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Cora Chen

ESL instructor

City College of San Francisco

The Educational Technology Fair

Technology Learning Center

updated February, 2012

Introduction:
A Short Animation Film: http://mm.dfilm.com/mm2s/mm_route.php?id=2997820

Presentation Objective:

There are many free webtools we can use to spice up our traditional classroom practices. Here are some successful class projects created by ESL/EFL teachers around the world:

Blogs:

Teresa Almeida d’Eça in Portugal:
http://fwe2.motime.com/ (extracurricular)
http://call05-06.motime.com/ (curricular: used for class work)
Have Fun with English

Cora Chen in the U.S. http://culturenote.blogspot.com/
http://cora-films.blogspot.com/ (animation)
http://newland.bloxio.us/ (class blog: immigrant stories)

Barbara Dieu in Brazil: http://dekita.org/
http://lycee.wordpress.com/

Dafne Gonzalez in Venezuela: http://dafneusb.motime.com/

Dennis Oliver in the U.S. & Carla Arena in Brazil:
http://internationalexchange.blogspot.com/

Cheryl Oakes in the U.S. http://www.cheryloakes.com/

Emília Miranda in Portugal http://netescrita.blogspot.com/

Podcasting:

Cora Chen in the U.S.: Collaborative Podcast: http://places.podomatic.com/

Cristina Costa in Portugal: http://sailsandwings.podomatic.com/

Fernanda Rodrigues in Portugal: http://mfr.podomatic.com/

Barbara Dieu in Brazil: http://lycee.podomatic.com/

Dafne Gonzalez in Venezuela: http://dyg.podomatic.com/

Buzznet:
Dafne Gonzalez in Venezuela:
http://dyg.buzznet.com/user/

Videos:

Cora Chen in the U.S.: Videos for ESL–

1. “The Lving Roof” http://www.blip.tv/file/3776964
2. Dances from the Depths http://ocean.edublogs.org/

Graham Stanley in Spain: Language Learning & Web 2.0 http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=7097425b52fc7afbb696

Wikis:

Dafne Gonzalez in Venezuela:
http://id2-124-dg.pbwiki.com/ (English for Architecture)
http://e-proyectos.wikispaces.com/
http://web2tools.wikispaces.com/

Nicolas Gromik in Japan: EFL Resources provides videos, lesson plans and activities for the benefit of language learning and culture exposure development. http://eflresources.wikispaces.com/

Websites:

Cora Chen in the U. S. http://cora-esl.weebly.com (class website: Learning about green-eco technology)

http://cora-esl.weebly.com/past-present-future.html (digital story-telling by immigrant students)

Emília Miranda (with the support of Centro de Competência from University of Minho) in Portugal: http://www.nonio.uminho.pt/netescrita

Barbara Dieu in Brazil:
http://members.tripod.com/the_english_dept/Inspiration/sitemap.html

Free Webtool Resources:

Blogs & Websites:

http://www.blogspot.com/
http://www.weebly.com
http://www.podomatic.com/
http://www.buzznet.com/
http://www.wikispaces.com/
http://wordpress.com/

http://bloxio.us/

http://www.motime.com/

http://www.wetpaint.com/

Video tools: