Pals Around The World

I liked the epals website. I would use this website for special events or projects, so my students could connect to other students around the world. In the tab marked focus, there are several topics listed (Black History Month, Election/Inauguration, geography, and Human Rights) that would be appropriate for holidays or other special events in the United States or in other countries. The projects section would be great because students could share their information with their "global" peers. There are projects that are cross curricula, and projects can be set up to accommodate multiple learning styles.

Abbotsford House from the gardens

Abbotsford House from the gardens
Originally uploaded by *Michelle*(xena2542)

This is a place I want to visit.

Nik Peachey's Resources

The word post Using Word Skills is good for intermediate grades. A teacher can enter text. The site will generate a word cloud based on the frequency of the words. Students can make predictions, summarize, compare, or practice sentence structure.

Make Your EFL/ESL Yearbook is a great site for making a yearbook. The class can play with this by making a yearbook for their current year or a different year (1950-2000s). Individual pictures can be uploaded, and the image is then downloaded in a jpg file. Students can write information about themselves and play clips of music.

A Picture's Worth is an interesting post. There are pictures with essays on this site. A teacher could make a website for the class to display pictures and essays or summaries. Students could also read pictures and essays on the website, and then write a summary. On this website, all pictures and essays must be submitted to the editor/site owner for approval.

The Best Website to Practice Speaking English

The website The Best Website to Practice Speaking English offers eleven links for students to practice English. This website was found on Larry Ferlazzo's blog.

Classroom Mangement

This website When a "GOOD" class goes "BAD" lists 10 actions to take in order to turn a class back to a community of learners. This website was found on Larry Ferlazzo's blog.

Best Books for Teaching ESL

On the website "The Best Books for Teaching and Learning ESL" , Larry Ferlazzo writes his opinions about books that are helpful for teaching social studies and language arts to ESL students.

Meaning of Web 2.0

I learned the meaning of Web 2.0 for this web post . I liked how the writer challenged teachers to expand their internet vocabulary, write on the web, and create a blog. Teachers were also asked to allow students to share their favorite web sites. This is an opportunity teachers to learn from the students' selection and ask questions.