5. MY BLOGLIST
– for starters
JOE DALE
Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom:
JOSE PICARDO
Box of Tricks
ISABELLE JONES
MY LANGUAGES
MARIE FRANCE PERKINS
SANS PROBLEMES
SUZI BEWELL
All Saints Languages Blog
LISA STEVENS
VÁMONOS
HELENA BUTTERFIELD
The Langwitch Chronicles
ALEX BLAGONA
Alex Blagona
B is also for…
Ewan McIntosh, Keynote speaker
Advice re blog “If you do nothing else..”
Most exciting thing initially was the Cluster map! Now at 810!
Why blog?
Reflection
Good to think things through
Feedback
Pride!
HOW?
Things you do in class
Things you learn about in conferences, etc
WHERE?
Blogspot.com
Wordpress
Typepad.com
LAYOUT ETC
Play with layout, embedding widgets, etc
Assume everything is possible – it probably is!
Ewan McIntosh, Keynote speaker
Advice re blog “If you do nothing else..”
Most exciting thing initially was the Cluster map! Now at 810!
Why blog?
Reflection
Good to think things through
Feedback
Pride!
HOW?
Things you do in class
Things you learn about in conferences, etc
WHERE?
Blogspot.com
Wordpress
Typepad.com
LAYOUT ETC
Play with layout, embedding widgets, etc
Assume everything is possible – it probably is!
My blog humble representative of blogs.
One of best is Joe Dale’s
IOW Conference 08
Amazing ICT knowledge
Podcasting
Many different games
Classtools.net
To answer a question (on the DVRs, e.g. A level) or write an answer to a topic in 1 minute (Form 5)
Diigo
Bookmarking sites
Tag bookmarks
Emails
Diigo
Bookmarking sites
Tag bookmarks
Emails
Add to groups
MFL Resources / Web 2.0 for Teachers / etc
Friends on diigo
Search tags
Use in classroom, alone or in conjunction with fruit machine.
Use for carousel activities
Use for podcasting and for voki
Edmodo – free, style of Facebook, own avatar
private account for each class
Set assignments,
FLIP cameras - recording dialogues (eg with puppets)
Great for peer evaluation
Potential to enthuse (Form 2 pupil)
Select background, music, actions, etc
Possibility of voice recording and uploading here too
Variety of web based exercise types with immediate feedback, encourages pupils to take risks
Wide range of levels and skills
Allows thorough practice of vocabulary and structures, especially verbs.
Can be used for extended comprehension
Increases confidence and accuracy of verb conjugation
Create Flashcard Sets
Easily create flashcard sets with as many questions and answers as you want.
Import questions and answers from your computer or other websites (or just type them in directly).
Cut and paste questions from other peoples' flashcard sets to make your own.
Invite friends to share your flashcards via email, Facebook, or MySpace.
One-click lookup of official dictionary definitions, and other users' previous answers.
Group Studying
Create a group so your friends or classmates can study together.
Discuss answers with your group via live chat.
Get notified when group members post new study sets.
Edit and improve sets created by other group members.
Groups can be private or public.
Five Ways to Study... From Fun to Powerful
Depending on your mood and needs, choose from five different learning modes:
Familiarize Mode gives you a taste of the material before diving in.
Learn Mode is the most powerful study mode, keeping track of your scores, retesting incorrect answers, and letting you pause and resume study sessions.
Test Mode is the most versatile study mode, supporting short-answer, matching, multiple choice and true/false testing, or any combination. It also scores your answers with easy-to-read corrections.
Scatter is a fun matching game which lets you drag and drop questions and answers with your mouse while racing against the clock.
Space Race is the ultimate video game study simulation. Racing the clock, you type in answers to questions flying overhead before they evade your grasp.
With a free Quizlet account you can
Keep track of your studying progress.
Join and create groups with your classmates.
Get emails when your friends create study sets.
Create your own sets.
Teacher Features
Give your students a study tool that's both powerful and fun, encouraging them to learn.
Share study materials online with your classes, or generate photocopy-ready flashcards for in-class distribution.
Host a group where your students can create and discuss study materials for your class.
Notify students by email when you've posted new study materials, and receive messages back from them.
See what other teachers are teaching at your grade level and in your subject area.
Quiz
Matching, flashcard, concentration, word search
Battleship
Challenge board
Cloze
Columns
Hangman
Jumbled words
Ordered list
Patterns, etc
Formative - the pupils can see how quickly they are answering and discuss why an answer is right or wrong
Boston – unsure what was!
Many months before hit Radio One, Stephen Fry, Jonathan Ross and Philip Scoffield
Follow educators from around the world
Look at who I follow for ideas
Complete your profile so people get an idea of what you are interested in
Cf MFL Resources and blogs, IOW etc
List of educators on Twitter
Static, need for accuracy
One thing I couldn’t live without!
Vital
Set up emails according to whether want resources or not
Worth daily deluge, to my mind
Huge forum for sharing, very generous with resources and advice
MFL Resources wiki and diigo group