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Web2.0 tools for languages teaching
(writing)
Kristyn Paul Project Manager Languages R-12
Teaching & Learning Services4th FloorEducation Centre31 Flinders StreetAdelaide SA 5000
What this presentation will cover …
Web 2.0 tools for the languages classroomWriting tools:
Xtranormal
Storybird
StoryJumper
Fun with written texts: Wondersay/Newspaper clipping generator
Xtranormal: http://www.xtranormal.com
The website claims “If you can type, you can make movies…”
Students select the characters, setting and language for the digitised speech (male & female voices) and then type the text (or cut and paste from a pre-prepared Word document).
They then select the camera angles and put in actions.
The finished movie can be embedded in a website or uploaded to uTube.
Unfortunately it now costs “points” to publish movies. New subscribers get 300 points free
Storybird: http://storybird.com/
Storybirds are short, visual stories that you make to share.
About Storybird: http://storybird.com/books/about-us-a-peek-inside-storybird/
Look at some Storybirds that have been written already in a range of languages: http://mfl-storybirds.wikispaces.com/
StoryJumper: http://www.storyjumper.com/ Storyjumper is another story making site.
It is popular with users because they have control over many of the visual elements. Stories can include:a range of supplied backgrounds, clip art imagesThe writer’s own photos or drawings
The help pages have support for teachers and the create link has a useful step by step guide to writing your first story.
Wondersay: http://www.wondersay.com/
With Wondersay, you can animate any type of sentence.
Wondersayings are easy to create, customise and share.
There are no software programs to download and no sign-up required.
Have a brief chat with people at your site to discuss uses of Wondersay in the languages classroom.
Newspaper clipping generator: http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
• At this website students can write an authentic looking newspaper article in the target language.
• Once they've generated the clipping they can download it as a jpeg file to insert in a document.
Where to from here? Try out some of the tools in the time remaining in this PL session:
Go to Kris Paul’s wiki and click on CENTRA presentations http://web2-4languageteachers.wikispaces.com/
Enrol in the DECS Web2 tools Moodles:Go to http://dlb.sa.edu.au/csmoodleClick on Languages. You will then be prompted for your
user name & password (or register if you haven’t done so already).
Click on the second of the ICT courses –Web 2 tools for Languages Teaching. You will be prompted for an enrolment key. This is web2tools2 – lower case, no spaces.
Work through the course at your own pace, completing the activities as you go along. The writing tools in this presentation are outlined in topics 5 and 6.
Next CENTRA event
Further CENTRA sessions are planned for later this term:Web 2.0 tools that support students in
listening and tools that assist with developing vocabulary.
These and additional sessions will be offered again in term 1 2012.
Your Language Centre Key Teacher will invite you to attend some of these sessions.