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A useful site for students & teachers. Lingro makes websites "clickable", so a user can click on a word s/he doesn't understand and the definition will pop up. There is no download required, making it safe and simple site to use.

Another fun way to lose an afternoon!

This may seem like a farfetched idea, but creating your own podcasts is an option in your lesson planning. This website provides, in great detail, information about how to do so. If you're not too intimidated by the technology, podcasts are a great language learning tool.

Thinking of developing a teacher portfolio, or updating the one you have? This website has some excellent information about building an e-portfolio for the 21st century. Impress your future employer, and show them that you are at the forefront of teaching.

Welcome to the virtual version of the "create a comic strip" activity for your ESL/LINC classroom. This is an extraordinary website that allows users to create their own movies, from the script to the cast. Fun to play with, and has interesting applications in a class with tech savvy students.

Great site to help create in-class material using Internet sources. You have control over what to include from the website and what to delete. It's great for eliminating ads, uncecessary pictures...irrelevant text etc... A formatting treasure.

A modern version of "describe the picture", this picture writing website provides picture prompts that you can assign to students to describe and share with eachother. I believe very interesting uses are possible.

Need help falling asleep? Consider listening to white noise. It is also said to help with headaches. This website offers "auditory zen". :)

This is a useful site for those concerned written work from students has been plagarized. Simply copy and paste a suspected section and the website search for hits on the net.

Attention logophiles, this is a fun website to use if you like to play with words.

By now everyone is sure to have heard about Facebook, but if you don't know much about it this website has an online tutorial to show you what it's all about.

Looking for an alternative to Evite.com, I found this great website for sending invitations via the internet. It's an environmentally friendly alternative to paper invitations, and PurpleTrail also makes it fun too.

Fun, fun, fun! This is a great website for creative ways to teach writing. Open an account (it's free), and check it out for yourself.

District School Board Ontario North East Online Resource list. A great basis for building content exercises. I really like the museums around the world - all together on one page.

Worried about pronouncing your student's name correctly? This website provides a comprehensive database of audio files for pronouncing names from around the world, and may help both you and your students.

Research website quality and credibility to deternime how reliable your source is.

Fun website to play around with your digital photos online. Lots of fun options, as well as standard cropping and editing.

Excellent website for onlne document collaboration.