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Wicked Good Websites for ABE/GED/ESOL (Part Deux)

Created By: Patty Ball

Northeast SABES Regional Technologist

45 Franklin St

Lawrence MA 01840

ABE/General
  1. SABES - http://sabes.org   http://sabes.org/northeast   http://calendar.sabes.org
  2. Patty’s Favorites - http://del.icio.us/poochiesan
  3. Teacher Tube - www.teachertube.com
  4. Google for Educators - http://www.google.com/educators/index.html   http://video.google.com
  5. About.com - http://adulted.about.com/od/teachertoolkit/Teacher_Toolkit_Careers_in_Education_Teaching_Resources.htm
  6. Beehive - http://www.thebeehive.org/Templates/National/Default.aspx
  7. Blue Web’N - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
  8. Can Teach - http://www.canteach.ca/
  9. Health Info in 24 languages - http://library.med.utah.edu/24languages/   
  10. ITunes – Educational Podcasts- http://www.apple.com/education/products/ipod/itunes.html
  11. Learn Out Loud - www.learnoutloud.com
  12. Meanings and Origins of Phrases - http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a.html
  13. Teacher Planet - www.teacherplanet.com
  14. Wiki Educator – http://wikieducator.org/
LESSON PLANS/ACTIVITIES
  1. Adult Ed Webquests -  http://www.altn.org/webquests/downloads/
  2. Edsitement - http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson_index.asp
  3. Education World - http://www.education-world.com/
  4. Educator’s Reference Desk - http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml
  5. Eureka! - http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/lessonplans/index.html
  6. Learning Resources - A major purpose of this Web site is to provide current news stories to students with reading levels that are not high enough to read and understand standard newspaper articles. A variety of interactive learning activities help reinforce and provide greater understanding of what is presented on the screen. Teachers can use the lessons for group activities and students can work at their own pace for individualized learning
http://literacyworks.org/learningresources/4_networked_indiv/lr_networked_indiv_home.html
  1. Literacy Assistance Center - http://www.lacnyc.org/resources/curricula/
  2. Outta Ray’s Head - http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/lessons3.htm
  3. PBS Literacy Link - http://litlink.ket.org/
  4. Teacher’s Desk - http://www.teachersdesk.org/reading_plans.html
  5. The Gateway - http://www.thegateway.org/
  6. The Key - http://www.keynews.org/
  7. Thinkfinity – Verison http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx
MATH
  1. AAA Math - http://www.aaamath.com/index.html
  2. Educator’s Ref Desk - http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Mathematics
  3. Instructional Materials for Adult Learners - http://literacy.kent.edu/~illinois/illearners1.htm
  4. Math is Fun - http://www.mathisfun.com/
  5. Math League - http://www.mathleague.com/help/help.htm
  6. MathCast - http://math247.pbwiki.com
  7. Mega Mathematics - http://www.ccs3.lanl.gov/mega-math/
  8. PBS News Hour - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/students/math/
  9. Speed Math Trainer - www.jimmyr.com/blog/Speed_Math_Trainer_Program_126_2006.php
  10. Teachers.net - http://teachers.net/cgi-bin/lessons/sort.cgi
  11. The ABE Math Classroom - http://www.nwlincs.org/NWLINCSWEB/abemath.htm
  12. Wiki Educator - http://wikieducator.org/ABE_Math_Tutorials
Reading/Writing/ESOL
  1. Breaking News English - http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
  2. Clearinghouse on Reading, English and Communication - http://reading.indiana.edu/
  3. Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom
    A Project of The Internet TESL Journal - http://iteslj.org/questions/  http://iteslj.org/s/ib/
  4. EduFind - http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/
  5. English Exercises Online - http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/welcome.html
  6. English the Easy Way - http://www.english-the-easy-way.com/
  7. English Zone - http://english-zone.com/index.php?ID=6
  8. ESL Desk - http://www.esldesk.com/esl-links/
  9. ESL Gold - http://www.eslgold.com/
  10. ESL Home - http://home.earthlink.net/%7Eeslhome/index.html
  11. ESL Quiz Zone - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/1929/ESLquiz.htm
  12. Freeality.com, English Language Tools - http://www.freeality.com//english.htm
  13. Grammar Girls - http://grammar.qdnow.com/
  14. NetGrammar - http://netgrammar.altec.org/
  15. Ohio ESL - http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/reading/activities.html
  16. Writing Den - http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/index.htm
TECHNOLOGY
  1. Apple Learning Interchange - http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/collection.php?collection=1
  2. Blogs in Education - http://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog/
  3. CAAELII - http://www.caaelii.org/action_download.htm
  4. Clusty - www.clusty.com
  5. Education World - http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/archives/techtorials.shtml
  6. E-Learning Guru - http://www.e-learningguru.com/
  7. English Language Space Station - http://www.englishlanguagespacestation.com/
  8. ESLpod - http://www.eslpod.com/website/index.php
  9. Lifehacker - http://lifehacker.com/software/learning/?view=full
  10. Microsoft in Education - http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.mspx
  11. New Technologies - http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Newtechnologies
  12. Study Stack - http://www.studystack.com/Home.jsp
  13. Surfing for Substance - http://tech.worlded.org/docs/surfing/
  14. Teacher Videos - http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/
UTILITIES
  1. BookMark/Favorites Managers
    1. http://del.icio.us/
    2. http://www.linkagogo.com/
    3. http://www.backflip.com
    4. http://www.linkstash.com
  2. Administrator’s Plus - http://www.rediker.com/TM.html
  3. AVG anti virus   http://www.grisoft.com/  or Avira Anti Virus (free) http://www.free-av.com/
  4. Chalksite - http://www.chalksite.com/
  5. Engrade - http://www.engrade.com/
  6. FontList - http://www.bitstorm.org/fontlist/ - FontList does one thing. It creates an HTML page showing all of the fonts installed on your system. The page lets you make the font bigger, bold, and italic. Free!
  7. Google Directory, Gmail, Google Docs & Spreadsheets – www.google.com
  8. Google Hacks - http://code.google.com/p/googlehacks/
  9. Good Synch - http://www.goodsync.com/  Allway Synch - http://allwaysync.com/
  10. Moffsoft Calculator - http://www.moffsoft.com/
  11. My Stickies - http://www.mystickies.com/
  12. Sputtr - http://www.sputtr.com/
  13. StripMail - http://www.dsoft.com.tr/stripmail/  - StripMail removes '>' and '|' characters from received e-mail text in case you want to forward a message or use its content elsewhere.
  14. Win Patrol - http://www.winpatrol.com/whyplus.html?index
  15. FauxTo - http://www.fauxto.com/
REFERENCE
  1. Adult Literacy Wiki - http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Main_Page
  2. E-Encyclopedia - http://www.dke-encyc.com/home.asp
  3. Electronic Reference Desk - http://scholes.alfred.edu/ref_desk/ref.html
  4. Infomine - http://infomine.ucr.edu/
  5. Information Please - http://www.infoplease.com/
  6. Internet Archive Educational Resources - http://www.archive.org/details/education (also audio resources)
  7. ITools Reference Tools- http://www.itools.com/research/
  8. Librarian’s Index to the Internet - http://lii.org/
  9. Martindale’s The Ref Desk - http://www.martindalecenter.com/
  10. Merriam Webster - http://www.m-w.com/
  11. NCSALL  -  http://www.ncsall.net/
  12. One Look Dictionaries - http://www.onelook.com/
  13. Online Educational Database – http://oedb.org
  14. Texas Center for Advancement of Literacy and Learning –
http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/index.htm
  1. Open Culture - http://www.oculture.com/2006/10/foreign_languag.html  - Foreign Language Lesson Podcast Collection
  2. New York City Public Library Digital Gallery - http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/
FUN
  1. AARP Games Page - http://www.aarpmagazine.org/games/
  2. Dance Mat Typing - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
  3. MP3MyMP3  - http://www.mp3mymp3.com/
  4. Music Downloads - http://music.download.com/
  5. Nimble Fingers - http://www.nimblefingers.com/
  6. Place the State - http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html
  7. Stumble Upon - http://www.stumbleupon.com/
  8. The Machine is Using Us  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE
  9. Pixsy - http://www.pixsy.com/
  10. Squidoo - http://www.squidoo.com/
  11. Songbird - http://www.songbirdnest.com/
  12. Fotoflexer - http://fotoflexer.com/  Picasa - http://picasa.google.com/  Picnik - http://www.picnik.com/
  13. Pandora – http://pandora.com   Last FM - http://www.last.fm/
  14. I Did Not Know That Yesterday - http://ididnotknowthatyesterday.blogspot.com/
  15. Poetry in Translation - http://douweosinga.com/projects/poetryintranslation
  16. Upbeat - http://mistupid.com/games/upbeat.htm
Other Resources:BOOKS: Don’t forget to check out publishers for free Desk Copies of texts. Also – Half.com, Amazon for reduced prices on used, new, slightly used booksUSB Flash/Thumb Drives – A must for everyone, including your studentsListServsNIFL.org - http://nifl.gov/pipermail/technology/2007/date.html