A PotPourri of Cool Web Tools for the Language Classroom

A POTPOURRI OF WEB TOOLS Connecting Worlds AZ-TESOL – Ocober 2009

A STORY ABOUT TECHNOLOGY

LET’S START WITH YOU

THE DIGITAL BRAIN AND OUR ROLE AS EDUCATORS Students’ digitally conditioned brains are 21st century brains, and teachers must encourage these brains to operate fully in our classrooms. We must recognize that relationships and focused attention are key to learning in this century. If we can help students balance the gifts technology brings with these human gifts, they will have everything they need. Marilee Sprenger Educational Leadership Magazine

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareski/3232419059/in/set-72157606411341392

LET’S START WITH YOU THE KEY TO BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE 21ST CENTURY INSTRUCTOR IS TO BECOME AN EFFICIENT 21ST CENTURY LEARNER.ONCE YOU PAIR HIGH-QUALITY TEACHING WITH A MEANINGFUL UNDERSTANDING OF TODAY’S TOOLS FOR NETWORKED LEARNING, YOU’LL BE PREPARED TO SUPPORT TOMORROW’S NETWORKED KID. BILL FERRITER EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2009

OBSERVE, DARE, REMIX YOUR CLASSROM PRACTICES http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterhack/2328014257/

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES KNOWLEDGE CREATION – FLUID, FAST AND MORE DEMOCRATIC

GOING DIGITAL ENGAGING, THINKING, REMIXING

http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2008/08/manga-images-for-efl-esl.html http://mashable.com/2007/09/12/avatars/ AVATARS

BUILDING COMMUNITIES

GIVING CHOICES, CREATING MIXBOOK.COM TIKATOK.COM

http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/education/brazil-4189854 http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/interests/the-phantom-of-the-opera-2759

CONNECTING THROUGH NING.COM

Sharing (photos, videos, creative ways, Ideas, the world...) Learning (through conversations) Networking (connecting like-minded people, making groups of interest, joining groups) Interacting (through comments, discussion forums) Having fun (in a spontaneous, informal and social environment...) Visualizing (learning in a visual-rich environment) Teaching with

GOING VISUAL

LEARNING, HAVING FUN COMIC CREATION

makebeliefscomix.com

toondoo.com

http://elementarylibrarylady.edublogs.org/2008/03/14/voicethread-collaborative-project/ COMMUNICATING THROUGH VOICETHREAD.COM

GOING PROJECT-BASED GETTING INSPIRED

http://christinesouthard.blogspot.com/2009/05/digital-storytelling-as-deep-learning.html DIGITAL STORYTELLING UNDERSTANDING BROADER CONCEPTS ENHANCING PEOPLE’S EMOTIONAL CONNECTEDNESS

http://kinderteacher.podomatic.com/ SMALL VOICES

http://theshapeofthings.pbworks.com/Introduction/ THE SHAPE OF THINGS

THE TEDDY BEAR PROJECT

THE SCRAPBOOKING PROJECT

IEARN HTTP://IEARN.ORG

MY CLASSROOM, MY SANDBOX

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareski/2655113202/in/set-72157606411341392/

Contact carlaarena@gmail.com THIS PRESENTATION’S RICHNESS OF EXAMPLES WAS ONLY POSSIBLE DUE TO THE GENEROSITY OF MY TWITTER BUDDIES.

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A PotPourri of Cool Web Tools for the Language Classroom

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