Barbara's File Cabinet

ACTIVITIES

ART / PHOTOS

This fun wiki site allows import of pictures as well as text and has eye appeal:
www.aypwip.org/webnote/teacherbarbara

Free photo management site that works well with blogs and wikis and has easy upload: www.buzznet.com/

Free open source image editing software recommended by Nathan Lowell: www.gimp.org/

Another freeware recommended by Barbara Dieu: www.irfanview.com/

http://www.butlerart.com/pc_book/images/Peale%20mrs%20russell.jpg

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/images/ap/images/ap33.24.L.jpg

Photos of Civil War :
Peachtree st. 1864 :http://www.civil-war.net/cw_images/files/images/104.jpg
zoave ambulance- unknown site: http://www.civilwarphotos.net/files/images/322.jpg
hospital: http://www.civilwarphotos.net/files/images/599.jpg
VA troops and ladies 1864
field hospital
troop lines near atlanta
marietta st
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AUDIO- VISUAL

www.english-trailers.com/index.html has listening possibilities and cloze exercises.

Free open source software download for sound files:
audacity.sourceforge.net/

www.skype.com/ works like an online phone for up to 5 people.

A terrific source for audio files: www.americanrhetoric.com/index.htm

Blog resource from author of english360.blogspot.com: /jeffreyhill.typepad.com/filmblog/

www.handybits.com/voicemail.htm

415-856-0205 (blog)--number to call for audioblog posting


www.tripod.lycos.com/host/  free hosting for sound files

Nathan's tutorial on how to add a sound button: nclid.unco.edu/edse/audio/

Well THIS is inspirational--shows how audioblog can be used creatively and a model for activities for a class: cyberpg.blogspot.com/

ESL videos for free online: michaelmarzio.free.fr/
and this is the yahoo group that goes with: groups.yahoo.com/group/Real_English_Online/

www.gabe.nl/vlogs/GG-2005-03-02_HOW2VLOG2.mov

vlogging how-to: kmt.hku.nl/~gabriel1/avmnews/2005/03/html-basics.html

video blogging: freevlog.org/#step6

BUSINESS ENGLISH

Business English focus:

Business Letter Writing:

This site offers examples of alternate phrasing for different situations and some examples of letters: http://esl.about.com/cs/onthejobenglish/a/a_basbletter.htm

This site shows samples of block and indented formats: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/BusinessLetter.html

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CONVERSATION

CHINESE RESOURCES

www.webcom.com/~bamboo/chinese/chinese.html

DICTIONARIES ONLINE

Thesaurus online project: humanities.uchicago.edu/pubs/biblio/roget_headwords.html

This is dictionary, almanac and other resources: www.infoplease.com/

Etymological dictionary online: www.etymonline.com/

Princeton's online dictionary with synonyms and antonyms

ESL / EDUCATION UPDATE SOURCES

blog-efl.blogspot.com/
www.eastasiacenter.net/apcampbell/
english360.blogspot.com/
www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm
blogroll from tesol online course: www.opensource.idv.tw/wiki/index.php/Blogroll
elderbob's sites
www.englishblog.com/ has materials and ideas, articles suitable for students.
weevol.blogspot.com/-- takes a critical look at the value ( pro and con) of weblogging and links to his interesting website.
Mike Coghlan's blog includes some updates on audio/photo options, as he likes to use them in his posts: mikecogh.blogspot.com/ and his website has lots of resources:
users.chariot.net.au/~michaelc/index.htm
education technology: www.eschoolnews.com/eti/index.php
Elizabeth Hanson-Smith's website: www.geocities.com/ehansonsmi/
professional development blog: www.tltgroup.org/ProFacDev/BLOGSetc.htm#EducUsesResources

F

Foreign languages...

GRAMMAR

This site has lots of information, including clarification of the "oxford comma"! /www.askoxford.com/?view=uk

owl.english.purdue.edu/handout/grammar

This page on the papyr website has a list of grammar and writing resources online, but some of the links appear to be nonfunctioning. However, there is other material in this online English course by linking to papyr.com:
papyr.com/hypertextbooks/engl_126/clark.htm

www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/help/grammar_help/

This is a lot of fun to look at: www3.sympatico.ca/bill.cutler/INDEX.HTM

Punctuation examples: en.wikibooks.org/wiki/English:Punctuation

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HTML notes

Specifications for html found at: www.w3.org/

Vance Stevens always has useful tips: www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/pi/very_basics/starthere.htm

My docs in process stored in Teacher's Desk .

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

drupal.org/about
anvil.gsu.edu/EV/
www.corante.com/many/
search engine: www.findforward.com/
news about audio online: podcastalley.com/
Re blogs: www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/papers/tesl-ej/04dec/webpres.htm
free software downloads: pricelessware.org/thelist/txt.htm
Technology and Learning and see Feb. 15, 2005 article on using the technology for personal storytelling.
This is a website with good blogging info and links to examples of differents types of blogs:www.hi.is/~anne/weblogs.html

J - K

LIBRARIES & COLLECTIONS ONLINE

onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
Internet Public Library: ipl.si.umich.edu/div/books/
www.hti.umich.edu/index-all.html
hti.umich.edu/english/pd-modeng/
nana5occ.tripod.com/
pages.unibas.ch/shine/linkstextcollections.html
www.infomotions.com/alex/
www.ucpress.edu/scan/
www.aeternam626.com/links.html#library has a long list of links for reading material and ar works, and more
This site is called an educational technology library: www.edinformatics.com/il/il.htm

LINGUISTICS / LANGUAGE

This Basic English site has a download that is supposed to change text into BE which, if it works, could be a way of changing passages from literature into a limited vocabulary reading--though probably too cumbersome. That could then be tweaked to include other targeted vocab or grammar patterns while maintaining controlled readability. Ogden's simplified spelling rules could be adjusted in the final document to standard spelling with spellcheck. www.diac.com/~entente/basicpg.html

Here is the text of what is called Simplified English parameters which is being used as rules for technical publications: www.userlab.com/Downloads/SE.pdf

The gov't website on how to write documents in" plain language": plainlanguage.gov/
and here is another handbook from the SEC with similar guidelines in pdf format: www.sec.gov/pdf/handbook.pdf

A Plain English guide: www.plainenglish.co.uk/plainenglishguide.html
and also another: www.webpagecontent.com/arc_archive/139/5/
and www.wordcentre.co.uk/links.htm#business

Has an interesting conglomeration of information on music, learning and linguistics ( and see also the related blog ) : http://www.cyberpg.com/toc.asp

Council of Europe Language Portfolio is a concept being developed for certifying language proficiency in the EU.

Map of disappearing language groups in Europe

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Online resources for listening practice
This website offers free listening comprehension practice lessons .
www.esl-lab.com

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LITERATURE

Maybe this doesn't belong in literature file per se but: www.quotationspage.com/qotd.html

METHODOLOGY

Basic English material from C.K.Ogden now online: ogden.basic-english.org/texts.html

A paper discussing examples of using the internet for classroom activities at different levels, including esl intensive: exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/ifetprojects.htm

A range of teaching materials and research links: www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/index.html
Aaron Campbell's description of his use of Livejournal in classes and links: iteslj.org/Techniques/Campbell-LiveJournal/

The wiki set up for the materials and members of EV online 2005: www.opensource.idv.tw/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

MUSIC and RHYMES

At this site you can find the words and music for many American folk songs: www.guitar-primer.com/Folk/

Mother Goose Rhymes

type in word to search for synonym or rhyme: www.rhymezone.com/

Also referenced in audio file: cyberpg.blogspot.com/

NEWS

O

Opinions, options, odes, oracles....

PRONUNCIATION

Good resource site for teaching concepts, including pronunciation issues for different language backgrounds and a very strong article on the present perfect. Much other stuff not yet explored: www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/ted.html

Includes numerous sites working with the destinctions of the phonetic alphabet, minimal pairs: iteslj.org/links/TESL/Pronunciation/

Activities, articles on English pronunciation: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/pron/con_speech.shtml

Site just for pronunciation with video clips and diagrams showing sound distinctions: www.soundsofenglish.org/about.htm

and also: www.uiowa.edu/%7Eacadtech/phonetics/about.html#

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Q

Queries, queens, quips. quagmires...

READING CLASS MATERIALS

Free Learning Resources-an index of related sites
This is a newspaper format which is written for adult learners and is copyright free for educational use: www.keynews.org/

Examples of oxymorons in writing

An article about online journals: eserver.org/zine375/exposure.html
children's writings www.stonesoup.com/
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SOCIAL ISSUES

Articles of interest for class response

Illiteracy and women: eserver.org/literacy/illiteracy-and-women.txt

Care for the elderly, a story: eserver.org/zine375/heart.html

An amusing description of what an American is: zompist.com/amercult.html

Water as scarce resource in the Middle East

TEST CREATING

html for testmaking: www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/knowledge/index.html

Check this out for a class survey. Perhaps students could write the questions as part of the exercise. Site description reads:
"A basic subscription is totally free and includes all of the basic features of SurveyMonkey. It's a great option for individuals, students, and anyone who doesn't need the advanced features of SurveyMonkey. Unlike other services, there are no annoying banner ads on your surveys. In addition, all of your survey responses remain absolutely private. Please note that basic subscribers are limited to a total of 10 questions and 100 responses per survey." www.surveymonkey.com/Pricing.asp

eleaston.com/quizzes.html#pr

This has a unique format for making tests: www.parapal-online.co.uk/

web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/ (called hotpotatoes) is used by the online ESL video group referenced in a-v file above. Free for non-profit use , it allows making of quizzes online and has a good discussion of the use of MP3 files and the problems associated with.

www.easytestmaker.com/

Teacher's Desk.
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VOCABULARY

Ogden's Basic English Wordlist with examples.
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WRITING RESOURCES

Links to resources and personal files for writing skills.
The following site has an ongoing list of pointers for advanced writers of English prose and journalism: www.poynter.org/default.asp

about writing a multi-paragraph essay: english.xcp.org/drconway/multipara.htm
www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/archives/2005_02.html#003144

descriptions of special places in NYC: placematters.net/flash/home.htm

downloadable teen writing
www.writingproject.org/
www.readwritethink.org/resources/index.asp

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X-Y-Z CATEGORIES

Anything in the future which begins with these can be stored here.