Author: Toggl

This is a project management tool, and can be helpful for group work.

Use Software

Author: Michael Ungar

Dr. Ungar explores reals lives, across age and culture, and discovers that the answers lie in the people and the support systems around us.

View Book

Author: Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota

This provides examples of different approaches to speech acts such as apologies, complaints, invitations, requests, etc. across cultures. Remember these are GENERALIZATIONS. Just because a student speaks the language that is referenced does not mean they will necessarily behave that way – however, it probably does mean that they are at least aware of these norms.

View Website

Author: York University

This guide offers you an introductory video and three modules to help you engage in successful group work. Each module, shown below, contains a short video and a section titled Tips, Tools & Templates offering practical tips and downloadable checklists, activities, templates and more to help you engage in effective group work as part of coursework in a university context.

View Website

Author: Otter

Otter.ai is a software that develops transcriptions of lectures and meetings in real time.

View Product

Author: Baruch College Writing Centre

A blog post for multilingual learners explaining how to use your native language as a strategy for reading and writing in English. It gives multilingual learners permission to use and value their native language as an effective learning strategy for studying in English. The tips are clear and easy to follow, and build on the strengths of multilingual learners.

View Website

Author: Paul Dawkins

This website contains summaries and some practice problems for higher-level mathematical concepts.

View Website

Author: Benedict Carey

In How We Learn, award-winning science reporter Benedict Carey sifts through decades of education research and landmark studies to uncover the truth about how our brains absorb and retain information. By road testing many of the counterintuitive techniques described in this book, Carey shows how we can flex the neural muscles that make deep learning possible.

View Book

Author: Desmos

Desmos encourages students to practice math skills as well as play with math to express their creativity. Students can enter an unlimited number of mathematical expressions and instantly see results graphed on the page. A variety of colors and features make it possible to turn graphs into complex and realistic drawings.

View Website

Author: Rewordify

A ‘translating’ website that simplified murky, convoluted texts into plain language. This website can help students through tough passages, instructions, and all kinds of confusing written text.

View Website