Top techie teacher tools a z University of Cumbria
1.
2. • free • create sound files
• video/presentation • mobile app
• share
• add music
3. • free
• share thoughts
• read other’s ideas
• find out about good practice
• collect them in one place
through using RSS feeds
4. • free
• behaviour management system
• pupils can earn points and lose points
• accessible via desktop or mobile device
• pupil access and pupil avatars
5. • free
• share folders with groups/individuals
• the more people you invite, the more space
you have
• MFL Twitterati folders (Spanish, French,
German and general)
6. • free
• bookmarking online
• can share and follow lists
• have created an MFL revision list for pupils
• reduce bookmarks using tag feature
7. • free
• create class groups for pupils
• communicate with teacher or pupils
• looks like Facebook
• share messages, documents, links, set
assignments etc
8. • handheld video camera
• easy to use
• USB flips out for easy connection
• great for blogging, encouraging the use
target language and giving a real purpose to
an activity
9. • searching specifically using filetype: doc/ppt
etc
• Google apps – reader, videos, maps, drive, mail
• make interactive posters
• educational accounts available
10. • free
• make different types of games
• can publish on blog or website eg.
languagesonline.org.uk
• examples on my site
11. • iPad, iTunes, iPod, iPhone
• phenomenal apps – favourites include
wordreference, linguascope, cartoon makers,
voice recorders
• GCSE material made by teachers for free in
iTunes
12. • share and create screencasts, images and
videos
• collaborate
• free
• snagit and camtasia are run by the same
people that do more detailed things
13. • electronic resources linked to AQA Nelson
Thornes text books, subscription only
• KS3-5
• audio visual, soundfiles, downloadable
worksheets, supports and supplements the
textbook
• eBook with links to Kerboodle files
• (OUP offers ActivTeach)
15. • my Languages Online
• department for Education
• games and activities
• scoreboard
• free
16. • authentic materials
• can change language
• includes videos and transcripts
• other news sites eg El País, 20 minutes
• authentic websites offer a wealth of material
17. • Oye, Zut, Gut, Zut Jnr
• free after 4pm, minimal cost
• games and interactive exercises
18. • make presentations
• linear, non-linear
• zooms in and out
• can add images, videos and hyperlinks
19. • vocabulary learning
• can create own quizzes and classes
• can monitor who is playing/accessing
• can add pre-existing lists to your classes
20. • Reader to collect blogs and read easily
• works using RSS feeds
• tells me automatically when a blog/page
is updated and feeds it onto my reader
list
• saves accessing 30 different pages just
to see if there is anything new
21. • storybird
• make and tell stories
• great for younger students
• MFL storybird wiki
22. • follow other educators and linguists
• tweet and share ideas
• best CPD around!
• @spanishsam
• protect your tweets?
23. • create avatars that speak
• add voice by typing or uploading a sound file
• make the character look however you want
24. • put virtual post-its on a wall
• great for feedback or collecting ideas
• MFL collection of reading and listening tips
for the GCSE exam
• LinoIt is an alternative
25. • word clouds : Wordle, ImageChef, Tagxedo
• see blog post on different ways to use them
in the classroom
27. • authentic materials
• music, film
• grammar help
• share with the world
• alternatives: TeacherTube, TES
video,teachersmedia.co.uk
• download videos using Zamzar
28. • games
• teachers can make and share pre-made games
• all topics
• free
29.
30. Sign up to Quizlet using a username
that you would be happy for students to
see (mine is MissLunn)
Browse through some of the vocab lists
that already exist – maybe look at mine!
Try to make a vocab list of your own
Can you create a class?
How would you have pupils find that
vocabulary list?
32. 1. Vamos a escribir mucho
2.Vamos a utilizar el ordenador
3.Vamos a cantar
4.Vamos a trabajar en grupos.
5.Vamos a hacer un test 10/10
6.Vamos a estudiar ‘el colegio’.
7.Vamos a hablar en español
33. La Tarea: The Task
Create a short audio file using a
mobile device, an easispeak
microphone or a DVR
In your audio clip you must give the
following information about yourself:
name, where you are from, why you
like teaching languages, your top tip
from today
You can do this in any language that
you wish EXCEPT your native mother
tongue
34. Recording with EasiSpeak
What the light means:
•flashing orange – ready to play/record
• green – playing
•flashing green – paused
•red – recording
35. Voki
• Go to www.voki.com and click ‘Get Started’.
A. Customize your character.
B. Give it a voice by selecting the FILE icon. Browse for
your sound file (which you will have needed to upload)
and then click UPLOAD.
C. Set the background.
D. Click publish.
E. Give it a title.
F. You DO NOT need to register on the website, if a
box appears asking you to, just click NO THANKS.
G. You should now have a page with html code – this
needs to be copied and pasted into an email, so open
up your email and send it to me at
samantha_lunn@hotmail.com.
H. I will share these with you!
37. Other things to try today
• sign up to twitter (and follow me,
@spanishsam)
• create a storybird
• start your own blog with what you have
learnt today
• play some games on Zondle, MYLO,
languagesonline or Oye/Zut/Gut
• Make your own animated video using
animoto or xtranormal