by Avi Spector
Quick overview: Doodle (www.doodle.com) can be used by a group of students (or a teacher) to create out a simple poll for classmates to vote on. Free, easy to use, and quick. No registration required. How does it work: The … Read More »
Quick overview: A website that allows your students to search for specific keywords (i.e – people, places, events, quotes) in old newspapers and magazines. Think of searchable digital microfiche, updated for the web, and free! How does it work? The … Read More »
Quick overview: Ready to use EFL/ESL lesson plans based on current world events. Each lesson contains reading and listening exercises. There is a new lesson added every three days. How can it be used in the classroom? The Breaking News English … Read More »
Quick overview: The Newsuem site (www.tinyurl.com/newseum) allows your students to read the front page of different newspapers from all over the world. The newspapers are updated every morning. How it can be used in the classroom: As a teacher, the … Read More »
Quick overview: The Éducaloi website provides “hundreds of questions and answers” about the rights and responsibilities of Quebec citizens. The information on the website is presented in clear, concise, and easy to understand everyday language. Available in both English in … Read More »
Quick Overview: A website that showcases maps and flags from all over the world. How can it be used in the classroom: Theodora’s Maps site can be used to showcase maps (links to maps) and flags (links to images of … Read More »
Quick overview: An on-line “visual dictionary” that defines everyday objects with the aid of beautifully detailed pictures. Available both in English and French. Highly recommended! How can it be used in the classroom: Students can look up words and see … Read More »
Quick overview: A huge collection of visually interactive on-line math and physical science concepts. Concise and to the point, each example can be used to illustrate potentially complicated topics to your students in the classroom. The content on Daniel Mentrard’s … Read More »
Quick overview: The World Clock website (http://tinyurl.com/5bqgdx) provides “odometers” of world statistics. This site is similar to the Worldometers website that I highlighted in an earlier ICT Blog posting, however, the World Clock site allows students to change between daily, … Read More »
Quick overview: An FSL “search engine” that is specifically designed to help you find on-line FSL activities to use in your classroom. A search engine is a website that maintains an index of many other websites, like Yahoo or Google. … Read More »