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Exploring Easy Web Tools for Meaningful
Classroom Activities and Beyond
Nina Septina
Inspired By :
BIG Thanks to Ozge Karaoglu, iTDi and JALT TCSIG!
Why web tools?
How to use Wordle & Tagul
Activities with Wordle & Tagul
How to use Padlet
Activities with Padlet
Quiz
Presentation Overview
Let’s explore Wordle & Tagul!
Go to www.wordle.net
Type or paste in a bunch of text
Type or paste in a bunch of text
Run the Java application
The Word Cloud is There!
Design your word cloud :
Pick the color
Design your word cloud:
Choose the layout
Design your word cloud :
Choose the font
Design your word cloud :
Language option
Design your word cloud :
Undo / Redo ?
More wordle settings..
Randomize the design..
Embed the word cloud into a blog
or a web page
Type a word more often to look bigger
Remove common words (& numbers)
To save the word cloud as a picture, use
the Print Screen button or a screen
capture tool
Keep words together (compound nouns)
using ~ (tilde)
Make sure you have Java
Go to http://tagul.com/
Sign Up / Log in
using your existing account
Start a new cloud
Start typing / importing words
Start typing / importing words
Start typing / importing words
The Word Cloud is There!
Design your word cloud:
Choose the shape
Design your word cloud:
Chose the font
Design your word cloud:
Choose the layout
Design your word cloud:
Pick the color
Save the changes, export the word cloud into
different file formats & share the link
Embed the word cloud into a blog
or a web page
What can we do with word clouds?
Find the Opposites
Find the Synonyms
Put students in pairs / groups
Project the word cloud on a class display
Set a certain time limit
Ask students to find the matching opposites /
synonyms
The pair / group that has the most word matchings
wins the game, or...
Students exchange information with other
pairs/groups to build the whole set of the opposites /
synonyms (information gap activity)
Find the Opposites & Synonyms
Grammar Reinforcement: Adjectives
Students categorize the adjectives based on the
number of syllables
Ask them to write the Comparative and
Superlative forms
Students pick some of the adjectives to make
sentences to describe and compare things
around them
Grammar Reinforcement: Adjectives
Grammar Reinforcement:
Regular & Irregular Verbs
Grammar Reinforcement:
Identifying Parts of Speech
Distribute copies of the word cloud /project it on a class
display
Make a chart/table on the board based on word
categories and ask Ss to identify and fill in the columns with
the words that belong to each category
Ask students to pick some words to create sentences about
themselves (imaginary and/or true facts)
Share with peers and have students guess whether the
sentences their friends wrote are based on true experiences
or the made-up ones
Grammar Reinforcement:
Identifying Regular & Irregular Verbs and
Parts of Speech
Song Lyrics
Before listening : to guess the title or what the
song might be about, to pre teach
vocabulary
Whilst listening : to help Ss find the words they
missed
After listening : to reflect back and make
sentences using the vocabulary or grammar in
the song, to summarize and retell the song.
Song Lyrics
Memory Game
Memory Game
Other possible topics :
Parts of the body
Public places
Occupations
Food, fruits & vegetables
Sports & sport equipment
Means of transportations
Countries and nationalities
Hobbies
etc
Run and Hit Game
Display the word cloud on the board or on a class wall
Put students in groups
The teacher reads the definition of a word
Each representative of the group should run to the board
or to the wall and hit / tap the correct word (with their
hand or a fly swatter)
The fastest one wins some points for his/her group
Repeat the procedure until all the words have been
mentioned, and students are to take turns representing
their group
Run and Hit Game
Create an Introduction or a Bio
Create an Introduction or a Bio
Introduction at the first meeting with a class
Business card design logo
Embed it into our personal blog / web page
Use it as a profile picture
Students create and use it to do a show & tell
about themselves, or
Students create it without their names on the
word cloud, submit it to the teacher then play
“Guess Who I Am”
Vocabulary –
Word Categorizing
Ss group the
Animals based
on their
category:
- pets
- zoo animals
- farm animals,
EtcThey could
also add more
animals which
are not listed
on the word cloud.
Ss then tell
their favorite
animals by
making the gestures of the
animals for the
class to guess.
Ss list down
the words
into each
category:
- positive
traits
- negative
traits
-Neutral
Ss pick 3
adjectives
that best
describe them, share
with the
class and
add more
information about
them.
Vocabulary -
Word Categorizing
Photo: Wordle: an easy way to start/review the lesson, by MissLalahttp://lia-liasemarangcandi.blogspot.com/2014/07/wordle-easy-way-to-start-review-lesson.html
Vocabulary -
Word Categorizing Ss divide the
words into
categories:
- hair
- build
- face- skin color
- other
Use the
Vocabulary learned to
describe
themselves, their
friends or famous
people
Photo: Wordle: an easy way to start/review the lesson, by MissLalahttp://lia-liasemarangcandi.blogspot.com/2014/07/wordle-easy-way-to-start-review-lesson.html
Create Cards
- Ss create a (birthday/thank you)card and send it to their beloved
ones on their special day
- Put Ss in pairs, ask them to create a postcard thanking their partner for being a good friend and they are to exchange the cards with
each other (or they could ask each other’s address and send the
card by postal service)
Class Collaborative Thinking / Poll
eg. class expectation
Have students write a reflection to a class discussion or an
answer to a similar topic. For example, “Please describe a
group of classmates that you could learn English well with.
What would you all do to help each other learn better and
more enjoyably?”
Combine all students’ writings into a word cloud
What further reflections or discussions can be made?
Optional: reproduce it in posters to display on the class walls
as a way to reinforce the content.
Class Collaborative Thinking
-eg. class expectation
Adapted from : Murphey, T. &Iswanti S. (2014). Surprising humanity! Comparing ideal
classmates in two countries. ETAS Journal, 31(2) Spring, 33-35.
Reading Comprehension
Before reading: Guess the title, the
topic, which chapter comes first, pre-
teach vocabulary
After reading: Ask who the characters
are, summarize or retell the chapters,
predict what will happen in the next chapter, pick some words from the word
cloud and ask Ss to create sentences
(about themselves) using the words
Class Posters – Review of Units Learned
Wonders of Wordle by Michael Fisher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jslE4ISG2nw
Let’s explore Padlet!
Padlet – go to http://padlet.com/
Sign up / Log in to Padlet
Create a wall
Write the title or the basic info / theme of your wall
Choose the wallpaper
Choose the layout
Set the privacy setting
Enable email notification (Y/N)
Customize the address
Customize the address
Start posting
See our wall collection
Share the link & export the wall into different
file formats
Variety of Padlet activities!
Class Poem Collection
Post - listening (to a song) task
What do you think of
this song (Brave), and what moral lesson can
you take from this
song?
Write down the things
you'd like to be brave
about in the next few
months.
An activity by Tim Murphey
Show (the video) & tell
Students learn to
describe their
lovely moments by
first showing them
an Animoto video
which is uploaded
on a class padlet
wall, then further tell the class about the
photos in the video
by using the
grammar and
vocabulary learned.
Students' Commercials
Students' Dream Countries/Cities
Writing assignment
Topic : beautiful places all over the world / travelling.
>> Ss sharethe class their dream city / country and the reason why they want
to go there and what activities they can do there.
Share Who/What Students Love the Most
After Ss learn
about adjective
clauses, ask them
to create a
sentence using
an adjective
clause to share
with the class
what or who they love the most.
Class Favourite Quotes
Lesson focus:
Direct vs Indirect speech
-As a home assignment, ask Ss to post their
favorite quote on the wall
- In class, ask them to change these quotes
into indirect speech
- Next, they exchange experiences and
stories about why they love these quotes, and
in what way these quotes have affected their
lives
Class Favourite Quotes
Class Story ProjectA joint text (story)
construction
between teacher
and Ss
- Post a sentence or
two to begin the
story
-Ss continue adding to teacher’s
sentence(s)
- Number the Ss to
assign order for
taking turns creating and
posting the
sentences on the
wall
Capture Important Class Moments
(Class Photo Album)
Collaborative Project Between Countries
Guess what the object is used for ?
Collaborative Project Between Countries
Collaborative Project Between Countries
Students discuss unique and interesting activities or
objects found in their culture (that people from another
culture may not easily recognize)
Students then take a photograph of the object or activity
they have chosen.
Students post the photo on the Padlet wall and ask
students in the partner country to guess what the object is
used for, or in the case of an activity, ask what people are
doing and why
Want to collaborate? Drop me a message ;)
Collaborative Project Between Countries
This activity is adapted from an intercultural exchange by Indonesian & Japanese students done
in 2011 - Bray, E. & NurIswanti, S. (2013). Japan–Indonesia intercultural exchange in a Facebook
Group. The Language Teacher 37 (2) 29-34
Make Connection with Parents, Showcase of
Students' Activities in class
This project aims to improve students’ language development by
intensifying their learning through making video recordings of students'
activities available for students to watch at home with parents.
These videos served as a reinforcement of lessons discussed in class
which could be watched and repeated at their convenience at home
offering more exposure to English as well as creating a memorable
learning experience for the students.
Parents are invited to take part as co-learners to attend students when
watching the recordings at home. They could give their children
encouragement to participate more and perform better while at the same
time they could follow their children's progress.
Make Connection with Parents, Showcase of
Students' Activities in class
Septina, N. & Murphey, T. (2013). Language performance videoing for home viewing.
PeerSpectives10 pp. 21-27.
Send Birthday Wishes /Thank You Notes to
Students/Colleagues
Students can post any
questions about the units
discussed, homeworkassignments, or class
schedule.
The teacher will get the
notification by email.
By putting the questions on
the wall, all other students can see and get the
information as well.
Class Question Board
Class Feedback Forum
- What do you
think of the
activity?
- What do you
like/don’t like?- How can you
make it better?-What do you
already Know
about the topic?- What do you
Want to know?
-What have you
Learned from the
Topic?
It’s quite practical in terms of keeping
and submitting the work as it's just one
click away to the link given
When I'm doing my writing assignment, I
also enjoy reading my friends' posts
By reading and learning some examples
from my friends' posts, I can create my
post more easily
What Students Say about Padlet
QUIZ
1. Give an example
how you would
use Padlet or word
cloud in your
teaching context.
2. Make a word
cloud out of your
bio and post either
the image or the
link here.
http://padlet.com/ninaseptina2009/iTDiMOOCTeacher
https://www.facebook.com/nina.septina
http://itdi.pro
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