Art, education and language

Peter Sansom is a Dutch Art and Design CLIL teacher who shares his lesson ideas on this blog since 2014. 

A very useful resource for art teachers who use CLIL (apps, ICT and art, art and cultural links, CLIL material, general education and much more).

Blog: https://petersansom.wordpress.com/

Sansom's website http://www.petersansom.nl/

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/Peterplusart

Simple English News

A good tool for practising English is reading and listening the news. Simple English News offers short articles that can be listened to and are read very slowly in American English. News can be selected by year and by country.

Helpful for both ESL students and teachers.

On Facebook: 
https://www.facebook.com/Simple-English-News-122547848496/

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/rocaka

http://www.simpleenglishnews.com/

The Literacy Shed

In 2012 Rob Smith, a Primary school teacher, built the Literacy Shed, joined by some collaborators such as Lee Parkinson and John Murray. Soon afterwards the website was attracting visitors in their thousands from all around the world.

The Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources collected over 10 years. It is an exciting site with a wide range of superb resources freely available to all teachers. The sheds are broadly thematic.

(Source: The Literacy Shed)

Visit: http://www.literacyshed.com/

Blog: http://www.literacyshedblog.com/

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiteracyShed

The Classroom Bookshelf

The Classroom Bookshelf is a blog which features a weekly post focusing on a recently published children`s book. In addition to a summary of the book, a related lesson plan and other resources are included. The Classroom Bookshelf provides teachers with a variety of ideas to help them incorporate these books into their classroom teaching. It is also a useful tool if you want to find book lists by topic.

A must-read for teachers that joined the School Library Journal blog network, a leading publication serving the youth and school library market.

Visit: http://www.theclassroombookshelf.com/

On Twitter: @clssrmbkshlf

Europe Comics

Europe Comics began as an idea of Franco-Belgian comics agent Mediatoon Licensing. It evolved into a 13-partner pan-European alliance, supported by the European Commission and held together by the desire to spread the European graphic novel heritage around the world.

One of its main targets is the creation of a collective digital imprint, replicating European comics’ variety, richness and originality, in English and digital format. This initiative strives for greater international exposure of European comic authors. Last but not least, this project aims to create a comprehensive European comics online directory.

http://www.europecomics.com/

Knoword.com

Knoword is a fast-paced word game that challenges your vocabulary, tests your typing skills, and stimulates your mind. 

Knoword gives you dictionary definitions and the first letter of a word and you have to guess the word within a specific time period to continue. After missing a few, you have to start over.

Funny and addictive.

https://knoword.org/

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/knoword?lang=es

On Facebook: https://es-la.facebook.com/knoword/

ClassHook

ClassHook is a free service that helps teachers find clips with valid educational merit from popular TV shows and movies. By selecting a topic and browsing through the collection, ClassHook makes it quick and easy to find clips for a variety of subjects and disciplines, such as Science, Math, Art, Music, and more, saving teachers a considerable amount of time when planning their lessons.

Visit https://www.classhook.com/