolios to enable faculty and students to reflect upon their learning or professional development or to support program or institutional assessment; and Digital Storytelling to enable faculty, students, and others to easily create digital stories with which they may share their reflections on their experiences in learning.

"'m at a small gathering of education journalists, policymakers and school leaders today, and in attendance is the Department of Education's Director of Education Technology, Karen Cator. Cator told me that teachers continue to thank her for outlining these important clarifications about schools blocking access to Web sites. For those who haven't seen the original article, which followed an article about surprising blocked Web sites, here it is again."

Thanks to Isabelle Jones for pointing out this new site for language teachers and teacher educators

Primary and Secondary Continuity in Foreign Language Teaching multi-national (European) educational endeavor: documents, forum, website under construction (2009.01.07) Project Description: http://www.pri-sec-co.eu/en/the-project/project-description.html

Website has 3 sections: Math Playground - an action-packed site for elementary and middle school students. Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun! Math TV Problem Solving Videos - Each math problems comes with step by step video solution, follow up problems, an online calculator, and sketch pad. Thinking Blocks - interactive math tool developed by classroom teachers to help students learn how to solve multistep word problems.

Kids Flashcards offers free printable flashcards for kids, parents, and ESL teachers of preschool, kindergarten, primary and secondary education. The website allows to create of custom flashcards with own images and translate or made bilingual flashcards based on already prepared cards set.

"Create a free classroom website or educational blog to keep students, parents, and others informed outside of class."

If you'd like to have your own educational website, here's how to get started for free. Please let us know if any of you has already tried it!

Nik Peachey previews ReadTheWords.com (beta) online text-to-speech converter, prior to suggesting ways for EAL learners to use it for help "with their listening, reading and pronunciation" (¶2)

Nik may (have) announce(d) this post on the mailing list. He's looking for teachers to try out ReadTheWords.

Thanks again, Joao!

Guidelines for assessing credibility of online sources AFTER making sure teachers permit their use in your academic work--last updated in 2005, by Judith Kilborn (2008.08.25), who recommends a Webliography of Validating Web Sits for further information: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/jmkilborn/webvalidation.html

This website has activities and assessment that can be used in an art classroom and links to other useful websites.

This website has simple art projects for younger kids and it breaks them down by age and media.

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