NATE resources

The National Association for the Teaching of English has just updated its support page for English teachers and students to provide help during school closures. This includes free NATE resources and support for the English teaching community.

The NATE has also provided a comprehensive list of websites with free resources, essential reading and enrichment opportunities.

Visit:

https://www.nate.org.uk/support-during-school-closures/ 

Figures of Speech Resources via @AlmeidaTheatre

These amazing resources include lesson plans to help analyse and explore the rhetorical and thematic content of inspiring speeches. 

They are ideal for teachers of English Language and Literature, History and Philosophy and Ethics.

https://almeida.co.uk/teachers 

World Geography Games

Educational quiz games for kids, students, adults and seniors to test and improve their geographical knowledge. 

It includes questions about all the countries and continents. Free teaching resource useful for teachers in primary and secondary school

Visit:

https://world-geography-games.com/ 

UsingEnglish.com

This website provides a wide range of resources (quizzes, tests, articles, lesson plans, forums...) for learners and teachers using different varieties of English.

An interesting resource for ESL students.

http://www.usingenglish.com/

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/UsingEnglish 

On Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/UsingEnglish 

Knowt. Converting your notes into review quizzes

Knowt is an app that helps you study by converting your notes into review quizzes using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

You can access all your notes in your notebook and edit them as you please. Knowt also supports Google Drive importing.

On App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/knowt-quizzes-from-your-notes/id1462368057

On GooglePlay:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.getknowt.knowt.android

https://getknowt.com/

ABC Education (Australia)

From Australia, thousands of free curriculum-linked resources for school teachers and students. High-quality educational content to use at home and in the classroom. 

All the resources are free and mapped to the Australian Curriculum, covering English, Maths, Science, Geography, History, The Arts and Technologies, including STEM.

They also have thousands of free videos, cool games, education articles and other resources to engage Primary and Secondary students. 

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/ABCEducationAU 

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/ABCEducationAU/ 

Visit ABC Education on:

https://education.abc.net.au/home#!/home

Technologystudent.com

This useful website contains numerous resources to enhance the study, understanding and teaching of design and technology. 

Resources include information for students, explanations to basic technology and engineering basics), templates, and printable exercises. 

http://www.technologystudent.com/ 

Chronicling America

Chronicling America is a website providing access to information about historic newspapers. More than 3,000 newspapers are available for viewing on this site. 

Chronicling America is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC). This digital resource is developed and permanently maintained at the Library of Congress. 

Find it on:

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/