Friday, 18 February 2011

webquest-Willywonka

Website of the day: an interesting example of Webquest
                                   -- Willywonka navigation


What is this?
It is a great and motivating webquest for elementary students. It exemplifies what a normal webquest will cover: introduction, task, process, evaluation, conclusion. Besides, there are two versions of the webquest page. One is for students and the other is for teachers as a teachers' guide page.


Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Webquest--An alternative way to learn English through a project

What is this?

According to the founder of WebQuest fromWebQuest.org, "a  WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web." Generally speaking, a webquest is composed of 6 parts: introduction, task, process, resources, evaluation, and conclusion. Teachers can either create their own webquests or adopt those available webquests shared by others. Depending on the task of each webquest, students might have to give a presentation, design a website, write a report and so on.


Tuesday, 15 February 2011

World Englih- online quizzes

Website of the day: world English -- online quizzes  


What is this?
It is a great website with not only quizzes but loads of learning resources. The website is particularly useful for those teachers who do not have time to make quizzes for every lesson and grammar rules.  

BBC online quizzes

Website of the day:  BBC online quizzes - a great website to learn English through interesting activities.


What is this?
It is a excellent website with much resources and various online quizzes with printable versions. It is beneficial for both teachers and learners.

A4ESL-online quizzes

Website of the day: A4ESL -  a resourceful online quiz website.



What is this?

It is a good website which provides plenty of online quizzes in different categories like vocabulary and grammar and in various levels of difficulty.

Sunday, 13 February 2011

MailVU-- Making Videomail!

Website of the day:  mailVU : making and sending video emails easily.


What is this?

MailVU is a online service which allows the users to record a video email up to 10 minutes, enter an email address of the recipient with a short text message, and send the video email.

Saturday, 12 February 2011

Vocaroo-- Free online recording tool

Website of the day : Vocaroo  - A free on-online voice recording service.



What is this?
It is a free on-line  voice recording service which basically functions just like Internet voicemail.  Users can  record their voice and send  the file to others through email. In addition, they can even embed in the link of their voice file to their blog, publish it to the website and downloaded.