Contributions from the Workshop!

I haven't posted for a week, but I've got a good excuse for that: I got back to classes this week. Lots of group, lots of work...

I'll post some contributions that I collected during the workshop on July 25th:

1. Sites to work with music:

http://www.lyrics.com/ - One of the biggest sites for lyrics on the net.

http://www.vagalume.com.br - A Brazilian site that provides lyrics and their translations. As users add the material, you might find mistakes in the translations, though...


2. Online dictionaries:
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ - Wow... very nice dictionary... it also offers a thesaurus and translations to other languages. It also has a "word of the day" and quotes.

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ - Great resource for language lovers, it also offers word games, articles on endangered languages and a Language ID - links to sites that identifies in which language a foreign word is... I tested the work "obrigado" in on of the sites listed and I had the answer "Portuguese" in two seconds.

http://dictionary.reference.com/ - Multitask website! Check the podcast Word Explorer --- every week it features the origin of curious words in English.

http://www.freeonlinedictionary.com


3. Sites for Kids:
http://www.monica.com.br/ingles/index.htm - Why not using Monica's Gang's stories in class?

http://barbie.everythinggirl.com/ - One of the cutest sites ever!!!! Lots of games and resources for girls. Think Pink!!!

http://home.disney.go.com/ - Several games for boys and girls. The site takes some time to load, but it's worth a visit... or maybe lots of visits, because there are so many things to be seen and done in this website.

http://school.discovery.com/ - This site rocks!!! Check out the out the Teaching Tools page... the Puzzlemaker is quite useful!

http://printables.familyeducation.com/?imode=1:1256&wtlAC=PrintableGen_Google,web-Google&gclid=CLOwoJvO340CFTyKOAodfUCLlg - Yeah, it's a loooong address, but this site has some cute printables, believe me...

http://www.crayola.com/ - Lots of coloring pages, craft ideas and games.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html - Loads of crafts and ideas for busy teachers.

http://familyfun.go.com/

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


Well... I guess that's all for tonight. Hope teachers find the sites above useful!