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Developing skills with web-based tools for ESL teachers
- 1. Developing skills with freeweb-based tools in the ESL classroom PD Workshop August 2012 Barbara Garcia @madaboutelt
- 2. As teachers ofEnglish, we can help our students develop different types of skills reading collaborating listening communicating in speaking a variety of media connecting critically evaluating creating content writing
- 3. Words and more Words
- 4. Tell me aboutyou! www.wordle.net
- 5. Reading & writing Compare genres Describe characters Predict/guess story from Wordle Work on two accounts of the same story (newspapers) www.tagxedo.com
- 6. Listening & Speaking Workon frequency Takes notes of crucial words and compare Record yourself, check for Repetition and work on synonyms Identify main ideas from a speech Work on register and variations www.tagul.com
- 7. A visual onlinedictionary allows you to… Look for collocations Learn how words associate www.visuwords.com Establish relationships Study meanings as a among words network, i.e. non-linearly
- 8. Having fun withwords click www.wordia.com www.eslgamesworld.com www.puzzlemaker.com
- 9. Having fun withwords www.vocabulary.co.il www.wordcentral.com www.spellingcity.com
- 10. But... it’s notonly about the tools, it’s also about the skills!
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- 12. DIGITAL STORYTELLING Multimedia narration text video voice / music
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- 14. Animation click and video click click
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- 16. Not just abrick on the wall www.wallwisher.com click www.glogster.com www.pen.io
- 17. Make noticeboards Post questionsfor kids to answer Brainstorm ideas for a collaborative story Write welcome, thank you, wish notes Ask for feedback on a specific activity Make lists Link to Internet resources
- 18. Let’s get creative! Create newspapers, brochures and flyers Generate a newspaper Create magazine covers clipping (www.fodey.com) (www.bighugelabs.com) Get fantastic writing prompts Write a letter to yourself to be delivered some time in the future click Find great ideas to start your stories
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- 20. Again... it’s notonly about the tools, it’s also about the skills! Associating information in new ways Multimedia skills Genre awareness Presentation skills Establishing hierarchies Collaborating Visual literacy Evaluating and organizing contents Group problem solving
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- 22. Text to speech Image to speech
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- 24. Sharing with theworld! www.onlineauthorsvisits.com www.skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com www.language-exchanges.org Click to read about a great project by Langwitches
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- 26. Let’s finish withsome music! Videos and quizzes by teachers Videos, worksheets, karaoke Videos and fill-in-the-blanks
- 27. We are notworking just on listening and speaking skills! Developing sensitiveness to a Communicating effectively variety of real accents in a technology-mediated situation Developing web Analysing and comparing safety awareness a diversity of media modes Reflecting on appropriateness of content for each channel (written vs. oral)
- 28. Thank you! Barbara Garcia T W @madaboutelt www.madaboutelt.blogspot.com Check the resources discussed here at http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=494852