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In the first part of this series aimed at sharing the sources of the information I blog about, I focused on sites which spread the word about new technology or websites. In this second part I'd like to spread the word about some of the more ELT and Educationally orientated blogs which have provided me with a wealth of information and professional development. First of course has to be Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day ……For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL This site is a huge and constant source of information and new sites and resources. Larry also produces categorised lists of resources so it's well worth searching through his archives. The blog is up dated a number of times each day, so to really get the best of it and to stay informed you should sign up to his RSS feed. http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ Free Technology for Teachers This is another great blog. It's aimed more at general education than at EL teachers, but a lot of the sites and activities it mentions cou...

I've decided to start naming some of the sources I use to locate new and interesting websites and information. I've decided to do this for a number of reasons I just don't have time to write about everything I find, so this gives people the opportunity to find things for themselves and perhaps write about them. I always feel guilty that I don't acknowledge the sources of much of the information I get. This isn't because I'm guarding my sources, it has more to do with not working in a very organised way. I tend to mark interesting sites and come back to them later, by which time I can't remember the original source. I don't have a blog roll, but I would like to send some kudos to some of the sites and site owners that I feel have really helped me. A number of people have asked me how and where I find great sites to write about. If you have a blog and it doesn't appear on this list, please don't be offended, I will try to make this a regular featu...

Creating your own personal homepage / feed reader can be really simple to do and can also help you to save time and stay in touch with what's going on in your professional and personal life. My own personal home page is something I use everyday and have open for most of the day. It brings me the news from all my favourite websites, blogs and yahoo groups and allows me to scan content from 20 -30 different sources within a few moments. This would otherwise take me a few hours! So when I was asked to design a course to help teacher trainers use Web 2.0 technology in their teaching, I decided that a session on RSS and personal home pages was an essential. I've been using a yahoo reader for more than 4 years now, but I've become increasingly impressed with some of the other readers on offer and so I decided to have a look around at what else was available. Some of the main ones that impressed me were: http://www.pageflakes.com/ http://www.netvibes.com http://www.igoogle.com ht...