Writing Activities using web2tools

2. Gabino Barreda

3. Mexico city, UNAM

4. 2009

5. Tasks Sender This is our favorite snack Message Audience

7. Integrated with other skills.

10. Wall wisher

11. Photopeach

12. Slide

13. Bookr

15. Template for poems

16. Cartoon strips

17. Models for different genders of texts.

18. Microblogging: Edmodo www.edmodo.com

19. How does Edmodo work? Members Alert messages are sent via e-mail Member sends a message

20. Create a group: Brazil-Mexico

21. Posting : like a forum

22. You can link to other sites. Wallwisher text+links to videos, or webpages

24. Increased attention .We look for insights about storyteller.

25. Involvement with emotions. ¨ My favorite... friend story keepsake place

27. http:// pimpam pum.net/bookr http://pimpampum.net/bookr

28. The book should have a cover and 6 pages

29. Make a photobook describing your best friend. The photos don´t have to be real, you can select them from flickr.

30. Telling a story with pictures Bookr www.pimpampum.net

31. You can browse through the pages looks and feels like an e- book You can see the books of others. “ My best friend and me at school” Real pictures versus fiction

32. Pictures+ caption+music http://photopeach.com/home

33. Photopeach : a story with pictures

35. Images More sophisticated ideas can be expressed Visual elements help to create a rich context

36. News about.... ( a bit of everything)

37. Wikis are about sharing and working together amongst us and with others abroad

39. Powerpoint presentations

40. Pictures

41. Maps

42. Calendars

43. Pdf, documents

44. Pbworks Describing the life of. .. .

45. Royal families around the world Bringing the world to the class

46. Sharing and learning with others abroad Mexican students – and a group from Conneticut Hola Estudiantes! We have been reading all about you all, and have been learning how to write back and respond en Espanol! We would like to make our own page to send to you and show you how we celebrated el Dia de Los Muertos here at Talcott Mountain Academy! We made our "ofrenda" early in class by setting our yellow tablecloth, and making our sugar skulls! The sugar skulls took mucho tiempo!

47. Cross- cultural contrast Bailamos, comimos, y rompimos una pinata! We played games, ate some tortilla chips and salsa, and made notes and letters to our loved ones who passed away! Para nos abuelos, mascotas, y amigos escribimos muchas notas de amor y cuentos! We gathered on our "afrombra" and told cuentos de susto, y hablamos de la historia de Dia de Los Muertos! It was a good time! Gracias! We also were in "disfrasos" and were in a Halloween "parada"! We have some "retratos" of nosotros here! We will post them "aqui" so you can see us, and know what we did for Halloween! Thanks for checking us out! Senorita Peralta (Talcott Mt. Academy, Connecticut, US)

50. Other types of activities perfect for the wiki: Collaborative writing

51. Group work (cross-cultural activities) Get in groups of 3 Watch the following videoclip and create a story. It can be in English or Spanish depending on the language you are learning. Write your story in this wiki below the videoclip. Remember to write your names. Thanks for participating.

53. The individual relation to others and the wider world

54. Interdependence celebrating culture and community

55. Learning, knowing and doing – knowing,

56. understanding, exploring and making sense (skills)

57. Exciting the imagination

58. What do students think? 24 students answered an online survey published in the class blog Tool : SurveyMonkey.com

60. Creating a blog was

61. Did you like publishing your videoclip? 50 % said a lot 50% more or less 0% not very much 0% not at all Fun 42% Easy 50% Difficult 4.2% 79% yes 20.8% No

62. Did you like taking videodictation? 66.7% yes 33.3% no

64. Why?

66. My questions: How perfect should a student´s writing be before publishing? “ I do not want to overcorrect and make the student feel frustated”. “We practised group editing and still there are spelling, and grammar mistakes”. “Is there a way to empower students giving them tools for self-correction?” “Maybe, I need to try some of the new e-tool available like whitesmoke” ?

67. Self-correction tool

68. Thanks to my enthustiastic colleagues in Brazil and USA who made this delightful experience possible. Thanks for participating, giving ideas, and sharing. We might have been miles apart but were close indeed showing interest and appreciation for each others´ students. Ana Ma. Menenzes (Brazil) Ms. Elba (Brazil) Rebecca Schrawen (USA) Ida Peralta (USA)

70. Ms Elba from Brazil

71. Rebecca Schrauwen form Michigan

72. Idania Peralta from

73. Conneticut “ We have experienced the power of globalization.” Our students have discovered the global village through technology. We need to keep exploring .....