1. 4th TeachMeet Int’l

2. Sharing emotions: Using photo
slideshows in the lesson
Lenka Kroupová
@Lenka_Kroupova
Teacher of English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing,
Ph. D. student at the Dept. of Romance Literatures
Masaryk University
Brno, Czech Republic

3. Where did the idea come from?
• Enhance social interaction to harness production
• Provide scaffolding to support oral/written production
• Orient lessons to the learners´ interests
Resource used
• Mobile phones photos
• Tablet photos
• Slideshow creators

4. Implementation ideas
• Take 5 pics on your way to school and tell us why
you chose them and what they are
• Take 5 pics of the school/learning environment and
tell us what you like/dislike about it
• How was Jim´s weekend/trip/work day?
• Show us your hobbies (show other student a few
photos and let him guess)
• People in my life
• Thigs that worry me
• Things that make me happy
And many more... 
The thing that makes me worried and happy

5. Positives for the students
• Wish to share interesting or important moments
• Wish to share verbally why they choose the pic, tell the others
about it
Positives for the teacher
• Tool to harness student´s willingness to communicate in L2
• Personalization tool
Where the positives meet
• Engagement, curiosity, motivation
• Fun
• Possibility to share

6. Slideshow tools
Slide.ly
http://slide.ly/
Create free Slideshow with photos and music. Import your photos
from Facebook, Instagram, Picasa, Flickr or your PC.
You can upload up to 90 photos, add music and type comments to
each photo.
Example:
http://slide.ly/view/2e9aa9aed71cc3ca415fb0d4ab885145

7. Slideshow tools
PhotoSnack
http://www.photosnack.com/
Online photo slideshow maker that allows you to create
professional photo slideshows and share them on the web.
Flash photo slideshow.
Example:
http://share.snacktools.com/FAF9E697C6F/pdc92unc

8. What message would you like to convey to your colleagues?
Give it a try and let me know how it worked.
It´s easy and very likely higly engaging 
@Lenka_Kroupova
FB: Lenka Kroupová