- Quizlet allows teachers to create vocabulary lists that students can study and access on desktop or mobile devices. Teachers can monitor student usage and create classes.
- Wallwisher is a digital bulletin board where teachers and students can post notes to provide feedback or share ideas. There is a Spanish language wall available for sharing reading and listening exam tips.
- Twitter allows teachers to follow other language educators to access continuous professional development resources like ideas, games and activities. Teachers can also share their own resources.
2. • free • create sound files
• video/presentation • mobile app
• share
• add music
3. • free
• share thoughts
• read other’s ideas
• find out about good practice
• collect them in one place
through using RSS feeds
4. • free
• behaviour management system
• pupils can earn points and lose points
• accessible via desktop or mobile device
• pupil access and pupil avatars
5. • free
• share folders with groups/individuals
• the more people you invite, the more space
you have
• MFL Twitterati folders (Spanish, French,
German and general)
6. • free
• bookmarking online
• can share and follow lists
• have created an MFL revision list for pupils
• reduce bookmarks using tag feature
7. • free
• create class groups for pupils
• communicate with teacher or pupils
• looks like Facebook
• share messages, documents, links, set
assignments etc
8. • handheld video camera
• easy to use
• USB flips out for easy connection
• great for blogging, encouraging the use
target language and giving a real purpose to
an activity
9. • searching specifically using filetype: doc/ppt
etc
• Google apps – reader, videos, maps, drive, mail
• make interactive posters
• educational accounts available
10. • free
• make different types of games
• can publish on blog or website eg.
languagesonline.org.uk
• examples on my site
11. • iPad, iTunes, iPod, iPhone
• phenomenal apps – favourites include
wordreference, linguascope, cartoon makers,
voice recorders
• GCSE material made by teachers for free in
iTunes
12. • share and create screencasts, images and
videos
• collaborate
• free
• snagit and camtasia are run by the same
people that do more detailed things
13. • electronic resources linked to AQA Nelson
Thornes text books, subscription only
• KS3-5
• audio visual, soundfiles, downloadable
worksheets, supports and supplements the
textbook
• eBook with links to Kerboodle files
• (OUP offers ActivTeach)
15. • my Languages Online
• department for Education
• games and activities
• scoreboard
• free
16. • authentic materials
• can change language
• includes videos and transcripts
• other news sites eg El País, 20 minutes
• authentic websites offer a wealth of material
17. • Oye, Zut, Gut, Zut Jnr
• free after 4pm, minimal cost
• games and interactive exercises
18. • make presentations
• linear, non-linear
• zooms in and out
• can add images, videos and hyperlinks
19. • vocabulary learning
• can create own quizzes and classes
• can monitor who is playing/accessing
• can add pre-existing lists to your classes
20. • Reader to collect blogs and read easily
• works using RSS feeds
• tells me automatically when a blog/page
is updated and feeds it onto my reader
list
• saves accessing 30 different pages just
to see if there is anything new
21. • storybird
• make and tell stories
• great for younger students
• MFL storybird wiki
22. • follow other educators and linguists
• tweet and share ideas
• best CPD around!
• @spanishsam
• protect your tweets?
23. • create avatars that speak
• add voice by typing or uploading a sound file
• make the character look however you want
24. • put virtual post-its on a wall
• great for feedback or collecting ideas
• MFL collection of reading and listening tips
for the GCSE exam
• LinoIt is an alternative
25. • word clouds : Wordle, ImageChef, Tagxedo
• see blog post on different ways to use them
in the classroom
27. • authentic materials
• music, film
• grammar help
• share with the world
• alternatives: TeacherTube, TES
video,teachersmedia.co.uk
• download videos using Zamzar
28. • games
• teachers can make and share pre-made games
• all topics
• free
29.
30. Sign up to Quizlet using a username
that you would be happy for students to
see (mine is MissLunn)
Browse through some of the vocab lists
that already exist – maybe look at mine!
Try to make a vocab list of your own
Can you create a class?
How would you have pupils find your
vocabulary list?
32. Other things to try today
• sign up to twitter (and follow me,
@spanishsam)
• create a storybird
• start your own blog with what you have
learnt today
• play some games on Zondle, MYLO,
languagesonline or Oye/Zut/Gut
• Make your own animated video using
animoto or xtranormal