This document discusses how technology can be used to activate learning in primary classrooms. It provides examples of useful tasks like speaking activities, personalization tasks, and exam preparation. It then lists and describes several free digital tools that can be used for tasks like creating videos, recording audio, working with images and words. These include apps and websites like Voki, ChatterPix, Tellagami, Fotobabble, Adobe Spark Video and MailVu which allow students to record speaking activities and create multimedia content. The document concludes with the author's contact details.

1. Activating
learning with
technology in
the primary
classroom Vicky SaumeJuly 28th, 2016

2. What is a
set of
useful
tasks?
What can
technology
allow you
to do?

3. 3
What do you
need?A PC or laptop
An Internet
connection
A headset
with a
microphone
A web cam
A webcam
A mobile
device

4. Doing speaking
tasks
Personalisation tasks
Character point of view
Pronunciation tasks
Exam preparation speaking tasks
• Describing pictures
• Finding differences

5. Voki
Web based
Free
http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=11813098&height=400&width=300

6. Chatter Pix
IOS
Free

7. Tellagami
IOS/Android
Free

8. Web based/IOS
Free
Fotobabble
http://www.fotobabble.com/m
/aGJ2d3cybnQ0OFU9

9. http://www.fotobabble.com/
m/M2liVXI3Ti9xSTg9

10. Telling
stories
Based on coursebook images
Based on other images
Based on photographs taken by
the students
Based on other prompts

11. Adobe Spark Video
IOS
Free

12. Adobe Voice
IOS
Free

16. Created with Wordle

17. Creating
videos
How to videos
Tours/ 1
st
person videos
Interviews

18. Web based/
IOS/Android
Free
MailVu

19. Mobile camera

20. What is a
set of
useful
tasks?
What can
technology
allow you
to do?

21. Digitalising paper materials
Creating videos
Recording learners’ audio
Working with images
Working with words

22. All coursebook images taken from Kid’s Box (2nd edition) CUP
References
Tools Platform Cost Description
Adobe Spark
Video
IOS free Combining pictures and voice
recording
Com Phone Story
Maker
Android free Combining pictures and voice
recording
Shadow Puppet IOS free Combining pictures and voice
recording
Tellagami IOS/Android free Speaking avatars
Voki Web based/Flash free Speaking avatars
Chatter Pix IOS free Talking pictures
Fotobabble Web based/IOS free Talking pictures
Mailvu Web based/
IOS/Android
free on mobile
$2.50 on PC
Video emails
Vocaroo Web based free Very simple audio recording, no
registration required
Wordle Web based free Word clouds
Wordsalad IOS/Android Free (with
watermark)
Word clouds

23. My contact details
E-mail:
saumell.vicky@gmail.com
Twitter: @vickysaumell
Websites:
http://vickysaumell.com/
http://educationaltechnologyinelt.blogspot.com