News Post

A call for useful sites

Jake the Admin

March 2, 2020

First off, I have some good news! I'd mentioned a week or two ago that there could be downtime on the horizon. Fortunately, I was able to figure out what was causing the server re-deployment issue. It was one of those things where identifying what was going wrong was 95% of the battle. Looking back, I certainly learned a lot more about how the server end of things works, but if I had to do it over again, I'd choose a less hectic way to do it.

That means I can now update more things around the site. One of the big things I'm working on is the Resources page, which is a collection of links to useful web sites for ALTs. My goal for the site was to give as many options as possible to anyone who comes to use it. I don't think there's any perfect teaching style or any single activity for a topic that's better than all others. If a teacher finds something that works great for them in their situation, whether it's on-site or off-site, that's the best possible outcome.

If you know of a site that you think would be useful for others, please leave a comment! Ideally it would be a free site with a fair deal of content and not too much in the way of ads or other things that may harm the user experience. I don't mind linking general Japan or teaching-related blogs, but I thought it might be good to make a rule of thumb to not include blogs that haven't been updated in over a year.

Conversely, thank you to all the folks who have been kind enough to link ALTopedia on their own sites!

  1. noelle April 1, 2020

    Although it is a site aimed at American teachers, TeachersPayTeachers.com is a good resource for pre-made worksheets and activities. It also has the option of sorting by ESL content and grade level. And despite the name, there are a lot of free materials available!

  2. emily91 April 8, 2020

    I find the website to teachthis.com has a lot of activities and worksheets etc. There are a lot of resources there which I have used in my classes with some being free and some you have to pay for.

  3. smarieprager April 16, 2020

    The British Council's "Learn English Kids" has free worksheets, videos, and flashcards for kids of multiple age groups. https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/worksheets

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