Thursday 26 February 2009

Tool for creating animations

I have just learnt about this tool in AllSharing, a ning platform created by Mbarek Akkadar.

GoAnimate seems to have a lot of potential for story telling. One of the features I like the most is that it allows you to record your voice, thus lending itself to developing speaking and listening skills.

Wednesday 11 February 2009

Interesting Article (in Spanish)

I came across this article in ARCALL (Argentine Computer Assisted Language Learning)Yahoo Group. I think it perfectly illustrates the point of why it is essential for teachers to help their students develop their ICT competence.

Saturday 7 February 2009

Saturday, 6 Feb highlights

  • Rita's presentation at Elluminate with a clear classification of different web 2.0 tools followed by a demonstration of how she's using them with her students. Superb!

The Web 2.0 Honing Social Skills
View more presentations from RitaZ. (tags: #enhancinglessons writingmatrix)

  • Then we had another wonderful session at Elluminate, during which we put together a Bubbleshare album working collaboratively and having lots of fun in the process. Here's the outcome:






BubbleShare: Share photos - Play some Online Games.

Tuesday 3 February 2009

3 Feb highlights

Today a friend sent me this wonderful video and I immediately thought of embedding it here. Watching and listening to it was definitely an aha experience. You'll see why:

Sunday 1 February 2009

1 Feb highlights

Today we finish Week 3. Incredible!
So many interesting things this week:
  • Alicia, Analía and Rita put together a great wrap up in the YG files
  • This conversation created by Vicky Saumell using Chinswing. She invited teachers around the world to introduce themselves. I think she has managed to produce invaluable authentic material for listening practice. Bonus track: listening to some famous webheads talking about themselves. A gem!