103 Interesting ways to use audio in your classroom
Dissecting an article
Age: 10 – 12 yrs or older Overview Popplet is a web tool for mind mapping. Easy to use, you just have to double-click to create “boxes” where you can insert text, images or videos and build information flows – connections between the “boxes”. This collaborative tool has the plus of allowing to create tags Full Article…
Image sharing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of this post you will be able to: Describe what image hosting and sharing applications are. Say why they are necessary. Explain how they work. Search for and use images from an image-hosting site. Upload images to an image hosting site WHAT THEY ARE Image sharing site is a generic Full Article…
Voicethreads / digital conversations
LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of this post you will be able to: Say what a voicethread is Create a digital conversation Use voicethreads in your teaching DIGITAL DIALOGUE Digital dialogue is part of everyday life for today’s students. It started with e-mail and text messaging on mobile phones and progressed to instant messaging, Skype, Full Article…
Gliffy
Experienced teacher and tech visionary Dan Roberts has just come up with another practical ICT ideas to use in the classroom. This week he’s discovered a tool which allows you to create charts and diagrams to share online. If you want to draw a flow chart or other special diagram then Gliffy is a great tool for Full Article…
Essay Map
Another gem from Dan Roberts who says “I’ve only just started using Essay Map in the classroom and already I love it. Many of the students I teach find it difficult to write and structure an essay; actually even I do. Essay Map is a brilliant tool which works as an interactive graphic organiser that walks you through Full Article…