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I've enjoyed Larry Ferlazzo's tweets and posts for several years now, but seeing the wealth of links on his blog and trawling through a fraction of them just reminds us that no matter how much we know... it is only a fraction of what we can learn from others! I loved these simple activities for pedagogically exploiting images in the EFL classroom.

Q&A With EFL Magazine Founder Philip Pound https://t.co/m4BB4htyer #efl #elt #tesol #iatefl #epub #esl #eflmag https://t.co/DIsrcTuvaX

TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. Busy teachers, parents, and students can find resources using our robust search tools

CURATION RESTART EDUCATION project http://on.fb.me/credfacebook  want to bring a new dimmension and restart romanian education . For this reason we must vote ( you can register on the website using your facebook account ) , to share using Social Media ( twitter with the hastag #credchat ) and what is most important to add our comments and feedback on this website after we read the description of the ,, CRED " project http://bitly.com/proiectulcred . Very important : If your vote want to be validated must vote still 26 mars 3 projects including CRED project . If you have a project who can restart education you still can post here http://www.restartedu.ro/about

m introducing you to a set of awesome tools that allow users to easily select any part of a text and hear it in the voice and accent they  want. These tools can be very helpful for language teachers. Students can use them to impprove their pronunciation and develop their reading skills. All these tools are easy to use and above all free of charge. Most of these tools are extensions that you can install on your browser.

Proud to be Leader in Cop2 organized in SMILE :) project  managed by European Schoolnet . I tried to describe here my top 10 Social Media Curation tools to develop a PLN . Please add your feed-back and add comments with your  favorite startups to build a PLN here http://bitly.com/collaborationincop2smile

re we'll have a lot to learn from one another with such a great, diverse group.  Remember that our class will be really profitable if we both do our jobs, I'll do my best to prepare exciting lessons full of practice and interaction, and you should focus on your learning in our online space at http://www.cambridgelms.org Ready? See you next Thursday,  Carla

"Interactive Whiteboards: A valuable aid or an anachronistic tool in modern disguise? "

VocabularySpellingCity is a fun way to learn spelling and vocabulary words by playing engaging learning games using any word list. The most popular activities are Spelling TestMe, HangMouse, and our vocabulary games, available to Premium Members. The most popular word lists are Sound Alikes, Compound Words, Hunger Games and SAT Words. This is a free app!

Dear teachers, researchers and social media curators if you like my online research with more than 100 edtools, ipad and windows phone apps to mLearning please share: tweet, Like, G+ my #startup #curation page http://goo.gl/5U7EtN If I achieve more than 200 shares I will add other 100 killer #ipad apps to #mlearning on the page and if you know a killer app please suggest it on the page topic and if you like my page leave a comment or mail me .þff

This search engine has Yolink built in which makes it a powerful tool for students. After demoing it for one class, students began using it right away. Also has a Google search button that increases its functionality.

Online Logo Maker was created with a single purpose: to bring a free professional logo design tool to everyone

Just a curiosity to share with your students and friends. The world´s only immortal animal (not a joke

Across the blogosphere this morning, tech blogs are abuzz with the news that Google has decided to dump the Microsoft Windows operating system (OS) for its internal computing. New employees are reportedly being given the choice of either a Mac or Linux-based OS. The official word from Google is that it is dumping Windows because of security concerns in the wake of the China hacking incident. A good article detailing this latest move by Google can be found by linking to ZDNet here.

A well-designed WebQuest uses the power of the Internet and a scaffolded learning process to turn research-based theories into dependable learning-centered practices.

Spezify is a search tool presenting results from a large number of websites in different visual ways. We mix all media types and make no difference between blogs, videos, microblogs and images. Everything communicates and helps building the bigger picture.

A great site where you can watch, read or send your own story.

Hello Peers, have a look on this site, very interesting!

A Britain site to read, watch and interact in short stories, you can send your own, too.

What is Wolfram Alpha? It is a supercomputing brain. It provides calculates and provides comprehensive answers to most any science or math question. Unlike other search sources, you and your students can ask questions in plain language or various forms of abbreviated notation. Contrary to popular belief, Wolfram Alpha is not a search engine. Unlike popular search engines, which simply retrieve documents based on keyword searches, Wolfram computes answers based on known models of human knowledge. It provides answers which are complete with data and algorithms, representing real-world knowledge.

"As a mobile learning device, the iPod Touch encourages learning anytime, anywhere! These mobile devices do not tie students to their desks or the classroom; they bring the world into the classroom through the lens of personalized learning. The value of an iPod Touch as a mobile learning device is its ability to transform student learning behavior. According to research by K-Nect Project (2009), students using this digital device achieved higher test scores. This was attributed to more interactivity between students, teachers, and content."

ANVILL (A National Virtual Language Lab) is a speech-based toolbox for language teachers