1. Putting the Modern and Foreign into MFL
Part 1 - Modern: Using ICT creatively in MFL
Working alone, spend some time exploring the 10 (and a ½) websites listed!
As you are working, add your thoughts to the today’s meet page
http://www.todaysmeet.com/MFLICT2011
30 m before the end of the morning session, we will stop and set ourselves
some targets for the coming months. During this time, you may should
think of the classes you are planning to each over the next month or two
(and beyond) and think of how you may use one or more of these websites
(15 m)
Answer the ICT questionnaire here (5 m)
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/R8DKBHL
FEEDBACK as a group (10 m)
1 Collaboration in real time
www.wallwisher.com
http://en.linoit.com/ (very similar)
examples : Où est Charlie? Learning a language is like…
http://tinyurl.com/ouestcharlie
http://tinyurl.com/WWlanguagelearning
http://todaysmeet.com/
2 Games generators:
www.classtools.net
example: Dustbin game & multi game generator (le, la, l’, les - Y7
hobbies)

2. http://allsaintslanguagesblog.typepad.co.uk/all_saints_languages_blog/
2010/03/y7-les-passe-temps-classtools-games.html
www.contentgenerator.net
example: Fling the Teacher – rooms and activities
http://allsaintslanguagesblog.typepad.co.uk/all_saints_languages_blog/
2010/03/year-10-fling-the-teacher-rooms-revision-and-activities-
extension.html
www.quizlet.com
http://www.zondle.com
examples: NUDEPIGS – mnemonic to remember OPINION WORDS in
French
http://allsaintslanguagesblog.typepad.co.uk/all_saints_languages_blog/
2009/02/nude-pigs-giving-opinions-in-french.html
http://quizlet.com/848918/nudepigs-flash-cards/
www.memorize.com
http://hotpot.uvic.ca/
http://www.studystack.com
Spanish example:
http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-120159
3 Cartoon and animation creation
www.toondoo.com
examples: Y7 French with comments (AfL)

3. http://allsaintslanguagesblog.typepad.co.uk/all_saints_languages_blog/
2010/01/year-7-terrific-toondoos-school-likes-and-dislikes.html#tp
www.goanimate.com
example: “Le week-end dernier avec Johnny Depp” (past tense)
http://goanimate.com/movie/0NnfTGpxHT5c/1
http://www.xtranormal.com/
http://www.comiclife.com/
http://blabberize.com/
http://www.dvolver.com/moviemaker/index.html
4 Word Clouds
www.wordle.net
example shown below: German shops and shopping.
http://languagesresources.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/23-ways-to-use-
wordle-in-the-mfl-classroom/

4. Spanish Sam gives you some ideas for ways of using Wordle in the MFL
classroom
http://michellecairnsmfl.wordpress.com/tag/wordle/
Michelle Cairns, recently qualified MFL teacher blogs about Wordle
www.tagxedo.com
www.imagechef.com
5 Video content
www.dailymotion.com
example: Crepe man! (Mardi gras)
http://tinyurl.com/crepeman
6 Word Tiles (for word order)
http://www.triptico.co.uk/
http://kesmfl.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/more-iwb-tools-from-
triptico/
Blog post about triptico
To download – see Suzi for a demo
7 Ready-made web sites for vocabulary and grammar games / activities
– all FREE !
http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/

5. http://www.atantot-extra.co.uk/
http://www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/
www.frenchteacher.net
http://www.hellomylo.com/
NGfL Cymru – French, German and Spanish:
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/eng/vtc-home/vtc-ks3-home/vtc-ks3-
french(2)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/eng/vtc-home/vtc-ks3-home/vtc-ks3-
german
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/eng/vtc-home/vtc-ks3-home/vtc-ks3-
spanish
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/eng/vtc-home/vtc-ks4-home/vtc-ks4-
french(2)
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/eng/vtc-home/vtc-ks4-home/vtc-ks4-
spanish
8 An excellent alternative to Power Point
www.prezi.com
example: Y9 French Les droits de l’enfant
http://prezi.com/gbfpugj7wtgm/les-droits-de-lenfant-manger-et-boire-
pour-se-developper/

6. 9 A brilliant website for finding picture prompts
www.taggalaxy.de
10 Story making
www.storybird.com
http://www.storyjumper.com/
http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/
www.mixbook.com
examples : Fiona Joyce’s Storybird wiki & Clare Seccombe’s blog on
Storyjumper
http://mfl-storybirds.wikispaces.com/
http://is.gd/goAtS
10 ½ Newspaper generator
http://www.fodey.com

7. And finally….
http://teachmeet.pbworks.com
Get involved – CPD for teachers by teachers. Awesome stuff!
Shall we set one up for later in the year, Team MFL?