Video Jug Punctuation (March 5th)

I've added links to three "how to use" Punctuation videos, Capital Letters, Apostrophes and Commas to the English Activities page, and a general link to all videojug's Punctuation videos on the Elearning page. They are very clear and English English, but they are so comprehensive they will be more useful for L2 learners. More on Skills for Life Blog.

I've also added other links for 2 mental arithmetic games, Odd One Out and SumDiv, to Maths Activities.

Embedded Learning Portal (Feb 8th)

I've updated today all the links to all the "DFES" Embedded Learning materials, mostly on the English Activities and Maths Activities pages, where all the E3, L1 and L2 activities are listed. I've also changed the key from "DFES" to "RW+".

I'll probably find more links that I've missed. I guess this a change of server following the break up of the old DFES.

ESOL Scotland (Feb 6th)

I've added links for these:

• ESOL Scotland, a general site which also has good downloadable free teaching resources for ESOL and Literacy (to Interactive English and English Learning Resources)
• Teachers TV which has videos useful for demonstrating embedded skills (to Elearning, Embedded and Work-Based Learning)

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Site Search (Jan 24th)

I've added a Google Custom Site Search to the front page (Index).

Dustbin Quizzes (Jan 21st)

I have added a couple of "Dustbin" quizzes on the spelling page, using the Classtools site. It's early days but it looks interesting.

I've also checked and updated the Topics and Jobsearch pages.

Move On Tests in City and Guilds Format (Jan 18th)

The Move on Site has now three practice tests for Literacy and Numeracy at both levels in a format closely resembling the City and Guilds format, linked from here. Unlike City and Guilds own tests you can review questions afterwards in the Move On fashion. These will greatly help learners prepare for the tests.

New Activities (Jan 17th)

New activities added recently include:

• 2 quizzes to Grammar, linked to Level 1 End Tests style questions, also on End Tests and English Activities
• A new quiz for E3 calculations to Maths quizzes and Maths Activities - hopefully more to follow
• 4 Data Handling activities for Maths Activities, from the Gold Dust Resources aimed at teachers but useful demonstrations for Level 2 learners as well
• The Free Rice vocabulary game to English Resources
  

More details for some on Skills for Life Blog