Teacher+Resources


 * Places to learn about resources and discuss ideas:**

Their websitehas downloads of past newsletters (full of ideas) and a calendar with upcoming events of interest to K-12 EFL teachers in Japan. In their Yahoo Group teachers share ideas, and talk about issues of interest to teachers of children. Most members are based in Japan.
 * JALT Teaching Children SIG**

While membership in the SIG is not free, membership in their Young Learners is, and discussion is often lively.
 * IATEFL Young Learners and Teenagers SIG**

Being on Twitteris like having an international staff room available 24 hours a day. If you want to learn more about Twitter's potential for teachers, check out my Can Twitter make you a better children's teacher?. If you're ready to give it a try, be sure to "friend" me and I'll be happy to introduce you. I also have a Twitter list of good resource people to get you started.
 * Twitter**


 * Places to find free resources for lessons:**

Teaching Village (My blog--links to teacher resources are in the right column)

My Corner of the World (My student blog--I add links to resources to websites my students can use for more language practice. Your students are welcome to comment on any of the posts, too. I promise to reply!)

OUP Japan Let's Go Page (Free Let's Go activities, tests, games Eiken correlation, parent lesson plans, graphics, and more. You have to be a member of Kids' Club, but membership is free.)

Delicious (A social bookmarking site. You can search people's bookmarks using key words, called "tags." You can explore my bookmarks, or create a free account to share your own bookmarks.)

Voicethread My students' projects on Voicethread (Your students are welcome to add comments!)
 * Free tools used in this workshop:**

Wordle

Glogster Here's a tutorial on how to use Glogster Edu. My students' projects on Glogster (again, comments welcome!).

Edublogs(free blogs for teachers and students)

Jing (a free video recording tool I used to take snapshots of my computer screen)

Audacity (a free voice recording tool I use to in classes where I don't have internet available)