This presentation looks at ideas for using ICTs in English, identifying tools and strategies useful for supporting thinking, collaboration and differentiation.

1. Ideas for using
ICTs in English
Claire Amos
am@eggs.school.nz

2. Codes
= thinking tool
= collaboration tool
= differentiation tool

3. Using discussion forums in Moodle

4. Using discussion forums in Moodle

5. Using MyMoodle app to ad videos, photos
and voice files

6. Using MyMoodle app to ad videos, photos
and voice files

7. Using MyMoodle app to ad videos, photos
and voice files

8. Using Vocaroo to embed
voice recordings
Vocaroo is an online voice recorder which allows you to record and save or
embed sound files without needing to register. Possible uses: Co-constructing an
audio book, recording instructions, add a widget to your Moodle page for easy
access. Example - The Giver Audio Book Project

9. Using Screenr to narrate handouts
Screenr is an easy to use online tool for recording your
voice and whatever is on your computer screen. Great for
narrating handouts or creating short online tutorials.

10. Using Wikieducator to co-construct
an online textbook or study guide

11. Using Live Binder to create an online
folder of resources

12. Using Google Sketch Up to create
settings from texts
Google Sketch Up can be downloaded for free and
provides an easy to use set of tools for designing any 3D
objects.

14. Get students to construct an
Ignite Presentation
O What is ignite? Ignite is an event in over
100 cities worldwide. At the events Ignite
presenters share their personal and
professional passions, using 20 slides that
auto-advance every 15 seconds for a total
of just five minutes.

15. Get students to construct an
Ignite Presentation
Ignite talks should:
O Be about something you're passionate about. Don't talk about
'worthy' topics; talk about things you love. Your job is to show the
audience what it was about your topic that ignited a passion in you.
O Be profound. It is rumoured that speakers at TED are told "Say
whatever you want, just be profound!" It's good advice for an Ignite
talk too, but bear in mind that an Ignite talk is 300 seconds so
there's a limit to how profound you can be.
O Take a simple idea and explore it. You can't explore a huge idea in
300 seconds, so choose something manageable. Don't use wordy
slides. Pictures are good.
O Be a force for raising the collective IQ and building connections in
your city

16. Running a BIG project through a Google
site - TEDxClassroom

17. Running a BIG project through a Google
site – THE “ALICE PROJECT”

19. Using Wallwisher to create a virtual
knowledge wall
Can be embedded
in your Moodle
course!

20. Using AnswerGarden to brainstorm and
create a real time word cloud

21. Using Digistore

22. Using DigitalNZ

24. Using Lit Charts – 10 page outlines of
classics

25. Using Wordle to introduce texts
O SCC English – Their Wordles (including all
Shakespeare's plays and many classic
texts)

26. Embedding The History of English
(videos) in your Moodle courses

27. Sources
Ideas respectfully plundered from:
O Albany Senior High School
O Free Technology for Teachers
O SCC English
O Christian Long
O Kevin Honeycutt