Useful Tools for the Learning and Teaching of

English

MARÍA LUISA OCHOA FERNÁNDEZDpto. Filología Inglesa

Universidad de Huelvamaochoa@uhu.es

Módulo: APRENDIZAJE Y ENSEÑANZA DE LAS MATERIAS DE LA ESPECIALIDAD: LENGUA EXTRANJERA (INGLÉS). Máster de Enseñanza Secundaria

And what about PRESENTATIONS

for my class?

There are many different options to do a presentation:

1. A conventional powerpoint presentation2. An online powerpoint presentation:

- Slideshare: example1, example 2- Authorstream: example- Sliderocket (trial version)

3. A more dynamic presentation:- Prezi: example 1(passive voice), example 2

(present simple vs. Present continuous), prezi tutorial

All the presentations done in 2. and 3. can be posted in a website (blog, wiki, googlesite, etc)

Some examples

Collaborative Tools

Blogs

Wiki spaces

Moodle platform

What is their pedagogical use?It can be a classroom blog.

http://lolabilingual.blogspot.com/It can be a teacher´s blog.

http://iesquevedobilingue.blogspot.com/It can be a student´s blog.

http://wapus.org/apus/students_blogs.htm#ESO_2

What is a blog? A blog is an asynchronic collaborative tool that allows anybody to express their ideas and thoughts and share

them with the rest of the world. Besides it is free.Watch: Blogs in plain English (video)

More about blogging:http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/blogging-elt

Interactive

Collaborative

Chronological posting from the most

recent.

Normally one author

Comments can be left by readers

Two of the most famous and broadly used blogging platforms:www.blogger.com , (video to create a blog with blogger), tutorial (in Spanish)www.wordpress.com (video tutorial)

Some examples:http://englishfortourismstudies.blogspot.comhttp://englisharound.blogspot.com/http://englishies.blogspot.com/ http://elblogdelingles.blogspot.com/ http://auroenglish.blogspot.comhttp://anasuarez-bilinguismo.blogspot.com/ http://lolabilingual.blogspot.com/

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WIKIS

What is a Wiki ? (Video Wikis in plain in Plain English)Create your wikispace

Where to host it? Wikispaces (wikispaces manual)Wikipedia: the most famous wiki

Example 1Example 2 Example 3

Several authors at the

same time

Structure can be modified

by any author

Ideal for collaborative

work

Collaborative tool

Constructing knowledge

Students´work

Moodle is a free platform you can use if you want to set up a course web. It

is easy to use. There are plenty of tutorials like the ones here.

Remember the platform we are using for the Master is Moodle.

Creating a virtual classroom MOODLE

Download: http://download.moodle.org/windows/Instalation Moodle:

http://docs.moodle.org/es/Instalaci%C3%B3n_de_moodle

Tutorials: http://www.calameo.com/read/0003626767d105d827316 ftp://ftp.unach.edu.ec/moodle/moodle_profesor.pdf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLlFwn5nfgs&feature=related (to create a virtual classroom)

Moodle has some interesting available tools:- Discussion Forums- Grade Book- Blog- Wikis- Quizzes- Chat Room

A Moodle platform needs to be hosted

Creating a webpage

• If you just want to create a webpage, you can use very easy applications. You don’t need expert knowledge to make one.

• Check google sites (example) and weebly (example).

Google site

Weebly site

http://arboledapluri.weebly.com/

http://sites.google.com/site/jsksenglishcorner/teachers-corner/great-sites-for-esl

Very useful for speaking and listening

It is very easy to do thanks to tools like AUDACITY that allows us to create podcasts in a quick and easy way.

What is PODCASTING?

What is a Podcast?It is a sound file that can be played on the net, downloaded or uploaded so as to be listened to on an mp3/mp4 player or a computer.

• It is a programme to record, edit and export recordings in mp3 format and therefore what is needed to create a PODCAST.

To record your message

To save it in the correct format

To do this you need to have installed previously MP3 lame. Click here

To download it:http://audacity.sourceforge.net/?lang=es

Tutorials:-http://www.jesusda.com/docs/ebooks/ebook_tutorial-edicion-de-sonido-con-audacity.pdf

(Spanish)- http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/ (English)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wB_idjiW6Y (Video)- http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=367 (Video)

Where to host them on the Web?Podomatic (tutorial)Divshare (tutorial)

Creating a resource listhttp://delicious.com/

Example 1, Example 2, Example 3

Create a list of links you frequently use in class. You can tag them and

they are easily managable.

“It is a a social book-marking site which allows you to access your book-marks from any

computer. It also allows your colleagues and students to share your bookmarks” José

Picardo

Wordle

To know more: http://www.educacontic.es/blog/generando-nubes-de-palabras-con-wordle

Creating word clouds: http://www.wordle.net/

Digital posters

Enhances students´creativity

Online posters

Video and audio can be added

Digital postersGLOSTER

http://edu.glogster.com/

Digital posters

Glosterhttp://www.glogster.com/

Tutorials:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TSNAuwWzq8&feature=player_embedded

http://kar0line.glogster.com/glog-1018-2602/

How it Works

Tutorials:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TS

NAuwWzq8&feature=player_embedded

GLOSTER

Building an online wall with notes

Digital posters

Wallwisher

CollaborationCreative tool

To know more:http://escuela3cero.blogspot.com/2010/06/wallwisher-muro-de-notas-usos.htmlhttp://www.youblisher.com/p/64987-ESL-Wallwisher-Paper/http://eslschnee.weebly.com/1st-wallwisher-characters.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzclg1zVDKA

http://www.wallwisher.com/

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/tolerance

http://maramastewart.com/2009/06/08/whats-a-wallwisher/

About using it in the classroom…

About Tolerance. . .

To know more:

http://www.passyworld.com/pa

ssyPDFs/WallWisher.pdf

To publish your documents online

- Issue- Slideshare- YouPublish- Scribd

http://issuu.com/lolaceituno

Digital class publications

Creating stories

There are different tools to create and publish short stories

- Dvolver (creates cartoon strips)- Xtranormal (creates stories strips with

sound)- Toondoo (creates cartoon strips)- Storybird (creates stories) to see some students´work with Storybird check here.

Creating Stories

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6085429/

http://storybird.com/books/where-in-the-world-2/

Toondoo StoryBird

Xtranormal Dvolver Moviemaker

Creating stories with pictures

• Animoto (with music)• Stuplefix (with audio

and music)http://animoto.com/play/grO6YTAg1vPhoSJ72WMYQw

http://studio.stupeflix.com/v/pPfGsNjzDu/

Up to 1

minute

Voki creation

To know more: http://sites.google.com/site/letsticenglish/recursos-esl/text-to-speechvoki-personajesquehablan

Voki CreationIt can be used in class in many different ways: to give messages, to let students express themselves in a creative way or just to introduce themselves

You can use:1. The option text to speech

2. The option of recording yourself

VideosThere are many different places where you can upload your videos

(recordings of role plays, interviews, etc)• VIMEO• YOUTUBE

- Youtube videos (educational Youtube Channels, i.e. Jennifer ESL )- You can create your own educational YouTube channel- How to tailor YouTube videos to your needs:

http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2010/01/cropping-youtube-videos-to-create.html

• TEACHER TUBE• VODPOD If you want to help your students and add subtitles to videos, you can

use a programme called DotSub

Videos

Using social networks

Some social networks are starting to be used in class with educational purposes

Twitter (microblogging)The twitter experimentTwitter in Plain English

Facebook

Using social networks

These online photograph albums can be shared in blogs, wikis, googlesites, etc.

•Flickr•Picasa

Photo Galleries

Web toolsThere are many different web tools on the net to be used in blogs, wikis, webspaces for didactic purposes. Here you will find two updated lists compiled by two ICT experts. In them you can find everything you need. Web tools by José PicardoTools Web 2.0. Tools for Teachers

http://www.boxoftricks.net

http://quickshout.blogspot.com/

Some Interesting Websites:There are many different websites you can find useful for the learning and teaching of English. These are just some of the most popular ones. But you can find many more. . .

• http://www.isabelperez.com• http://a4esl.org/• http://www.eslcafe.com/• http://www.manythings.org/• http://www.elllo.org/• http://www.eslcafe.com/• http://www.englishclub.com/ • http://www.esl-lab.com/ • http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omlisten/contenidotematico.htm• http://www.mansioningles.com/index.htm• http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ • http://world-english.org/

TO FINISHCheck this example

integration of ICT tools celebrating Saint Valentine´s

Day in class