SLIDE 1 September 22, 2016 Reus, Spain
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WHAT DO WE MEAN BY “TECHNOLOGY”?
Advancements in the methods and tools we use to solve e pr probl blems ems or ac achie ieve e a g a goal al. What you use depends fundamentally on what you are trying to accomplish.
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SLIDE 7 TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
Beginner’s Guide to Using Twitter for Professional Development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MqUu2aIhU4
- 1. Tweet about upcoming due dates, coordinate assignments.
- 2. Set up a foreign language news stream.
- 3. Post supplementary materials.
- 4. Facilitate discussions.
- 5. Connect classrooms.
- 6. Sync with a blog
@WorldofLanguage @ALL4language PublicTwitter list of ELL/ESL/ELT Teachers created by Larry Ferlazzo
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BLOGS IN LANGUAGE TEACHING
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DIGITAL TOOLS IN LANGUAGE TEACHING
SLIDE 10 WORDLE.NET: R – L – W - S
Vocabulary activities:
- Guess the topic
- Predict texts, characters…reconstruct
the text (words-> phrases)
- Word Family
- Find the Odd One Out
- Discover phrasal verb/idioms
Grammar activities:
- Revise a grammar point: question
words, conditionals, etc.
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VIALOGUES: L – W - S
http://educade.org/teaching_tools/vialogues
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Upload a video - from YouTube or from the site collection
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Once you’ve created a vialogue, encourage thoughtful conversations by posing questions, adding polls, and replying to comments.
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Embed a vialogue into your website, LMS, or blog
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Make your vialogues public or private
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WIZER: R - W
Interactive assignments, including writing and reading
assignments
Multiple choice quizzes Labelling assignments. You can distribute your Wizer activities to your students through Google Classroom or through the use of a link and pin system. http://app.wizer.me/
Demo: https://youtu.be/CeLQAjrixQU
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CREATING ONLINE LEARNING GAMES
Class Tools http://www.classtools.net/ EXCELLENT
Learning activities in arcade games’ formats
Philologus http://www.philologus.co.uk/index.php
Recent television games shows as templates
Jeopardy Labs http://www.purposegames.com/ -
Lets teachers and students create their own online games of Jeopardy.
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QUIZIZZ: Vocabulary and Grammar
QUIZIZZ: previously-created or your own “quizzes” DEMO: https://youtu.be/NDgcY4Vzlkw EDUCAPLAY http://en.educaplay.com/ O Riddles, Crosswords, and WordSearch Puzzles O Fill in the texts, Matching O Dialogues O Dictations O Jumbled Word and Jumbled Sentence O Quizzes O Maps
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TOOLS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Pronunciation: simple text-to-speech tools
Cepstral Voices: http://www.cepstral.com/en/demos Oddcast:
http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_tran_example. php
Voz Me: http://vozme.com/index.php?lang=en
Antonyms and Synonyms:
Visuwords http://www.visuwords.com/ Lexipedia http://www.lexipedia.com/
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TOOLS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: DICTIONARIES
Beginning and Early Intermediate ELL – The Language Guide.
http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/
Intermediate ELL -> Harcourt’s E-Glossary
http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/esl/
Intermediate and Advanced ELL -> Answers.com
http://www.yourdictionary.com/answers-com
PlayPhrase: http://www.playphrase.me/en/search?a=1&q=Let%20me%20get%20this %20straight
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OTHER TOOLS FOR ELL
The English Game - a British-oriented video interactive site for
learning English: http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/watch/the- english-game?utm_source=twitter- google+&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc- teachingenglish
Everyday Life: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife
Tip of My Tongue: http://chir.ag/projects/tip-of-my-tongue/ Rhyme Zone finds rhymes, synonyms, definitions:
http://www.rhymezone.com/
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SLIDE 20 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Olena Bilozerova Reus, Spain international@domspain.eu
To know more about the DLEARN programme of webinars: http://dlearn.eu/training/