Ideas for using ICTs in English

Claire Amosam@eggs.school.nz

Codes= thinking tool

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= differentiation tool

Using discussion forums in Moodle

Using discussion forums in Moodle

Using MyMoodle app to ad videos, photos and voice files

Using MyMoodle app to ad videos, photos and voice files

Using MyMoodle app to ad videos, photos and voice files

Using Vocaroo to embed voice recordings

Vocaroo is an online voice recorder which allows you to record and save or embed sound files without needing to register. Possible uses: Co-constructing an audio book, recording instructions, add a widget to your Moodle page for easy access. Example - The Giver Audio Book Project

Using Screenr to narrate handouts

Screenr is an easy to use online tool for recording your voice and whatever is on your computer screen. Great for narrating handouts or creating short online tutorials.

Using Wikieducator to co-construct an online textbook or study guide

Using Live Binder to create an online folder of resources

Using Google Sketch Up to create settings from texts

Google Sketch Up can be downloaded for free and provides an easy to use set of tools for designing any 3D objects.

Get students to construct an Ignite Presentation

Get students to construct an Ignite Presentation

O What is ignite? Ignite is an event in over 100 cities worldwide. At the events Ignite presenters share their personal and professional passions, using 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds for a total of just five minutes.

Get students to construct an Ignite Presentation

Ignite talks should:O Be about something you're passionate about. Don't talk about

'worthy' topics; talk about things you love. Your job is to show the audience what it was about your topic that ignited a passion in you.

O Be profound. It is rumoured that speakers at TED are told "Say whatever you want, just be profound!" It's good advice for an Ignite talk too, but bear in mind that an Ignite talk is 300 seconds so there's a limit to how profound you can be.

O Take a simple idea and explore it. You can't explore a huge idea in 300 seconds, so choose something manageable. Don't use wordy slides. Pictures are good.

O Be a force for raising the collective IQ and building connections in your city

Running a BIG project through a Google site - TEDxClassroom

Running a BIG project through a Google site – THE “ALICE PROJECT”

Using Wallwisher to create a virtual knowledge wall

Can be embedded in your Moodle course!

Using AnswerGarden to brainstorm and create a real time word cloud

Using Digistore

Using DigitalNZ

Make a Digital Mash Up!Free to mix: An educator’s guide to reusing digital content

Using Lit Charts – 10 page outlines of classics

Using Wordle to introduce texts

O SCC English – Their Wordles (including all Shakespeare's plays and many classic texts)

Embedding The History of English (videos) in your Moodle courses

Sources

Ideas respectfully plundered from:O Albany Senior High SchoolO Free Technology for TeachersO SCC EnglishO Christian LongO Kevin Honeycutt