Macmillan+Teachers+Day+San+Sebastian+23rd+March

= = **Web tools for enhancing language learning**

 Primary ELT (6-12 year-olds)
= Macmillan Teacher Day, **Hotel Silken Amara Plaza, Plaza Pio XII, 7, 20010 San Sebastián – Donostia **=

//Wednesday // //23rd March 2011. 18-00-19.25 //   //Macmillan program //

** A **** bstract: **

There are many different tools on the Web that can be used to motivate students to speak, read, listen, or write. But which of them should we use? And how do we get the most out of them? In this session, we’ll look at a variety of websites that can be easily used by any teacher to enhance the learning and practice of language either in a computer room or using a class set of laptops A range of activities will discussed and links to examples are available at: http://webtoolsforefl.wikispaces.com

**Details: **

**1) Introduction** //(10 mins) 18:00-> 18:10// - What to keep in mind when using digital tools - In the computer room - Laptops in the classroom - At home

<span style="font-style: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**2) Web Tools**

** Digital monster pets **//(10 mins)// //18:10-> 18:20// <span style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> - **Moshi Monsters** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[] lets you adopt a virtual pet. It's aimed at Primary age kids and can be used by the teacher as a virtual classroom pet. It's great to use in class if you have a connected classroom and can motivate speaking and listening. You can also encourage students to adopt their own and make friends of each other, writing on each other's walls, etc.

** Talking Photos **//(10 mins)// //18:20-> 18:30// <span style="font-style: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> - **Blabberise** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">@http://blabberize.com/ a utomatically animates a photo that you add a recorded voice to, and is ideal for use with Primary learners

** Animated Photos ** //(10 mins)// //18:30-> 18:40// - **Animoto** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">@http://animoto.com/ is an easy way of animating groups of photographs. When you select the photographs, the website produces a video automatically with the images - fun to use with Primary learners.

** Interactive Posters ** //(10 mins)// //18:40-> 18:50// <span style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px;">- **Glogster** <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 22px;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">@http://www.glogster.com/ can be used with Primary learners to make student work fun. Learners can make posters that can be shared on a class wiki or a blog. A teacher can also make a //glog// as a fun way of introducing something.

** Interactive Multimedia Slideshows. **//(10 mins)// //18:50-> 19:00// **- Voicethread** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">@http://voicethread.com/ Record learners talking about a story/picture/cartoon they have created/drawn and put the two together. You could also do something similar with Youtube, but with Voicethread, it's easy and people can leave comments.

** Talking avatars **//(10 mins)// //19:00-> 19:10// <span style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**- Voki** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">http://www.voki.com Create animated speaking avatars for your class. Learners can choose the avatars and their voices can be added to them. Embed them in a class wiki or blog.

// ** Simple webpages ** (5 mins)// //19:10-> 19:15// - **Pen.io** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">@http://pen.io/ is a simple way of publishing text on a web page. It also allows you to embed Youtube videos, which is good if you want to restrict what other videos learners have access to - see Internet Safety for more information about this.

**3) Conclusion** //(5 mins)// //19:15-> 19:20// <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">- final words of advice <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">- questions