INOTE IT Survey (Recommended Websites)

The third post today prior to the INOTE conference in Kilkenny tomorrow gathers together suggestions in response to our online survey question:- Are there any other websites you would recommend to other English teachers? Our own comprehensive list (constantly growing) is here. And now for other teachers' responses and recommendations:-

• YouTube (again, many times)
• Teachit.co.uk and the BBC site are both good, especially for interactive resources
• Dropbox for storage/back-up
• INOTE
• www.tes.co.uk
• www.slideshare.com
• Worksheet Library
• 'Don't know of any I'm afraid'
• Jstor for articles about poets etc
• www.sccenglish.ie (thanks!)
• TeachingEnglish.co.uk
• www.teachit.co.uk (many times - evidently many INOTE members)
• www.tes.co.uk (many times)
• www.scoilnet.ie (many times) 
• State Examinations Commission
• leavingcertenglish.net
• RTE- Podcasts/Live News/Realplayer 
• BBC 
• Sky News 
• Newspapers online
• CBI
• Not enough knowledge.
• skoool.ie (many times)
• bookrags.com 
• discoveryschool.com 
• sparknotes.com- for modern translations of Shakespeare- can be useful for TY and 1st year - re making Shakespeare more accessible
• not in Ireland
• www.independent.ie, Irish Times online
• I'm not familiar with any.
• None but I would love to find out more about using the web
• www.leavingcertenglish.net 
• www.brightsparks.com
• www.englishcompanion.com, 
• Twitter for Monday edchatie from 8.30 - 9.30pm
• BBC bitesize (several times)
• Webenglish teacher
• bbc.co.uk for background history on trenches (virtual tour) -useful for war poetry & literature associated with WW1
• teachingenglish.co.uk 
• EC Ning 
• Schmoop
• www.hotpotatoes.com
• SESS have great links to interactive projects etc, suitable for weaker students as well, and the TESS website was useful. Lyrics.com for poetry/song modules - I used the lyrics of "Strange Fruit" in class and it was great to be able to actually show them the background to the lyric, including photos.
• prezi.com
• Obviously, BBC and Channel 4
• exam-it.ie 
• www.wondrousworksheets.com 
• www.abcteach.com 
• www.k12lessonplans.com 
• www.softschools.com 
• http://shakespeare.mit.edu/ 
• www.plan-edresources.org 
• www.topmark.co.uk 
• www.slideshare.com
• www.just4englishteachers.com 
• www.worldofteaching.com 
• www.teachersparadise.com 
• www.myvocabulary.com 
• www.eslprintables.com 
• poemfinder.com
• Have been teaching for over ten years now, and teaching English for the first time in the last few years so would love to know the most recommended sites. 
• superteacherworksheets.com 
• Bookrags
• www.nofearshakespeare.ie
• Depending on which comparative texts you use there are extracts from film versions of novels on Youtube, sometimes an entire play, like Antigone - Ed Friedlander has an interesting Shakespeare site-why not enliven Lies of Silence by listening to Ian Paisley doing a fire and brimstone sermon (YouTube) and then go to Google images to look at the famous political murals of Northern Ireland.