teaching 2.0 in the one-computer classroom
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A presentation I gave at the Park Language School in Brno, Czech Republic: 2nd April 2011.TRANSCRIPT
Teaching 2.0 in the
One-Computer ClassroomSandy Millin
P.A.R.K. Conference, Brno
2nd April 2011
Who?
You: Contexts
You: Technology
The Students
How?
The One-Computer Classroom
Stations
No computers?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/IPhone_4_Black.jpg/512px-IPhone_4_Black.jpg
What?
Triptico
Free software to download
www.triptico.co.uk
Lots of functions
Easy to use
Ideas for using word magnets from a user…http://bit.ly/TripticoUserIdeas
…and from the creator (mystery magnets)http://bit.ly/TripticoMysteryMagnets
Triptico: an example
Powerpoint
Comes with most computers
Fun to play with
Easy to produce
Looks good quickly
Easy to adapt
Lots of downloadable games
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/
http://teach.fcps.net/trt14/Power%20Point%20Games/power_point_games.htm
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/ppttemplates.html
http://www.pppst.com/
http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/msgames.htm
Pow
erp
oin
t: A
n e
xam
ple
Powerpoint: Memory
Powerpoint: other ideas
Error Correction
Flashcards
Pronunciation
Presentations!
How to use itPowerPoint: an overviewOther tutorials
Wordclouds: Bring a text to life
Input text
Output: the more frequent the word, the bigger it is
Hundreds of options
Wordle
Tagxedo
How to use themWordleTagxedo(Tagxedo v. Wordle)
Powerpoint and Word CloudsAn example from my lessons
What links these pictures…
might coul
d
must can’t
may
…an
d th
ese
word
s?
Created using www.tagxedo.com (using Wikipedia entry)
might
could
must can’t
may
A British charity and its main fundraising event
More ideas…
Infinite ELT Ideas: A Single Computer http://wp.me/p1sbtu-8
Easy Technology for the EFL Classroom http://wp.me/p18yiK-4V
Twitter and Blogs for Teachers http://wp.me/p18yiK-41
My Social Bookmarks: http://www.diigo.com/user/sandymillin/OneComputerClassroom
Sandy Millin@sandymillin (Twitter)
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com
http://infiniteeltideas.wordpress.com