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ESL Resources accumulated by Bobbie Polland

A. Assessment

1. Cloze, Maze, and Quizzes

AIMSweb
CBM for Reading, writing, and math progress monitoring and RTI Solution.

http://www.aimsweb.com/
DIBELS: Dynamic Indicator of Basic Literacy Skills
CBM in short (one minute) fluency measures used to regularly monitor the development of early literacy and early reading skills.

https://dibels.uoregon.edu/
Free Cloze Generator
You can make blanks for every n-th word automatically, blank of specific words manually, or blank of specified parts of speach.

http://www.oit.ac.jp/ip/~kamiya/mwb/wcho.pdf
HotPotatoes
includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matchi

http://hotpot.uvic.ca/index.htm
PuzzleMaker from Discovery Education
Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more using your own word lists

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

2. Rubrics

RubiStar
a free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics.

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Project Based Learning: Designing a Rubric
step-by-step rubric creation tutorial

http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/Activities/DesignRubric.html
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Rubrics
Assessment and Rubric Information

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html
Rubrics for Web Lessons
Authentic Assessment and the use of Rubrics

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/rubrics/weblessons.htm
SCORE Language Arts
Teacher Activity Bank: Rubrics

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/trubrics.htm
Project Based Learning Checklists
Online rubric creator. Checklists to support Project Based Learning and evaluation

http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/checklist.shtml
Rubric Builder
Sign up to use the free collaborative rubric toolkit

http://landmark-project.com/rubric_builder/index.php

3. Speaking and Listening

The Gong Project
a free system for voice communication on the Web. It allows groups of people such as students and teachers to participate in dis

http://gong.ust.hk/
Randall's ESL Lab
students improve their listening comprehension skills through practice with self-grading

http://www.esl-lab.com/
Daily ESL.com
short conversation starters or readings that you can study and then try to apply in everyday situations

http://www.dailyesl.com/
TrainYourAccent.com
ESL Accent Reduction Training and Conversational English Practice

http://www.trainyouraccent.com/
EZSlang.com
this site is specifically designed to help low-intermediate to advanced learners improve their survival skills in many different

http://www.ezslang.com/

4. Reading

Cengage Learning: Timed Reading
Timed readings with comprehension questions and immediate feedback

http://college.cengage.com/collegesurvival/watkins/learning_companion/1e/students/timed_reading.html
LiteracyNet.org Learning Resources
using CNN and CBS 5 each module includes the full text of each story and interactive activities to test comprehension

http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/home.html
Comeeko.com
Create your own comic strips with your own pictures for free

http://www.comeeko.com/
Mai'Nada: Comics
free site for users and guest to come a draw humor sketches and comic strips

http://www.mainada.net/comics
SuperLame
upload your photos and pictures, add comic style word balloons, then save them and use them for whatever you want.

http://www.superlame.com/
Great Books Foundation

http://www.greatbooks.org/

5. ePortfolio

Electronic Portfolio Resources

http://www.uvm.edu/~jmorris/portresources.html
Sample Teaching Audioblog
an example of using audioblog to assist language learning. learn the procedure of setting up a blog as an e-portfolio

http://languageaudioblog.blogspot.com/

6. Example PBWiki

EDU563 PBWiki
Here is a quick Wiki with some examples showing ideas for using some of the technology links on this page

http://edu563.pbwiki.com/
EDU617 Course Wiki
Click on Pages and Files to view assignments, student pages and comments, and resources

http://edu617.pbwiki.com/

B. Teacher Resources

1. Technology

a. Audio

Audacity
free, open source software for recording and editing sounds

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audacity Wiki
a public resource containing tips, tricks and information about Audacity and digital audio

http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Audacity_Wiki_Home_Page

b. Video

TeacherTube
UTube for teachers, online lessons

http://www.teachertube.com/
VodPod.com
Collect your favorite videos on the web, in one place.

http://vodpod.com/
VoiceThread.com
Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting.

http://voicethread.com/#home

c. Wiki

Peanut Butter Wiki
lets you create a free, simple, secure wiki in about 60 seconds

http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki
WikiBooks
Example of a Wiki to create free textbooks online

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
Educators Forum on PBWiki
Welcome to our forum. Joining is a really quick and easy way to post and keep track of what's happening here.

http://educatorforum.pbwiki.com/headlines/

d. Course Managment Sites

WorldChamp.com
Free for k-12 teachers and students. Corse management system designed specifically as an aid for language teachers.

http://www.wordchamp.com/lingua2/Home.do
Moodle.org
Moodle is an open source (Free) Course Management System (CMS) or Virtual Learning Environment

http://moodle.org/

e. Blogs

Blogger.com
Create a blog. It’s free.

https://www.blogger.com/start
ClassBlogMeister.com
developed specifically for classroom use. You are welcome to explore the writings of teachers and students alike

http://www.classblogmeister.com/
EduBlogAwards.com
Welcome to the home of the Edublogs Awards - the annual event where the best education blogs of the year are decided by, well, y

http://edublogawards.com/
Bloglines.com
a free service that makes it easy to keep up with your favorite blogs and news feeds. Subscribe to the RSS feeds of your favorit

http://www.bloglines.com/login

f. Podcasting

Podcast Alley.com
the podcast lovers portal. Featuring the best Podcast Directory and the Top 10 podcasts, as voted on by the listeners.

http://www.podcastalley.com/
Education Podcast Network
an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for co

http://epnweb.org/
EduGadget.com
lists of links to podcast help, mp3 resources, and gadgets, etc

http://edugadget.com/
Podcast Central.com
links to podcasts and resources

http://www.podcastcentral.com/index.html
PodOmatic.com
A free, customizable podcast page

http://www.podomatic.com/home

g. WebQuests

MultiMediaCALLLessons
Webquest Lessons produced by students at St Michael's College for ESL

http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/multimediaCALLlessons.htm
Webquest Resource Page
definition, critical attributes, reading/training materials, examples, design steps, rubrics, templates, references

http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/webquests.htm
Webquest.org
the most complete and current source of information about the WebQuest Model

http://webquest.org/index.php
Webquest Design Process
Steps for designing a webquest from scratch

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designsteps/index.html
TomMarch PreWriting a Webquest
quickly think through some key elements before they invest gobs of time designing their WebQuest

http://www.tommarch.com/learning/prewrite.php
TrackStar 4 Teachers.org
collect Web sites, enter them into TrackStar, add annotations for your students, and you have an interactive, online lesson call

http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/
Filamentality
a fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Internet, gathering good Internet links, and tur

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
Louisiana State Univ student Webquests
developed by students as a part of the requirements for the course

http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/
Univ of Richmond student Webquests
projects created by students at the University of Richmond

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/

2. ESL Content Resources

ELTPortal
interactive ESL and ELL lessons to go with popular movies and TV commercials.

http://eltportal.net/movies1.html
Everything ESL.net
more than 66 lesson plans, 45 teaching tips, 230 downloads, 830 discussion topics, and 90 classroom resource picks.

http://www.everythingesl.net/
Dave's ESLCafe
Internet meeting place for ESL and EFL teachers and students around the world

http://www.eslcafe.com/
Sax Lesson Plan Ideas
Multicultural Lesson Plans

http://www.saxarts.com/resources/lessonPlans/lessonPlansMulticultural.jsp
OneStopEnglish.com
over 6,500 resources, including lesson plans, worksheets, audio, video and flashcards

http://www.onestopenglish.com/index.asp?catid=59495
ESLFlow.com
has been created as a resource for researching ESL/EFL ideas and creating lessons/courses as quickly as possible.

http://www.eslflow.com/
SIOP PDF Summary

http://www.misd.net/bilingual/ELL.pdf

3. General Content Resources

FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Teaching and Learning Resources from Federal Agencies: subject index

http://www.free.ed.gov/index.cfm
TeacherFirst
a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time

http://www.teachersfirst.com/index.cfm
My Skoool: Learning and Teaching Technology
download, store and run Learn steps, Learn sims and lessons on your PC, or transfer them to your PDA or mobile for learning on t

http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/common.aspx?id=13
Edutopia
we spread the word about ideal, interactive learning environments and enable others to adapt these successes locally

http://www.edutopia.org/
Teach-nology
free and easy to use resources for teachers dedicated to improving the education of today's generation of students

http://www.teach-nology.com/
EduScapes
we work with teachers, parents, and children around the world to effectively integrate technology into teaching and learning env

http://eduscapes.com/
EduPlace
Pre-K–6 resources for teachers, students, and families to support instruction in the classroom and at home.

http://www.eduplace.com/
Education World
lesson plans, prof development, technology, articles and much more

http://www.education-world.com/
EdHelper
Math, Reading Comprehenion, Themes, Lesson Plans, and Worksheets

http://edhelper.com/
EduHound
collections of topic-based online education resources.

http://www.eduhound.com/
The Educators Reference Desk
2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.

http://www.eduref.org/
KET P-12 Video Resources
including electronic fieldtrips with teacher guides

http://www.ket.org/education/guides.htm
The Landmark Project
One of the earliest educational websites on the Internet, Landmarks has served teachers since 1995 with links to teaching and le

http://www.landmark-project.com/
Outreach and Technical Assistance for Adult Educators
Free registration required. Education technology and teaching tools.

http://www.otan.us/
Scholastic: Teacher Tools
Technology Tools, Organizers, & Templates, Lesson Plans, Skillbuilder Activities

http://teacher.scholastic.com/tools/

4. Research and Information

Center on Instruction: ELL
The Center on Instruction provides materials and resources to improve instruction and intervention for English Language Learners

http://www.centeroninstruction.org/resources.cfm?category=ell&subcategory=&grade_start=&grade_end=
Reading Matrix Online Journal
a peer-reviewed professional journal with an editorial board of scholars in the fields of second language acquisition and applie

http://www.readingmatrix.com/journal.html
ICT4LT
Information and Communication Technologies for Language Teachers: a collection of training modules

http://www.ict4lt.org/en/
Language Learning & Technology Journal
The journal seeks to disseminate research to foreign and second language educators in the US and around the world on issues rela

http://llt.msu.edu/
CALL e-Journal online
an international journal that welcomes contributions from around the world

http://www.tell.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/callejonline/
TESL eJournal
a freely-distributed electronic academic journal

http://tesl-ej.org/ej48/toc.html
THEJournal.com
dedicated to informing and educating K-12 senior-level district and school administrators, technologists, and tech-savvy educato

http://www.thejournal.com/
TeachersNetwork.org
To empower, recognize, and connect teachers to improve student learning, and to advocate for teacher leadership, all for the pub

http://www.teachersnetwork.org/
Marvel! Maine's Virtual Library
Thousands of magazines, newspapers, and reference books are available anywhere in the State of Maine

http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/
Dr Collier's Crosscultural Developmental Ed Services
Dr. Catherine Collier has developed a team of dedicated professionals who are available to assist schools, teachers and parents

http://www.crosscultured.com/
Language Minority Development Project
explore the difference between diverse linguistic/cultural influences and learning differences from Khmer, Portuguese, and Spani

http://www.ldldproject.net/index.html

5. Initiatives

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Recommendations for Addressing the Needs of English Language Learners

http://www.stanford.edu/~hakuta/ARRA/
CenterOnBudget.org
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: State-By-State Estimates of Key Provisions Affecting Low- and Moderate-Income In

http://www.centeronbudget.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=2355
Recovery.gov
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy

http://www.recovery.gov/
Ed.gov NCLB Overview
No Child Left Behind

http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml?src=ln
Ed.gov Title 1
Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies (Title I, Part A)

http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/index.html

6. Internet Safety and Ethical Use

iSafe.org
i-SAFE Inc. is the worldwide leader in Internet safety education.

http://www.isafe.org/
NY Internet Safe Usage Information
Safe use links

http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/technology/EdTech/EdTechInitiatives/In_SafeUsage.htm
Plagiarism.org
designed to help educators and students develop a better sense of what plagiarism means in the information age, and to teach the

http://www.plagiarism.org/
Safekids.com
Internet Safety and Civility for Kids and Parents

http://www.safekids.com/
Center for Prevention of Hate Violence
works with young people and adults to prevent and respond to bias, harassment and violence by providing training, education and

http://www.preventinghate.org/

C. Classroom Resources

1. History and Social Studies

MrDonn.org
Free lesson plans, handouts, and PowerPoints on ancient history, geography, and archaeology,

http://www.mrdonn.org/
HistoryWorld.net
an ever expanding history resource

http://www.historyworld.net/
PBS New Perspectives on the West
interactive timeline charts significant events

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/
TurnerLearning.com
a panoramic sweep over the last 1,000 years, watching the people, events and achievements that shaped the world.

http://cgi.turnerlearning.com/cnn/
Berkeley Plantation
Site of the first official Thanksgiving in 1619

http://www.berkeleyplantation.com/
Historic Jamestown

http://www.nps.gov/jame/index.htm
Jamestown Settlement
In 1607, 104 men and boys settled along the James River

http://www.historyisfun.org/index.htm
Hollywood Cementary
18,000 Confederate soldiers are buried here

http://hollywoodcemetery.org/
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson's home

http://www.monticello.org/
Mount Vernon
George Washington's home

http://www.mountvernon.org/
Pamplin Park, Virginia
Civil War Battlefield Memorial

http://www.pamplinpark.org/
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Embattled Capital, 1861 to 1865

http://www.nps.gov/rich/index.htm
Sirley Plantation
Virginia's first plantation

http://www.shirleyplantation.com/
Yorktown, Williamsburg, and Jamestown Battlefields

http://www.nps.gov/colo/index.htm
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

http://www.richmondfed.org/
Mariners' Museum

http://www.marinersmuseum.org/
AdMongo.gov
Who makes ads? How do they work? What do they want you to do?

http://www.admongo.gov/
PBS Race: People Sorting
How easy is it to group people into “races” based on appearance? What about using individual traits? Does everybody classify the

http://www.pbs.org/race/002_SortingPeople/002_00-home.htm

2. Science

Interactive Periodic Table of Elements

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/periodictable/
Science Made Simple
Science fair projects: ideas, topics, methods & examples Science articles, easy kids science projects & experiments

sciencemadesimple.com
The Galileo Project: Science
records of the other scientists and scientific institutions of Galileo's time, as well as information about Galileo's astronomic

http://galileo.rice.edu/science.html
Kepler Mission
the main Kepler mission Education and Public Outreach (EPO) projects. and Other Interactive Planet Detection Activities

http://kepler.nasa.gov/
ScienceWorld
contains budding encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry, and physic

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/
Food Pyramid
games

http://www.mypyramid.gov
The Nauticus
Science Center featuring maritime themes.

http://www.nauticus.org/
Stellarium.org
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the

http://www.stellarium.org/

3. Literature

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
A comprehensive anthology, text and recordings, and guide to English literature of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Seventeenth Cen

http://www.luminarium.org/
Shakespeare-OnLine
In-depth and accurate Shakespeare information, including free play analysis, Shakespeare's biography, essays, answers to common

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/
InternetShakespeare from Univ of CA
scholarly, fully annotated texts of Shakespeare's plays, multimedia explorations of the context of Shakespeare's life and works,

http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/index.html
Shakespeare's Works
links to the collected and individual works by Shakespeare available on the Internet.

http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/works.htm
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
to promote in every part of the world the appreciation and study of the plays and other works of William Shakespeare

http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/

4. Connecting Classrooms Around the World

One World Classrooms
a nonprofit organization that builds bridges of learning between the classrooms of the world

http://www.ccph.com/
ePals.com
Safely connect, collaborate and learn using our leading protected email and blog solutions for schools and districts

http://www.epals.com/
TheTeachersCorner.net
We continue to receive requests from around the world on a daily basis for our FREE Pen Pal service!

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/penpals/index.php
Global School Net
engage teachers and students in meaningful project learning exchanges with people around the world to develop literacy and commu

http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.cfm

5. Math

Mathematical Sciences Digital Library

http://mathdl.maa.org/
The Mathematical Association: Supporting Math in Education

http://www.m-a.org.uk/index.html
The Math Forum @ Drexel

http://mathforum.org/
Math World
a nexus of mathematical information in both the mathematics and educational communities

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
SOS Math
free resource for math review material from Algebra to Differential Equations

http://www.sosmath.com/
BCIT Examples
See examples of how various areas of mathematics are applied to various areas of technology

http://commons.bcit.ca/math/examples/
Online Conversion
Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions

http://www.onlineconversion.com/
Convert-me
Online conversion of weights and measures

http://www.convert-me.com/en/
British Society for the History of Math
Web resources on the history of mathematics: links to web resources

http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/bshm/resources.html
History of Math Archive: Univ of St Andrews, Scotland

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/
Cut the Knot
Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles

www.cut-the-knot.org/content.shtml
FunBrain.com
K-8 online math games

http://www.funbrain.com/
APlusMath
developed to help students improve their math skills interactively

http://www.aplusmath.com/
CoolMath4Kids
Cool math 4 kids is an amusement park of math

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Planet Math
an online encyclopedia and virtual community which aims to help make mathematical knowledge more accessible.

http://planetmath.org/
Oswego City School District
math games online

http://resources.oswego.org/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html
Math Worksheets

http://www.math-drills.com/
BBC Open2.net

http://www.open2.net/

6. ESL Activities

Activities4ESL
Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL) This project of The Internet TESL Jou

http://a4esl.org/
English Club
Welcome to English Club, a site to help you learn English or teach English as a second language. Access to all pages is free. Yo

http://www.englishclub.com/
English Exercises Online
Free access to quizzes and exercises

http://www.smic.be/smic5022/index.htm
Childtopia.com
Educational games and worksheets available in 5 languages

http://childtopia.com/
ESL Flashcards
Download 100's of free flash cards. Every set of flashcards comes in color and 3 different sizes

http://www.eslflashcards.com/
ESL-Kids.com
ESL stuff for kids including flashcards, worksheets, classroom games and children's song lyrics. A great resource for teachers o

http://www.esl-kids.com/
KinderSay.com
free online video website designed to help preschool kids & English as Second Language (ESL) children learn English words. Over

http://kindersay.com/
BBC Learning English
Online English course with stories, vocabulary, qizzes, puzzles, and more . . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
Aaron Shepards Readers Theater
Readers Theater resources including scripts and stories, some free

http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/index.html#RTE
DFilm: Free online cartoon maker
Provides ability to create short animated cartoons online

http://www.dfilm.com/live/home.html
ManyThings.org
Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more

http://www.manythings.org/
BJ Pinchbeck .com
over 735 links to sites that will help you with your homework, k-12 and college

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

D. Reference

1. Encyclopedias

Spartacus Educational
Free on-line encyclopedia

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/webdirect.htm
MSN Encarta
Free on-line encyclopedia

http://encarta.msn.com/
Wikipedia
Free on-line encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
How Stuff Works
Learn how everything works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/
CIA World Fact Book

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
National Women's Hall of Fame

http://www.greatwomen.org/home.php
Children's Encyclopedia of Women

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/womenenc/womenenc.htm
Women's International Center .org
non-profit education and service foundation [501c3] with the mission to ‘acknowledge, honor, encourage and educate women’.

http://www.wic.org/

2. e-zines (online magazines)

Astronomy.com
Lots of resources, subscription optional

http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx
Discover.com (not Discovery)

http://discovermagazine.com/
Discovery.com

http://dsc.discovery.com/
NewScientist.com

http://www.newscientist.com/
Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com/
Scientific American

http://www.sciam.com/
Science Daily

http://www.sciencedaily.com/
EurekAlert!

http://www.eurekalert.org/
MathDl: Loci

http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/23/
Pi in the Sky
Pacific Institute for the Math Sciences

http://www.pims.math.ca/pi/

3. Newspapers of the World

Newspapers24
12,000 Online Newspapers, 24 hour news

http://www.newspapers24.com/
Newseum
World's most interactive museum

http://www.newseum.org/
Actualidad
World newspapers online

http://www.actualidad.com/
Internet Public Library - Newspapers
World newspapers by country

http://www.ipl.org/div/news/
BBC New in 32 Languages
News and audio in 32 languages

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/languages/
The Big Picture
News stories in photographs from the Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/

4. Graphics, Maps, Pictures, Photographs and ClipArt

Library of Congress: Prints and Photographs Reading Room

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/listguid.html
Free Language Clip Art
clip art (simple line-drawings) to be used by foreign language instructors

http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/JapanProj//FLClipart/default.html
FreeStuffCenter: ClipArt
home to over 1500 high quality clip art images, all free

http://www.freestuffcenter.com/clipart/index.html
National Atlas.gov
Online North American Environmental Atlas

http://www.nationalatlas.gov/
Wordle.net
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.

http://www.wordle.net/
CoolText
free graphics generator for web pages and anywhere else you need an impressive logo

http://cooltext.com/
USA.gov Graphics
images and graphics are available for use in the public domain, and they may be used and reproduced without permission or fee.

http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml
ARKive Education
Images of life on earth

http://www.arkive.org/education/

5. Audio recordings and Audiobooks

Woices.com
Voice recordings from around the world - Explore!

http://woices.com/
Maine InfoNet Download Library
Explore the growing collection of downloadable Audiobooks useing your library card barcode

http://download.maineinfonet.org/FA1F328B-2A1B-4232-A6E3-B3E3D71BE32A/10/467/en/Default.htm
CAST Universal Design for Learning eBooks
UDL Editions take advantage of the flexibility of digital media to reach and engage all learners. Leveled supports and the Text

http://udleditions.cast.org/
Read The Words
Upload text and the reader will read the text aloud, then save in mp3 format and listen on the go FREE

http://readthewords.com/
Storyline Online
Streaming video program featuring famous people reading children's books aloud.

http://www.storylineonline.net/
RadioLovers.com
Old time radio shows for free online

http://www.radiolovers.com/
Nfational Public Radio
Free Transcripts provide reading and listening practice, current transcripts available for a price

http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/archive.php?thingid=1101
LibriVox.org
Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books.

http://librivox.org/
Classical Archives
the Largest Classical Music Site on the Internet

http://www.classicalarchives.com/
Lit2Go

http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/

6. e-books

Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is the Internet's oldest producer of FREE electronic books (eBooks or eTexts).

http://promo.net/pg/
Internet Public Library: eBooks and Text
Links to many online resources by genre

http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.60.00/
Poetry.com
Full text of hundreds of poems

http://www.poetry.com/
Poetry for kids
Full text of poems and purchasing info for books

http://www.poetry4kids.com/books
Wired for Books
poems, stories, plays, essays, lectures, and interviews for children and adults

http://wiredforbooks.org/
East of the Web: Childrens short stories
text of short stories along with teaching material

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/childrenindex.html
AesopSITE
Animated Aesop's Fables

http://us.penguingroup.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/aesop/index.html
BBC CBeebies
Children's stories read aloud with text and printable pages

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/fimbles/comfycorner/story10.shtml
Children's Storybooks Online
text and illustrations

http://www.magickeys.com/books/lk/index.html
Good Night Stories
text, illustrations, and read-a-loud (opens in Real Player)

http://www.goodnightstories.com/stories.htm
StoriesToGrowBy.com
Folk and fairy tales from around the world, text and audio

http://www.storiestogrowby.com/

7. Language and Vocabulary

Ethnologue: Languages of the World
An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,912 known living languages

http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp
WordNet: Princeton Univ
a lexical database for the English language

http://wordnet.princeton.edu/
LookWayUp
Multilingual Dictionary: French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Portuguese

http://lookwayup.com/free/dictionary.htm
TheFreeDictionary
The world's most comprehensive dictionary

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
OnLine Concordances
A concordance gives a list of several words, phrases, or distributed structures along with immediate contexts, from a corpus or

http://www.lextutor.ca/concordancers/
ESL Vocab WordLists
Links of Interest to Students & Teachers of English as a Second Language

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Vocabulary/Lists/
British National Corpus
100 million word collection of samples of written and spoken language from a wide range of sources

http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/
Visual Dictionary Online
Search the themes to quickly locate words, or find the meaning of a word by viewing the image it represents.

http://visual.merriam-webster.com/
Univ of Hong Kong: Vocabulary Profiler
Our program will then tell you how many word types the text contains from 1000 most frequent word and academic word list

http://ec.hku.hk/vocabulary/profile.htm
ArtLex: Art Dictionary

http://www.artlex.com/
Learner's Dictionary
Merriam-Webster

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/
Cambridge Dictionary
Learner's Dictionary

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

8, Museums Online

Louvre Museum Online

http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en
Smithsonian Institute Online

http://www.si.edu/
Metropolitan Museum of Art Online

http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_online_resourc.asp
VLMP Virtual Library Museum Pages

http://icom.museum/vlmp/
Virtual Museum Canada

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/English/index_flashFT.html
Exploratorium: San Fransico Museum of Science and Art

http://www.exploratorium.edu/
The Getty Trust Musuem, Los Angeles

http://www.getty.edu/
The Institute and Museum of the History of Science - Italy

http://www.imss.fi.it/museo/index.html
The Museum of the History of Science - Oxford, England

http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/exhibits/
Mark Harden's ArtChive
Virtual gallery of classic and contemporary painting, sculpture, as well as art critique, reviews, and links.

http://www.artchive.com/
Los Angeles Museum of Art

http://www.lacma.org/
Natioanl Gallary of Art

http://www.nga.gov/
Art Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/
ArtCyclopedia.com
index of online museums and image archives:

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
Art History Resources
Links to art from around the world

http://www2.faculty.sbc.edu/witcombe/ARTHLinks.html
US Army Transportation Museum

http://www.transchool.eustis.army.mil/
Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk, VA

http://www.chrysler.org/

E. Organizations and Dept of Ed ESL Resources

CALL Computer Assisted Language Learning

TESOL 2009 Electronic Village

http://www.call-is.org/moodle/
European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning

http://www.eurocall-languages.org/
CALICO.org
Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium

https://calico.org/
IALLT.org
International Association of Language Learning Technology

http://iallt.org/
APACall.org
Asia-Paciafic CALL

http://www.apacall.org/
WorldCall
the worldwide professional association for teachers and educators interested in Computer Assisted Language Learning

http://www.worldcall.org/

Non-WIDA State Resources

New York
Includes many resource links

http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/resources.shtml
New Mexico
Dual Language Education of New Mexico

http://www.duallanguagenm.org/
California
English Learners Resources

http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/

Organizations

WIDA
World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment

http://www.wida.us/
TESOL.org
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp
NNETESOL.org
Northern New England TESOL

http://www.nnetesol.org/
NCELA
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition

http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/
NABE.org
National Association for Bilingual Education

http://nabe.org/
OSEL Ed.gov
Office of English Language Acquisition

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/index.html?src=mr
National Institute for Literacy
a federal agency, provides leadership on literacy issues, including the improvement of reading instruction for children, youth,

http://www.nifl.gov/

WIDA State Ed Department Websites

Alabama
Alabama Dept of Ed

http://www.alsde.edu/html/home.asp
Delaware
Delaware Dept of Ed

http://www.doe.state.de.us/
District of Columbia
District of Columbia Comprehensive Assessment System

http://www.k12.dc.us/offices/oda/dc_cas.htm
Georgia
Georgia ESOL

http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/ci_iap_esol.aspx
Illinois
Illinois ELL Resources

http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/htmls/Resources1.htm
Kentucky
Kentucky Dept of Ed Resources

http://education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/
Maine
Maine ELL Info

http://www.maine.gov/education/esl/
Mississippi
Mississippi Dept of Ed

http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/
New Hampshire
New Hampshire ESOL

http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/doe/organization/instruction/ESOL/program.htm
New Jersey
New Jersey Bilingual Education

http://www.nj.gov/education/bilingual/
North Carolina
North Carolina ESL

http://community.learnnc.org/dpi/esl/
North Dakota
North Dakota Bilingual Program

http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/bilingul/index.shtm
Oaklahoma
Oaklahoma Language Instructions

http://www.sde.state.ok.us/Curriculum/Bilingual/default.htmlhttp://www.sde.state.ok.us/Curriculum/Bilingual/default.html
Pennsylvannia
Pennsylvannia ESL

http://www.pde.state.pa.us/esl/site/default.asp
Rhode Island
Rhode Island ESL Assessment

http://www.ride.ri.gov/assessment/ell.aspx
South Dakota
South Dakota Dept of Ed

http://doe.sd.gov/
Vermont
Vermont ESL

http://education.vermont.gov/new/html/pgm_esl.html
Virginia
Virginia ESL

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/ESL/
Winsconsin
Wisconsin ESL

http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/ell/