Friday, March 11, 2011

The visual dictionary


Snappy Word
is a free online interactive English dictionary that helps you find the meanings of words and draw connections to associated words. You can easily see the meaning of each word by simply placing the mouse cursor over it.Type the word in the search box and click go or click enter in your keyboard.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Using YouTube Videos In Class


There is no doubt That incorporating videos in our classrooms is a powerful tool in the hands of teachers.Videos provide variety to our input materials and further enhance the learning process of students.
Yet not all teachers have access to the blessing of the internet or even those who have it won't guarantee undisturbed connection.
One way to avoid such mishaps is to save videos on your laptop and hence make the materials available at any time.
Save2pc is software program that helps download and save videos for future use.
How to use it.
Just download the program and install it on your PC and then you will have a window like the one above.
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how to use videos in classroom!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Games to Build up Your Vocabulary Skills.


Vocabulary.co.il is an excellent website dedicated to helping users build up their vocabulary skills.Users have fun playing myriads of educational games, but , learn and improve their language skills as well.
Teachers using the IWB can also pick and choose amid variety of games to use in class.

Click here to download the lesson of functions :Expression Opinion, Agreeing and Disagreeing-Unit1.