1st Semester : online assignment

1. MOUNT TABOR TRAINING COLLEGE, PATHANAPURAM
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR
ENGLISH TEACHERS
PEDAGOGIC CONTENT KNOWLEDGE ANALYSIS
ASSGNMENT
Submitted by:
Ancy M Varghese
Roll no: 02
English (optional)
Mount Tabor Training
College
Submitted to :
Jijan E K
Asst. Professor,
Dept. of English,
Mount Tabor Training
College

2. Contents
Page no.
Introduction - 3
One stop for English.com -5
Edshed -7
Education world -9
TedEd -10
Teaching Tolerance -11
Conclusion -12
Reference -13

3. INTRODUCTION
The English language is the international language of the world. Most people
understand and speak the English language. But it changes from time to time, from the past to
now present time. Today‘s English language is very simple as compared to the oldest
language. People belong to different countries in a world whose native language is not an
English language. Students learn the English language as a 2nd
language. They join a different
kind of English language academies for learning the English language. They hire English
teachers who teach them the English language. The teachers faced a different kind of
problems in teaching the English language. One of the biggest problems mostly the teachers
faced in teaching the English language is the spoken language and the written language is
different from each other. The students easily understand and easily learn to speak the
language. But the writing language is very difficult for them to understand. They usually
confuse in the structure of the sentence that how to make the sentence correctly. Especially
they confuse in the grammatical patterns of the sentences. They cannot make the sentence
grammatically correct easily. Mostly for the second level learners, it is the most difficult task
to make the sentence correctly grammatical and structure wise. Because of the native
language and the second language is totally different from each other. The requirements of
the native language and the second language are totally different. They didn‘t make the
correct structure of the sentences and correct placements of the tenses. Mostly the teachers
faced the problem of correct formatting of the sentence and grammatical requirements of the
writings in teaching the English language. Heterogeneous nature of classrooms is one of the
problems that the teachers faced in teaching the English language. Most of the teachers in
teaching the English language used the traditional method in teaching the English language.
They didn‘t use the multimedia in teaching the English language. There is a lot of teachers
used the multimedia in teaching the English language but the majority of the teachers used
the traditional method in teaching the English language. The multimedia helps a lot for the
students to learn the English language.
This assignment is an analysis of the various online resources and platforms an English
teacher, in schools, can exploit to generate and construct language.

4. 1. SWAYAM
(Study Webs of Active–Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) is a programme initiated
by Government of India and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education
Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching
learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. SWAYAM seeks to bridge the
digital divide for students who have hitherto remained untouched by the digital revolution
and have not been able to join the mainstream of the knowledge economy. This is done
through an indigenous developed IT platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses taught
in classrooms to be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time. All the courses are interactive,
prepared by the best teachers in the country and are available, free of cost to the residents in
India.
SWAYAM platform is developed by Ministry of Human Resource Development
(MHRD) and NPTEL, IIT Madras with the help of Google Inc. and Persistent Systems Ltd. It
would be ultimately capable of hosting 2000 courses and 80000 hours of learning: covering
school, under-graduate, post-graduate, engineering, law and other professional courses.
What is offered in SWAYAM
Courses that are taught in classrooms from 9th class till post-graduation.
The courses hosted on SWAYAM is in 4 quadrants
o video lecture
o specially prepared reading material that can be downloaded/printed
o self-assessment tests through tests and quizzes and
o an online discussion forum for clearing the doubts.
Categories of courses include - Engineering, Science, Humanities, Management,
Language, Mathematics, Arts and Recreation, Commerce, General, Library,
Education.
Courses delivered through SWAYAM are available free of cost to the learners.
Students wanting certifications need to register and shall be offered a certificate on
successful completion of the course, with a little fee.
At the end of each course, there will be an assessment of the student through
proctored examination and the marks/grades secured in this exam could be transferred
to the academic record of the students. UGC has already issued the UGC (Credit
Framework for online learning courses through SWAYAM) Regulation 2016 advising
the Universities to identify courses where credits can be transferred on to the
academic record of the students for courses done on SWAYAM.
National Coordinators of SWAYAM
In order to ensure best quality content are produced and delivered, seven National
Coordinators have been appointed. They are as follows.
AICTE for Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching for faculty of the
Engineering/University/ Institutions
NPTEL fzsssssssor engineering
UGC for post-graduation education
CEC for under-graduate education
NCERT for school education
NIOS for school education

5. IGNOU for out of the school students and
IIMB for management studies
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) for teacher
training programme
How to access SWAYAM
You can access the SWAYAM portal on the web - https://swayam.gov.in
You can access the SWAYAM mobile apps for - Android and iOS
2. ONE STOP ENGLISH.COM
Onestopenglish describes itself as being ―Number one for English language teachers.‖
The site contains over 8,000 resources, including worksheets, lesson plans, audio, flashcards
and video, all broken down into easily identifiable categories. The tabs at the top of the
screen are for sections entitled Business, ESP, ESOL, Exams, Grammar, Skills, Children,
Teenagers, CLIL, Support, Games, Community, and Jobs. The core subject areas are easily
split. Materials are available for different student age groups and ability levels. There is a site
search facility, which makes it even easier to locate relevant materials to use in the
classroom. Onestopenglish is published by Macmillan Education. Macmillan Education is
one of the leading publishers of English language teaching materials. Resources and materials
are created and provided by very experienced teachers and authors.
The basic site is free to use, although there are options to register and subscribe. Subscription
costs £42 per year, and gives access to the whole range of resources, weekly news lessons,
access to new weekly resources, audio and podcasts, and more. Subscriptions are available
for individuals and institutions and there is a good range of online payment methods.
Registration is free and enables you to comment on resources, post and comment in the forum
and similar. The site is professional looking and I found it very comprehensive and easy to
use.
FEATURES
1.No External Advertising
Being part of a leading publishing company, there are no distracting or annoying
advertisements on Onestopenglish.
2.Secure Payment Methods
As well as offering the facility to pay for subscriptions online by credit and debit card, there
is also the option to pay by PayPal.
3.Materials are Standalone and Require no Further Preparation

6. All materials, including those that can be freely accessed, can be transported straight into the
classroom. Many are appropriate for use in a group or for one-on-one tuition sessions. Once
you have located an appropriate resource, there is no need for further planning. They all come
with clear and easy to follow step by step teaching notes and all worksheets or other materials
needed to complete the lesson. This is great for busy teachers. To make it even easier, all
resources are clearly labelled by age and level.
4.Resources are Easy to Find
There is a wealth of material, which is clearly marked and divided.
Within each category there are further detailed sub-categories, meaning that you can quickly
find what you are looking for. For example, I clicked on the Business tab, and saw options for
business skills bank, with further options for materials on telephoning, numbers,
presentations, emailing, meetings and more, business spotlight, including materials on
making a start, the future and the case against self-employment, business tasks, with the
break-down including decisions, notes and messaging, work and responsibilities, studying
and learning, teaching approaches, with a great selection of materials geared towards helping
you with different techniques when teaching business English, business basics, which is
specifically aimed at elementary level business English learners, business top trumps, with
games and other fun activities, a section called working language, which includes materials
that use everyday business English language, and business English extra, where you can find
suggestions of other resources across the whole site that may come in useful in your business
English lessons. There is a wealth of material, which is clearly marked and divided. Each
section is the same; as further examples, under ESP (English for Specific Purpose) you will
find quality materials on banking and finance, hospitality and tourism, human resources, law,
marketing, nursing, other professions and more ESP, and under skills you will find resources
designed to help develop all areas of a students‘ linguistic ability – listening, reading,
pronunciation, news lessons, vocabulary, speaking, writing, and integrated skills.
5.Materials are in British English and American English
The site acknowledges the differences between the two main branches of English and helps
teachers to teach these differences.
6.Excellent teacher support
From tips and guidance to articles and technological tools, you can find almost everything
imaginable on this website to aid your professional development as an English teacher. There
is a section where you can ask specific questions to experienced teachers. I really like the
section on Minimal Resources. It delivers just what it says on the tin: ―Monday morning? No
coursebooks? Broken photocopier? Your favourite onestopenglish writers have come to the
rescue with a section which is jam-packed with tips and ideas for teaching English with
minimal or no resources.‖ This is simply perfect for those moments when you find yourself
panicking about what to do!

7. 7.Jobs Advice and Search
A filtered search means you can enter details such as keywords, region, country and
categories to only view jobs that you would be actually interested in. You can search in one
area then further filter. There could be more jobs listed, however. Job seekers may benefit
from tips relating to creating CVs.
8.Teacher Diaries and Other Personal Accounts
The section on teacher diaries can be invaluable for new teachers who may be feeling a bit
insecure. I think it often helps to be able to see the experiences of other teachers, and know
that whatever situation you are facing, or challenges you are trying to overcome, you are not
alone, and that there are ways to resolve problems. It is also useful and interesting for more
experienced teachers also. Anecdotes are amusing as well as useful.
9.Chances to be Published
On the site there are sections for people wanting to share lesson ideas and also submit
proposals to recognised publishers.
Social Applications
A well used forum allows you to talk with other teachers, gain different perspectives and
ideas and generally just bounce ideas around and share funny tales. Although you have to
register to use the forum, registration is free. There are thousands of registered users, making
a really big community of teachers. There are blogs you can read and competitions you can
enter.
3. EdShed
EdShed or Education Shed Ltd is the umbrella for several educational products and
brands. These include The Literacy Shed, Literacy Shed Plus, Spelling Shed and Maths Shed.
It is a company run by teachers for teachers and we try to maintain particular values within
all of their products:
The best quality product they can create
Making the most educational impact possible
Transparent and affordable pricing
The least hassle for teachers and schools

8. The Spelling Shed - proudly powered by The Literacy Shed - is a spelling platform designed
by a team of Primary School teachers. It is built with primary school students, teachers and
parents in mind and aims to make spelling fun for students as well as simple for teachers to
manage.
Spelling Shed includes:
A whole-school spelling scheme, giving 100% coverage of the National Curriculum.
The ability to create unlimited custom lists and search for others' lists within the
platform.
A tablet and mobile game for students to use to practise spelling.
An online game, which gives access to our platform on all current desktop, laptop,
tablet and mobile devices.
A teacher hub, which allows simple management of student records, teachers and
classes.
The ability to set and monitor homework assignments for e.g. weekly spelling lists.
Whole-class Hive games that allow all pupils to play alongside each other as an alternative
for a weekly spelling test.
This platform can be used as a complete whole-school spelling solution. Their scheme gives
weekly lists and activities, assignments provide targeted practice through our app / online
game and Hive games provide a weekly whole-class spelling test.
Alternatively, Spelling Shed can be used to supplement other spelling schemes by using their
resources for prescribed objectives and / or our game for practice and monitoring.
Scheme
Their scheme has been created following key National Curriculum objectives and will take
children through the statutory and non-statutory spelling lists in each age phase.
Their whole-school scheme of work for spelling gives 100% coverage of the English
National Curriculum including all statutory words and spelling rules. The scheme is broken
up into a weekly progression with a Spelling Shed list for each week plus printable activities
and resources to aid teaching.
Their App
Their game has been developed to be ‗dyslexia friendly‘ using the ‗Open Dyslexic‘ font and
has three levels of difficulty to support pupils of all abilities through the spelling lists with
appropriate degrees of challenge. With over 4,000 spellings from the National Curriculum,
including disambiguation phrases for homophones, teachers will be able to track pupil‘s
progress through the objectives from Y1 – Y6. The app is fully customisable through the
‗Your Lists‘ section which allows teachers and students to import custom lists. The app also
allows full offline play and scanning of QR codes to both import lists as well as for pupils to
sign in to their account.

9. Online Game
The online game mirrors our app and functions on all current desktop, laptop, tablet and
mobile devices. When a school has any subscription, students can access our online game
using their account from any location.
Subscriptions & the Teacher Hub
For subscribers, the teacher hub allows teachers to manage pupil groups, set assignments and
view pupil attainment data. Teachers can make lists available to pupils, individually or in
groups. As pupils practise these spelling lists teachers can view the pupils' activity.As well as
playing individually, Hive Mode allows a whole group to play alongside each other with the
teacher leading the group and showing leader board data making spelling tests far more fun
than ever before.
4. Education world
Education World is a complete online resource that teachers, administrators and school staff
can visit each day to find high-quality and in-depth original content. We update the site daily,
offering:
Carefully curated news briefs on topics that matter to educators;
Lesson plans, printables, worksheets and thousands of other classroom-ready
resources;
EdTech tips and ideas as well as reviews of apps, websites and tech products; and
A huge library of professional development articles and columns.
The Education World team, including a network of skilled content providers, have
maintained this free resource for educators since 1996. In order to keep the site free,
Education World is funded by corporate sponsors and advertisers. The site is also part of The
Educator's Network, which simplifies educator-targeted media buying and offers efficient,
optimized campaigns across multiple teacher sites via a single point of contact.

10. 5. TED ED
TED Ed is an education initiative from TED to help teachers, educators, and students
to access and create interactive video lessons.TED believes passionately that ideas have the
power to change attitudes, lives, and ultimately, the world. This underlying philosophy is the
driving force behind all of TED‘s endeavors, including the TED Conferences, TEDx, TED
Books, the TED Fellows Program, and the TED Open Translation Project. With this
philosophy in mind, and with the intention of supporting teachers and sparking the curiosity
of learners around the world, TED-Ed was launched in 2012. TED-Ed is TED‘s youth and
education initiative. TED-Ed‘s mission is to spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and
students around the world. Everything we do supports learning — from producing a growing
library of original animated videos , to providing an international platform for teachers
to create their own interactive lessons, to helping curious students around the globe bring
TED to their schools and gain presentation literacy skills, to celebrating innovative leadership
within TED-Ed‘s global network of over 250,000 teachers. TED-Ed has grown from an idea
worth spreading into an award-winning education platform that serves millions of teachers
and students around the world every week.

11. 6. Teaching Tolerance
Teaching Tolerance is ―a place where educators who care about diversity, equity and
justice can find news, suggestions, conversation and support.‖ Its mission is to help teachers
and schools educate children and youth to be active participants in a diverse democracy.
Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators—teachers, administrators,
counsellors and other practitioners—who work with children from kindergarten through high
school. Educators use their materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices,
and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and
welcome participants. Their program emphasizes social justice and anti-bias. The anti-bias
approach encourages children and young people to challenge prejudice and learn how to be
agents of change in their own lives. Social Justice Standards show how anti-bias education
works through the four domains of identity, diversity, justice and action. A project of the
Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance was founded in 1991 to prevent the
growth of hate. We began by publishing Teaching Tolerance magazine and producing films
chronicling the modern civil rights movement. The project has been named a ―Friend of the
UN,‖ recognized by the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation, and selected by President
Clinton‘s Initiative on Race as one of the nation‘s ―Promising Practices‖ to eradicate racism.
they view tolerance as a way of thinking and feeling—but most importantly, of acting—that
gives us peace in our individuality, respect for those unlike us, the wisdom to discern humane
values and the courage to act upon them.

12. CONCLUSION
The most common problem in providing meaningful access to the curriculum has
been the practice of viewing English-language learners with learning difficulties as simply
low-performing native English speakers. It is critical that teachers avoid this reaction when
confronted with students who do not use English proficiently. In thinking about curriculum
access, the important goal is that students understand the critical concepts being presented,
rather than knowing the correct English label for a particular concept.
One educator described what it was like to come to the United States knowing very
little English: she suddenly changed from perceiving herself as a "smart" person to someone
with many academic problems. This perception remained private, because there was no
opportunity to share it with anyone else. She believes it would have been enormously helpful
to have heard from other students about these same kinds of feelings – she would have
understood that these feelings were normal and that the difficulties were an understandable
reaction to learning in a new language and environment.
The unfortunate consequence of viewing English-language learners as having limited
ability is the tendency to merely adopt watered-down versions of the standard curriculum, a
practice that is in clear conflict with curriculum access. A second-rate curriculum denies
English-language learners access to high-quality instruction and, ultimately, real academic
opportunity.
In thinking about potential solutions and remedies, it is important to remember that
there is no one right way, and currently there are no experts who have precise remedies.
Nevertheless, rapid advances are being made in this area, and some promising practices are
emerging. At the heart of these practices is a clear recognition that English-language learners
with learning difficulties face unique learning challenges that demand innovative practices.
Online resources like Swayam, One stop English, Ted Ed etc. helps the teachers to
make the students admire the English language. They help the teachers with variety of
activities that will make the class interesting. These online resources help them grade the
curriculum, according to the frequency. They help the teachers to make the class free from
boredom and thus avoid monotonous tone. They motivate the teachers to teach the language
interestingly. These update the knowledge level of the teachers. They also help the teachers
prepare notes so easily. They are easily accessible and are easy to use too. Thus online
resources help the English teachers to construct language and use the language effectively
and efficiently in classrooms.

13. Reference
Knoll, Jeremy. ―12 Best Websites for Learning English, Writing, and Grammar.‖
WeAreTeachers, 27 Mar. 2018, www.weareteachers.com/websites-english-teachers/.
Educatorstechnology. ―10 Great Educational Websites for Teachers.‖ Educational
Technology and Mobile Learning, 18 Aug. 2018,
www.educatorstechnology.com/2018/08/10-great-educational-websites-
for.html?m=1.
―Swayam Learning Portal.‖ Vikaspedia, vikaspedia.in/education/interactive-
resources/swayam-learning-portal.