Vimeo

I came across this animated video on the Vimeo site. Vimeo is a video-sharing site for people who create their own videos.

The Forest from David Scharf on Vimeo.

I think this video could be used to great effect in the classroom. The images are beautiful and it has a strong message with ample scope for discussion. You could watch with the sound off and get students to piece the story together. You can also access a version with subtitles here - The Forest

Academic Earth

This great website offers you access to full video courses from some of the world's leading universities.

There are videos on a range of subjects from the poetry of John Milton to Ancient Greek History.

Here's the link - Academic Earth

Game Classroom

Game Classroom is a collection of educational games to use with young learners.

Website

Here's a list of websites that can help teachers create their own games, etc., on line.

Word Connect

What2Learn

Ideas to inspire

Classtools

Super Teacher Tools

TED

The richness of this site is amazing. Here are some links to some of the presentations that might appeal to people working in Education.

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

Bill Gates Unplugged

Dave Eggers Once Upon a School

Ken Robinson

Sir Ken Robinson's website is not only visually stunning but full of useful information about creativity and education.

Sir Ken Robinson

TED

www.ted.com is one of my favourite sites - It is a huge resource of ideas and a great showcase of creativity and excellence. There must be something here that will inspire you! Here's an example, Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson gives explains his view that schools stifle creativity.

Creative Thinking

Michael Michalko's website has lots of tips and ideas for creative thinking, brainstorming, etc. There are lots of tools and exercises that might help you solve problems or come up with great new ideas.

Creative Thinking

NTTI

The National Institute of Teacher Training has lots of useful resources on its website www.thirteen.org

The Concept to Classroom Workshop series is particularly interesting - The topics include

Why the Net? An interactive tool for the classroom

WebQuests

Tapping into Multiple Intelligences

Assessment, Evaluation and Curriculum Redesign

The workshops include mini-videos, quizzes, buzzwords, etc...

Mind Maps

Tony Buzan created mind maps as the ideal tool for memorising and organising thoughts, to do lists, etc.

Here's Tony explaining the basics of mind-mapping -

Baruch College

Baruch College offers access to video of some of its Master Teachers series via iTunes (search in iTunesU). Teachers and presenters run workshops offering tips and advice about teaching and learning.

Baruch College

TED stands for technology, entertainment, design. It started as a conference in 1984 that brought people together from these three worlds. The TED conference invites the world's best speakers to give presentations that represent some of the World's most exciting ideas. The only catch is that speakers are limited to 18 minutes for a talk!

The TED website, www.ted.com, gives you free access to over 200 of these talks (you can also subscribe through iTunes).

It may not be about Teaching English but there is plenty to inspire on this great site.

Aisli Presentation

Here are the slides for my Using the Web for Teacher Development presentation (Aisli, Rome, 08 Sept 2008).

Mind Tools

The mind tools website is a nice resource for articles regarding leadership, time management, problem solving, decision making, memory tips, using creativity, stress management, information skills, etc.

Some example articles:

How good are your motivation skills?
Weighing the pros and cons of a decision.
DO IT - A simple creativity process
The Golden Rules of Goal Setting
Mind Maps
Active Listening
Using Mind Maps as a memory tool