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The British National Corpus (BNC) is a 100 million word collection of samples of written and spoken language from a wide range of sources, designed to represent a wide cross-section of current British English, both spoken and written

""Social Bookmarking in Plain English" introduces the basics of bookmarking services like Delicious.com. The video uses an example of teachers using Social Bookmarking to share links to useful websites. The video includes: * The difference between online and offline bookmarks * How to use a bookmarking website * An introduction to organizing bookmarks with tags * The value of sharing bookmarks with others"

Lesson created with TED-Ed Beta to try and make advanced ESL students aware of the importance of being evironmentally friendly.

Nueva unidad didáctica digital interactiva elaborada con la herramienta de autor Malted, A Tour of London, dirigida a alumnado de inglés de Quinto curso de Primaria. En esta unidad, cuya autora es Encarna de la Cruz, se trabaja el imperativo, las direcciones, y da al alumnado un paseo por algunos lugares de interés así como momumentos y mercados de Londres. Además les enseña a localizar establecimientos en un mapa y cuenta con un atractivo paquete de actividades de ampliación entre las que destaca la creación de una guía de la ciudad, sin olvidar el cuaderno de notas del profesor en formato imprimible. Como todas las unidades Malted, para visualizarla correctamente necesitas Java y el plugin Malted Web 2.0 instalados en tu equipo.

An educational resource that began its life as "AbiClipart" in 2003. The collection is a safe way for children to search for images for use in school projects. Of course, other folks also find plenty of uses for the clip art and photos.

Interesting wiki with lots of links to different Web 2.0 tools for teachers

Interesting wiki with lots of links to Web2.0 teaching resources

With timekiwi you can create a beautiful timeline of your twitter, blogs & photos.

"designed to share my knowledge of using technology to teach English as a second or foreign language"

"twaud.io lets you share audio with your twitter followers. Think of it as twitpic but for mp3s."

The History Of OnlineEducation

available to download and reuse, including those used by the Department of Languages at the Open University, UK. Sign up for a free account and start publishing and sharing your own materials with other language teachers.

Inasmuch as we encourage our students to use an English unilingual dictionary as often as possible, the fact remains that using a bilingual dictionary is not only useful but also at times essential, especially in the case of less advanced language learners.

A funny way of learning the English language!