Jon Meier, Verulam School, St Albans

Blogs

• A website for your class – use Blogger or Typepad (free sign up)

• Network support will provide you with an email alias so pupils can email work to you

e.g. jpmwork@verulam.herts.sch.uk

You can then put their work up on the blog e.g. http://verulamvle.typepad.com/7frenchhttp://verulamvle.typepad.com/y8germanhttp://verulamvle.typepad.com/y8german/

Document upload

• You can upload documents toDocstoc, Scribd or Slideshare

And then link these to your bloge.g.http://verulamvle.typepad.com/11german

http://verulamvle.typepad.com/mflteaching/

Google: VokiWebsite: www.voki.com

What it does:Choose a character ‘avatar’ and type in text (or record) to make it speak. Works in lots of languages.

Example: click image, or link below

Ideas for use in the classroomMake your avatar summarize the main learning point, Make it ask the class questions about a topic or give true/false statements

Voki

FakebookGoogle:classtools.net

Website: www.classtools.net

What it does:You can make a fake Facebook page for a celebrity

Ideas for use in the classroom?Homework: create a Fakebook page for Historical personalitiesTheorists, Writers or charactersPlaces, regions

TwisterGoogle:classtools.net

Website: www.classtools.net

What it does:You can make a fake Twitter entry

Ideas for use in the classroom?Homework: create tweets forHistorical personalitiesTheorists, Writers or characters

Go Animate / Domo Animate

www.verulamvle.typepad.com/7french

www.verulamvle.typepad.com/y8german

http://domo.goanimate.com/movie/0yTbSeR6_qf4/1

Google: Go Animate

Website: http://domo.goanimate.com/What it does:Pupils can create animations and add speech bubbles; select from a range of characters, add props and backgrounds plus all sorts of effects to animate the character. Free sign up required.

Ideas for use in the classroomIllustrate a lesson pointTopic revisionA joke/ story/ dialogue etc

Examples

Xtranormal

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12535858/blagues-pour-enfants

Google: Xtranormal

Website:www.xtranormal.com/ What it does:Pupils can create a movie style animation; has ‘text to speech’ – so it will speak the dialogue you type in. Free sign up required.

Ideas for use in the classroomIllustrate a lesson pointTopic revision/ news-style reportA joke/ dialogue/ story etc

Fotobabble

Mes deux chats

Meine Familie

Beginners German

Google: Fotobabble

Website: http://www.fotobabble.com/

What it does:Upload a photo. Pupils can add their own audio commentary. Free sign up required.

Ideas for use in the classroomIllustrate a lesson pointTopic revision/ news-style reportProject workMy town/ my hero etc

Audioboo, Audiopal or Vokaroo

Audioboo Example

Google: any of the above – audiopal is the best

Website: http://www.audiopal.com/(etc)

What it does:Quick audio clip recording toolAudiopal lets you record your voice or input text (text to speech)

Ideas for use in the classroomSome pupils may prefer to just do an audio recording instead of a piece of writing

Tagxedo / Wordle

Google: Tagxedo or Wordle

Website: http://www.wordle.net /Or http://www.tagxedo.com

What it does: you paste text into a box and it turns into a ‘word cloud’Tagxedo highlights the word when you hover the cursor over it

Ideas for use in the classroomPupils could: guess the topic Spot words in a category e.g. verbsUse selected words

WORDLE

TAGXEDO

PoppletGoogle: popplet

Website: http://popplet.com/

What it does: user-friendly diagram creator. You can add youtube videos, images. You can also collaborate on a page. Free sign up. Ideas for use in the classroomEssay planningPresentation planningTopic summary and revision (pupils could do a Popplet hand-out for each other)

Easyprompter Google: easyprompter

Website: http://www.easyprompter.com/

What it does: Input your text into a box, press start and the text scrolls up the screen like a TV autocue / teleprompt Ideas for use in the classroom:Reading practice (spoken fluency)News report (History, English, Drama)Lesson starter – pupils watch the scrolling text and see how many key points they can remember

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

Sample Text to paste in:

Star Wars Crawling TextGoogle:Star wars crawling text creator

Website: http://www.easyprompter.com/

What it does: Input your text into a box, press start and the text appears as Star Wars style titles, with music Ideas for use in the classroom:Reading practice (spoken fluency)News report (History, English, Drama)Lesson starter – pupils watch the scrolling text and see how many key points they can remember

Text mechanic

Google: text mechanic

Website: http://textmechanic.com/

What it does: flips, reverses text It also does lots of other stuff- e.g. randomize lines of text

Ideas for use in the classroom:As a starter– decode the secret messagePut sentences in the correct sequence

.ereh desreverun ro desrever eb ot txet rouy retne

Try also: Toggle Casehttp://www.togglecase.com/

Or Text scramblerhttp://www.rjwoerheide.com/

Gap-Fill GeneratorGoogle: Random Idea English gapfill generator

Website: http://random-idea-english.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/tools-gapfill-generator.html What it does: Generates a gapfill (cloze test) you enter text, add square brackets round the words you want to disappear. Click create. Ideas for use in the classroom:Ideal as a keyword exercise as a starter or plenary

Top 10s

http://www.aneki.com/lists.html

In Powerpoint edit mode, you could move shape this over the lists to hide some of the text. Pupils can then guess or predict.

Unusual Pictures & Optical illusions

Talking Points for Form Time

Online Dice Roller

http://dice.miniwebapps.net/

Countdown Timerhttp://www.online-stopwatch.com/bomb-countdown/

‘Dicey’ Sentences

I readI washI sleep

I play on the PS3I do my homework

I watch TV

AloneWith my cat

With my pet snake

With my friendsWith my mum & dad

With my class

123

456

In the sitting roomIn the kitchenIn the garage

In the bathroomIn my room

In the garden

http://dice.miniwebapps.net/

Use Activ Inspire software for dice roller or online here:

Toondoo

Cartoon strip creator (not animated)

BlockbustersGoogle: teachers direct + quizbusters

Great for keyword revision

Thanks for Listening

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