2 Fluffy Ideas for Sara Sullivan- ICT in MFL

My top 7 fluffy ICT hints [email_address] www.chrisfuller.typepad.com – where all of today’s presentations will be available to download www.edgehillcollege.typepad.com

First, important things to know...

I AM NOT AN ICT EXPERT!!!

I am a Spanish teacher, who was taught how to use PowerPoint 4 years ago.

I do not know how the Internet works, I just push buttons, especially the back button when things go wrong.

First, important things to know...

2) The ideas that I pass on in this session are not...

Completely comprehensive

They will not destroy your life

3) No notes needed- will be on www.chrisfuller.typepad.com

“ If school is to be a truly rewarding experience for today’s students, it must be relevant to them.” Connected magazine, Learning and teaching Scotland

1 blag a blog

What is a blog?!?!?!

Blog= web log

Traditionally used as an online diary

A typical blog combines a variety of media forms

Key element is huge increase in interactivity- INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY.

Blogging

Who uses blogs?

Teachers for motivation

www.edgehillcollege.typepad.com

www.roydslanguagesdepartment.typepad.com

Teachers for reflections / to share ideas

http://tinyurl.com/ycdamq (Neil Jones, resources)

www.boxoftricks.net (Jose Picardo, ideas)

Blogging

What can we actually use a blog for?!?!

Showing pupils’ work

Sharing files

Showing pupils’ videos etc

Increasing Assessment for Learning

Increasing self-evaluation

Blogging

Why use blogs?

Motivation - make the world your classroom wall

Learning no longer confined to exercise books

Who is the audience for work which goes into an exercise book?

Truly global perspective

Can be demonstrated by visitors maps on blogs

Blogging

The last 100 visitors to the Spanish blog

Why use blogs?

Writing

Increased motivation- will be viewed by more than just the teacher

Blogging

Why use blogs?

Reading

pupils constantly reading and re-reading each other’s work

Allows for dissemination of good ideas

Allows free choice of which sections to read

Aids pupil independence

Blogging

Why use blogs?

Speaking

Pupil and teacher generated podcasts

Speaking tests / exercises

=learning opportunity rather than just an assessment opportunity

- can be done in the form of vokis, podcasts etc

Provides a platform for pupil-made videos

Blogging

Why use blogs?

Listening

To podcasts (on the blog or via links)

To videos (pupil created, music, adverts, football commentaries etc)

To peers’ work

Blogging

Why use blogs?

Assessment for Learning

Comment function allows peer assessment using “Two Stars and a Wish formula”

= 2 positive elements

+ 1 element to work at next time

Self-assessment as pupils comment on their own work and thus self target set.

Blogging

Music video - great cultural input - an interesting homework to find body parts/ weather types - Year 8 pupils were mostly humming the song round school for next few days Ideas for use… Blogging

Pupil-made videos - high level of motivation - Provides for easy review of work which might otherwise be lost Blogging

Year 8 wrote Guess Who style self-descriptions

For next homework, pupils read the descriptions and left a comment saying who they were

Blogging

Who provides the blog facility?

TypePad - www.typepad.com

Easiest for inserting fun stuff (provider that I use)

Blogger - www.blogger.com

Edublogs - www.edublogs.org

Wordpress - www.wordpress.org

Many, many more…

Blogging

To learn about further tools to complement blogs

www.slideshare.net - embedding .ppt

www.blip.tv - uploading pupil videos easily

Blogging

Frequently Asked Questions

Won’t it all take ages?

Will anyone actually look at the blog?

What effect will it have on my department?

What about Child Protection?

Blogging

2 podcasting

Podcasting What is a podcast? - effectively an audio file which is then put onto the Internet

Podcasting How have I used them? - Grammar series - role-play raps - pupil recordings - pupil grammar explanations

Podcasting Grammar series created to help reinforce grammar learning OUTSIDE of the classroom - responding to a request by a pupil - FANTASTIC for audio learners

Podcasting Role-play raps Created to strenghten knowledge of key role-play scenarios - each set to a different musical style to aid recognition

Podcasting Pupil grammar explanations - benefit of explaining to others - need for script - peer assessment on podcasts - minimal teacher input, maximum output - pupils then have an immediate revision tool

Podcasting