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

Secondary Level EFL

Have a look at this videos from the University of Oregon - Shaping the way we teach English: Secondary EFL. It's the first part of the series - the rest can also be found on YouTube -

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

Ben Goldstein Blog

You might find Ben Goldstein's blog useful. It includes tips and lesson plans.

Larry Ferlazzo Blog

Larry Ferlazzo's blog is an impressive collection of website links for EFL teachers. There's bound to be something to interest you and your students.

Larry Ferlazzo

CALL

Here's a site about CALL.

Claire Siskin

You can find basic info on using the Internet, using Word in the classroom and technology in general.

IH DoS Conference 2009

Here are the slides from my presentation -

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...

Tutor2u

If you are teaching business English you might find Tutor2u a useful resource. The site offers a range of free and subscription-based materials. There are articles, blog entries, videos, quizzes and links on a whole range of business and education-related subjects.

Teaching Speaking

There is a great new online video series available from the British Council giving you tips on how to teach speaking to children. Here's a link to the first video in the series:

Introduction

There are other videos on rapport, feedback, activities, pronunciation, etc.

Log in and Learn

Here are the slides for my presentation at IH Milan's "From Good Practice to Better Practice" conference, 26 September 2008.

Aisli Presentation

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

Podwatch1

There are lots of interesting podcasts you can download using iTunes. Here's a brief update on some of the most interesting ones:

EFL

BBC World Service – 6 Minute English Podcast

30 July Stress and work
20 Aug What does credit crunch mean?

BBC Talk about English

21 Aug – discuss cloning
31 Jul – human rights
24 Jul – big brands

BBC Grammar Challenge

22 Aug Present continuous
01 Aug – Present perfect
25 July – Time prepositions

BBC World Service Real English

22 Aug – looks at phrase ‘What an airhead’
1 Aug – ‘bark worse than his bite’

ESL Aloud

20 Aug – 2008 Olympics

Splendid Speaking –

23 Aug – structuring a short talk
16 Aug – responding to questions
2 Aug – Using anecdotes

Podcastsinenglish

21 Aug – cocktail party at the Italian embassy
14 Aug – rats – pests or pets
7 Aug - 2008 Olympics

ESL Pod

04 Aug – Dealing in the black Market
01 Aug – Watching the Olympic Games

METHODOLOGY

ESL Teacher Talk

26 Aug – Total Physical Response methodology

GENERAL

National Geographic - Video Shorts Podcast

Recent – 5 min videos of exploration in S. America

Discovery Channel Video Podcast

Short videos

English heritage

22 Aug – series on Hadrian’s wall (6 ten minute videos) started

Screenrush Movietrailers

Trailers for new and classic films

BUSINESS

London Business Schools Podcasts

26 Aug – 10 minute look at marketing fundamentals
08 Aug – A brief look at decision making

Learn Business English – Podcast

24 Aug – presentations – analysing trends
17 Aug – presentations – describing trends
10 Aug – business vocab – The office manager
3 Aug – Job interviews – HR review of candidates

Harvard Business Video IdeaCast

11 Aug – social intelligence and leadership
25 Aug – What is personal Leadership brand?

Russell Stannard Website

This is one of the most useful websites I have found. You can watch a series of videos in which Russell teaches you how to make the most out of technology (downloading podcasts, creating blogs, using wikis, etc.) He also has some videos about his favourite ELT sites.

Have a look - Teacher Training Videos by Russell Stannard

The Internet

You can listen to two podcasts on using the Internet in the classroom on the BBC Teaching English Website.