Are you looking for some useful resources for teaching elementary school EFL/ESL students? Perhaps you want to know how to use Interactive Whiteboards or just need some resources for them? Well, I have what you need - and FREE! On the "Teach" link go to "Teaching Help" and you will find both. Under EFL/ESL elementary resources I've listed the best 65 sites for: video, stories, reading, e-books, music & song, activities, games, writing, lesson plans, vocabulary, spelling, dictionaries, quizzes & puzzles, speaking & pronunciation, phonics & ABCs, community sharing, rhymes, colouring, animation & cartoons, test writing, printables, flashcards, presentations, screen-casting, brainstorming, audio & sounds, collaboration, stickies, podcasts, posters, search tools and a complete LMS (learning management system). Many are also suited to interactive whiteboards. Under IWB/Smartboard resources I've listed the best 48 sites for: training & tutorials in mastering smartboards, games, lesson plans, presentations, activities, spelling, reading, comics, worksheets, phonics and writing. The training sites have videos that will step you through everything you need to know to use IWB's effectively in class. Add Comment Training in Interactive Whiteboards 06/30/2010
Greg Quinlivan Says: June 29th, 2010 at 15:23 T is for Training. Teachers need to learn how to use IWB’s so they don’t become WMD’s. My first (untrained) experience with one was when I didn’t realise it was any different from a regular whiteboard and used a marker pen on it. Now that was embarrassing! My ongoing experience with them here (in Taiwan) is that only local teachers are taught how to use them, while Westerners (us) muddle along without any PD, and with operating systems, software and instructions written in Chinese, while being expected to use them as if they are second nature. My advice: don’t wait for training to be offered, look through all the great resources in the A to Z here, experiment, practice and make some creative use of them. After all, they are not just fancy projection screens and they won’t explode upon first use. Posted 29th June, 2010 at http://edition.tefl.net/articles/teacher-technique/abc-iwb/comment-page-1/#comment-12523 | AuthorI grew up in Sydney (NSW). While working for the Australian government I also lived in Hobart (Tas), Adelaide (SA) and Canberra (ACT). I trained as a musician at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music on organ and harpsichord, and went on to study Education in the fields of Music and Business at the University of Queensland and later gained qualifications in English Language teaching at Griffith University. For the past seven years I have taught ESL in Australia, Taiwan, Brunei, South Korea and China to children, teenagers and adults. I am now at the University of Southern Queensland in Australiain Malaysia. My travels also include meditating in India and Thailand, and enjoying the sights of Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. My hobbies and interests include eating out, music, art, travel, films and having coffee with friends. Great Blogs & Podcasts to Follow
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