The 2009 Internet Tour

for EFL Teachers

By PAULA LEDESMA

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www.teach-with-internet.wikispaces.comJoin the FORUM OF DISCUSSION atJoin the FORUM OF DISCUSSION at

www.teach-with-internet.ning.com

INTERNET

(Teeler & Gray, 2000)

NET

CYBERSPACE

THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY

THE ONLINE COMMUNITY

THE ELECTRONIC LIBRARY

THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION

(Marc Pernsky, 2001)

Digital NativesDigital NativesVs

Digital ImmigrantsDigital Immigrants

E-mailE-mail Mailing listsMailing lists

Forums/newsgroupsForums/newsgroups

ChatChat

Video conferencesVideo conferences

Video gamesVideo games

World Wide World Wide WebWeb

World Wide World Wide WebWeb

ReadingCompanies’ Websites

HypertextAdvertising

TextProfessionalInformation

WEB 1.0

WritingBroadcastingPodcasting

CommunitiesPeer-to-peer

AmateurOpinion

WEB 2.0

WhateverWhatever

WheneverWhenever

WhereverWherever

W W WW W W

Useful Useful

Web 0.1 sitesWeb 0.1 sites

For TeachersFor Teachers

Those You May Already Those You May Already KnowKnow

DictionariesDictionariesEncyclopaediasEncyclopaediasNewspapersNewspapersDigital Libraries Digital Libraries

“ “Gateway” sitesGateway” sites (Indexes)(Indexes)

DICTIONARIESDICTIONARIES

http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Dictionaries/

http://www.hero.ac.uk/uk/reference_and_subject_resources/resources/online_dictionaries472.cfmhttp://www.hero.ac.uk/uk/reference_and_subject_resources/resources/online_dictionaries472.cfm

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

http://www.ldoceonline.com

http://www.merriam-webster.com/ http://www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com/Public/

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Internethttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/Internet

http://http://dictionary.reference.comdictionary.reference.com//browsebrowse//internetinternet

http://visual.merriam-webster.com/

http://www.pdictionary.com/english/

http://www.yourdictionary.com/webhttp://www.yourdictionary.com/web

http://www.yourdictionary.com/word-games/Crazy-Crossword/Crazy-Crossword-Game.html

http://www.visuwords.com/

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/links/Dictionaries-and-Encyclopedias

ENCYCLOPEDIASENCYCLOPEDIAS

http://encarta.msn.com

www.britannica.com/

http://www.encyclopedia.com/

http://www.encyclo.co.uk/

http://reference.allrefer.com/

http://www.webopedia.com/

NEWSPAPERSNEWSPAPERS

http://www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au/cartoons/new/2003-03-10%20Web%20vs%20newspapers%20athe%20breakfast%20table%201.JPG

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/

www.nytimes.com

http://www.usatoday.com/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html

http://www.buenosairesherald.com/

DIGITAL DIGITAL LIBRARIESLIBRARIES

http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/dinosaurstb.html

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/wwi/wwi.html

http://manybooks.net/

http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

http://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/SimpleSearchCategory?ids=86&langid=&pnum=1&cnum=1&text=&lang=English&ilang=English

http://www.sllib.org/Pages/Digital%20Library/diglib.htm

ESL and EFL ESL and EFL WebsitesWebsites

http://www.eslcafe.com/search/index.html

http://www.englishforum.com/

http://www.sitesforteachers.com/index.html

http://www.teach-nology.com/

http://www.surfnetkids.com/

http://www.proteacher.org/

VocabularyVocabularyandand

SpellingSpelling

http://www.spellingcity.com/

VOCABULARY: VOCABULARY: http://www.vocabularya-z.com/vocabweb/frontpage.do

SAMPLE: BANKINGSAMPLE: BANKING

Some other topicsSome other topics

Vocabulary and listening:Vocabulary and listening: http://http://www.voanews.comwww.voanews.com//specialenglishspecialenglish/archive/2007-12/2007-12-17-voa1./archive/2007-12/2007-12-17-voa1.cfmcfm

SOME OTHER WORDS USED IN STORIESSOME OTHER WORDS USED IN STORIES

Colors: I'm Feeling Very Blue TodayColors: I'm Feeling Very Blue Today: : red hot,red hot, in the in the pinkpink, , blues musicblues music, , look greenlook green, , green with envygreen with envy, , greenbacksgreenbacks, , black dayblack day, , blacklistblacklist, , brown outbrown out..

Numbers: I, for One, Use These Expressions OftenNumbers: I, for One, Use These Expressions Often: : On the one handOn the one hand, , I for oneI for one, , number onenumber one, , looking out looking out for number onefor number one, , taking care of number onetaking care of number one, , one and one and onlyonly, , pull a fast onepull a fast one, , one in a million, one too many, one in a million, one too many, at one with oneselfat one with oneself

Stock Market: The Business of InvestingStock Market: The Business of Investing: : stock stock exchangeexchange, , sharesshares, , stocksstocks, , brokersbrokers, , Big Board,Big Board, bull bull marketmarket, , bear marketbear market

GAMES WITH WORDSGAMES WITH WORDS

READINGREADING

READING PRACTICE: READING PRACTICE: http://www.readinga-z.com/

30 30 free downloadable books and worksheets just by submitting your e-mail address.free downloadable books and worksheets just by submitting your e-mail address.

Reader: Cali and Wanda LouReader: Cali and Wanda Lou

WorksheetWorksheet

http://www.oup-bookworms.com/teachers-only.cfm

INTERACTIVE BOOKS FOR KIDSINTERACTIVE BOOKS FOR KIDS

Read, listen, complete worksheets and answer quizes! (fiction and non-fiction)http://www.raz-kids.com/main/ViewPage/name/sample

Sample Non-fiction Sample Non-fiction

Historic Peacemakers highlights six Nobel Peace Prize Historic Peacemakers highlights six Nobel Peace Prize winners: Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin winners: Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Mairead Corrigan, and Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Mairead Corrigan, and Betty Williams. It ends by appealing to readers to find the Betty Williams. It ends by appealing to readers to find the peacemaker within themselves. Historic photographs peacemaker within themselves. Historic photographs support the text. support the text.

http://www.raz-kids.com/main/BookList/id/27

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm?f

WRITINWRITINGG

http://www.rong-chang.com/writing.htm

http://www.1-language.com/eslwriting/

WritingWriting

http://www.writinga-z.com/razwritingweb/home.do

SAMPLE UNIT: Pre-writing stepsSAMPLE UNIT: Pre-writing steps

http://esl.about.com/od/writinginenglish/

http://writing.colostate.edu/

LISTENINLISTENINGG

LISTENINGLISTENING: : http://www.voanews.com/SpecialEnglish/http://www.voanews.com/SpecialEnglish/

http://www.saberingles.com.ar/listening/101.html

http://www.audioenglish.net

QUIZZESQUIZZESAND AND

GAMESGAMES

http://a4esl.org/a/g5.html

http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/puzzle.php

http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Online/

http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/cgi-bin/games1.cgi

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/games/

http://www.eslgame.com/

Catch the Jobs

http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/a/acaemics_gifts.asp

I HOPE YOU ‘VE ENJOYED THIS I HOPE YOU ‘VE ENJOYED THIS FIRST PART!FIRST PART!

See you after the coffee break!