Jeremy Harmer

Jeremy Harmer is famous as a teacher trainer and author. Why not visit his website? - Jeremy Harmer.

It includes audio and video clips and pdf files from presentations.

Here's a link to a video of Jeremy giving a talk on Motivating the Unmotivated

What makes a good teacher?

In 1996 UNICEF asked the question 'what makes a good teacher?' Click on the link below to see what children had to say -

What makes a good teacher?

Teachers.tv masterclass

Even though these are not EFL lessons, there's plenty to learn from watching these great teachers in action -

Ceri Evans - DNA
John Heeley - Probability
Phil Beadle - Limbo and Night of the Scorpion

Teachers TV

Teachers TV continues to grow. For those of you interested in behaviour issues have a look at their behaviour matters page.

Suite 101.com

Suite101.com offers lots of advice for pre-service teachers.

Here are some of their articles on classroom management and motivation:

Motivating Students

How to motivate students

Classroom Management Tips

There are loads of articles on this useful site.

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.

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.

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