Barcelona+14th+May

= Digital Tools for Enhancing Language Teaching and Learning =  // Macmillan Teachers' Day //

 //Primary, 8-10 year-olds;// //Primary, 10-12 year-olds//

 There are many different digital tools that can be used to motivate students to speak, read, listen, or write. But which of them should we use? And how to get the most out of them? In this session, we'll look at a variety of digital resources 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. I'll be giving you ideas how to exploit these tools and also showing you practical examples that teachers have done with their learners.

The objectives of this session are:

** To develop a more critical awareness and understanding of:- **
 * a range of digital tools that can be used for language skills and project work
 * how these tools can best be used with primary learners
 * how to create ideal learning conditions when using these tools
 * things to try and things to avoid when using these digital tools

Please also feel free to contact me if you have any questions, and I would love to take a look at any projects that you end up doing using these tools. Hope you have fun! //** Graham Stanley **// //__ graham.stanley@gmail.com __//// May 2011 //  //﻿ //

==Details == //(1hr 20 mins)//

** 1) Introduction //(5 mins)// ** <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;">- What to keep in mind when using digital tools <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;">- In the computer room <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;">- Laptops in the classroom <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;">- At home

** 2) Web Tools **

<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;"> Digital monster pets //(10 mins)// <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; cursor: pointer; 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.

<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;"> Talking Photos //(5 mins)// <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

<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;"> Animated Photos //(5 mins)// <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;"> - 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.

<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;"> Interactive Posters //(10 mins)// <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.

<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;"> Cartoon Avatar Software //(10 mins)// <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;">- Build Your Wild Self @http://www.buildyourwildself.com Create a hybrid animal/person avatar. Fun for descriptions. Dictate one to the learners first and ask them to copy it, then ask them to create their own. Print them off and write descriptions. <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;">- Face your manga @http://www.faceryourmanga.com Avatar software with descriptions. Does the same as above, but also has some clothes vocabulary.

- Gombinoscope <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://gombinoscope.free.fr/ More photo-realistic tool for older Primary students (10+

Digital Storybooks (10 minutes) - Kerpoof Storybook <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;">[] Create a digital story book - great for animating learners stories or making your own storybook to use in class - Zooburst <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://zooburst.com Lets you create 3D digital pop up books


 * Other tools of interest:**

<span style="color: #800080; 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;">Interactive Multimedia Slideshows. <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;">- 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; cursor: pointer; 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.

<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #800080; font-style: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Talking avatars <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; cursor: pointer; 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.

<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;">// Simple webpages // <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;">- 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)// ** <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