TREASURE CHEST
     ELT links
     Travel, Current Events, Media
     Art and Entertainment
     Search engines, website guides, materials for lessons with ICT

UP YOUR SLEEVE
Lesson plans and worksheets on Culture
Lesson plans and worksheets on News

MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS OF THE WORLD
     Online magazines for kids, special web-pages
     Educational websites for teachers and families to use for children
     Different Topics
     Quizzes

4 SKILLS
     Grammar
     Essay Writing
     Writing

YOUNG LEARNERS

CRITICAL THINKING / GLOBAL ISSUES
Human Rights and Global Citizenship

PROJECTS

TEACHING FOR LIFE

TEACHER'S TOOLS
     Dictionaries
     Enciclopedias
     Placement Tests
     Miscellaneous

HAVE FUN

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

TREASURE CHEST

ELT links

http://www.onestopenglish.com/ProfessionalSupport/iteach/i_teach.htm
Find a free guide to Internet-supported teaching containing lots of practical tips on how you can make the most of the Internet to help you save time, prepare for lessons and create motivating Web-based lessons.

http://www.onestopenglish.com/esol-esl/esol_computers.htm
Lesson plans on the vocabulary to do with computers and other activities using IT with ESOL/ESL students.

http://www.onestopenglish.com/index.htm
Rich web-site brought by Macmillan Publishers with all sorts of resources for English teachers (free resources including lesson plans, professional development, exams, plenty of warmers, ice-breakers, fillers and other activities)

http://www.english-to-go.com
English training resources delivered via the Internet. Fun, engaging, up-to-date resources based on Reuters �� news articles.

http://www.teacherfiles.com/index.html
Teacher Files - an educator's resource, its pages are full of resources, ideas, activities, lesson plans and educational clip art for teachers. Educators are encouraged to use this site and to develop and expand on effective curriculum

http://www.eslcafe.com/
The Internet`s meeting place for ESL + EFL teachers + students from around the world including stuff for teachers, stuff for students and stuff for everyone. You can find plenty of ideas of ice-breaking activities, grammar tasks, business English materials, pedagogical advice, skill developing activities and ideas, etc. Students will be interested in idioms, phrasal verbs with explanation and examples, slang, etc. Quotations can make everyone think, as well can be used in the lessons.

http://www.englishclub.com/index.htm
Free site for those who teach English and learn English as a second language with everything from lessons for English learners to jobs for ESL teachers, including many interactive pages such as forums, games, quizzes, chat, ESL help and penpals.

http://www.reward-english.com/webgindex.htm
It is a comprehensive additional teaching resource for all levels of the Reward series.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/default.stm
BBC educational page including educational news and issues in the UK, world news, world country profiles (overview, facts, leaders, media). It is possible to listen to BBC news.

Travel, Current Events, Media

http://www.selfaccess.com/sa_ver2_kereru.php?dirReload=free_test.php&fsPath=/sa_ver2/htm/
Web-site for students of English as International Communication and you have to register to use all its resources. Still there are many free lesson samples and plenty of useful ESL links.

Art and Entertainment

www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk - Edinburgh Festival
Contains information about all E. Festivals this city is famous for including the Edinburgh International Festival. You can find also tourist information about the city and learn about its top 10 sights. Picture gallery from the festivals is also availabel.

www.oscars.org/index.html - Oscars ( Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences)
The Academy Awards Database contains the record of past Academy Award winners and nominees, information about the 76th Academy Awards and its winners, the Red Carpet gallery, the women`s fashion gallery at Oscar Awars and much more. You can take part in the contest to predict winners before the ceremony testing your prognostication skills and get prizes

www.shakespeares-globe.org - Shakespeare's Globe Online
Shakespeare's Globe is a unique international resource dedicated to the exploration of Shakespeare's work, and the playhouse for which he wrote, through the connected means of education and performance. You can make a virtual trip around the theatre, use resources of Globe Education, read about actualities of the theatre and its history.

www.nationalgallery.org.uk - The National Gallery
This site provides useful background information not only about the gallery, its history, collection and news, but also materials for teachers about paintings in the National Gallery collection, as well as facts about the artist and some suggestions on using the painting in the classroom, ideas for activities and cross-curricular links. You can also see the most popular paintings in the gallery, read biographies of the most popular artists, find background information on the religious stories and classical myths shown in some of the paintings and see zoomable pictures where any detail can be examined.

www.tate.org.uk - Tate Gallery
The site contains the on-line database of the collection, educational materials, activities and resources for adults and young learners, information about exhibitions and events.

www.festival-cannes.fr - Cannes Film Festival
The site provides information about all 55 festivals, its winners, news, etc. You can read about any film awarded, dialogues from the script and view a video.

www.londonfashionweek.co.uk- London Fashion Week
London Fashion Week is now established as one of London's premier events, attracting a target audience of key fashion leaders, retailers and press who attend this biannual showcase for British designer fashion. British designers are amongst the world leaders in innovation and fashion design and their fashions are visible on the web-site along with the information about their authors.

http://www.britannia.com/travel/top
Guide to London attractions, restaurants, hotels, theatre and landmarks. FREE entry to over 60 favorite London attractions as well as travel on public transport.

www.elvis-presley.com - Elvis Presley
Official site of the King of the rock-and-roll containing his biography, discography, quotations by and about him, virtual tour around Graceland, calendar of events, etc.

Search engines, website guides, materials for lessons with ICT

www.pathfinder.com
Your guide to the websites on different themes �� news, style, fashion, parenting, teens, health, celebrities, financial tools, everyday life, entertainment news, business. Good source to use for lessons with ICT in forms from 8 to secondary school.

www.kidon.com/media-link
Every country has its own integrated page. Site is helpful in your search for news sources from different countries on the Internet.

www.nationmaster.com
NationMaster.com is a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. It is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD. Top graphs in 28 categories (agriculture, currency, food, crime, environment, etc.), interesting facts, flags, maps of the world.

http://worldinfo.amillionlives.com
A large collection of concise facts about countries-maps, flags, economy, finances, etc.

www.culturelab-uk.com
It is your guide to the latest style, culture and technology in the UK. Info-lab has been created with a view to helping you find out more about the individuals, professional organisations and educational institutions that have helped foster the inspiring stories behind Culture Lab. Useful for teachers and teenage and adult students.

www.cyberbee.com
This is a great site for teachers looking for more ways to integrate technology into their classroom. Connected with the Curriculum of the USA education system.

www.techandyoungchildren.org
The mission of the National Association for the Education of Young Children Technology & Young Children Interest Forum to lead discussions, share research and information and demonstrate best practices regarding technology so it can be used to benefit children aged birth through eight years. You can find pieces of advice for better using of computers to educate young children. There are a lot of links to websites on the theme- technology for children.

UP YOUR SLEEVE

Lesson plans and worksheets on Culture

http://www.onestopenglish.com/Culture/lessons-English-teaching/elt_esl_lessons.htm
Lesson plans for ELT and ESL featuring contemporary cultural happenings. The worksheets include teacher's notes and activities based around a recent news article from The Guardian Weekly. The activities focus on vocabulary and speaking.

http://www.onestopenglish.com/Culture/festivals/index.htm
This section includes materials (downloadable worksheets with teacher's notes and web links) about different festivals and celebrations each month with a special focus on one in particular.

www.wilstar.com - information about different holidays: texts, vocabulary, songs (also word search puzzles)

Lesson plans and worksheets on News

http://www.onestopenglish.com/News/Magazine/News/news.htm
Topical news items edited to three levels with worksheets for each level for you to use in the English class. Each worksheet contains vocabulary, speaking and grammar work as well as reading practice.

MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS OF THE WORLD

www.onlinenewspapers.com
You can get access to the most popular newspapers all around the world.

http://newsdirectory.com
Search for newspapers amd magazines by title, country, subject.

www.metagrid.com
Search for magazines on different subjects and newspapers from a lot of countries.

www.gt.kth.se
Swedish web page with links to newspapers in the world.

www.ipl.org
Internet Public Library- newspapers, magazines, books on many different subjects. Some information is not very fresh.

www.timesonline.co.uk
The Times and The Sunday Times on-line.

http://newslink.org
Link to local news sites in U.S.- newspapers, magazines, radio, TV.

www.allyoucanread.com
Magazines and newspapers on different themes for different ages from all over the world with links on them.

Online magazines for kids, special web-pages

www.worldkidmag.com
The most interesting magazine for kids, family, teachers.It covers art, science, literature, fashion, sports, games, pop music, personality, travel, photography for kids, art and illustration for kids, museums, languages, cultures, Cool Schools��, Works for Kids�� (foundations), performing arts, nature, animals, dogs, cats, bugs, any number of other neat things.

www.sikids.com
Sports Illustrated for Kids �� news, games, e-cards, talk back, buzz, fantasy sports.

www.owlkids.com
OWL is a fun and informative magazine for kids 9 to 13. With fascinating articles and amazing facts, each issue features Hot Topics, Science Up Close, Weird Zone, Talk About It, plus puzzles, quizzes, contests and more!

www.kidsonlinemagazine.com
Website was created by a mom and 7 year old daughter to give kids a place to share their writing and artwork online. It exists on the Internet and contains articles, stories, recipes, crafts, artwork made by kids. It is free.

www.yesmag.bc.ca
Canada��s Science magazine for kids with answers on a big amount of questions, advice for projects to do at school or at home.

www.pearsoned.com.au
Gives some idea about kids magazines in Australia. It is possible to see the themes covered in these magazines and read short information. With link to companion websites which provide additional content, and stimulating activities to link reading and writing.

www.cobblestonepub.com
American English. Cobblestone publishing, magazines and books for toddlers to teens. Special pages for teachers with tips and ideas.

www.child.net
A site with links to the Internet for kids and teens (entertainment, chat, problems of drug and alcohol use, violence), ideas for projects in the classroom.

www.stonesoup.com
There are hundreds of pages with stories, poems, paintings and drawings by young writers and artists from all over the world. Make your own work and send!

www.kidscastle.si.edu
Message topics, facts and photos, feature articles on following themes- Science, Animals, Personalities, Sports, The Arts, Worldwide, History, Air and Space. It is a safe, educational, free and fun place for kids ages 8-16.

www.planetpals.com
Friends for Earth, environment, wonders of the world, recycling.

www.nationalgeographic.com/kids
Games, activities, experiments, homework help, news, kids resources (encyclopedia), printer-friendly maps, lesson plans on geography, print��n��go colouring book(pictures with short information).

www.sesamestreet.com
Games, stories, art, music, mail for young children.

Educational websites for teachers and families to use for children

www.ezschool.com
Provides educational materials and resources to students, teachers and parents. Good for children with stories, games, free worksheets to use in a classroom.

www.amazingmoms.com
Bright ideas for busy families with lots of ideas that are not always about teaching a language.

Different Topics

http://www.tefl.net/esl-lesson-plans/esl-worksheets-tbw.htm
A range of topic-based (Transport, Holiday, Food, Environment. Christmas) worksheets available for free download. Each worksheet is accompanied by Teaching Suggestions.

http://www.tefl.net/esl-lesson-plans/index.htm
Classroom ideas & activities designed exclusively for teachers from TEFL.NET. Here are lesson plans, worksheets for lessons, games and activities - print out and go! Here are also some ideas that will help animate any class.

Quizzes

http://www.jchs.com/quizserver/quizzes/wayne/uk.html
Answer the questions about the United Kingdom and then click "submit" to get your answers

http://www.funtrivia.com
Different quizzes online on the United Kingdom (with answers)

http://europe.tiscali.co.uk
Different (also funny!) quizzes about different aspects of EU

http://a4esl.org/
Quizzes (also bilingual), tests, exercises, crosswords and puzzles to help you learn and teach English

4 SKILLS

http://www.onestopenglish.com/Exams/elt_exam_fce.htm
Tips and exercises that help you help your students with the exams. These pages will focus on study skills and aspects of language which are tested in the FCE exam. There are also lesson plans written for all aspects of the exam.

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk
The place on the Web for Cambridge exam preparation.

http://www.onestopenglish.com/tefl_skills/index.htm
This page contains numerous materials on TEFL skills: speaking practice, reading, writing and listening skills with lesson plans, activities and tips for students. It`s possible to download lesson plans on hot topics and other materials ready to use.

http://toeflpractice.ets.org/
TOEFL Practice Online is a community (you have to register to become a member) for test takers preparing for TOEFL test or anyone wishing to improve their academic English skills. The web-site has official test material from TOEFL test that will assess language skills. Unlimited access to free samples.

http://www.tefl.net/esl-lesson-plans/esl-worksheets-skills.htm
Skill-based worksheets on three levels (from Beginner to Intermediate) ready to use: print out and take to the lesson.

http://www.lapasserelle.com/lm/exercices/worksheets.html
Downloadable exercises with keys on grammar (irregular verbs) and vocabulary (collocations) for different levels by Dr. Michael A. Riccioli

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs8.htm
Weekly lessons with exercises to be done on-line with the check and hint tools. There is a link to the page instructing on the usage of different tenses with examples and a number of exercises for practicing.

http://www.tefl.net/esl-lesson-plans/authentic.htm
Latest English language articles, features and news stories from magazines and newspapers around the world. Choose the topic to read the latest stories and develop your students` reading skills.

Grammar

http://www.learnenglish.be - learn English online (beginners - intermediate), study grammar or vocabulary, grammar and vocabulary exercises, language games, dictionaries .

http://a4esl.org/ - Quizzes (also bilingual), tests, exercises, crosswords and puzzles to help you learn and teach English

http://secure.vec.bc.ca/vec/online-test.cfm - Free Online Grammar Test �� shows the level of your knowledge at the end

http://www.easyenglish.com/ - shows you the result and the topics you have to revise

Essay Writing

http://www.bham.ac.uk/english/bibliography/students/essay.htm - step-by-step guide to essays, collecting material, planning, presentation, and more.

http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/English/topicarg.html - topics for essays

Writing

http://teacher2b.com - teaching creative writing, teaching media, teaching literature

www.bbcworldservice.com/learnenglish
Text and audio materials, grammar tips for teachers and students, more for secondary level.

www.peevish.co.uk/slang
A monster online dictionary of the rich colourful language we call slang... all from a British perspective, with new slang added every month. You can use slang search and bibliography page. There are also slang and language links on different topics. Web site can be useful for teachers and students.

www.soon.org.uk
SOON is a free world-wide easy-English literature programme. You can find pieces of literature on special days, teacher��s page with advice and help, information on various countries.

www.continento.com
How great would it be if you could show to your friends and family back home, where you are in the world and share with them travel notes and pictures. This is what Continento is made for, an interactive online journal where you can add locations to maps, write diaries and send the lot to all your friends.

www.sitesforteachers.com
Hundreds of educational websites rated by popularity with short description. You can find lesson plans, worksheets, activities, clip art for all levels. Regularly updated. I highly recommend it!!!

www.eslteachersboard.com
The premier message board on the web to help you find information about ESL jobs, articles on methodology, lesson plans, classroom games for each level.

http://teachers.teach-nology.com
The web portal for educators with newsletter, downloads, games, lesson plans, teaching ideas, worksheets and much more. There are links to many websites with huge amount of materials to use in the classroom.

www.teachers-pet.org
This free software can help you to make your lessons fun. Resource Search Tool opens new windows for each search and gives you possibility to choose some idea.

www.usingenglish.com
Lesson plans for all levels, English quizzes, grammar worksheets, printable handouts for English language and ESL teachers to use in the classroom or other teaching environment. Everything is FREE!

YOUNG LEARNERS

www.earlychildhood.com
The professional resource for teachers and parents with selected feature articles about young children education, description of activities, art and craft projects and links to the sites on different categories.

www.edupuppy.com
Everything for early childhood educators with links directly into exceptional sites providing wonderful content and resources to inform and enrich learning for all ages.

www.everythingpreschool.com
A great site on preschool education. You can use it with young learners in our schools. A huge amount of different ideas on themes from A to Z with songs(rhymes), art and crafts, games, colouring pages.

www.kinderstart.com/learningactivitiesandcrafts
More than 60 categories related to children education are there to open and find a list of web pages to use. Short description provided. www.kinderstart.com is a search engine with themes starting from birth to society and environment.

www.lessonplanspage.com
There are over 2,000 free lessons on different topics and subjects. You can find newest lesson plans by selecting Most Recent Additions. Looking for Holiday lessons? They're all available in Seasonal Lesson Plans section. You can participate in discussions with other educators on a variety of topics.

www.kididdles.com
Funny characters will help you to find kids�� songs with lyrics and music, a few games.

http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4Kids/frames
The EFL Playhouse is a great resource for teachers of young learners with chants, finger plays, games, songs, tongue twisters, craft, teaching tips and links. Sometimes not very fresh information.

www.songs4teachers.com
A collection of songs and rhymes on a lot of themes with printable activities.

www.drawandtell.com
Pictales is a Richard Thompson's dynamic on-line book of draw-and-tell and sand stories. Mixtales- collection of stories for storytelling, writing ideas, language activities and other fun stuff. There is also a place with ideas for sharpening thinking skills.

www.helendoron.com
Helen Doron Early English is a unique, easy, natural method for learning English, regardless of the child's mother tongue. The method is fun and highly successful. It is based on the way a child naturally learns her mother tongue - by repeated hearing and positive reinforcement. The site provides the very best materials and methodology for teaching English to children aged 1 �� 14.

www.enchantedlearning.com
A site with a great collection of a lot of printable materials for kids on different topics, it is not always free. There are also on-line activities to do.

www.usborne-quicklinks.com
Great site with links to different resources (books) online, almost any topic. You can find printable worksheets with pictures to label, quizzes, puzzles to use in the classroom. There are picture dictionaries, discovery sites, facts and lists, encyclopedias, reference books. Useful for children.

CRITICAL THINKING / GLOBAL ISSUES

http://www.your-nation.com/
Comparing nations (This site allows you to generate comparative reports on statistics such as literacy, life-expectancy, unemployment rates etc. Could be a great source a debate from a different perspective Why you should invest in my country.)

http://www.escapeartist.com/Articles/Articles_24.html
A site of use to discuss what country to escape or emigrate to. This site is designed for those who are thinking of moving to or investing in countries around the world and contains a lot of very interesting articles.

http://www.tefl.net/esl-lesson-plans/esl-worksheets-tp.htm
Discussion-based worksheets for free download to print out and to take to the classroom. Each worksheet is accompanied by handy Teaching Suggestions with answers.

http://www.unaids.org/en/default.asp#
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, is the main advocate for global action on the epidemic. It leads, strengthens and supports an expanded response aimed at preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS, and alleviating the impact of the epidemic. The web-site contains a lot of resources including epidemiology, publications, questions and answers and terminology.

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals
By the year 2015 all 191 United Nations Member States have pledged to meet 8 goals. Wide information about them can be found on this web-site.

Human Rights and Global Citizenship

http://humanrights.britishcouncil.org
The essential news, information and networking tool for the global human rights community. Access to resource bank of reports and articles on Human Rights.

www.amnesty.org
The essential news, information and networking tool for the global human rights community. Access to resource bank of reports and articles on Human Rights.

http://www.unicef.org
Advance Humanity. For every child Health, Education, Equality, Protection.

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/education/index.shtml
The pages feature materials for teaching and learning about human rights. Educational Materials are especially interesting and useful.

http://www.citizenship-global.org.uk/controversial.html
Look at teaching ideas recommended teaching approaches for primary, secondary and post 16 for accessible sources of more information for teachers.

http://childrens-express.org/teachers/plans
Students should find out more about being informed citizens and be able to apply this knowledge when learning skills of enquiry and communication, participation and responsible action. Citizen's Express provides a 12-week programme of study for Citizenship. Six stories form the basis of two weeks work each. Learning materials for each topic are available to view online, or download and print.

http://www.savethechildren.org.uk
Lesson plans, interactive activities on Human Rights, children��s stories with activities ready to use in class.

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/teachers
A series of lesson ideas (and extension activities) from Oxfam which explore issues of rights and responsibilities. Over 400 quality tested resources for the classroom, youth work and your own professional development. Ready-to-use lesson plans- a series of teacher-friendly, printable lesson plans and related online material. Range area of topics. www.oxfaminternational.org

http://www.comicrelief.com/entry.shtml
Lesson plans exploring child rights, homelessness, poverty, refugees and fair trade. Click on 'stuff for schools' and then '2001 lesson plans' and 'More lesson plans'. Also contains ideas for assemblies. Additional lesson plans can be ordered free through the site http://www.peacechild.org. The site deals with international programmes for youth to take actions on major world issues. Interesting projects, ideas, lesson plans.

http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources.asp
Essential terms, definitions, simplified version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and simplified version of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, facts and figures about human rights around the world today, additional human rights resources online and quotations on human rights.

http://www.hrw.org
Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. Information on the events, bank of articles and reports.

http://www.esrnational.org/sp/we/world.htm
Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) are a SA-based organisation focused on developing appropriate ways of discussing global issues with students. The website has a wealth of useful guidance, teaching ideas and web links. It includes: lessons to help students understand, discuss and analyse war, materials to help students analyse the historical and contemporary Iraq, North Korea, Afghanistan and the Middle East crisis; lessons and information to address and stop discrimination; and lessons on ways to understand the long-term impact of September 11, 2001.

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/info_for_teachers/text/index.html
A good site to visit for ideas, stories for teaching human rights issues in classroom. Photo gallery on Human Rights issues.

http://www.foodandfarming.org.uk/active.htm
A range of research and learning suggestions in English and Welsh on topics which reflect current concerns relating to food and farming issues in Wales and the wider world. The resource pages comprise the diverse viewpoints and arguments of organisations involved in the contemporary debates.

http://www.actionaid.org/schoolsandyouth/newmaterials/final/downloads.shtml
A teachers�� guide (supported by ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam and Save the Children) with classroom activities to engage pupils in controversial issues such as war and its aftermath with a skills based approach to active global citizenship.

http://www.arch-ed.org/#top
Actions on Rights for Children in Education. Campaigns for the rights of children in education. Articles on Children Rights.

http://www.britkid.org/ts.html
You can find out more about using BRITKID as an educational tool There is an easy to use guide to the website that will help you locate any specific issues you might be interested in. Ideas, worksheets and handouts for using Britkid in the classroom.

http://www.citizenship-global.org.uk/secondary.html
Secondary Teaching Ideas. Links to on-line lesson plans and teaching ideas to support the global dimension to Citizenship education. A series of activities and ideas for drama, assemblies and for use in the classroom focusing on human rights from Amnesty International. Available to download in pdf format. A classroom project including a series of lesson plans and case studies from Save the Children exploring the effects of conflict on children, their emotional development and their access to education. Following access to the site click on case studies and then lesson plans.

PROJECTS

http://www.iearn.org
International Education and Resource Network (iEARN)is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world. All projects within iEARN are designed and facilitated by participants to fit their particular curriculum and classroom needs and schedules. When schools join iEARN, the network is open to all teachers and students at a school, with resources available for finding iEARN projects across age levels and disciplines. Participants may join existing structured on-line projects or work with others internationally to create and facilitate their own projects to fit their own particular classroom and curriculum needs. Classrooms also have the option of joining a Learning Circle, which are highly interactive, project-based partnerships among a small number of schools located throughout the world.

http://www.globalteenager.org
The Global Teenager Project(GTP) is an intercultural virtual exchange programme. It was launched in 1999 to bring the full potential of ICT into the classroom. In short, GTP's aim is to enhance pupils' ICT skills and learning skills while increasing their understanding of other cultures by staging lively, global classroom debates in cyberspace. Twice a year clusters of 8-12 classes from different schools link up via email to form virtual Learning Circles, the main activity of the Global Teenager Project. Around 3000 students from 200 classes in over 29 countries located in Africa, Middle-East, Northern Africa, North-America, Central-America, South-America and Europe communicate with each other in a learning circle. They discuss a theme on their choice for 10 weeks and the outcomes of their discussions are published on the project web-site. This way GTP unites pupils from all over the world in a safe, structured virtual environment, helping to bridge the cultural and digital divide between the developing and developed world.

http://www.globalteenager.org/GTP/virtualcampus/Understanding_diversity/welcome.htm
Project Understanding Diversityrepresents a joint effort by the Global Teenager Project of IICD and the Anne Frank House, in collaboration with various participants in the Global Teenager network. Understanding Diversity is a pilot project (the first session started in spring 2003) that focuses on the experience of international migration in its many forms. All activities will lead to a final product, which is an on-line exhibition about migration experiences, created by the students from various countries. Classes from different countries work together to create an online exhibition. Each country will be paired with another country. The participating countries are Argentina, Austria, Egypt, Ghana, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, Romania, South-Africa, USA. The project aims for students are to share individual, regional and cultural perspectives, to gain understanding of issues relating to migration, to learn about minority groups in one��s own and other communities, to develop insights into the push and pull factors of migration and to appreciate the challenges people face when moving to another country.

TEACHING FOR LIFE

http://careers.msn.com/
You can find here many useful things: how to write a resume, how to look business-like and to get organized, tips on job interviews and cover letters.

TEACHER'S TOOLS

Dictionaries

http://englishpage.com/dictionaries/english_dictionary.html directs you to a number of English-English dictionaries which will search for the word you need.

http://englishpage.com/dictionaries/dictionaries.html - translation to a foreign language.

http://thesaurus.reference.com/ - dictionary, language resources, feature articles, reference, translator, etc.

Enciclopedias

http://www.britannica.com

Placement Tests

http://www.world-english.org/test.htm
By taking this grammar-based test on-line your students can obtain an approximate rating of their English language skills.

http://www.selfaccess.com/sa_ver2_kereru.php?dirReload=free_test.php&fsPath=/sa_ver2/htm/
SelfAccess.com provides online learning tools for English language students including on-line placement test.

http://www.reward-net.co.uk/placement.htm
TheReward Placement Test is designed to help you choose the appropriate level of the course before you start. There are four levels available: Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, and Upper-intermediate. Test results will give an approximate indication of the level which is best for your or your students` needs. The test consists of two sections: grammar and vocabulary and it will take you 95 min. to complete the test.

Miscellaneous

http://www.tefl.net/esl-lesson-plans/worksheet-generator/index.htm
The page will help you TO CREATE your own worksheets easily and quickly online.

http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_words.htm - clips containing signs and approving, praising and encouraging words, such as ��Great idea!�� Think!�� to put on students` works in the electronic format.

HAVE FUN

http://www.onestopenglish.com/Games/
Make language learning extra fun for your students! Get your students to try out these interactive games which are intended to help them improve their English language learning skills.

http://www.onestopenglish.com/esl_tefl_teacher_anecdotes
A page of teachers` anecdotes just to laugh, to switch off and to reflect

www.wilstar.com - word search puzzles on different holidays

http://www.familygames.com - quizzes and games (mostly about Christmas)

www.merry-christmas.com - a puzzle and different games for Christmas (e.g. send an e-mail to Santa Claus and you will get the answer!)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

http://www.late.lv/
LATE is a professional association of teachers of English of Latvia. It was founded in 1992 by a group of teachers from the primary, secondary and the tertiary sector. Since then it has grown to become an organization with over 360 members with its aim and objectives being to promote English language learning in Latvia, to promote and disseminate information about the latest teaching methods to EFL teachers in Latvia, to encourage research in the field of EFL, to provide professional support with respect to teaching resources and access to professional development courses for EFL educators in Latvia, to seek and to develop contacts with like-mineded international professional organisations. The web-site contains information about SIGs (special interest groups), latest and forthcoming events and teacher`s resources. If you are a true professional, then you are to be a member of your association.

http://www.tefl.net/teacher-training/index.htm
Information & resources for training to teach English as a foreign/second language including terminology, teaching tips to brush up on the technique using different activities, overview of TEFL training qualifications required and the TEFL courses available to achieve them, a database of TEFL courses worldwide, both on-site and distance.

http://www.onestopenglish.com/content_language_integrated_learning_clil/
On this web-site you can learn about Content Language Integrated Learning (Clil) which was originally defined in 1994, and launched in 1996 by UNICOM, University of Jyv��skyl�� and the European Platform for Dutch Education, to describe educational methods where ��subjects are taught through a foreign language with dual-focussed aims, namely the learning of content, and the simultaneous learning of a foreign language��.

http://www.leadingteachers.com/
A global network Leadingteachers connects, develops and supports the world's leading teachers, educators who use technology (ICT) innovatively in their day-to-day work. It enables its members to meet, share with and learn from other educators, organisations and/or government bodies through a variety of networking, consulting and project opportunities both locally and globally. All truly successful educators of any subject, at any level, from any country who are innovative users of technology in their work can become members (membership is free).

www.eduref.org
A source of information on education research and practice with articles on some theory, lesson plans and question archive materials.

www.edinformatics.com
This site supplies you with numerous resources for all your education needs based on the USA standards. You can search their index of over 5,000,000 reviewed sites and find information of all kinds.

www.teachnet.com
A site for teachers as professionals with some pieces of advice and ideas to simplify their job.