Let´s enjoy ICT in our class!

Podcasting : Voki Voki is a really funny educational tool that allows us to create our own talking characters. I find this tool very useful for shy students.  This is the link to my Voki presentation:    http://www.voki.com/site/pickup?scid=12123816&chsm=ab91781927d30be0979afc7c69c051af I want to share a wonderful experience I had during one of my classes at the institute. I am teaching English language to beginners, the group is composed of two boys and one girl. We were working on the topic “Animals in Danger of Extinction” so I proposed them to look for information about native animals in our province that are facing this problem. Once the students had the information about the topic, they had to present it on a Voki presentation. The “funny” problem occurred when I explained to them what is a Voki presentation! because they were extremely eager to use this tool. They were more interested in using this online resource than to present their works. ...

ICT in our class today! 👍 Take a look at my Issuu presentation about ICT in our class today https://issuu.com/luciana66/docs/ictinourclasstoday

Webquest: Slides.com   Slides.com allows us to create, present and share slide decks in a flexible and easy way.  Follow this link to my Slide presentation about "Children´s Rights"   "Children´s Rights" 👧👦

The Power Of Smiling 😊😊 Children laughing despite difficulties. This is my short presentation on Issue. I really loved working with this online tool!  https://issuu.com/luciana66/docs/thepowerofsmiling

Infographics : VisMe Take a look at this presentation I made entitled "Homelessness". I highly recommend this online tool called VisMe. We can create any type of visual content.  As we can download the presentation as an image, here there is a picture of my presentation. There is also a link for public access .  homelessness 

Learning Objects : Bubbl.us  This is my mind mapping about "Doctors Without Borders." Bubbl.us is an interesting online tool to make thematic webs.  My experience in class with this kind of website was very useful. I implemented this tool during a pre-task activity at Colegio de la UNLPam with students belonging to 5° Year (A) As the task that students have to accomplish is the writing of a letter to the editor, during the pre-task stage I showed them a Piktochart presentation about “How to do a letter to the editor.” I explained to them what is a letter to the editor, the purpose of writing a letter to the editor, and the way in which they could arrange ideas, opinions and factual information. As I have made my own letter to the editor I showed them the process of my writing, and it was at this moment that I presented them a brainstorming I designed using Bubbl.us presentations. While the students were working in their own brainstormings, some ...

Short videos in ELT Here there are two wonderful videos to work with students in our ELT lessons. I think they may be a motivating way to deal with topics such as preconceptions, prejudices and addiction.  They do not only provide stimulus for classroom activities but also foster critical thinking. Let´s take advantage of them!😉 The 1st is called FAREWELL WITH THE LAST KNIT and the 2nd one is called THE BALCONY GIRL I´ve also found some interesting videos to work with students. Indeed, I´ve used some of them to talk with my students about gender, discrimination, education, etc. Nevertheless, beyond the topics we may suggest, the most important and rewarding of working with videos in ELT classes are the topics students may propose from watching them.  From this video we can suggest topics such as: * gender  * education * food * toys From this 2nd video we can suggest topics such as :  * Discrimination * Self-Resp...