People often say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but don`t you think it is also worth a thousand activities? Learn how photos taken with smartphones and tablets can make the regular classroom language practice more fun, engaging and dynamic through a variety of meaningful activities and language tasks suitable for different levels and ages. All suggestions require very little preparation and absolutely no Internet connection.

1. Harmonizing Traditional
Language Practice and
Mobile Devices Through
Digital Photography
Vinicius Lemos
Casa Thomas
Jefferson

2. Why is working with digital photography
a good idea?
 offline
 BYOD
 easy
 creativity
 meaningful
 personalized
 engaging
 rapport
 collective ownership
 novelty

3.  Using images from the photo library

4. Suggestion #1: This is me!
“What do your pictures say about you?”
 Students browse through their photo
library and use some images to talk
about themselves (personality,
lifestyle, likes and dislikes, etc).

5. Suggestion #2: Things in Common
“What do your pictures have
in common?”
 In pairs
 Each student chooses a
picture randomly and then
come with a list of things both
images have in common.
 Remind them to be creative!

6. Suggestion #3: Odd One Out
“Which picture is the odd one out? Why?”
 Groups of three or four.
 Students show each other their
pictures and discuss which one is the
odd one out.
 Remind them that there is no right or
wrong answer. However, their
explanation should be reasonable.

7. Suggestion #3: Odd One Out

8. Suggestion #4: Vocabulary Ping
Pong

9.  Assigning mobile homework

10. Mobile Homework
 #5: “What are they
doing?”
 #6: “What did you do last
weekend?”
 #7: “What is there in your
living room?”
 #8: “What`s your favorite
possession?”
 #9: “What should I do?”

11. Suggestion #10: The Stuffed
Animal Project
 Students take the stuffed
animal home and take pictures
of it doing different things.
 “What is he doing?”
 “Is he cooking?”
 Describe his daily routine.

12.  Taking pictures during class

13. Suggestion #11: Guess What It
Is
 “It must be…”
 “It can`t be…”
 “it might/could be…”
1 2
3 4

14. Suggestion #12: Describe
the Scene
 Simple Past x Past Continuous
 Small groups
 Students look at their classmates`
pictures and describe the scenes
using the pattern:
“X was ____-ing when
_______.”

15. Suggestion #13: The Alphabet
Challenge
nails
queen
nuts
food
 Small groups

16. Thank you!
@viniciuslemos
http://mthatlearning.blogspot.com