Thing 14

Pod Casts and Bookmarks

Pod Casts

The podcast that I listened to was the "Reservoirs on the Side". It was interesting bit about the different geographic feature of Texas . As a Canadian, I don't know squat about Texas . It isn't really something I go out of may way to find but since I live here, I should learn a bit.

This podcast would be good for my ESL students in that it is listening practice. They may also enjoy hearing something authentic as well as interesting instead of the other types of materials that changed for a specific level of English.  Students coming to Texas to learn ESL are also interested in learning a bit about where they are staying.

Bookmarks

Love Delicious. It's almost like a game for me, seeing how many bookmarks I can find, adding to my resource bank... Just need to maybe spend a night re-tagging things. It can get overwhelming. But I love the idea of not only seeing bookmarks from everywhere, but also being able to share it. It really is fun. It also can be kind of a lazy man's web-quest for an assignment.  Just a fantastic resource to have.

My students always are asking how to study for TOEFL and IELTS tests, so sharing links like that takes it off of me and puts responsibility on them for figuring out how to study for it. (Kind of sensitive because I feel like studying a language shouldn't be so that you can pass a test with a certain score, but to use the language to express yourself)

I tried out Pinterest. Looked kind of cool. I am glad to know it is out there, but not really sure how I would use it beyond personal use at this juncture. Have to keep an eye on it.