Phrasalstein. Una aplicación terrorífica sobre phrasal verbs

Después de crear una maravillosa aplicación sobre phrasal verbs, reseñada en nuestro blog, desde Cambridge University Press nos vuelven a proponer una nueva versión muy propia para estos días: Phrasalstein.

Permite, al igual que la anterior, ver las definiciones y contextos de uso de los phrasal verbs o practicar sobre ellos mediante un test de múltiple opción. En este caso, en las animaciones que representan estos verbos, utiliza personajes de terror, el doctor Phrasalstein y un conjunto de monstruos, vampiros y brujas.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.org.cambridge.phrasalstein

https://itunes.apple.com/hk/app/phrasalstein/id722736985?mt=8

Let's Have Fun With English

The aim of this collection of resources on EFL is to provide information and resources to help teachers inside and outside the classroom. 

Its developer, Mrs. Haquet, teaches English in France. She likes creating games and activities for her students that we can find useful for ours. They include interactive books, sites, PowerPoint presentations, projects, videos, vocabulary (HotPotatoes exercises)...

http://www.letshavefunwithenglish.com/

Linguapress Free Online English Grammar

"The Linguapress English grammar provides an overview of the main points of English grammar, clearly explained, with plenty of  examples. These pages are designed for students in the higher grades of secondary education or high school, and in universities and other forms of higher education. Though originally aimed at non-native speakers of English, this is also an invaluable resource for English-speaking students wishing to comprehend the syntax and workings of their own language".

Source and resource: http://linguapress.com/grammar/.

Assessment

From TeachingEnglish (British Council) Video about several of the important issues surrounding testing and assessment.

Nueva convocatoria. Cursos presenciales de inglés. (Niveles A2, B1 y B2)

Se acaba de publicar la convocatoria de la Dirección General de Innovación Ordenación y Política Lingüística de la Consellería de Educación, Cultura y Deporte para la realización de cursos presenciales de inglés (niveles A2, B1 y B2), dirigidos al profesorado de enseñanzas no universitarias, en ejercicio en centros sostenidos con fondos públicos.

Su finalidad es posibilitar que el profesorado pueda conseguir sus objetivos y el nivel de inglés deseado. Los cursos se ponen en marcha por el Servicio de Formación del Profesorado en colaboración con las Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas.

La presente convocatoria de cursos de formación presencial se complementará con otra convocatoria de cursos puramente online. Sólo se podrá participar en una de las dos convocatorias. Recordad: la inscripción en este curso excluye la posibilidad de inscripción en la convocatoria de cursos de inglés online, que se publicará en breve.

Ver: http://www.cece.gva.es/per/val/sfp_811_convocatoria.asp

Math Live

Math Live is a website with animated math tutorials divided into four strands: numbers, patterns and relations, shape and space, and statistics and probability.

Each lesson includes animations that describe math problem solving with examples and interactive lessons. It also includes PDF downloads with Parent Notes, Teacher Notes, Activity Sheets, and Assessments.

Math Live was depeloped by Alberta Education (Canada).

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html

Some Halloween Teacher Resources

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. The word Halloween is a shortening of All Hallows' Evening also known as Hallowe'en or All Hallows' Eve.

Traditional activities include trick-or-treating, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and carving jack-o-lanterns. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century (...)

Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (pronounced "sah-win"). The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. Samhain was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and prepare for winter. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops. (Source: http://www.halloweenhistory.org/)

Below you will find some resources, teaching ideas and lesson plans about Halloween:

http://www.oxfordmagazine.es/2013/10/01/special-halloween-corner/

http://www.pinterest.com/jvanthul/halloween-crafts-ideas/

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/themes/halloween/

http://lessonplanspage.com/halloween-htm/

http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/halloween.htm

http://www.sweetteaclassroom.com/2012/09/halloween-teaching-activities-lots-of.html

http://bogglesworldesl.com/halloween_worksheets.htm

Jornadas Recursos y propuestas para trabajar el inglés en el aula de infantil

La semana pasada terminaron nuestras jornadas dirigidas al profesorado de infantil en torno a la enseñanza de y en inglés.

La participación ha sido bastante numerosa y, pese a lo breve de la actividad, un primer vistazo a las evaluaciones confirma la satisfacción de quienes compartisteis estas experiencias.

Desde las asesorías de Plurilingüismo y de Infantil del CEFIRE de Elda queremos dar las gracias a quienes participasteis y a los y las responsables de las ponencias. Más allá de que haya temas más o menos cercanos a nuestras expectativas o distintos estilos para comunicarlos, un denominador común de todas las personas que actuaron como ponentes fue su disponibilidad para con la organización y su determinación por contribuir a una mejor educación al servicio de nuestro alumnado desde cada una de las realidades docentes en las que se implican.

Os dejamos algunas imágenes de las jornadas y el enlace a diversos contenidos trabajados en ellas.  

Learners TV

Learnerstv.com is a comprehensive site providing thousands of downloadable free science animations, lecture notes, live online tests and video lectures in the fields of Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine, Management and Accounting, Dentistry, Nursing, Psychology, History, Language Training, Literature, Law, Economics, Philosophy, Astronomy, Political Science etc. Most of the materials offered are licensed by the respective institutes under a Creative Commons License.

http://www.learnerstv.com/

Problem-Attic

Problem-Attic is a product of EducAide Software. It makes a large body of questions available for free, for personalized learning. Tens of thousands of questions from a variety of sources have been entered into a database, organized by topic and made individually selectable and re-formattable, so they can be inserted into all kinds of new documents, quizzes, worksheets...

An awesome resource to easily create your own teaching materials or assesment documents in four easy steps. Just select, arrange, format and print. Sign up. It's free.

http://www.problem-attic.com/

Eslflow

Eslflow was created in 1998 by Peter Snashall as a resource for researching ESL/EFL ideas and creating lessons and courses as quicky as possible. It offers lessons, activities, lessons plans surveys and more. It is a great place to find materials and teaching resources for any skill, topic or proficiency level (beginner, pre-intermediate and intermediate).

Useful tools for ESL teachers are also available on the Teachers Tools Section

http://www.eslflow.com/

Share My Lesson

Share My Lesson is a place where educators can come together to create and share their very best teaching resources. Developed by teachers for teachers, this free platform gives access to high-quality teaching resources and provides an online community where teachers can collaborate with, encourage and inspire each other.

http://www.sharemylesson.com/

Join Share My Lessson: https://account.sharemylesson.com/register

SchoolsWord.tv

SchoolsWorld is a brand-new, multimedia platform, providing innovative and informative content for everyone involved with or wanting to be involved in schools. Besides all the content from Teachers TV, there is something for everyone: videos, interactive games, work sheets, fact sheets, information and latest education news. There's also opportunity to get involved in great competitions and daily polls.

SchoolsWorld is designed for everyone involved with schools:

• Pupils and students
• Parents
• Teachers
• Schools management, headteachers and Governors
• Businesses and charities

Source: http://www.schoolsworld.tv/about-us

 

The EFL SMARTblog

Awesome blog by David Mainwood with activities he has used in class. These activities are designed to be used either by teachers in class with an interactive whiteboard, projector or by students working in a computer room or using personally owned devices.

Posts by level, games and quizzes, links and some other interesting places to improve your English.

http://efllecturer.blogspot.com.es/

Brain breaks. Movement in learning

Movement in learning is a teaching method based on the concept that students learn better through movement in the classroom. Students should have the opportunity throughout a class period to move around to take "brain breaks" to refocus their attention so they can learn new material. Brain research suggests that physical activity prior to class and during class, increases students' ability to process and retain new material.

(Source: Wikipedia)

This site provides some good practices and links to further resources in this are:

http://www.pinterest.com/mel_dillard/brain-breaks/

CNN Student News

CNN Student News is a ten-minute, commercial-free, daily news program designed for middle and high school classes. It is produced by the journalists and educators at CNN. This award-winning show and its companion website are available free of charge throughout the school year. At CNNStudentNews.com, you'll find a wealth of teacher materials presented free of charge, including Daily Transcripts for each show, Daily Curriculum and additional support materials to help your students understand the news (maps, key concepts, discussion questions...) 

Source (http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/22/studentnews/sn-what-is-student-news/index.html)

 

Jornadas sobre inglés y educación infantil

Os ofrecemos el programa de nuestras jornadas Recursos y propuestas para trabajar el inglés en el aula de infantil una vez actualizados algunos de los datos del preprograma. Al final tendrá lugar en la Fundación Paurides González Vidal de Elda.

Todavía podéis inscribiros en la página del CEFIRE de Elda. 

http://mestreacasa.gva.es/web/cefireelda/formacio

Acceso al programa.

NoRedInk

NoRedInk.com is a web-based learning platform that helps students improve their grammar and writing skills. Teachers can adjust questions based on each kid’s favorite celebrities, hobbies, TV shows, etc. making the content inherently interesting. 

In addition to students practicing their grammar skills on their own, teachers can also create a class, use the site to give assignments and quizzes according to each kid’s interests and view student progress.

Visit NoRedInk: https://noredink.com/teach/dashboard

The Lawrence Hall of Science. 24/7 Science (Kidsite)

The Lawrence Hall of Science is a public science center that offers hands-on science exhibits, designs curriculum, aids professional development, and offers after school science resources to students of all ages. The Hall was established in 1968 in honor of Ernest Orlando Lawrence, the University of California's first Nobel laureate. The Hall is located in the hills above the University of California, Berkeley campus.

Since the Hall opened to the public, learning by doing has been core to all of their programs. To address the challenges in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education today, they have created a comprehensive set of programs to help increase the quality and quantity of great science learning that kids get both in and out of school.

Their Kidsite includes four sections:

AfterSchool KidzScience

Check Out Science

Explore Your World

Roadside Heritage

There you will find activities, games, quizzes, videos & podcasts, etc.

You can visit this website on: http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/kidsite/

#ELTchat

#ELTchat started in September 2010 when a group of ELT professionals began to use Twitter to discuss topics of their interest. It began with the aim of creating a freely available social network for ELT professionals offering mutual support and opportunities for Continuous Professional Development.

Now, every Wednesday at 12 pm (GMT) and 21.00 pm (GMT), ELT teachers from all over the world log into their Twitter account and for one hour hold an online discussion on a topic they have selected. The conversations can be followed by following the #ELTchat hashtag on Twitter.

Every Saturday, one of the moderators will put up a blog post on the #ELTchat Blog asking teachers who follow #ELTchat to propose some topics for the next chats. #ELTchat followers can go to that post and suggest topics in the comments under the blog post.

On Sunday evening, the moderators review the topics and create an online poll. #ELTchat followers are then invited to vote on the topics until Wednesday morning. Once the poll closes the top two topics become the subjects of the discussions.

After each chat, a transcript is posted on the #ELTchat wiki

Every month, a podcast, featuring an interview with one of their followers, interviews with well-known ELT authors and a quick summary of the past month's #ELTchats on the podcasts page.

(Source http://eltchat.org/)