This document summarizes a workshop on using digital tools (itools) for English teaching. The workshop included 3 groups and 3 main outcomes: 1) awareness of useful itools, 2) ability to use a tool set for tasks, and 3) evaluation of the itools. Activities included using WordCloud to define itools, Kahoot for interactive quizzes, and QR codes for scavenger hunt-style learning. A feedback poll asked attendees if the workshop was useful and which itools they liked and planned to use.

1. WORKSHOP
USING THE ITOOLS
FOR ENGLISH
TEACHING by Darya Arcimeyeyeva
Novopilskyy Educational Complex
Teacher of the Year - 2016

2. GROUPS
•Give me the place to stand,
and I shall move the Earth.
•Work is done, time to fun
•Plato is my friend, but dearer
still is truth.

3. OUTCOMES
By the end of the workshop you will:
•be aware of some useful itools for
English teaching;
•be able to exploit a tool set for
different tasks;
•have evaluated these itools.

4. ACTIVITY 1
WORDCLOUD – TAGUL.COM
Tasks for groups:
• Group 1 – What are the
itools?
• Group 2 – What devices
or resources do we
need to use the itools?
• Group 3 – For what we
should use the itools?

5. KAHOOT
• Steps for Kahoot
• 1. Go to kahoot.it (your pupils can download the special
app)
• 2. Enter Game pin (on the main screen)
• 3. Enter your nickname
• On your device will
be shown 4 colour
squares. On main
screen is the task
and multiply choices.
You should press on
the colour, which
shows the right
answer.

6. USING OFFICE SOFTWARE FOR WHOLE-
CLASS TEACHING
•Watch the advertisement.
•When I will pause the video, you
should guess that happens next.

8. QR-QUEST
• Find and scan the QR-codes which are the colour of your
group.
• Write down the question in the first column.
• Then write the answer in second column.
Question Answer

10. SHOW YOUR ANSWERS!
Was this workshop useful for you?
A Yes B No C Hard to answer
What itools do you like the most?
A Kahoot B Qr-codes
C Wordcloud D Plickers
Will you use these itools on your lessons?
A True B False
Will you share the ideas of these workshop
with you colleagues?
A True B False