Using web tools in an English class

Using Web Tools in an English Class Marijana Smolčec, prof. Gimnazija Bernardina Frankopana, Ogulin Karlovac, 25 October 2011, ELT Reagional Meeting

The growth of the WWW
1991 -“World Wide Web - Tim Berners-Lee and CERN
Introduction of HTML code/language
Web 1.0
Web 2.0
Picture1. Evolution man to computer

Web 1.0
first state of WWW
basic HTML only for publishing
read only content
web master responsible for updating website content
doesn’t support mass publishing
contact information: Web 1.0 – emails, fax, phone numbers, address
includes websites from 1994-2004

Web 2.0
creativity , communication and networking among the internet users
read/write networking platform
social web ( social network, blogs, wikis,podcast, forums , RSS feed)
open to anyone
free
easy to use

Source : http://blogswikisandmore.pbworks.com

A brief history of social media Source : http://matetrack.webs.com/SOCIAL/SOCIAL.html

How do students learn nowadays?
They google everything they want to know about.
They watch videos and tutorials to learn how to do things.
They use social network sites to interact, share information and ask for help.
They prefer to learn by doing, experimenting, creating.
Source : Ana Maria Menezes, Developing the 4 Skills with Webtools http://lifefeast.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-e-book-developing-4-skills-with.html topnews.in

Old vs New Learners Source: http ://www.slideshare.net/kiranb/elearning-21st-century-perspectives-on-teaching-learning-and-technology
Visual
Collaborative
Goal-oriented
Social
Tech-savy
Multi-taskers
Personal
Hands on
- Text based
Competitive
Task oriented
Private
- Tecno-phobic
Sequential
Formal
Passive
NEW LEARNERS OLD LEARNERS

What is the role of a teacher?
rethink the way we prepare our lessons
Give students more opportunity to analyze, discuss, collaborate and create new content based on the knowledge they have learned about
How can webtools help us and our students internalize language more meaningfully?
Source : Ana Maria Menezes, Developing the 4 Skills with Webtools http://lifefeast.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-e-book-developing-4-skills-with.html

10+ web tools and sites to use in an English Classroom
VOCABULARY/ IMAGE TOOL CREATORS
Wordle
Tagxedo
Image chef
Vocabgrabber
Wordsmyth
Oxford Cloze Maker
GAME TOOL CREATOR
Discovery Puzzle Maker
Classtools
PHOTO SHAPES &
Picnik –photo shape online
VOICE TOOLS – SPEAKING/LISTENING
Voki
Voxopop
ESL videos
VOIP TOOLS –SPEAKING/COMMUNICATION
Skype, Yahoo Messenger
ONLINE STICKY NOTES
Linoit
Wallwisher
GRAMMAR/SPEAKING
Movie Segments to Assess Grammar skills
Debate and Discussion blog

Wordle
turn words into “word clouds”
font, colours, layout
print or save to gallery (embbed into page or share URL)
no registration
http://www.wordle.net /

Ideas for Wordle...
motivation
brainstorming
writing (Sts write their own sentences, tales...)
revision
literature ( guess the novel, fairytale ...) or use key words to describe the character
pre-reading, post-reading exercise...
introduce new vocabulary (personality adjectives...)
create a classroom poster ( classroom managment, norms...)
irregular verbs

ImageChef Categories : animation, signs, music,banners, licence plates, sports ... http://www.imagechef.com/

Ideas with ImageChef - motivation, grammar skills, brainstorming ...

Free Discovery Puzzlemaker http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker /

-print easily -copy-paste into Word -not saved once created

Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals
movie segments
lesson plans
printable worksheets with answer key for each activity
tips to develop your own grammar activities with the DVDs you have at home.
Activities for beginners, basic learners, intermediate, advanced
http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com /

Debate and Discussion Lessons
Creative lessons for discussion, debate and argument
Speaking activity – intermediate/upperintermediate/advanced
Youtube videos – discussed on
Topics :
Crime
Drinking
ebooks
Education
Facebook
Games
TV
Travellers.....
http://debatediscussion.blogspot.com /

ESL videos
find quizzes for all levels – Skills: listening comprehension , writing, reading
can create a quiz (register)
popular videos (Youtube, under Creative Commons)
teacher can have account for students
http://www.eslvideo.com /

Voki www.voki.com /

Create a voki Speaking activity, feedback, pronunciation evaluation

Oxford Cloze Maker
Oxford Teacher’s club – register
New English File ->Cloze Maker->all levels
choose unit from the book or copy and paste your own text
Choose type of cloze
Print or copy-paste and save to Word
http://elt.oup.com/teachers/englishfile /

Linoit
a board with sticky notes + add videos + photos
exam practice
homework – giving tasks
brainstorming – before a certain project
B-day celebrations cards
d ebate
f eedback
Literature – Reading/Speaking activities
choose a book, short story, any text for whole class to read
create board for that reading
Ss have to write favorite quotes, passages,ask questions about the new vocabulary they’ve learned
Each type of post can be different color
Ss have to replay questions and posts
Ideas credit to Cecilia Lemos and Arjana Blažić cecilialcoelho.wordpress.com/ http://twitterovadruzina.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/lino-it / http://en.linoit.com/

Skype – online communication tool
have interviews with students and teachers worldwide
i.e. http://englishlearning-marijanasblog.blogspot.com/2011_06_01_archive.html
http ://education.skype.com/

Useful Websites – teacher resources
( http://mojamatura.net/ )
http://www.onestopenglish.com/
http://busyteacher.org/
http://writefix.com
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/ (British Council.uk)

Language skill practice - websites
Exams (PET, FCE, CAE, CPE...), interactive listening lessons, reading exercises, teacher resources/ materials, games, quizzes, IELTS writing makeovers, downloadable activities....)
Free English Lessons http://www.esolcourses.com/
English Club http://www.englishclub.com/
Exam English http://www.examenglish.com/index.html
Englisch Hilfen http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/
Using English http://www.usingenglish.com/
FCE practice http://etornauta.wordpress.com/about/
English Speaker http://www.englishspeaker.com/index.html
A Teacher’s Odyssey http://www.teachersodyssey.blogspot.com/
A Journey in TEFL http://evasimkesyan.edublogs.org/
A Clil to Climb http://acliltoclimb.blogspot.com/

Survey on teacher resources

Conclusion
Teachers use students books + online materials
Online materials and tools = CREATIVITY
Teachers =lifelong learners /facilitator
Students = digital learners / digital natives
Show students other uses of Internet not just game playing, downloading and social networking
Social networks(Facebook, Edmodo, Twitter) can be used in education as well

What can we try to do?
Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and I remember .
Involve me and I learn.”
(Benjamin Frankiln)

Small steps

Thank you for your patience!

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