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MFL tools and tricks - update Dec14
- 1. MFL Widgets & Wizardry 30+ ideas for the language classroom http://iconscrabble.com
- 2. By attending the course you will: be given information about online tools to help language learning be given some information about recent e-learning developments have a chance to share and discuss strategies for using online tools to raise attainment in MFL Have a break from the frenzy of school
- 3. Questions? Topic area? Quick flash?
- 4. Quick flash?
- 5. Questions? Topic area? Quick flash? Don’t forget that you can also use scrolling effects to see how much pupils remember
- 6. Tu vois…… Un vase Ou Deux têtes? Le nez La bouche Le menton
- 7. Une jeune femme ou une vieille dame?
- 8. Tu vois un lapin ou un canard?
- 9. Build your wildself http://www.buildyourwildself.com/ Also Sonic character creator http://devbook.com/charactercreators/sonic/
- 10. Mr Picassohead • www.picassohead.com • anime character maker • sonic character creator • gamepuma character creator
- 11. Countdown timer www.online-stopwatch.com A nice collection of timers. Includes countdown bomb! www.classtools.net Has tunes you can use to countdown Also : name/word randomizers, hidden image
- 12. www.classtools.net Fakebook & Fake Tweet (‘Twister’) Great for project work – a celebrity, a town, a character in a novel, play or film
- 13. Linguascope widgets [Log in needed] Countdown timers Dice
- 14. www.barryfunenglish.com Look under ‘tools’ for scoreboards. One of the few free resources available on this site
- 15. ‘wheeldecide’ http://wheeldecide.com/ A wheel spinner which you can customize with any number of segments and contents You could add words, pupil’s names, topic categories Les vacances Ma chambre Ma ville Ma maison Mon copain /ma copine Mes animaux Mon film préféré Mon école Mes profs Ma routine
- 16. Word /name/phrase picker http://primaryschoolict.com/random-name-selector/ Google primary ict random name selector Works best on Chrome
- 17. Sandfields Comp IWB resources http://www.npted.org/schools/sandfieldsComp/games/Pages/default.aspx • ‘Bingo in’ mad • Click clock • Fridge magnet • Sketchpad for Pictionary
- 19. Talking points Google: ‘unusual pictures’; check before use!
- 20. Harry Styles Russell Brand Justin Bieber Kate Middleton Victoria Beckham The victim has made no mistakes. The killer has made 3 grammar or spelling mistakes. Everyone else has made 1 or 2. Find the killer & the victim J’ai mangé une tartine et j’ai bu une tasse de café Jennifer Lawrence J’ai regarde la télé et après j’avons lire une BD d’Astérix J’ai faire mes devoirs et j’ai surfé sur le web J’ai allée au cinéma avec mes amies Je suis resté à la maison et j’ai faire la cousine J’ai travaille dans le magasin de mon père
- 21. Pistols at Dawn 2 pupils stand back to back, hands in shape of drawn guns. T asks a question which requires a short (1 or 2 words) answer. Pupils turn round quickly and face each other, say the answer followed by BANG. Correct answer + ‘Bang’ wins. You can do a class knockout if not too many.
- 24. TTS IM text translator Text to speech- Good for pupils’ learning for speaking and writing tests. Cluttered interface but OK once you’re used to it. You can slow down the speed of the spoken text. Paste in the following text: Bonjour les professeurs indomptables. J’espère que vous trouverez certaines de ces idées utiles et que cette présentation n’est pas trop exigeante. Rappelez que l’essentiel, c’est l’équilibre entre la vie professionnelle et la vie privée. Passez des vacances reposantes.
- 25. Pause n’ play videos Favourite at the moment German: Edeka – supergeil Rowan Atkinson singt das Europalied French: Evian roller babies Mr Bean – Packing for Holiday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r0dr_juOiI
- 26. Popplet http://popplet.com/app/index.php#/460907 Easy diagram creator You can include youtube videos Babysitten http://popplet.com/app/index.php#/1 283283
- 27. blockbusters • Use http://www.teachers-direct. co.uk/resources/quiz-busters
- 28. Easy prompter http://www.easyprompter.com/ Paste text into the box and it turns into a broadcast-style autocue Sample Text: So here I stand... one girl among many. I speak – not for myself, but for all girls and boys. I raise up my voice – not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights: Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated.
- 29. Zap reader www.zapreader.com Select ‘Reader’ Paste a bunch of text in to the box Hit ‘zap it’ The page will display one word at a time You can adjust the speed and the number of words displayed at any one time (up to 5) Good for reading practice (phonics) Information recall Translation / comprehension Predict next word Repeat/ recall last word Sample Text: So here I stand... one girl among many. I speak – not for myself, but for all girls and boys. I raise up my voice – not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights: Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated.
- 30. www.wordle.net This is a wordle (wordle.net) how do we use it? See also Tagxedo
- 34. Bart’s Chalkboard Next time, I must remember to get this right…… (x5 !) 3 things I learnt this lesson Here’s a question I want to ask the teacher/ the class You can use Bart’s chalkboard on a worksheet or the IWB
- 36. Storybird & bookbox • some lovely illustrated books in French Spanish German • Good for a language club
- 37. Who needs expensive & fiddly e-voting systems? Multiple choice / mini-plenary smiley kit Download the ‘kit’ here: http://verulamvle.typepad.com/vets/2011/11/smileys-for-mini-plenaries. html
- 38. Cartoon creators Go Animate - Make animations using a range of characters & props. The pupils love it. Drag and drop to create scenes. Allows text, but not speech. See examples here and here • Toondo - cartoon strip creator- Cartoon strip creator. Drag and drop. A good way to reinforce a topic. http://www.toondoo.com/ Example here
- 39. Top 10s http://www.aneki.com/lists.html Go out of Powerpoint slideshow into edit mode & move this rectangle around Try BARB as well for TV ratings Good for comparatives and superlatives
- 40. Online voice recorders • Audioboo Easy Audio clip recorder- just click, record and send. Click the icon above to hear my sample. Get pupils to do a quick audio message and send it to your email address (your network techies can set one up a shadow (proxy) one for you) • Vocaroo Easy audio recorder There’s a more flexible one called Audiopal Soundcloud lets you store longer bits of audio
- 41. Thinglink Make an image interactive https://www.thinglink.com/scene/4288907745 37502720
- 42. Fotobabble Upload a photo and add your audio commentary Here ’s an example (year 8 German) Ideal for topic work at any level
- 43. Voki – talking avatar creator • Click the Borat sample. Text to speech, lots of characters, voices and languages. Selected pupils come to the front and create a target language Voki message to the class Pupil A inputs a description about another pupil. Class have to guess who it is. Winner takes over. Selected pupils create a plenary Voki of the 5 most useful words from the lesson for the rest of the class to guess Teacher creates a Voki containing a starter activity or a message which contains the lesson objective
- 44. Strip bingo Strip bingo Give kids a strip of paper divided into 8 rows (half of A4, vertical is OK). Teach about 20 vocab items . The pupils then choose 8 French words and copy each one into their 8 rows, one per row. Teacher then reads the English from the original list. If pupils has the word at top or bottom of their strip, they tear it off. Teacher keeps reading the list, in any order. The winner is the first pupil to ‘lose’ all their words.
- 45. One motion drum machine Click on the image to see it in action – If you’re feeling brave, try the alphabet song
- 46. Gap fill generator Google: random idea + English + Gapfill generator http://random-idea-english.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/tools-gapfill-generator.html
- 47. Blabberize • http://blabberize.com/view/id/794856 Upload any image, customize the mouth, record a message and watch the lip-sync in action. Works best with cartoon faces but you can try celebs too.
- 48. Dice I get up I wash I eat I get dressed I brush my teeth I go to bed In the garden In the kitchen In the garage On the balcony In my room In the school With my dog With my cat With my horse With my two goldfish With my mouse With my tortoise For dice rollers – see http://dice.miniwebapps.net/ Also Linguascope widgets & IWB software e.g. Active Inspire 1 2 3 4 5 6
- 49. More dicey ideas Number each pupil in your class 1-12 Go round again, so in a class of 24 you’ll have two pupils who are number 1 etc Roll 2 die The pupils with that number stand up and answer Divide class into two teams - Ask a question then, if they answer correctly, roll one dice for number of points ‘cricket’: - roll a dice, then ask a question worth that number of points. So a six would be a really hard question, a one would be an easy one Verb conjugation
- 50. quizlet • Make you own sets of flashcards – audio enabled ! • Ma ville: http://quizlet.com/26983558/flashcards
- 51. Textivate Approx £35 a year Copy and paste text Choose sequencing or gap fill Sample Text: So here I stand... one girl among many. I speak – not for myself, but for all girls and boys. I raise up my voice – not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights: Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated.
- 52. Text mechanic + reverse text generator
- 53. Text Srambler http://www.rjwoerheide.com/scrambletest.php Google: rjwoerheide + text scrambler • puts Use the words online different a a in which scrambler sentence order an text of use an online text scrambler which puts the words of a sentence in a different order • txet sdrawkcab ecudorp ekil sgniht rehto od uoy stel moc.esacelggot.www www.togglecase.com lets you do other things like produce backwards text.
- 54. Lingro • Go to Lingro • Import a foreign language webpage address and see what happens • each word becomes clickable • You can click on the word for the meaning and store it in a word list • It will also generate a set of flashcards of the words clicked
- 55. Suggestions: Amazon.de Amazon.fr TV: la grille des émissions Cinema + Rouen+ programme Subway Belgique McDonalds France Subway France Pizzas `a emporter Using Authentic materials www.allocine.fr
- 58. imagechef fodey Caption generators – Photofunia does it all photobox funny.pho.to Also: Glass giant
- 59. Kahoot Pupils use www.kahoot.it Teacher uses getkahoot.com https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/d57c4d55-10f7- 47a4-ad62-78fbc5a5230b
- 60. Keep calmomatic