This document discusses how social media and ICT can be used in MFL teaching and provides examples of 11 websites and tools that teachers can use with students, including Wordle, Image Chef, Tagxedo, Wallwisher, Linoit, Voicethread, Voki, Toondoo, Go Animate, Storybird, and Glogster. It describes how each tool can be used to introduce topics, practice vocabulary, analyze texts, help with presentations, and encourage collaboration. The document concludes by mentioning options for sharing student work via blogs and wikis and providing contact information for the author.
1. Social Media and ICT in MFL
Helena Butterfield
http://helenabutterfield.net
2. Objectives today
• To know how MFL teachers are using Social
Media and ICT
• To know about some websites that could be
used with pupils to use their languages
• To have a go at using some of the tools we
have found out about
http://ril-studentambassadors.wikispaces.com/
7. Uses and ideas
Introduce a topic
Introduce, learn, memorise, revise or
practice vocabulary
Analyse the content and gist of a longer
text
Compare two texts at different levels
Help pupils how to do a presentation
without reading from a sheet
Use key words as a writing promt
Pupils create a “Key Words” wordle
16. Ideas for use
• Spontaneous speaking
• Prepare for presentations
• Collaboration
• Creative speaking / writing
17. 7.Voki: www.voki.com
Create a
talking avatar
• Use for Speaking Assessments
• Create one account for all pupils to access
• Make the sound recording in Audacity
before they make the Voki
19. 9. Go Animate: www.goanimate.com
•Pupils create their own accounts
•Give specified number of slides to create
•Pupils can email you the URL of their video
Video
20. 10. Storybird:
http://storybird.com
• Write a book
• Develop creative writing
• Some MFL teacher have already made
several Storybirds which can be found
here: http://mfl-storybirds.wikispaces.com