Professional Learning Tech Links - 3 views
started by Anita Minguela on 27 Jun 13
started by Anita Minguela on 27 Jun 13
started by Anita Minguela on 27 Jun 13
started by Anita Minguela on 27 Jun 13
1. FREE TIIU PIX - http://freetiiupix.cwahi.net/
Teacher and student approved -- download free photographs in multiple categories. Great for slide shows, lesson plans, assignments and projects and adding images to your lesson plans All the photographs on this website are original image
2. Yacapaca! 15K quizzes in every subject http://yacapaca.com/
3. This webpage from the National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLR) provides ideas for integrating social media in the world language classroom.
National Capital Language Resource Center - Tech for Teachers http://nclrc.org/teachers_corner/tech_for_teachers/feature.html
4. 5 Benefits of Using Backchannels In Your Classroom (informal assessment tools)
Backchannels allow : 1. Shy students are given a place to ask questions and contribute to conversations.
2. Students who process information by asking a lot of questions can ask an unlimited amount of questions without dominating the classroom conversation. Everyone can see their questions and you can choose when to address their questions.
3. Gauge your students' interest in and or prior knowledge of a topic.
4. Extend your classroom conversations beyond the time in your school's schedule. If you have started a backchannel during a classroom conversation and it's going well you don't have to worry about running out of time because you can have students continue the dialogue later in the day. Students who thing of a question or comment later in the day can add them without having to wait until the next class meeting to share that question or comment.
5. Gauge the effectiveness of an activity in real time. By having students share questions and comments during an activity, you can get an immediate sense of the effectiveness of that activity by gathering feedback from all of your students
Here are 3 Backchannels:
TodaysMeet - http://todaysmeet.com/
Padlet, http://padlet.com/
Socrative http://socrative.com/
5. Use Twitter for Professional Learning -
Some examples of people I follow:
* Marc Prensky
* ACTFL
* Spanish Dict
* Radio Lingua Spanish
* Free Spanish
* Living Language Spanish
* El Pais
* As well as many other ED Techies
6. 22 Frames http://www.22frames.com/ 22 Frames is a service that provides a central location for locating captioned videos for learning English and for Internet users who have hearing impairments. 22 Frames provides more than just captioned videos. For each video 22 Frames provides a list of idioms, slang words, and commonly mispronounced words in each video. 22 Frames tells viewers where each use of idioms, slang, and commonly mispronounced words appears in each video. Viewers can click on any of the words in the lists provided by 22 Frames to find a definition for each word and to find pronunciation tips.
Many Tips from Free Technology from Teachers
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/