At the end of 2010 I published the first 5 tasks in a series to help teacher learn how to use technology with their students. Now I would like to add 3 more tasks to that collection. The first few tasks are all quite simple to lay the ground work and get teachers started. As the series progresses I hope to get on to more adventurous tasks. Please feel free to use these tasks yourself or to share or use them for teacher training.
Task 6: Creating a video review activity
In this task you’ll learn how to create a film trailer review activity using film trailers from YouTube and an online notice board called Wallwisher. Here’s an example to look at before you start: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/nikstrailers Wallwisher is a really useful tool for giving students a semi restricted choice of online videos or links to other resources from around the Internet.
Task 7: Creating screenshots using Jing
Jing is a really useful free tool that allows you to create and annotate images grabbed from the screen of your computer.
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Task 8: Create your own YouTube channel
Video has become one of the most useful resources on the Internet for language teachers. There are a great many video sharing websites on the Internet, but YouTube is by far the biggest.
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I hope you find these tasks useful and I hope that you'll soon find some more here.
Related links:
- 5 Tasks to Teach Yourself to Teach with
- Using Online Sticky Noticeboards
- Cropping YouTube Videos to Create
- Tutorial: Using Videos from
- Technogogy for edtech news
- 100 + Online activities for EFL ESL learners
- Social Networks and the Web 2.0 Revolution: Part 2
- Create your own social network 7 steps
- Web 2.0 Tools for EFL and ESL Teachers
- 10 Teacher Development Task for Web 2.0 Tools
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