Yet+More+Web+Tools+for+Secondary+ELT

= Yet More Web Tools for Secondary ELT =

//For the purpose of these activities, 'secondary' refers to 12-16 olds.//

More ideas here: http://teachingvillage.wikispaces.com/Little+Tech+for+Big+Results+(Busan)



**Interactive idi** **oms** **What it is:** Idioms illustrated and organised to tes t student knowledge **Suitable for:** 12+ **Requires:** connected classroom (computer & Internet, projector), laptops, or computer room **Time:** 20 mins+ **Beware:** n/a **Other idiom tools:** [] [] [] @http://acliltoclimb.blogspot.com/2011/03/idioms-part-19-food-fish-interactive.html



**My Pop Studio** @http://www.mypopstudio.com **What it is:** Aimed at tween girls, some of the activities (Pop Star producer, Selling with a Song) work well with boys too **Suitable for:** 12-14 year-olds **Requires:** Computer room / connected classroom **Time:** 20 mins **Beware:** n/a **Some examples:** n/a **Suggested use:** With the Pop Star producer ask the learners to create their own popstar, decide on a style, type of music, lyrics, etc. Then ask the learners to watch each other's popstars perform in concert. Follow it up in class with a discussion about what makes a good pop song / pop star, etc. and/or types of music.



**Board Game Maker** [] **What it is:** A simple way for your students to make board games for each other - they can then be printed out **Suitable for:** 13+ **Requires:** computer room or laptops **Time:** 20 mins+ to **Beware:** n/a **Some examples:** n/a **Suggested use:** Ask the students to create a board game with cards and to produce a set of rules (i.e. 'How to Play the Game')



**Pen.io** @http://pen.io/ **What it is:** A simple way of publishing text on a web page. It also allows you to embed Youtube videos **Suitable for:** 13+ **Requires:** Internet connection **Time:** 5 mins+ depending on what you want to publish **Beware:** n/a **Some examples:** One World http://oneworld.pen.io Dove Evolution @http://doveevolution.pen.io/ **Suggested use:** publish homework or share student work online. Publish song lyrics or poems, compositions, etc.



**Anagram Maker** http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/ **What it is:** A site that will display anagrams for any text you enter **Suitable for:** 13+ **Requires:** Internet connection **Time:** 5 mins+ **Beware:** n/a **Some examples:** n/a **Suggested use:** Make english anagrams of your students names / famous people's names just for fun / make anagrams of vocabulary words as a puzzle for the students