Listen-and-Write/ Activity

Name: My favourite thing
Focus: Listening, writing and speaking.
Grouping scheme:  Individuals

Explanation: 

You should go to this link  http://www.listen-and-write.com/audio/choose/1689 and take the dictation on My favourite thing. Use the Full Mode. When you finish it you should explain to your teacher what the girl's favourite thing is and why. Then write a brief paragraph about your favourite thing, accounting for your answer. Once you have written your paragraph, you should record it in and mp3 and upload it. Go to this link and follow the steps to upload your audio. http://www.listen-and-write.com/audio/prenew



Go to this link to see how listen-and-write works http://web20inelt.blogspot.com/2011/11/listen-and-write.html#!/2011/11/listen-and-write.html




Evaluation:

You will be evaluated as regards the usage of the website. Your written work will also be evaluated; the appropriate use of language and punctuation marks will be taken into account.

Gizmoz / Activity

Name: Your own Avatars!
Focus: Writing
Grouping scheme:  Individuals

Explanation: 

You should go to this link  http://www.gizmoz.com/newsite/presite/home.jsp and create two Avatars (a male and a female one). Be as much creative as possible; choose different  faces, hairstyles, make up, accesories, shoes, predetermined outfits and clothing. Once you have finished, you should write a detailed description of your two characters.

Go to this link to see how Gizmoz  works. http://web20inelt.blogspot.com/2011/11/gizmoz.html

Evalualion:

The proper usage of the website will be evaluated as well as the description of your characters. The appropriate use of the language and punctuation marks will be taken into account.

Glogster/ Activity

Name: Your favourite band!
Focus: Writing and speaking
Grouping scheme:  Individuals
Explanation: 


Prepare an oral presentation of your favourite band. This presentation should be delivered with a poster made in Glogster as a visual aid.

Include all this information in the poster
A- Name of the band.
B- Where they are from.
C- Famous songs.
D- Members.
E- A short biography of the band.
F- Why you like this band.
G- Relevant pictures to deliver your presentation.


Go to this link to create the poster. http://edu.glogster.com/




You can visit this link to learn how to create a poster.  http://web20inelt.blogspot.com/2011/11/glogster.html#!/2011/11/glogster.html

Evaluation:

The proper usage of the website will be evaluated. As regards the oral presentation, fluency, accurate use of the language and pronunciation will be considered.

Wordle-Activity

Name: Planning our graduation trip!
Focus: Writing and speaking
Grouping scheme:  groups of three




Explanation: 


1- Make a list of the activities you would like to do during your graduation trip.
2- Get into groups of three and share your list with the rest of your classmates.
3- Decide which activity you would like to do first and which ones you would not like to do; discuss this with your group. The teacher will monitor the discussion.
4- Show your results to the rest of the class in a word cloud.
5- Go to the following link to create your word cloud http://www.wordle.net/




Go to the following link to see how to use wordle. http://web20inelt.blogspot.com/2011/10/wordle.html#!/2011/10/wordle.html

Evaluation:

The adequate use of the website will be evaluated as well as the discussion with your group.

Gizmoz

You can use this tool to create avatars. You will be able to choose faces, hairstyles, make up, accesories, shoes, predetermined outfits, clothing, etc.

How to use it?

1- Go to the following link http://www.gizmoz.com/newsite/presite/home.jsp  and click on Create your own Avatar.

2- Sign up or Log in to start creating your Avatar.

3- Choose the Male presets so that you decide if your avatar will be a woman or a man.

3- Choose the morphs, scars, clothes and make-up you want for your Avatar. Click on Save for every change you make.

4- Click on Publish once your character is finished.

5- Click on Download.

6-  Click again on Download once your image is precessed.

7- Finally, you will see your Avatar.



Go to this link to do an activity. http://web20inelt.blogspot.com/2011/11/gizmoz-activity.html

Glogster

You can use Glogster to make and share interactive posters. This tool is really entertaining for students; they can mix text,images,videos and audios.

How to use it?

1- Go the Gloster's webpage: http://edu.glogster.com/. and clik on

CREATE YOUR OWN GLOG NOW!

2-Clik on Wall to change the wall of your poster. Choose the one you like the most and click onf Use it!

3- Click on Text to insert a text and choose a text type. You should click on Use it when you select any text type.

4- Click on Edit to insert a text and then press OK. You can change the font typy, colour and size by clicking on AB1.

5- Click on Image to upload images. you can upload images from your computer, copy the link of a picture or use a webcam to make to take your own pictures.

6- Click on Draw to draw something you want. You can choose any colour you would like to use.

7- Click on OK when your drawing is finished.

8- Click on Preview to see your poster before uploading it and then press Save or Publish.

9- Write a name for your poster and choose the category it belongs to (art, social sciences, languages, etc). Then, click on Save.

10- You should register or log in so that others can see your poster.

 

Go to this linnk to an activity. http://web20inelt.blogspot.com/2011/11/glogster-activity.html

Listen-and-Write

This site allows users to listen to audio excerpts and then transcribe those excerpts. The audio selections are taken from newscasts, sourced from various news organizations. Users can play back the selections in three different modes, full, quick, and blank. The full mode requires the user to type every letter of every word; the quick mode needs only the first letter of each word and then provides the remainder; and the blank mode inserts blank spaces for random words, which the user has to fill in with the correct letters. Various languages and proficiency levels are supported.

How to use it?

1- You should sign in or create a free account to use this site. You can also hace access to it using your facebook account. If you create an account, you should select the language you want for dictations.

2- Once you created your account, click on  Let's start listen and write

3- You can select audio from these categories: levels; youtube;categories; groups and channels.

4- Decide on the mood you would like to do the dictation.

5- Wait for the audio to load and then start doing the dictation. You can first listen to the whole of it before doing the dictation.

6- The dictation will be divided in different tracks which will be repeated over and over again until you write the correct word.  If you are stuck with a word you can also click on Hint and the word will be provided for you in a different colour.

The site also provides you with a tutorial to use listen-and-write. It is really very helpful!!

http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/listenWrite/index.html

Go to this link to do an activity. http://web20inelt.blogspot.com/2011/11/listen-and-write-activity.html

Wordle

Wordle is a tool to generate “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use whenever you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

How to use it?

 

1- Go to the following website: http://www.wordle.com/and click on Create

2- Choose one of the following options


A- Paste in a bunch of text or,

B- Enter the URL of any blog, blog feed or any otherweb page that has an Atom or Rss feed    

C- Enter a del.icio.us user name to see the tags.

And click on "GO":

3- Once the word cloud is created you can edit it, change its language, font,  layout and colour.

4-You can click on the option Print or the option Save it to public gallery. If you click on "Save to public gallery", you have to give your cloud a title and create your user`s name.

5- Finally you can copy and paste an embed code if you want to share your word cloud

Go to this link  to do an activity http://web20inelt.blogspot.com/2011/11/wordle-activity.html

This Blog will provide teachers with some useful ideas when teaching English and using web2.0 tools. This blog has been created for the subject  ICT in Eglish teaching at UTN/INSPT.

Why using blogs in the classroom?

Dudeney and Hockly (2008) stated that blogs provide a 'real-world' tool for learners with which to practise their written English, as well as a way of contacting learners from other parts of the world if the blog is used as part of an international exchange.

Why should teachers use blogs in the classroom?

Blogs cab be used to connect learners to other communities of learners, for example to a class in another country.
The ideas and content can be generated and created by learners, either individually or collaboratively.