Sources for class activities, lesson plans and teaching tips

I think ELT blogs are get better and better and for me are a great source for class materials and teaching tips. Here are some of my favourites:

• Kieran Donaghy's Film English - comprehensive lesson plans for different ages and levels based around short films
• David Mainwood's EFL Smart Blog - imaginative lesson plans and activities with good visual stimuli, searchable by level, skill, topic and grammar point
• Dale Coulter's Languge Moments  - practical ideas for classes using a dogme approach. Easily adaptable to different ages and levels. The blog also has some interesting reflections on DIY professional development
• Ian James' TEFL teacher - I highly recommend his Dear victim, dear burglar lesson plan (Advanced)
• David Petrie's TEFL Geek - his current Twelve days of Geekmas series have some really excellent teaching and learning tips
• Sandy Millin  - has some sound class activities particularly at FCE level
• The Consultants-E blog - some very good, practical ideas for using mobiles as an educational tool
• David Dodgson's Relflections of a teacher and a learner - as a very experienced teacher David offers some great insights into class dynamics and comes up with ideas for activities that can bring out the best from students
• Steve Muir's allatc - a new blog with ideas for advanced students that includes the excellent lesson plan My blackberry's not working
• Gary Jones' Listen now - good, quality podcasts with worksheets and teacher's notes

If you decide to take my advice and follow these blogs, you can make your life simpler by using Google Reader- that way you can see all your favourite blogs in one place and easily keep up to date with new posts.