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Using the SmartBoard to support the teaching of Modern Languages
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SMARTboard to Support Modern Languages
Margaret VassICT Curriculum Support Officer
Falkirk Council Education Services
Course Descriptor
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The use of a SMARTboard to support Modern Languages in the primary school, taking advantage of:
• freely available SMARTboard resources
• software installed on the primary network
• online resources.
http://classtools.net
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•This great free site does not require you to sign up•These 4 activities work particularly well with an Interactive Whiteboard
Classtools.net – The Arcade Game
Type in a title andFollow instructions
You need to include 10 lines of text
Press ‘Play’ .
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Classtools.net - Choosing The Game Format
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Simply click on one of the 5 game formats
Classtools.net – The Countdown clock
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There’s an option to select a soundtrack for your countdown
Type in the required time span
Select ‘countdown’
Classtools.net – Random Name Generator
This is a very versatile tool!
Simply copy and
paste from
Word
Now select
‘Fruit Machine’
The Jackpot!
The machine stops at a name
‘Used’ names can be removed
Words or phrases could be used instead of names
Word Magnets
http://www.xmleducation.co.uk/magnets.html
Enter a phrase in the box.
Then select the Next arrow
Word Magnets 2
The new ‘jumbled up’ phrase will appear in the next window
Word Magnets 3
There is an option to change the colour of some words. Click on the arrows to enlarge them
Transition Lesson Plans
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/mfle/primaryzone/transitions.asp
The LTS site has a good selection of short term plans for Primary 6 to 7 stage
Hangman - French
http://www.prescot-school.knowsley.sch.uk/prescot-language/mfl-site/primarySchool/PrimaryHangmanFRE.html
A good selection of ready made Hangman games for the Whiteboard
Translating Text - 1
http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_txt
Place text in the box.
Make language choice.
Hey presto!
Translating Text - 2
The Babblefish site also enables you to translate whole web pages!
French and Spanish Labelling
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/
A good variety of ‘labelling’ activities on this website
Games and Activities for the IWB
http://www.trainingforlearning.co.uk/links/modern_languages.htm
‘Choose Your Language’ Game
http://www.alienlanguage.co.uk/alienlanguage/index.htm#
French Games from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/pf2/games_all.shtml
MFL IWB Resources
http://www.trainingforlearning.co.uk/resources.htm
Using Vokis in the MFL Classroom
http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=104
A great series of lessons on this blog inspired by http://www.voki.com/
Available Primary network Tools
Useful Websites
http://blogs.wsd1.org/iwb/tag/french/ http://blogs.wsd1.org/iwb/2008/11/19/french-cl
othing/ http://www.knowitall.org/instantreplay/content/
LanguageIndex.cfm http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/mfl/mfl.htm http://www.downs.kent.sch.uk/teachingresourc
es/default.shtml