Useful Tools for the Learning and Teaching of English
1. Useful Tools fortheLearning and Teaching of English MARÍA LUISA OCHOA FERNÁNDEZ Dpto. Filología Inglesa Universidad de Huelva maochoa@uhu.es Módulo: APRENDIZAJE Y ENSEÑANZA DE LAS MATERIAS DE LA ESPECIALIDAD: LENGUA EXTRANJERA (INGLÉS). Máster de Enseñanza Secundaria
3. There are manydifferentoptionsto do a presentation: A conventionalpowerpointpresentation An online powerpointpresentation: - Slideshare: example1, example 2 - Authorstream: example - Sliderocket (trial version) 3. A more dynamicpresentation: - Prezi: example 1(passivevoice), example 2 (present simple vs. Presentcontinuous), prezi tutorial Allthepresentations done in 2. and 3. can beposted in a website (blog, wiki, googlesite, etc)
6. Chronologicalpostingfromthemostrecent. Whatis a blog? A blog isanasynchroniccollaborativetoolthatallowsanybodytoexpresstheir ideas and thoughts and share themwiththerest of theworld. Besidesitis free. Watch: Blogs in plainEnglish(video) Normally oneauthor Comments can beleftbyreaders Whatistheirpedagogical use? It can be a classroom blog. http://lolabilingual.blogspot.com/ It can be a teacher´s blog. http://iesquevedobilingue.blogspot.com/ It can be a student´s blog. http://wapus.org/apus/students_blogs.htm#ESO_2 Interactive Collaborative More aboutblogging: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/blogging-elt
7. Two of themostfamous and broadlyusedbloggingplatforms: www.blogger.com , (video tocreate a blog withblogger), tutorial (in Spanish)www.wordpress.com (video tutorial) / Someexamples: http://englishfortourismstudies.blogspot.com http://englisharound.blogspot.com/ http://englishies.blogspot.com/http://elblogdelingles.blogspot.com/http://auroenglish.blogspot.com http://anasuarez-bilinguismo.blogspot.com/http://lolabilingual.blogspot.com/
8. WIKIS Collaborativetool Severalauthors at thesame time Whatis a Wiki ? (Video Wikis in plain in PlainEnglish) Createyourwikispace Whereto host it? Wikispaces (wikispaces manual) Wikipedia: themostfamous wiki Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Structure can bemodifiedbyanyauthor Ideal forcollaborativework Constructingknowledge
10. Moodleis a free platformyou can use ifyouwantto set up a course web. Itiseasyto use. There are plenty of tutorialsliketheoneshere. Remembertheplatformwe are usingfortheMasterisMoodle.
11. Creating a virtual classroom MOODLE Download: http://download.moodle.org/windows/ InstalationMoodle: http://docs.moodle.org/es/Instalaci%C3%B3n_de_moodle Tutorials: http://www.calameo.com/read/0003626767d105d827316ftp://ftp.unach.edu.ec/moodle/moodle_profesor.pdf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLlFwn5nfgs&feature=related (tocreate a virtual classroom)
18. Creating a webpage Ifyoujustwanttocreate a webpage, you can use veryeasyapplications. Youdon’tneedexpertknowledgetomakeone. Checkgooglesites(example) and weebly (example).
20. Whatis PODCASTING? Whatis a Podcast? Itis a soundfilethat can beplayedonthe net, downloadedoruploaded so as tobelistenedtoonan mp3/mp4 playeror a computer. Veryusefulforspeaking and listening Itisveryeasyto do thankstotoolslike AUDACITY thatallowsustocreatepodcasts in a quick and easyway.
21. Itis a programmeto record, edit and exportrecordings in mp3 format and thereforewhatisneededtocreate a PODCAST.
22. To record yourmessage Tosaveit in thecorrectformat To do thisyouneedtohaveinstalledpreviously MP3 lame. Clickhere
24. Creating a resourcelisthttp://delicious.com/ Create a list of links youfrequently use in class. You can tagthem and they are easilymanagable. “It is a a social book-marking site which allows you to access your book-marks from any computer. It also allows your colleagues and students to share your bookmarks” José Picardo Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
40. Vokicreation VokiCreation It can beused in class in manydifferentways: togivemessages, toletstudentsexpressthemselves in a creativewayorjustto introduce themselves You can use: Theoptiontexttospeech Theoption of recordingyourself Toknow more: http://sites.google.com/site/letsticenglish/recursos-esl/text-to-speechvoki-personajesquehablan
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42. Using social networks Some social networks are startingtobeused in classwitheducationalpurposes Twitter(microblogging) Thetwitterexperiment Twitter in PlainEnglish Facebook Using social networks
44. Web tools There are manydifferent web toolsonthe net tobeused in blogs, wikis, webspacesfordidacticpurposes. Hereyouwillfindtwoupdatedlistscompiledbytwo ICT experts. In themyou can findeverythingyouneed.Web toolsby José Picardo Tools Web 2.0. Tools forTeachers http://www.boxoftricks.net http://quickshout.blogspot.com/
45. SomeInterestingWebsites: There are manydifferentwebsitesyou can findusefulforthelearningand teaching of English. These are justsome of themostpopular ones. Butyou can findmany more. . . http://www.isabelperez.com http://a4esl.org/ http://www.eslcafe.com/ http://www.manythings.org/ http://www.elllo.org/ http://www.eslcafe.com/ http://www.englishclub.com/ http://www.esl-lab.com/ http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omlisten/contenidotematico.htm http://www.mansioningles.com/index.htm http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ http://world-english.org/