English Flash Games

Collection of English vocabulary flash games for kids and ESL students: hangman, memory, drag&drop games...

An example:

http://englishflashgames.blogspot.fr/

English Learning Box

English Learning Box is a multi-level ESL/ EFL course. It gives you listening and speaking practice with authentic materials, media and vocabulary, grammar and language activities. Each lesson features a specific topic with a step-by-step approach to understand different accents and dialects.

In various sections you will enhance your writing and speaking skills, you will find illustrated idioms and expressions and funny stories as told by native English speakers.

http://www.englishlearningbox.com/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/English-Learning-Box/425666314156723

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

Funbrain, created in 1997 for kids ages preschool through grade 8, offers more than 100 fun, interactive games that develop skills in math, reading, and literacy. Plus, kids can read a variety of popular books and comics on the site.

Funbrain is published by Family Education Network, a part of Pearson, the education, services and technology company. Funbrain is committed to providing a safe gaming environment that bridges learning and entertainment.(Source: http://www.funbrain.com/aboutus.html)

http://www.funbrain.com/ 

Also for teachers and families: 

http://www.funbrain.com/teachers/index.html

http://www.funbrain.com/parents/index.html

EnglishForEveryone.org

EnglishForEveryone.org is a resource for printable English worksheets. On the left of the webpage you will find an index containing topics (e.g. reading comprensión, grammar topics, phonics, vocabulary, culture…) with hundreds of quality teaching materials (PDF files). 

This is copyrighted work to be used only by teachers in school or at home. Binding, bookmaking, and or collation, reproduction and or duplication on other websites, saving to disks or hard drives, publication on intranets such as Moodle and Blackboard, inclusion of the worksheets in school/ work assessment tests, and or use of the worksheets for commercial gain is strictly prohibited. 

http://www.englishforeveryone.org/

Lessonstream

Lessonstream is a selection of lesson plans (based on video, songs, images...) classified by topic, level, learner type, time, activity and language aim, which serve to demonstrate how teachers can make use of such materials. The site uses a Creative Commons license. What this means is that teachers have permission to remix, mash and share the content on this site for non-commercial purposes. 

http://lessonstream.org/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lessonstream/143749975678567

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

Jornada inglés e infantil. Herramientas para el aula

Organizada por las compañeras y compañeros del SEL, celebró ayer en Valencia, en la sala de actos de Conselleria, la Jornada inglés e infantil. Herramientas para el aula.

Tras la inauguración y la información institucional, ha intervenido Coral George con la ponencia Phonic Methodological Approaches and Classroom Management.

Podéis encontrar información sobre diversos aspectos del contenido de la intervención en 

http://www.coralgeorge.com (conceptos, synthetic vs. analytic phonics, teaching phonics, recursos, enlaces, presenting-blending-segmenting...)

También se dieron como referencia para formación on line y materiales las siguientes direcciones:

info@jollycentre.com 

coralgar@gmail.com

(Podéis consultar en castellano un resumen sobre Jolly Phonics aquí. También un resumen en inglés en Wikipedia.)

La tarde se reservó a dos exposiciones: 

"Projects in English for Infantil" por Heather Bonte, profesora de La Gacela de Paterna. Se presentaron formas de trabajar proyectos en infantil, métodos, diversas técnicas (sign in/off, 3R, use of realia, scaffolding, total physical response, fun repetition, games, cooperative learning structures y closed questions. Se animó a estimular la curiosidad, el deseo de participación y la necesidad de comunicar y se aportaron ejemplos de secuenciación, organización y actividades prácticas.

"Recursos digitals en anglés" por Cecilia Martín, profesora del CEIP San Pascual de Torrent.

Algunos recursos recomendados durante la intervención:

Super Simple Learning: http://www.supersimplelearning.com

Kiz Club: http://www.kizclub.com/

English for the Little Children:

http://concurso.cnice.mec.es/cnice2005/132_English_for_Little_children/

Noticia vinculada en la web de la Conselleria.

http://www.cece.gva.es/agenda.asp?id=1598

Fotos 

Vocabla

Vocabla is an online service to learn English vocabulary. It offers free iTunes and Android apps.

In Vocabla you can create lists of words and phrases that you want to learn. You can also select a list made by someone else and shared to the Vocabla library. You can study each list in a flashcard style and take a practice quiz.

http://vocabla.com/

Interactive Learning Sites for Education

Online, interactive, educational games and simulations. Activities that work great with your interactive whiteboards (IWB) for whole group or small group instruction or use in the computer lab or at home for individual learning.

These  interactive games, sites, and activities were not created by by the owner of this site.  The content consists of linked resources (property of their respective creators). 

http://interactivesites.weebly.com/

Comics English

The use of comics in education is based on the concept of creating engagement and motivation for students. 

Comics can help you learn or teach English. They are authentic material. They tend to be funny and they provide the visual context of the words that are used. As comics are generally situated in time and place, they also provide an opportunity for EFL learners to learn and discover other cultures.

This webpage constitutes a good  example of the use of comics in the EFL/ESL. English learners will find various comic strips, vocabulary, and explanation to understand them more easily (context, language feature...):

http://www.comicsenglish.com/

Newsela. Building reading comprehension

Newsela is an innovative way for students to build reading comprehension with nonfiction texts (daily news). It builds close reading and critical thinking skills.

Newsela automatically gives each student the version of an article that's just right for his or her reading ability. And an easier or harder version of each article is just a click away.

Articles are accompanied by Common Core-aligned quizzes to provide quick and powerful feedback. You'll always know whether your students are on track and where they're falling short. Newsela makes it easy to assign articles, review student quizzes and track Common Core mastery.

(Source Newsela)

DOGOnews

DOGO means "young" or "small" in Swahili.

DOGOnews is a leading source for current events, news and non-fictional articles for kids and teachers. It provides content in the following areas:

NEWS - Fun and inspiring current events and news from all around the world. Written for and in some cases by children.

SITES - A destination to discover the best and most appropriate websites for kids.

MAPS – A fun and interactive way for our younger readers to read news headlines geotagged on a world map.

Also for teachers:

Teacher Resources from DOGOnews

http://www.dogonews.com/teachers

Funland

New and engaging mobile phone game from Cambridge University and Matmi, one of the UK's leading digital games agencies.

Funland invites players to take part in a range of classic fairground games which are designed to help children practise their reading and listening skills in English. Funland combines gaming skills with language learning in a highly entertaining and interactive way. Tasks are specially designed to cover levels A1–B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Funland is available on the App Store and Google Play to download for free:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.CambridgeEnglish.Funland

https://itunes.apple.com/es/app/funland/id630632324?mt=8

Jornada de Inglés e Infantil: Herramientas para el aula

Fecha: 4 de julio de 2013

Lugar: Sala de Actos de la Conselleria de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. (Av. Campanar, 32 - Valencia)

Plazas: 200

Hacer constar en el formulario de inscripción en "Observaciones" las prioridades de selección y enviar por correo electrónico como adjunto (escaneado en formato pdf) los documentos que acrediten las siguientes condiciones (nivel de inglés, intervención en infantil con un certificado de la dirección del centro, situación administrativa en el caso de los centros concertados también con un certificado de la dirección del centro) a sel@gva.es hasta el 23 de junio.

Profesorado funcionario de carrera y con plaza fija en centros concertados que sea:

1. Profesorado de educación infantil de los centros experimentales plurilingües.

2. Profesorado de educación infantil con nivel B2 de inglés.

3. Profesorado de inglés de educación primaria que interviene en infantil.

4. Profesorado de educación infantil con nivel B1 de inglés.

Profesorado interino que sea:

1. Profesorado de educación infantil de los centros experimentales plurilingües.

2. Profesorado de educación infantil con nivel B2 de inglés.

3. Profesorado de inglés de educación primaria que interviene en infantil.

4. Profesorado de educación infantil con nivel B1 de inglés.

Inscripción: del 4 al 23 de junio (ambos incluidos). Formulario de inscripción

Fin de confirmación: 2 de julio

Ponencias sobre métodos fónicos, unidades por proyectos y recursos y experiencias.

Más información:

http://www.cece.gva.es/ocd/sedev/es/jornada.htm

Weron2U

The Government of Alberta (Canada) has developed and maintains this website to help children and teens find helpful information about safe and responsible Internet usage. It contains links to other websites that offer useful and relevant information about this topic.

http://weron2u.ca/home/index.html

Games for Change

Founded in 2004, Games for Change facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational efforts. It curates digital and non-digital games that egage contemporary social issues in a meaningful way.

Unlike the commercial gaming industry, Games for Change aims to leverage entertainment and engagement for social good.

http://www.gamesforchange.org/

Blog: http://www.gamesforchange.org/blog/

eduClipper

Online bookmarking service designed specifically for education. eduClipper represents an answer to the educational need for teachers and students to have a better platform to explore, share, and contribute resources and materials to help enhance teaching and learning of both a formal and personal nature. 

Founded by Adam Bellow, former High School English Teacher and Technology Training Specialist, eduClipper aims to make it simple to help students and educators save time and build personal learning networks. 

In the following video you can see how it works.

 

The English Alley

The English Alley is a 100% free website designed to help students and teachers improve their English vocabulary.

Here you can find plenty of drawings that show the different vocabulary terms organized into themes (house, park, school...) When you put the cursor over the drawings you will hear the pronunciation of the words, and if you click on many of them it will give you access to a new vocabulary page.

Step by step, the page is growing and offering new contents (video, grammar, etc.) So visitors to The English Alley will find in the near future a better resource for teaching and learning ESL with an easy navigation and a very visually-pleasing interface.

http://www.theenglishalley.es/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheEnglishAlley

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

On Google+: https://plus.google.com/101356800386076059512/posts

Educatina. Inglés

Educatina es un sitio web argentino que recopila vídeos educativos gratuitos con explicaciones animadas, agrupadas por asignaturas y dirigidas principalmene al alumnado de Secundaria. La apariencia de la explicación reproduce una pizarra con anotaciones sobre ella.

Educatina está abierta a registro o a entrada a través de una cuenta de Facebook. Se trata de una utilidad semejante a TeacherTube.

Se ofrece una sección de recursos correspondientes a inglés que podéis aprovechar como ejemplos o para repaso. Sus contenidos se refieren sobre todo a gramática y léxico. He aquí un ejemplo.

http://www.educatina.com/ingles

English Club ESL Learning Centre

In this website you'll find lessons and resources to help you learn English.

http://www.englishclub.com/

If you're an ESL or EFL student, you'll find English lessons useful to learn or revise all aspects of English. You can also use the interactive pages like ESL Forums or ESL Games to have fun and learn English at the same time. If you have a question about English grammar, check out ESL Help for answers. In the special interest pages you'll find resources for Business English, Young Learners and other areas of English.

http://www.englishclub.com/learn-english.htm

ESL or EFL teachers, too, can find material in these pages of use while teaching English.

http://www.englishclub.com/teach-english.htm

A Maths Dictionary for Kids

A Maths Dictionary for Kids by Jenny Eather is an animated, interactive online math dictionary for children which explains over 600 common mathematical terms and math words in simple language. It also offers over 250 free printable maths charts or math posters suitable for interactive whiteboards, classroom displays, math walls, display boards, student handouts, homework help, concept introduction and consolidation and other math reference needs.