Voki speaking avatars are great tools for the classroom. Teachers and students alike can create avatars and use them in a number of ways to make learning fun and more accessible.
How to use VoiceThread 25 Interesting Ways* to use VoiceThread in the Classroom (*and tips) is a VoiceThread offering ideas for lessons on problem solving, collaboration on artwork, video discussions, revision/review, playwriting, poetry, and more.
This was that article from this week and I just book marked it with the browser tool. I was not, however able to highlight on it. I didn't try sticky notes...
This article looks at the question from a more theoretical standpoint.
When asked to identify the benefits of the synchronous learning activities concerning the correction of errors, the participants point out that events and actions are unpredictable in the online lessons and the online interviews, which provide students with an opportunity to stretch their command of the language.
The results from the present study show that the preferred correction strategies are explicit corrections and recast.
All it takes is a QR reading app on a smartphone to quickly and instantly hear the student’s voice.
On Wheel Decide, teachers can type in the words that they want displayed on the wheel and on each click the wheel spins and lands on a random color.
I was drawn to this because the title was intriguing:) The idea of the app is an interesting one, although my first reaction in the example one here is that there are potentially a lot of stereotypes being (re)produced. I would be curious what you do with it!
I like how useful this tool is for engaging students, pushes them to develop skills faster, for assessments and to avoid the "drill and kill" process that is demotivating.
I've used google forms for sending surveys to staff before. I've NEVER thought about how cool it would be to use for students and collecting answers on quizzes or analyzing the answer responses they submit. I probably would use this more if I was teaching in the upper grades... Any ideas for K-2 ESL uses??
Fascinating that Facebook does not want to add a dislike button because of advertisers. I am not sure that an "enemy" button taps into critical thinking, how about a disagree button? And then you can explain in the comment section why.
I have taken the plunge with this one. My students are using their Spanish names for their screen names. Special accents are pretty easy to insert in this platform.
It looks interesting, Charles! You'll have to let us know later on how things are going and what kinds of things you found worked well in that environment! Thanks for sharing the site.
This article gives a brief overview about why Google+ is useful to educators, and has some links to related articles at the bottom with more information on how educators can and should be using G+ in their classrooms.
Cool!! If anyone is looking to see how a hangout could work, and you speak Spanish or Chinese, maybe try this out!
The idea is simple: I want to host a public Hangout (so anyone can join) and people may come in and practice with me any one of the three languages I speak (Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, and yes English too!). I’m not counting Japanese yet because I still can’t really produce Japanese effectively.
As many as 145 languages are spoken in Minnesota public schools. This fall, students with the University of Minnesota's School of Journalism and Mass Communication are working with MPRNews to explore that classroom diversity -- and sharing a bit of what they find as they go.
Incredible. I knew Minnesota is diverse.. you just need to go outside and see it. But, data shown in this page is amazing.
I also have read some of the other posts. I think that this could be a good resource for high school or college because it shows facts, and authentic stories.
Thanks Amy, I also have used Audacity, but just to have students record their answers to an oral test. Now I've learned about other uses and other tools. Great!