Web Tools to Empower Learners

1. Cynthia Wiseman, Assistant Professor, Developmental Skills, Borough of Manhattan
Community College
Joshua Belknap, ESL Lab Coordinator, Borough of Manhattan Community College

2.  Collaboration
 Socialization
 Authenticity
 Creativity
 Sharing

3. Reading
 Wordle
 Wordsift
Collaboration
 Wallwisher
 Wikispaces
 Wordpress
Presentation
 Tools
 Jing
 Prezi
 Powerpoint
 PechaKucha

5.  Create colorful graphic representations of texts based
on word occurrence from any given text.
 Feed in the text either by copy and paste or by
specifying a URL
 Analyze text and creates a colorful representation with
more frequently occurring words appearing much
larger than less frequent words.
 Adjust colors and designs to suit your taste.
http://www.wordle.net/

7.  Review/Summarize/Retell text
 Prediction
 Dialogue reconstruction
 Short poems / Haiku
 Text comparison
 Personal information
 Topic research tasks
 Learner training

8.  Low/High Frequency Words
 Selection of leveled reading –
Common Core
 Preparation of materials

11.  A virtual sticky notice-board
 Post stickies with text images, links to websites and
even videos
 Simple to use
 Set access rights
 Easy to create a wall
 Collaboration very simple and quick too
http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/teachersweb20

13.  Theme based walls
 Creating schema of topic before/during/after reading
 Vocabulary reference
 Share resource links
 Image-based tasks
 Create debate/discussion
 Grammar walls

14.  Wiki
 Collaborative projects
 Repository of materials
 Discussion boards
 Announcements
www.wikispaces.com

16.  Create free website or blog
 User friendly CMS (Content Management
System)
 Ready-made themes
 Free hosting & tech support
https://wordpress.com/

18.  Capture videos, images
 Record videos (up to 5 minutes free)
 Upload and share
 IM, email, social media, etc.
http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

19.  Web-based presentation tool
 Student video projects (pro)
 Student-created materials
 http://bmccesl.wikispaces.com/ESL+LAB+PRESENTATION
http://Prezi.com

20.  Lectures
 Student Presentations
 Support writing – different
genres/purposes require different writing
conventions
 Support reading – reading for
main/supporting ideas

21.  20 images x 20 seconds
 Images advance automatically
 Intended for live, informal events but can be
online too
 Time is limited = short, concise
presentations
http://www.pechakucha.org/

22.  Web-based presentations
 Listening and viewing tasks
 Student video projects
 Student-created materials
 Ongoing collaborative projects

24. http://bmccesllab.wikifoundry.com
http://esl094bmcc.wikispaces.com