A brief set of notes on a range of resources to use in an ESL classroom.

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MALTED
Malted is a free tool provided by the Ministry of Education to design interactive didactic
lessons for languages.
How can I start using Malted in my classroom?
Just go to the site and choose the level you teach, for example, let’s imagine you are a Primary
teacher, so you click on and choose the level you need.
Let’s imagine you need First Year, just click on and surf all the lessons
available. When you’ve decided which one you’d like to see, just click on and you’ll be
able to work with it online. The example below shows the lesson entitled The Hungry Ants.
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You can surf around it to know it well, and then use it with your students. One of the
advantages of these lessons is that they include tasks for all the skills: reading, writing,
listening and speaking, since students can even record their own voice, save it and then you
can collect the recordings later and assess them.
Apart from viewing the lessons online, you can also download them to your computer and
work on them locally so that you don’t depend on your internet connection, it’s easy. Let’s go
back to the lessons for First Year, Primary Education and click on Download.
Then, scroll up or down and click on . It will take straight to the
instructions on how to download this lesson on your computer. Just follow the steps.
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Click on AQUÍ and then, when a new window opens, click on ABRIR.
The download and installation of the lesson will start, just keep clicking on Next until you
finish.
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When you are ready, Click on Start:
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The blue bar will show you the progress.
When it’s finished, just click on Create direct access to your desktop if you like and finally, click
on Finish.
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You will then see the on your desktop; just double click on it to open it, and this is
what you will find:
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This is the whole structure of all the materials available from Malted. This structure is only
downloaded once, the first time you download a lesson from the web; then, the more lessons
you download, the more you’ll build up on this structure, the more materials will be added.
The example you’ve just downloaded, The Hungry Ants, is part of the didactic units for Primary
Education, so in order to open it locally in your computer, you’ll have to click on
and you’ll open the different
ways the units are offered, either depending on the level they belong to, ,
or on the European Framework, . The more units you download, the more
you’ll see under these divisions. If you click, for instance, on , this is what
you will find:
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Obviously it is The Hungry Ants, the lesson you’ve just downloaded. Now you can work with it
locally and you can also have a look at the Teacher’s Notes for it ; you don’t have to worry
about your internet connection any more.
Apart from the lessons themselves, Malted also offers you other extra printable classroom
resources, which extend the work with the interactive lessons and allow you to assess your
students’ work. Just surf around Recursos aula on Malted web and find those you need to use.
Other sites to learn more about Malted
http://recursostic.educacion.es/blogs/malted/index.php
http://recursostic.educacion.es/malted/web/curso_malted_basico/index.htm
http://recursostic.educacion.es/malted/web/curso_malted_avanzado/index.htm
http://recursostic.educacion.es/malted/web/malted_aula/Malted_en_el_aula/entrada_al_cur
so.htm
http://recursostic.educacion.es/malted/web/documentos/tutorial/Tutorial_Malted/index.htm
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http://recursostic.educacion.es/malted/web/documentos/pautas_pedagogicas_web/index.ht
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VOXOPOP
Voxopop is a free online tool to create talkgroups, either public or private, and get your
students talking.
How can I start using Voxopop in my classroom?
First, sign up and surf the public talkgroups around so as to understand how it works. Then,
create your first talkgroup by clicking on and set your privacy settings. Once
in, record your first message, let your students know that they are going to use a talkgroup to
discuss various topics, send out invitation, establish dates for the debates, let them discuss,
assess them and keep it up. The only thing you’ll need is a micro, the recorded is embedded.
See below some pictures of a sample private talkgroup:
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VOKI
Voki is a free place that allows you to create free speaking avatars and embed them on your
blog, web, online classroom and so on.
How can I start using Voki in my classroom?
First, register, confirm and log in. Then create your first voki:
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You can also create a class account, just take into account that your students must be 13 or
over to be able to have their own voki account, but if yours are younger, you can always create
your educational vokis and embed them in your blog.
Further ideas to use Voki
http://www.voki.com/voki_faq.php#4
http://www.voki.com/lesson_plans.php
MORE RESOURCES TO USE ICT IN YOUR CLASSROOM
 Create a school or class channel on Youtube. Sample channel:
www.youtube.com/eoiluarca
 Create an online TV set with Livestream. Sample live TV:
http://www.livestream.com/eoiluarca
 Publish online magazines, books, leaflets with Issuu. Sample publications:
http://issuu.com/publicacioneseoiluarca
 Create online glogs with Glogster. Sample glogs:
o http://eoiluarca.edu.glogster.com/leer-en-la-eoi-de-luarca
o http://eoiluarca.edu.glogster.com/concurso-marcapaginas2011/
o http://eoiluarca.edu.glogster.com/mercadillo-solidario-2011/
o http://eoiluarca.edu.glogster.com/cocina-cultura/
 Create online wordgames with Wordle. Sample wordle:
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2943875/Back_to_school_on_Monday_10_Januar
y_2011
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USEFUL LINKS
FORVO: http://es.forvo.com/ All words pronounced.
ELLLO: http://www.elllo.org/ Practising listening comprehension.
LYRICS TRAINING: http://www.lyricstraining.com/ Learning with songs.
PODCAST ALLEY: http://www.podcastalley.com/ Free Podcasts.
PODOMATIC: http://www.podomatic.com/login Create, manage and share podcasts.
WEBQUESTS: http://www.webquest.org/index.php Managing webquests.
YAPPR: http://en.yappr.com/welcome/Welcome2.action Watch, listen and learn
AGREGA: http://www.proyectoagrega.es/default/Inicio Bank of digital resources for all
subjects.
TEACHER TUBE: http://teachertube.com/videoList.php?pg=featuredvideolist Youtube for
teachers.
PREZI: http://prezi.com/ Creating presentations.
VOZME: http://vozme.com/index.php?lang=en From text to speech.
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