Useful Internet Sites for Teaching

This collection of Internet sites was gathered at one of our teaching seminars at Korea University. I have my colleagues to thank for such a great list of teaching resources to escape the monotony of the traditional textbook!

Voxopop:    

http://www.voxopop.com/      

(Username: XXXXX             Password: XXXXX)

• Use this site to create a class group to store all recorded files in one place.
• Useful for speeches, anecdotes or speaking practice for individuals.

Wordpress:

http://wordpress.com/               

(Username: XXXXX             Password: XXXXX)

• Use this site to create a class blog for social or academic purposes.
• Can also be used to post entries on a forum.

Moodle:       

https://moodle.org/

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• Create an e-learning platform (similar to EKU or an educational portal)
• Use for discussion forums, assignment submission, projects and chats

Wikispaces:

http://www.wikispaces.com/

(Username: XXXXX             Password: XXXXX)

• Create an e-learning platform with a focus on writing and assessment
• Create spaces for social writing, project submissions and grading

Check My Words:

http://mws.ust.hk/cmw/index.php

• A useful site for students to use with Microsoft Word
• Users download a toolbar which explains common errors, reads the words written and links to online dictionaries.

Mark My Words:    

http://mws.ust.hk/mmw/index.php

• A useful site for teachers to use with Microsoft Word.
• Using documents online, insert automatic comments onto work
• Link essay points to suggested links for research

The Corpus of Contemporary American English:

http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/

• A free corpus with a variety of search options
• Shows different genres of words
• Users can also be sent a new academic word list

FLAX Interactive Language Learning:

http://flax.nzdl.org/greenstone3/flax

• Written texts and tools to work with them
• Contains a collection of essays written by university students in English universities from BAWE collection (British Academic Written English Collections)
• Essays classified by subject or genre

Citation Machine:

www.citationmachine.net

• Quick and easy citation generator for APA, MLA, Chicago and Turabian documentation
• Gives properly formatted citations for references pages and in-text citations for a variety of print and virtually all non-print options
• Fill-in-the blank and copy and paste

Google Drive for Making Surveys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22eVYplSJQ8

https://drive.google.com/

• The YouTube video explains how to create a survey with GoogleDrive

Purpose of Class

• To teach students to become independent learners by using online resources
• To provide students with a method to attain primary sources

Ted Ed:

http://ed.ted.com

• Use this site to create your own ready-to-use TED class lessons.
• Can also use lessons created by other educators.

World Teacher:

http://worldteacher-andrea.blogspot.kr

• Though primarily an ELT site, she has some great ideas for academic class projects and also gives comprehensive links to other educational aspects.

Learning English Online:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en

• Extremely useful site for specific vocabulary-related and grammar-related points.
• Has a host of cultural information useful for various aspects of teaching.
• Can also be used as a good point of reference for students wishing to do self-study.

 

Tumblr:

http://tumblr.com

• Using a very simple blog interface to host files, use for in-class lessons, and post homework assignments

 

English Central:

http://englishcentral.com

• Use this site to allow your students to learn the 570 most common Academic English words.