This document lists various useful websites for teaching and learning including: - Websites for creating and sharing videos, podcasts, blogs and bookmarks - Resources for downloading videos and audio files - Sites for making movies, avatars, tagging photos and quizzes - Educational websites with spelling exercises, comic makers, and games from the BBC - Resources for learning vocabulary, current events, and general trivia quizzes.

1. Useful links
www.polleverywhere.com (virtual polls)
www.youtube.com (videos)
Wikis in plain English
Podcasts in plain English
RSS in plain English
Blogs in plain English
Social Bookmarking in plain English
Social Networking in plain English
www.teachertube.com (videos for teachers)
http://baixaki.ig.com.br/download/aTube-Catcher.htm (Software for downloading Youtube viseos)
www.mediafire.com (Free file hosting –account is required)
http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/ (Google products like Google scholar or alerts)
www.wikispaces.com
www.delicious.com (Social bookmarking, tagging – your favorite websites on the web)
www.xtranormal.com (Make movies and publish them on the web)
www.voki.com (Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog,
profile, and in email messages.
www.taggalaxy.de (Photo sharing, taging)
www.freerice.com (Test your vocabulary and donate some rice to Africa)
www.podquiz.com (Quizzes via podcasts)
www.learnoutloud.com (Podcast download)
www.eslpodcards.com (podcast crosswords, postcards)
www.vocaroo.com (record your voice and send by e-mail)
www.gcast.com (Your own audio broadcast, where you can easily record voice messages, mix in your favorite music, and share it all
for the world to hear)
http://podcastnation.co.uk/ (podcast download)
www.teachers.tv (videos about education and classroom situations)
www.videojug.com (How to videos)
Try: http://www.videojug.com/interview/memorizing-vocabulary-and-languages

2. www.slideshare.net (Slide sharing)
www.visuwords.com (Visual dictionary)
http://www.ccsf.edu/Resources/Teaching_ESL_Using_Technology/resources.htm (Teaching ESL using technology List of resources)
www.spellingcity.com (Spelling exercises and practice)
http://www.artisancam.org.uk/flashapps/superactioncomicmaker/ (Comic maker)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/ (Quiz games from BBC)
http://www.eslvideo.com (Video quizzes)
www.wordnik.com (Discovering words and everything about it)
www.timesspellingbee.co.uk (Spelling bee contest and practice)
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm ( Online talking stories)
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ ( Practice in communicating about current events in English)
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/12/22/the-best-online-learning-games-2007/ ( “The Best…” lists, highlighting what I think are
the best educational websites each year)
www.funtrivia.com (Online quizzes abou everything)
http://www.20q.net (20Q game)
http://www.worth1000.com/default.asp?display=photoshop (Pictures)
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-red-riding-hood.htm