I’ve added Newser to The Best Visually Engaging News Sites.
The site shows a large grid of news photos, along with a headline, short description, its source, and how long ago it has been published. If you move your cursor to the “more” section of each photo, you get a longer summary.
I’ve been surprised to find that my English Language Learners students have found some of the sites on this list more accessible to them than a few that have made The Best News/Current Events Websites For English Language Learners — 2007.
In the future, I’ll be writing a more extensive post about my students’ experiences with the sites on both lists.
Hi Larry! Thanks for the Newser shout out! You know, we’re always looking for Newser fans that might be interested in joining the Newser “Product Council” to give us feedback on ideas we have to make the site even better. Especially since you’re an educator, if any of your students have cool ideas, it would be a great way for you to pass them along to us. If you’re interested in joining our Product Council, just drop me a note (bmachion@newser.com) with your Newser username and I’ll add you to the list. Thanks again and enjoy Newser!