Blogs, Podcasts And All Sorts Of Fun

Which of these factors / concerns do you experience when thinking about trying something new?
It would take me ages and I would fall behind in the Schemes of Work
They would just mess about and get nothing done
It would be too complicated to explain
They would use technology as an excuse not to do the work
They would not actually learn anything!
My own lack of confidence

Chris Fuller Blogs, podcasts and all sorts of fun! [email_address] www.chrisfuller.typepad.com – where all of today’s presentations will be available to download Feel free to get in touch whenever you need help / advice

Who am I? a Spanish (and a bit of French) teacher not a techy a presenter at national events SSAT Lead Practitioner (2008 /09) not an ICT obsessive someone who believes language teachers have to work far too hard Using mobile phones Podcasting Blogging Moblogging

“ 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

a blog (and how to blag it)

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

What is a blog?!?!?!
a type of website
very easy to use
automatic archiving
offers interaction with the “Post”; comments
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

100 visitors to the Spanish blog Jane Croft, Ridgeway School, Plympton Royds School, Leeds

Why use blogs?
Reading
pupils constantly reading and re-reading each other’s work
Allows for dissemination of good ideas
Writing
audience?
National Literacy Trust
Blogging

Why use blogs?
Speaking
platform for recordings, Vokis etc
audience?
Listening
to each other’s work
to materials you can choose to put on
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

Why use blogs?
Access to learning
How would you normally make the following available to pupils / parents?
chants about Fernando Torres in Spanish
cartoons
daily national front pages
links to important sites
videos made by pupils
a video of the 3 Kings in Barcelona
Blogging

Blog vs VLE
Blog
open access – global perspective
real world
VLE
closed, hyper-controlled
audience?
does have uses, but pupils aren’t motivated by them
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

Further tools to complement blogs
www.slideshare.net - embedding .ppt
www.blip.tv - uploading pupil videos easily
Blogging

Key blogs for resources / ideas
www.joedale.typepad.com
www.boxoftricks.net
www.rachelhawkes.typepad.com
www.mfljones.wordpress.com
www.lisibo.blogspot.com
Blogging

Plenary- 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

Effective use of Podcasts and iTunes

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

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

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

Podcasting Role-play raps - finding DIFFERENT ways to revise / learn - musical recognition techniques - learning on the move

Podcasting
Sounds hard, but isn’t!
Record podcast...

Podcasting How to record a podcast... 1) Recording material

Podcasting
How to record a podcast...
Recording material
Audacity for PCs- www.download.com
+ LAME FE
(allows you to export as MP3)
OR Garageband for Macs

Easy way to change volume levels Highlight sections then delete Podcasting

To finish the podcast, export as MP3… Podcasting

Podcasting
So we have our finished podcast, now what?
Insert it into a blog post as an .mp3 file
Add it to iTunes

In iTunes (free!!), go to the podcast section Podcasting

Scroll down, and you will see this box
You want to Submit a Podcast
Podcasting

Podcasting
Adding the podcast to iTunes
Motivation
Can put onto MP3 players / computers and listen to work again, rather than just forgetting it

Create topic podcasts
- ANYTHING your imagination can think of
- even to replace some speaking tests?
Podcasting

Make a radio advertisement
e.g. for biscuits
Language needed: comparisons
basic adjectives of taste / cost / health
Podcasting

Create a Slidecast
- using www.slideshare.net pupils can upload a PowerPoint and then record a voiceover for each slide
- can be embedded into a blog
Podcasting

Record compositions or class singing to share with others (e.g. parents / school partners).
- could this even be turned into an independent competition?
Podcasting

www.voki.com
- Pupils write scripts
Peer assess
Practise
Record
High level of enjoyment
Podcasting

Podcasts as listening materials...
Coffee Break Spanish
-excellent topic explanations
2) Notes In Spain
- come with supporting materials
- based around topics affecting life in Spain
Podcasting

2) Elliot school podcasts
- KS5 topics, with exercises
Podcasting

3) iTunes as a podcast search engine
Podcasting

My goals as a language teacher... motivate and demonstrate a real purpose improve listening improve speaking improve reading improve writing increase cultural awareness raise the profile of my department My EXTRA tools blogs, podcasts podcasts, videos blog as platform blog blog, podcasts, videos blog, podcasts, videos blog, podcasts Using mobile phones Podcasting Blogging Moblogging

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