The third post today prior to the INOTE conference in Kilkenny tomorrow gathers together suggestions in response to our online survey question:- Are there any other websites you would recommend to other English teachers? Our own comprehensive list (constantly growing) is here. And now for other teachers' responses and recommendations:-
- YouTube (again, many times)
- Teachit.co.uk and the BBC site are both good, especially for interactive resources
- Dropbox for storage/back-up
- INOTE
- www.tes.co.uk
- www.slideshare.com
- Worksheet Library
- 'Don't know of any I'm afraid'
- Jstor for articles about poets etc
- www.sccenglish.ie (thanks!)
- TeachingEnglish.co.uk
- www.teachit.co.uk (many times - evidently many INOTE members)
- www.tes.co.uk (many times)
- www.scoilnet.ie (many times)
- State Examinations Commission
- leavingcertenglish.net
- RTE- Podcasts/Live News/Realplayer
- BBC
- Sky News
- Newspapers online
- CBI
- Not enough knowledge.
- skoool.ie (many times)
- bookrags.com
- discoveryschool.com
- sparknotes.com- for modern translations of Shakespeare- can be useful for TY and 1st year - re making Shakespeare more accessible
- not in Ireland
- www.independent.ie, Irish Times online
- I'm not familiar with any.
- None but I would love to find out more about using the web
- www.leavingcertenglish.net
- www.brightsparks.com
- www.englishcompanion.com,
- Twitter for Monday edchatie from 8.30 - 9.30pm
- BBC bitesize (several times)
- Webenglish teacher
- bbc.co.uk for background history on trenches (virtual tour) -useful for war poetry & literature associated with WW1
- teachingenglish.co.uk
- EC Ning
- Schmoop
- www.hotpotatoes.com
- SESS have great links to interactive projects etc, suitable for weaker students as well, and the TESS website was useful. Lyrics.com for poetry/song modules - I used the lyrics of "Strange Fruit" in class and it was great to be able to actually show them the background to the lyric, including photos.
- prezi.com
- Obviously, BBC and Channel 4
- exam-it.ie
- www.wondrousworksheets.com
- www.abcteach.com
- www.k12lessonplans.com
- www.softschools.com
- http://shakespeare.mit.edu/
- www.plan-edresources.org
- www.topmark.co.uk
- www.slideshare.com
- www.just4englishteachers.com
- www.worldofteaching.com
- www.teachersparadise.com
- www.myvocabulary.com
- www.eslprintables.com
- poemfinder.com
- Have been teaching for over ten years now, and teaching English for the first time in the last few years so would love to know the most recommended sites.
- superteacherworksheets.com
- Bookrags
- www.nofearshakespeare.ie
- Depending on which comparative texts you use there are extracts from film versions of novels on Youtube, sometimes an entire play, like Antigone - Ed Friedlander has an interesting Shakespeare site-why not enliven Lies of Silence by listening to Ian Paisley doing a fire and brimstone sermon (YouTube) and then go to Google images to look at the famous political murals of Northern Ireland.
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