Some websites every teacher should know

Mohammed Hassim, ELT supervisor

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The internet is full of websites and materials of different sorts (books, photos, videos, learning management systems, social networks, etc.). But some of them are of some special pedagogical importance for teachers. Here is a selection of some of the most useful websites and materials for teachers. ome of these may be familiar to you, but there are certain features that might be neglected or overlooked but they are of some important pedagogical use. # publicspeakingskills.com% # www.classicreader.com%browse%2% # www.teach#nology.com% ,. &ownloadin'"uploadin' pictures # www.google.com # www.flickr.com # 3icasa (software) -. &ownloadin' videos # www.learner.org # www.teachers.tv # www.youtube.com # http$%%vimeo.com% # www.youtube.com%watch" v4eh563.789:w;feature4share # www.ted.com%talks # www.pbslearningmedia.org% .. &ownloadin' #ilms and documentaries # www.moviesfoundonline.com%inde'.php # www.watchmovieon.com # www.documentarywire.com # www.documentarytube.com% /. *ploadin' and downloadin' bi' #iles !hat can we upload" How" How much" !here to" # www.mediafire.com # www.ifile.it # www.megaupload.com # www./shared.com # <oogle docs% <oogle drive through gmail ). *ploadin' 0and downloadin'1 videos and creatin' video channels # www.youtube.com # http$%%vimeo.com% %. &ownloadin' !hat can we download" !here from" How" !hat are the pedagogical implications" (. &ownloadin' books and interactive )&s www.englishtips.org www.library.nu www.scribd.com 2. &ownloadin'"*ploadin' articles, ++T presentations, etc. # www.slideshare.com # http$%%pre&i.com% # www.docstoc.com # www.curriki.org # www.myebook.com # www.did.deliberating.org%lessons%inde'.ht ml # www.scoop.it%t%teacher#professional# development # www.edutopia.org%search%apachesolr(searc h%pro)ect#based*+,learning # www.edutopia.org% # www.authorstream.com%category# presentations%-ducation% # googledocs # http$%%learnenglish.britishcouncil.org%en% # http$%%oedb.org%library%features%top#.,,# education#blogs # www.stickyball.net% # www.khanacademy.org% # www.scribd.com%doc%/0+.1..0% uper# Book#of#!eb#Tools#for#-ducators # www.davidnunan.com%books%articles.php # www.teachingenglish.org.uk% # www.teachingenglish.org.uk%sites%teacheng %files%whole(manual.pdf
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How to use www.en'lishtips.or' # subscribe using your email and a password; it=s a matter of few minutes. # >t=s a ?ussian website. !hen you log on the website, you will find two flags on the top; click on the flag of <reat Britain to have the webpage in -nglish. # The website has a search engine, so like google, you enter a key word, e.g. @teaching@, then you will get tens if not hundreds of books related to that key word. # !hen you cannot find enough or any hits, try =e'tended search= and choose =articles= instead of =titles=. This will get you more hits. # browse the entries, till you find the books you need. Aost of the books are in 35B format and &ipped with winrar software which is free on the net. Cou can download it using google. ome of the books reDuire a password; the password is always =englishtips.org=. # To get more hits, try to use very general%broad words like =teaching= or =learning=, then look at the provided different titles and description for the best selection. # !hen you select a book to download, look at the provided suggestions. Cou can find more related books there. 7nce you get there, you are most likely to stay there for long. 6nother similar site but not of the same value is$ www.scribd.com. !hat is important about this one is that you can find books in -nglish, Brench and 6rabic. How to use http!""library.nu www.-shared.com www.bookos.or' 6lmost similar to englishtips &ownloadin' videos 0e.'. #rom youtube1 Cou need realplayer gold .. (free from the internet using google) 7ippin' and un8ippin' #iles winrar (free from the internet using google) +layin' videos usin' 9L) EFG is one the very useful software to play almost all types of videos. >t=s free software. 5eb2 tools #or teachin' and learnin' 0#ree books1 www.scribd.com%doc%.9012H90%!eb#+,#Tools#for#Teachers