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Teflpedia is an award-winning wiki dedicated to everything associated with teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) or second language (TESL). Our objective is to become a major user-generated resource for English teachers from all over the world. We opened our doors on 27th May 2008 and we've been growing ever since. [This looks very interesting...and I'm already a big fan of wikis.]

I love the idea of this. Looking forward to checking it out.

Wow, what an awesome resource! Can't wait to use it!

Well, this isn't really an ESL issue, but it's very interesting and could be useful in a TESL or Linguistics class...or just for anyone interested in word origins.  

From Pearson ELT...Jeremy Harmer is giving a lecture series on TESL pedagogy...this link gives you info about the 4th lecture which is on June 19th.  It looks like you can access the first 3 lectures too, but you'll have to register on the Pearson ELT site.  Links to other useful things too...

BIG list of "Interesting Ways to..." to do various ed tech things...with Google Tools, Devices, Audio/Visual, Subject support, Gaming, and Online Tools. Each of these categories has many more links with ideas from teachers. I'm sure there are some great things here, but be selective. There isn't anything TESL specific here, but these are the most popular ed tech things going on right now and many are very suitable for ELLs.

this is really wild! Gloves for hearing impaired people that "speak" the signs! Not TESL related, but so interesting, I thought I'd pass it on. There are a couple of demo You Tube videos included.

Not a TESL site, but this seems like a great resource, so I'll postit here. As far as I can tell, this site if free for educators. Following is the description provided by the site: "Using Bookshare® is simple. You can search for a specific title or browse through the library and its special collections, including newspapers and magazines. With a Bookshare membership, you can download accessible titles onto your computer or read them with a variety of reading tools that give you a range of options. To enhance your web experience, you can take advantage of the site's accessibility features."

NEIU TESL/TEFL Program is now on Facebook and YouTube http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUtRQJoHgpN9CdR6M7juG5w

Nice 7+ minute video presents the history and most recent developments of SLA theory alphabetically. This is from Scott Thornbury's and his A-Z approach (book and blog). He actually made this video to demonstrate a video editing technique called Pecha Kucha which allows 20 second for 20 slides. You'll see them interjected into the video.

California's credentialing board plans to expedite new rules governing intern teachers-those who came into the profession on alternative routes-in what will likely require them to take more upfront training on how to teach English-language learners.

I saw this in a newsletter I subscribe to and thought it was an interesting connection to our project

This is is great graphic...each branch is a link to more info. Definitely worth sharing

You might know about this tool already "Just-the-Word" which, as it says above, is a collocation thesauras concordancer and it creates word clouds. If you haven't seen it, it is certainly worth checking out.

This site offers so much more for the technologically savvy. And for those who have time and want to 'play', may enjoy things like pasting your face onto existing 'cards' on Personalized Flashcards or creating a word collage in Using Word Clouds to Remember Words. Ten sites are provide with instructions to create activities that can augment your curriculum for all students, especially ESL.

This site looks like a real find! You can see a range of topics, and from here, you have various options. I clicked on the text example, which has a recording of the reading. There is some kind of animation that flashes on each word as it is being read. Definitely worth further investigation.

A very inclusive website seemingly geared toward students middle school and above or adults become better readers. The site could benefit native and non-native language learners. In the "reading" portion, One can choose from colorful icons, graphics and words to start - enticing users to click and find out more. Tutorials provide information and practice on every aspect of life.

This collection, though older, provides a collection of sites to/for thinking, search engines, references for research, games, core subjects: math, science, reading, writing, arts, history, and educational activities for those who cannot travel the world.

Creative Thinking Techniques: A great website for creative thinking that is open-ended and strategies useable for all learners (ELL,+).. Begins with brainstorming, moves onto methods to implement, generating questions, trying activities yourself, actual activities to try,….