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Aggregator of resources for the TESOL Electronic Village Online Session 2010 "Exploring Images in the 21st Century Classroom". http://images4education.ning.com

(Sandra Oddy via email) This site provides a wealth of resources covering a very comprehensive range of technology topics in educational settings both for practicing teachers and administrators.For example, in the tab labelled Online PD, you can find                Using iPods to Turn Students onto Reading (for English Teachers)                Cell Phones on Campus: Are they Driving you Mad? (for Administrators)                Collaborative Virtual Worlds and Education (for Science Teachers) etc.In addition, there are video podcasts to view, Quick Take Tutorials on tools available on the WWW e.g. Google Search Beyond Novice, Simplifying Web Page Addresses etc., links to the "top 50 web 2.0 tools" as well as live (and archived) free webinars (available in the Admin 2.0 tab).

Excellent activities for all levels.  

Laura, thanks for sharing this resource--it's going to be so helpful! Perhaps teachers can link up course-specific activities on the relevant course pages, maybe even linked to specific modules or units of the books.

(Sandra Oddy via email) This site provides a wealth of resources covering a very comprehensive range of technology topics in educational settings both for practicing teachers and administrators.For example, in the tab labelled Online PD, you can find                Using iPods to Turn Students onto Reading (for English Teachers)                Cell Phones on Campus: Are they Driving you Mad? (for Administrators)                Collaborative Virtual Worlds and Education (for Science Teachers) etc.In addition, there are video podcasts to view, Quick Take Tutorials on tools available on the WWW e.g. Google Search Beyond Novice, Simplifying Web Page Addresses etc., links to the "top 50 web 2.0 tools" as well as live (and archived) free webinars (available in the Admin 2.0 tab). Sandra Oddy via email

Debate topics by Theme--be sure to select 'junior topics'!

Students can choose a picture and then drag and drop words from a given list to write a sentence, a message or a poem relating to the picture.  There is also a freestyle option for students to write their own sentences.  Their pictures can then be saved, embedded in a blog or emailed.

Wow--this sounds simple but Writing 3 and 4 teachers should definitely check this out! Drag and drop sentence-building from a word list develops vocabulary and refocuses the activity on syntax, collocations and word form. Students can alter the form of the word and add a capital letter. I didn't see any full stops to finish the sentences though! Freestyle sentence-writing is also well-supported. Each image has a relevant word-list attached--great for developing vocabulary.

Triptico have a range of online games and activities for classroom use.  The 'Original Word Magnets'  is particularly good.   You enter a text which the programme then jumbles then students have to rearrange  the letters or words.We used it with students working in pairs testing each other on their vocabulary/spelling but it can be used for sentences or short texts.

This site has training videos for a host of Web 2.0 sites. The list of sites which have videos with subtitles looks good.

Students can make interactive posters using Glogster EDU.  These can then be emailed or embedded in a blog or wiki but you will need to change the sizing.  To learn how go to http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=936. 

Photopeach is great for making slideshows with captions.  You can also make a multiple choice quiz for each image.  Great for vocabulary work or a 'different' way of presenting sentences for error correction .

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Free templates that you can download to make games

Further development of the Content Workshop Templates from our old Cool Tools workshop. Not properly web 2.0 tools but easy-to-author Flash activities that can be published on the web.

Adjusting the curriculum, teaching strategies, and classroom environment to better meet the needs of all students.