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- 1. MFL Widgets &Wizardry 30+ ideas for the language classroom
- 2. Siest du eine Vase oder zweiGesichter? derMund dieNase das Kinn
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- 6. Match the HarryPotter Names Fang Sorting hat Hogwarts Slytherin Diagon Alley Muggle Wood Daily Prophet Crocdur Choixpeau Poudlard Serpentard Chemin de Traverse Moldu Dubois La Gazette du Sorcier La Gazette du Sorcier Chemin de Traverse Poudlard Choixpeau Serpentard Dubois Moldu Crockdur
- 7. Countdown timer www.online-stopwatch.com A nicecollection of timers. Includes countdown bomb! www.classtools.net Has tunes you can use to countdown Also : name/word randomizers, hidden image
- 8. www.classtools.net Fakebook Twister Great for projectwork – a celebrity, a town, a character in a novel, play or film
- 9. Talking points Google:‘unusual pictures’; check before use!
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- 11. Goodie bag Reward cards& Tesco medals 2 toy mobiles Flipcam Juggling ball Green & red Answer buttons Post-its Smartphone - Voice distorter (homerizer) Celeb masks
- 12. Scrolling Text Star Wars-http://www.starwars.com/play/online-activities/crawl-creator/ here’s an example – can you spot 1 French & 1 German word?
- 13. Powerpoint Lets you turn Text Into Scrolling CreditsOr you can make words flash On And off
- 14. Easy prompter http://www.easyprompter.com/ Paste textinto the box and it turns into a broadcast-style autocue Obama’s 2nd inaugural speech starts like this: Each time we gather to inaugurate a President we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names. What makes us exceptional -- what makes us American -- is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
- 15. Zap reader Here’s sometext to try: “We hold these truths to be self- evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” www.zapreader.com Select ‘Reader’ Paste a bunch of text in to the box Hit ‘zap it’ The page will display one word at a time You can adjust the speed and the number of words displayed at any one time (up to 5) Good for reading practice (phonics) Information recall Translation / comprehension Predict next word Repeat/ recall last word
- 16. This is awordle (wordle.net) how do we use it? See also Tagxedo www.wordle.net
- 17. Bart’s Chalkboard Next time,I must remember to get this right…… 3 things I learnt this lesson Why not use Bart’s Blackboard on a worksheet or the IWB Here’s a question I want to ask the teacher/ the class
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- 19. Who needs expensive& fiddly e-voting systems? Multiple choice / mini-plenary smiley kit Download the ‘kit’ here: http://verulamvle.typepad.com/vets/2011/11/smileys-for-mini- plenaries.html
- 20. Cartoon creators Go Animate- Make animations using a range of characters & props. The pupils love it. Drag and drop to create scenes. Allows text, but not speech. See examples here and here • Toondo - cartoon strip creator- Cartoon strip creator. Drag and drop. A good way to reinforce a topic. http://www.toondoo.com/Example here
- 21. MrPicassohead • www.picassohead.com • checkout also: http://www.buildyourwildself.com/ Also • anime character maker • sonic character creator • gamepuma character creator
- 22. Top 10s http://www.aneki.com/lists.html Go outof Powerpoint slideshow into edit mode & move the rectangle around
- 23. Poodwaddle.com + worldclock World clock Contains (simulated) ‘live’ data You can also carve a tree on Poodwaddle; google: ‘Poodwaddle + carving tree’ OFSTED – NUMERACY & SMSC
- 24. Graffiti creator http://www.graffiticreator.net/ use ‘walltexture’ backgrounds on the whiteboard or from google images
- 25. Online voice recorders •Audioboo Easy Audio clip recorder- just click, record and send. Click the icon above to hear my sample. Get pupils to do a quick audio message and send it to your email address (your network techies can set one up a shadow (proxy) one for you) • VocarooEasy audio recorder There’s a more flexible one called Audiopal Soundcloudlets you store longer bits of audio
- 26. Fotobabble Upload a photoand add your audio commentary Here ’s an example (year 8 German) Ideal for topic work at any level
- 27. Voki – talkingavatar creator • Click the Borat sample. Text to speech, lots of characters, voices and languages. Selected pupils come to the front and create a target language Voki message to the class Pupil A inputs a description about another pupil. Class have to guess who it is. Winner takes over. Selected pupils create a plenary Voki of the 5 most useful words from the lesson for the rest of the class to guess Teacher creates a Voki containing a starter activity or a message which contains the lesson objective
- 28. What Mike? What’s thebest external mic to use (if you don’t have one built in )? Modern laptop mics may be OK A decent external mic is the Logitech USB Desktop Microphone About £18 Audacity is still the best easy sound recorder and editor
- 29. One motion drummachine Click on the image to see it in action – If you’re feeling brave, try the alphabet song
- 30. Pond5 sound effects Guess theanimal form of transport Musical instrument weather
- 31. Gap fill generator http://random-idea-english.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/tools-gapfill-generator.html Google:random idea + English + Gapfill generator
- 32. Blabberize • http://blabberize.com/view/id/794856 Upload anyimage, customize the mouth, record a message and watch the lip-sync in action. Works best with cartoon faces but you can try celebs too.
- 33. Sandfields Comp IWBresources • ‘Bingo in’ mad • Click clock • Fridge magnet • Sketchpad for Pictionary http://www.npted.org/schools/sandfieldsComp/games/Pages/default.aspx
- 34. Triptico • A greatset of downloadable IWB tools – scoreboards, word random selectors and, best of all, word magnets
- 35. Classic games arcade+ Mini putt http://www.classicgamesarcade.com/game/21 660/connect4.html http://www.classicgamesarcade.com/game/ 21665/mini-putt.html
- 36. Dice I get up Iwash I eat I get dressed I brush my teeth I go to bed In the garden In the kitchen In the garage On the balcony In my room In the school With my dog With my cat With my horse With my two goldfish With my mouse With my tortoise http://dice.miniwebapps.net/
- 37. Electronic Voting Systems Studentresponse Systems Socrative Infuse Learning Poll anywhere
- 38. My Game gridbackgrounds There’s an online selection here http://verulamvle.typepad.com/vets/2012/05/g amegrid-backgrounds.html Or you could copy the next few slides
- 39. Gamegrids Only the firstslide – the staircase – works as a proper Powerpoint slide. The rest need to be in edit mode i.e. you need to come out of presentation mode
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- 44. finish 1 75 23 13 15 1921 3 9 11 17 2 4 start 14 24 6 108 2022 12 16 18 Taskbar – ROLL THE DICE BUT YOU CAN ONLY MOVE IF YOU COMPLETE THE TASK 1 = TL to Eng 2= Eng to TL 3= TL phrase into Eng 4 = give 3 TL words connected by theme or structure= 5= Eng phrase into TL 6= do a task (e.g. sing days of the week)/rap the last ten TL words from your book Or use the grid to practise& repeat 6 or twelve questions
- 45. Hang the teacher! Professeur /Lehrer Élèves/ Schüler
- 48. QR CODES Creates alink from print to a website/ email address or message To make the barcode, you need a QR code generator – lots online e.g. zxing To read the barcode, you need QR code reader or scanner app on your phone Use in class: Put on classroom displays to link to more info online Put on pupils’ books to link to more info or even a personalized message Language competition – Pupils read the code on the wall and find the hidden message/ word of the day etc
- 49. QR code –Try this
- 50. Text mechanic +reverse text generator
- 51. • puts Usethe words online different a a in which scrambler sentence order an text of use an online text scrambler which puts the words of a sentence in a different order • txetsdrawkcabecudorpekilsgnihtrehto od uoystelmoc.esacelggot.www www.togglecase.com lets you do other things like produce backwards text. http://www.rjwoerheide.com/scrambletest.php Google: rjwoerheide + text scrambler Text Srambler
- 52. Use a videoclip • discussion, starters, attention grabbers Vocab practice, sequencing, what happens next… descriptions, memory tests, freeze frame- jump/ stop/ shout when you see …. Word X • Use Keepvid to copy Youtube videos • Use Tubechop to cut Youtube videos • GoodYoutube clips to use Mr Bean cartoons & clips (e.g. Mr Bean packs for a holiday) HB Männchen adverts e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh9dkHdQOAg
- 54. Text to speechIM Translator http://imtranslator.net/translate-and-speak/ A clever site. Surrounded by adverts. A bit fiddly to use but good once you get used to it. You can input text, translate text, get it to speak it back and adjust the playback speed.
- 55. Lingro • Import aforeign language webpage address • each word becomes clickable • You can click on the word for the meaning and store it in a word list • It will generate a set of flashcards of the words clicked
- 56. And finally… Some photoeditors & caption creators Image chef Fodey Funny pho.to Photobox Glass giant etc jon.meier@verulam.herts.sch.uk
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