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Changes to
EFL Classroom 2.0 - Please share
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As you might already know, we now have the
ability to "like" all videos / blogs and photos. Please let others
know about this. Further - please visit the "What's
Broken" topic and add what you'd
like to see fixed or improved. I'm listening! Also, Bookmark all your
pages by using the star button at the bottom of
each page.
A couple members have contacted me about
teaching / sharing with their classroom through EFL Classroom 2.0.
See my explanation here. Many
teachers are invisibly already doing it! All privately and securely.
No ads and only the best content along with
the teacher's assignments. |
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| Video
of the Month |
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So many of you "liked" - I've got a
feeling Lindsay and her students
did an amazing job! View many
more doodle videos too! But this kids rap won big hands down.
Also big - Big
Yellow Taxi karaoke, Stephen
Krashen, Rules,
rules, rules (a doodle video) and Remind
Me .
View our whole directory of hundreds of THE BEST VIDEOS. Don't
forget ourA/V
Player and I'd also suggest our amazing
TED Talks player! |
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| New
and Recommended Resources |
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As always - New
Elementary Resources! Please check out our new
Grammar
page. Pronunciation is important
and you can find lots to help you and your students HERE. The
Story page has been updated with a favorite Read along
player!
Members have contributed many resources! See the
most recent here! Highlights
include Valentine's Day resources galore, Song lyric sheets, new
Commericals in the Classroom resources.
I take Teacher Professional Development
seriously! I've decided to share all my Teacher
Training Presentations! Get them on the School of TEFL teacher's
community and stay tuned for a BIG announcement of the
certificate course I'll be teaching at the online
school
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The
NEW English Central - A Must! |
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English Central is
an amazing tool and it keeps getting better.
I've played a
part in it and will continue to help teachers use
it, as it develops. See our
discussion for more info. or dive in and
start inviting your students today and using the tools to assess
them. Experiment on our own E.C.
teacher's channel.
I think all
teachers should be using this! |
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| Ongoing
Discussions and Highlighted Blogs! |
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There are always ongoing
discussion and blogs on EFL Classroom. Why not
comment and share your own knowledge with others. Recent topics
include: Will
You Be My Valentine, Finding
Private Students Just
For The Laugh Of It and Getting
low level students interested Many more HERE.
BLOGS continue to grow and we had over 50
blog posts this month. Please support them by giving them some
comments and feedback! Try Morgan's - Choose
your own adventure Roselink's - Drive
- about motivation
, Classroom
Decoration Website
Reviews All
about ELT Twitter Chat or my own Viva
La Textbook Revolucion
Also - a member request. Take one minute a fill out this survey about Fairy Tales.
WHY NOT START YOUR OWN BLOG
TODAY? - we have thousands of viewers
daily. |
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| Member
of the Month and more... |
Sophie is a
teacher from Quebec, Canada who has shared a variety of materials
and ideas. Thank
her for the Valentine's
Ideas! Thank you Sophie . |
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The 22nd EFL / ESL / ELL
Blog Carnival |
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We will host the next ESL, EFL,
ELL Blog Carnival. Stay tuned for an announcement about an exciting
contest. In the meantime, submit your blog entry Here.
We'll be having lots of fun this time. Prizes galore.
View the last Blog Carnival HERE.
Here's
what we did last
time!
USE OUR COMMUNITY WIDE SEARCH! |
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| TEACH | LEARN -
a student created content course book |
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Please support self publishing and help pay
for EFL Classroom 2.0 (it costs a lot!).
The coursebook you can EDIT! Plus a ppt of the whole book,
1,000s of multi media links, teacher's notes, fully printable and
shareable. Also, blackline master extras to help all teachers.
Purchase here and
see samples. Even a nice certificate for students. |
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| Huffduffer - a world of educational podcasts |
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I worked hard to amass An EFL Classroom
Podcast library using Huffduffer. At the bottom of our main page, you'll
also find it. Choose a tag and listen away! Like it? Get our smart Podcast player widget
to put on your own webpage! Hours of quality lectures, interviews, discussions.
to find the
BEST!
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| Help us find great
websites! |
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We have a wonderful Diigo
Bookmarking Group. At the bottom of our main page, you'll
see what members find across the universe. A great way to keep up
with new websites that can help you and your students. Why not join
us? When you want to recommend a site, just add it to our
diigo by using the Diigo
toolbar and we'll all know about it! Also, use our complete list of
categories of websites
to find the
BEST!
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