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ESL Teachers Forum- ESL Teachers’ Coffee House ESL teaching activities ESL Kidstuff ESL Podcast ESL TV ESL Basics ESL Kids Games ESL Party Land ESL Kidz ESL and EFL Lesson Plans ESL Right Now ESL Worldwide Dave’s ESL Café ESL Games Plus ESL web Tools ESL Writing Tutor ESL Printable Books for Kids ESL Tube ESL eTeacher Group

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Free ESL Handouts ESL Tests for Primary Kids Simple ESL-English Worksheets & More ESL Connections ESL Funnies English Idioms ESL Grammar Space Noel’s ESL ebooks Library English as a Second Language The ESL stuff Technology in Education Free technology in Education Technology integration in Education Free Technology for Teachers Educational Videos Earth Science Education South Carolina education Television Education 2.0 Education.com Educational Technology U.S. Department of Education Education Times Hotchalk Educational Technology and Mobil Learning Group Educators Using Facebook Teachers Sharing Resources and Ideas For The Classroom Educators Network Facebook in Education Scholastic Teachers K12 INC The Cornet Stone for Educators Simple K12 The Next Web ISTE Teaching Resources Teacherslists WeAreTeachers Edutopia Prek12Plaza

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On Google+

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eLearning Industry Edudemic The eLearning Guild Educational Technology and Mobil Learning Community Edtech Community Education Dive EdTech and Professional Development Community eLearning Tags EdTechReview Google Apps for Education School Technology Leadership Educational Leadership Connected Learning iPad Ed STEM Educators Google Docs and Drive Target Educational Services Read Write Speak Better English ESL Teachers ESL and Bilingual Teacher Resources Teaching and Learning EFL/ESL Online Use Google+ Hangouts for Teaching

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On Twitter

How to Use Twitter http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/09/90-twitter-tools-teachers-should-know.html (Weblink

about using twitter in education) http://prezi.com/xun85oxafh9l/twitter-in-the-esl-classroom/ (Prezi on using Twitter in the ESL

Classroom)

ESOL Specific Sean Banville//@seanbanville-Tweets free lesson plans and articles about ESL ESLlibrary //@ESLlibrary-ESL lesson plans, flashcards, and blogs ESL Podcast//@eslpod-Lastest ESL postcasts for improving vocabulary and learning English Feed The Teacher// @Feedtheteacher- ESL/EFL and E-Tutoring material via social media

General Education Education Weekly //@educationweekly- The National Association for the Education of Young Children // @NAEYC- Brain Parade //@BrainParade The Joan Ganz Cooney Center // @CooneyCenter Justin Hamilton // @EdPressSec Press Secretary for US Dept of Education Gates Foundation // @gatesfoundation StudentsFirst //@Studentsfirst Arne Duncan //@Arneduncan (The Secretary of US Dept of Education) Larry Ferlazzo// @Larryferlazzo -Award winning English and Social Studies teacher who blogs many

great ideas for teaching The Teacher Page// @theteacherpage- Quality resources for teachers Vicki Davis// @coolcatteacher -Tweets about classroom projects and educational research.

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Technology Mark Brumley// @MarkBrumley- A leader in bringing technology into schools Ben Bache// @TeacherToolbox - Tweets about unique deals, apps, and resources for your classroom Josh Allen (@j_allen) -tweets to help teachers effectively implement technology in their classrooms.

He also offers a lot of technology-based resources to use with students. Jerry Blumengarten (@cybraryman1) -focuses on bringing the Internet to teachers by blogging about

web 2.0 resources and other digital technologies.

#Hashtags to use When Searching for Education Topics-Hashtags can be used to bring up posts about topics you would like to read about

#ESOL #ESL #ELL #Education #Edtech

#SPEDCHAT Students and teachers in special education come together for this chat, Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. EST.

#EDBKCHAT: Featuring discussions on educational books, #edbkchat is a good resource for continuing education, Wednesdays at 4 p.m. EST.

#TICHAT: On Thursdays at 8 p.m. EST, tech-savvy educators can discuss the latest in educational technology.

#LANGCHAT: All about language education, #langchat is a great place to talk about language learning each Thursday at 8 p.m. EST.

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Recommendations to Follow in Pinterest

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Free Technology for Educators: Free Technology for the classroom My Future Classroom: Full of teaching ideas and resources Teaching…One Day Again: creative and innovative ideas on how to organize your classroom and

teaching materials. Teaching: includes lesson plans, classroom activities, common core lessons, iPad apps for teachers,

games and many more. Printable: great printable materials for teachers Kid Blog Network Activities and Crafts: collaborative board from amazing bloggers that focus on

activities and crafts for kids Blogs/Webpages: Contains interesting blogs and webpages for teachers Melissa Board: Classroom materials, teaching ideas, writing, math, etc Charity Board: Classroom materials, freebies, reading, etc Patricia Brown: showcases videos, articles, tutorials, and other resources about education technology. Vicki Davis: a collection of classroom resources TeacherVision: list or resources for teachers and parents Edutopia : Information, infographics, articles Edudemic : Apps, web 2.0 tools, guides, infographics, and interesting edtech news TED ED News: Videos and follow-up conversations Jennie Hoffmann: covers the best Web 2.0 tools and focuses on activities in particular that can help

boost your classroom. Kristin Brynteson: Lots of free apps and education resources. ISTE: The one and only International Society for Technology in Education posts some of their favorite

tools and resources here. A great follow and recommendation for all teachers who want to get more tech into their classroom.

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