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

Useful Blog

The English Blog has lots of useful ideas for teachers and students - The English Blog

Simply Box

Simply Box is a great tool for saving images, text from the web onto a fun, easy-to-use web storage site - Simply box.

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

YouTube Edu - UOregon

There are a series of videos from the Universty of Oregon now available on YouTube. The course is called Shaping the Way we Teach English.

Here's the first video -





YouTube Edu

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

An ELT Notebook

Sue Swift's blog is a source of lots of useful information, lesson plans, tips, etc.

Recent posts include -

Using YouTube for Vocabulary Development

Teaching Individual Sounds

TKT

An ELT Notebook

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

Great Teachers

Here's a link to a video on teachers' TV. Watch Philip Beadle - 2004 Secondary Teacher of the Year - in action.

Teachers' TV

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

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.

Behaviour website

Louise, YL co-ordinator here at IH Milan, has asked me to blog the following site on behaviour.

The site is Behaviour Needs

The site has some interesting articles about classroom management with provocative titles such as "If pupils misbehave, it's the teacher's fault!"

There are also inspirational posters and lots of useful tips.

Teaching with Bayley: Discipline

Behaviour management guru, John Bayley, visits school and helps teachers improve their classroom management techniques. There are lots of videos featuring John Bayley on Teachers' TV.

Some of the highlights:



MOTIVATION

Making pupils feel special and important - Video
Different learning styles - Video
Being more dynamic - Video
Giving praise - Video

GREAT TEACHERS

Motivating science teacher - Video
The Children's Champion - Video
Outstanding New Teacher - Video

STRUCTURING LESSONS

Time management - Video
Lesson structure - Video

DISCIPLINE

Dealing with disruptive pupils - Video
Dealing with short attention spans - Video
Controlling difficult pupils - Video
Dealing with unresponsive pupils - Video
Being assertive - Video Video 2
Dealing with attention seekers - Video

Business Result Training DVD (OUP)

The OUP 'Result' teachers' books come with some teacher training DVDs (plus worksheets). These could be used by new teachers or during training sessions.

The videos are closely linked to the Result series and contain clips from lessons using the books. Managed well, the DVDs could be used to create further discussion and may be an interesting addition to training sessions. For example, the English Result Pre-Intermediate DVD shows clips from a whole unit and highlights different stages of a lesson, such as giving instructions, concept checking, explaining grammar, setting up activities, etc.

Business Result - Upper-intermediate - DVD

• Presentations
• One-to-One teaching
• Using case studies

Business Result - Intermediate - DVD

• Needs Analysis
• Vocabulary
• Telephoning

Business Result - Online worksheets

English Result - Pre-Intermediate - DVD

• Author's introduction
• Classroom footage - Unit 4B - warmer, concept check, listening strategies, setting up a game, a game, Can do
• Teacher feedback regarding English Result format
  

English Result - Online worksheets

CAE Result - DVD

• Overview and examples of CAE Paper 5 Speaking
• Assessment criteria
• Tips on giving a good performance
• A complete test
• Complete test assessment