MULTIMEDIA TOOLS FOR EDUCATORS
GOOGLE ART PROJECT: A NEW EXPERIENCE
Google pone a la disposición de los usuarios Google Art Project, una plataforma para que se puedan realizar visitas virtuales a todos los museos del mundo que se incluyan en ella. Se caracteriza por la precisión en el uso de la tecnología de la visualización y la navegación Street View. De este modo, los museos interesados pueden presentar sus obras a alta resolución sin la necesidad de ir al lugar de origen.
Otra ventaja que ofrece es que los propios usuarios pueden generar su propia colección de obras, seleccionadas mediante un catalogo que Google Art Project pone a disposición en esta plataforma. De forma que, si disfrutas con el arte y estas esperando al momento ideal para viajar a tu museo favorito, ya tienes una nueva opción para acercarte a tu destino.
FREE MUSIC ARCHIVE
The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads. The Free Music Archive is directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America. Radio has always offered the public free access to new music. The Free Music Archive is a continuation of that purpose, designed for the age of the internet.
INFOGRAFÍAS
1.) Visual.ly – online
Visual.ly es una la herramienta más eficaz para crear y compartir la infografía.
2.) Wordle | Online
Wordle genera nubes de palabras, es una herramienta que realmente ayuda a crear infografías más llamativas. Se trata de un servicio eficaz para combinar con las palabras. Contiene una gran cantidad de diseños creativos para elegir.
3.) ManyEyes
ManyEyes es una herramienta de investigación de IBM. con el que puede navegar a través de los datos existentes o subir tus propios datos, a continuación, pegar casi cualquier conjunto de datos, incluyendo hojas de cálculo, sin perder el formato de la fuente.
4.) Hohli
Hohli permite crear diagramas de Venn, diagramas de dispersión y otros tipos de gráficos basados en la informaciónque introduzca. Se le permitirá elegir un título, seleccionar puntos de datos y alterar el fondo de la gráfica.
5.) Google Public Data Explorer
Es una herramienta que trabaja con información pública en la creacion de su infografía. Google almacena una gran cantidad de datos públicos y permite a sus usuarios transformar estos datos en visualizaciones sorprendentes. También puedes subir tus propios datos y elegir si deseas hacerlos públicos o privados.
6. Stat Planet
Permite crear mapas interactivos que se pueden personalizar. Para crear una infografía de múltiples funciones, que pueden incluir gráficos interactivos y gráficos. El sitio guarda las estadísticas mundiales. Esta disponible online o se puede descargar el programa gratis.
AVATARS 3D ANIMADOS
Crea tu propio avatar tridimensional y animado.
El uso de un avatar hace que sear posible la «tecnología de agentes personificados» («personified agent technology»). Un personaje virtual interactúa con otras el alumando, usando un repertorio de comportamientos sociales. Cada usuario puede personalizar su avatar de acuerdo con su perfil y fin de creación.
El uso de avatares estimula el aspecto social del aprendizaje al animar al alumnado a cooperar con sus presentaciones del propio avatar.
Los avatares son muy variados y dinámicos. Os dejo estos recursos para inspirar vuestros blogs, wikis y websites y para animar vuestras clases.
http://www.sitepal.com/photoface_sample_pop/
http://www.quickflashgames.com/other_stuff/avatar_maker/
http://www.meez.com/create-avatar.dm
http://www.gizmoz.com/newsite/presite/home.jsp
http://www.voki.com/create.php
FONTS 500 & 1001 FREE FONTS
En FONTS 500 encontrarás fuentes de texto de ensueño. Se descargan de forma gratuita en ‘zip’. Esta Web se creó a raíz de estudiar las fuentes de word preferidas de los usuarios y con una idea precisa de las fuentes más descargadas. Los caracteres de descarga están presentados en la imagen desde la que, haciendo un clic, se obtienen.
Aún más completa es la Web 1001 Free Fonts porque ofrece la posibilidad de descargar para Windows y Macintosh, a gusto del consumidor.
Os recuerdo el modo instalarlo, tras su descarga, en vuestro ordenador. Es muy sencillo. Os indico los pasos a seguir.
1. Panel de control.
2. Fuentes.
3. Archivo.
4. Instalar nueva fuente.
9 WEB SITES TO PUBLISH THE STUDENTS´ WORK
Publishing content online in eye-catching formats is easier than ever. Use these easy-to-use tools to publish, share and celebrate student work.
Online content publishing (leaving out the massive blogging category) falls into two broad categories.
- Some convert publications created solely in other applications, such as Microsoft Word or in PDF format, into an interactive online format. This works well to transform existing student work into an online portfolio.
- In other websites, the creation is accomplished on the site itself. The text, images, etc. are added to each page and the final product is a virtual book.
Keep these two types of online publishing in mind when you are designing student projects.
Check out these sites to publish student work:
- Yudu: Lets you upload all sorts of content including Word documents and PDFs. It will quickly convert the documents into an impressive virtual magazine with flipping pages. Account creation is optional but an email address is required. You can also set privacy settings to public or private.
- Flipsnack: Very similar to Yudu and is extremely easy to use. The only caveat is the document you upload must be in PDF format. If you have a copy machine at school that scans into PDF, load it with student work, create a PDF and convert it into a virtual book.
- Issuu: Pronounced “issue”, is another option to upload almost any document format and transform it into a virtual flipping book. Of course, you can share and or embed the resulting creation. For example, you can embed the book on your classroom homepage or wiki.
- Tikatok: Aimed at younger students and is a wonderful tool for story creation. Students begin with story starters or a completely blank book. Text, images and imagination are added and an amazing digital book is created. The final product can be viewed online and a print copy can be ordered.
- Mixbook: Very similar to Tikatok but features some sophisticated editing tools perfect for middle or high school students. The site includes numerous templates and images to ensure a professional-looking book. Mixbook also offers accounts designed for teachers.
- Epubbud: Allows you to convert and existing document into an e-book or create the book on the site itself. The difference is that it converts the book to the epub format, which is compatible with numerous readers and tablets. The user interface is not as elegant as some of the other website choices but is an efficient way to generate an epub format book.
- Lulu: Like a combination of Epubbud and Mixbook. You have the ability to upload a document and convert to epub format. In addition, the site contains photo book tools very similar to Mixbook. Add images and text to tell a story. Tools are also available for creating poetry books and digital portfolios.
- Scribd: Arguably the best known online publishing site. Upload any file or even import from Google Docs. One drawback for the school setting is the number of advertisements.
- YouPublish: YouPublish is similar to Scribd. Upload virtually any type of file, including video, and it will be viewable and shareable. It’s very easy to upload content and this site works well for older students.
Give these web 2.0 publishing sites a try with your students and post your feedback here on the Teacher Experience Exchange.
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Cacoo. Diagrams on line and collaboration.
Cacoo es una herramienta online para hacer diagramas. Entre las ventajas de su uso, se pueden destacar que:
- Es totalmente gratuita sin limitaciones.
- Permite el trabajo colaborativo al mismo tiempo.
- Es muy fácil de utilizar.
100 WEB 2.0 TOOLS FOR TEACHERS
Use these tools to actively involve students in the classroom.
1. WordPress.org A free and open source software that makes personal publishing as easy as word processing. Make your life and your students’ life easier by keeping a classroom or subject blog.
2. Flickr A nice tool to get a stream of images on any topic. Make content available to your students only.
3. Yapa Capa! A free blackboard for teachers & students. Teachers can create assignments and tests, which are scored and analyzed and share other teachers tests as well.
4. Quizlet More than just flashcards and very easy to use. Get students started on good study habits.
5. Tizmos It’s a place to put thumbnails of sites. Very useful to construct if you want students to go to certain places only. It can also cut down on random searches.
6. Joomla A podcast site by Kyle Mawer & Graham Stanley on using digital games in teaching & language learning.
7. Today’s Meet Encourages the students to use the live stream in the classroom to make comments, ask questions, and use that feedback to make presentations and lets teachers sharpen their points and address student needs.
8. Simple Solver Very easy to use tool for collaborative projects, brainstorming and problem solving. Students will enjoy using this for group discussions.
9. One True Media A blast for doing presentations. Use your photos you can download directly from Flickr and you can even use sound too.
10. Ediscio Another collaborative flashcard tool. This one gives you learning statistics.
11. Xtra Normal For creating text to speech animated movies. A useful tool for social development.
12. Cmap Tools Build interactive, collaborative mind maps with text, video, and weblinks. Used by many high school teachers and college professors advanced for advanced project work and EAP writing.
13. Photo Peach Have students create themed stories and leave comments for each other. Used by teachers for some time now.
14. WordSift Used for vocabulary and English, you and your students can analyze text and get information about the vocabulary in it.
15. Overstream A free tool that allows you to add subtitles to online videos. Gives teachers the URL and the embed code.
16. Phasr You can visually illustrate a sentence with this tool. Students type a sentence and then look for a Flickr image to go with each word.
17. Shidonni A virtual world for young children. They can create imaginary worlds and animals, play games and interact with each other.
18. Sliderocket Create a stunning-looking PowerPoint-style multimedia presentation which can then be viewed and shared online. A great way to introduce topics in the classroom.
19. eyePlorer Use this tool to develop digital literacy. Used by a number of teachers from preschool to high school seniors.
20. The Speech Accent Archive This tool can be used for any linguistics project. You will see sets of speech samples from all around the world.
Engagement
Students using these tools will engage in gaining knowledge of the subjects they are studying instead of being passive listeners.
21. Go!Animate Takes story telling using online cartoon strip makers a little bit further by allowing students to spark life into characters and create short animations. A super tool to foster creativity and engage students.
22. English Cafe Many teachers recommended this for adult ESOL learners. A fun site for facilitators to explore and contribute too.
23. Animoto Teachers and their students can upload pictures and sounds and create professional looking videos which can then be downloaded and shared online. Promote enthusiasm to less exciting tasks such as extended writing and practicing oral pronunciation.
24. Box.net You can easily share files using this tool. It is very easy for students to use as well.
25. Google Video Allows users to search, upload, and share videos online for free. There is even an educational category providing hour long videos.
26. Penzu Keep an online journal using this site. This can be useful for both students and teachers.
27. Kinder Site Projects A great resource for Kindergarten teachers. Find educational games, songs & stories made especially for kindergarteners.
28. Smilebox Especially good for class blogs, this tool has some nice templates. Classmates can share photos or save them for their own projects.
29. MakeBeliefsComix Encourage writing, reading , and storytelling. With this tool, students can create online comics.
30. SimplyBox Research can help students learn more about the subjects they’re studying. Teachers can help them to think “outside the box” with this tool.
31. Hot Potato An easy tool that’s free to educators. Build your own crosswords, matching exercises, short answer multiple-choice, and jumbled sentences. Makes homework prep a breeze.
32. Tweet Scan More and more teachers have been experimenting with this tool in real time agreement to support vocabulary development.
33. Shwup With way cool effects, students can build video slideshows with their photos. They can then be embedded into a blog or downloaded as a MP4 video.
34. Diigo Education Any annotations you make on a web page can be saved and sent to students or colleagues. This tool is popular among teachers because it offers the ability to create accounts for a whole class and it protects the students’ privacy.
35. Jamendo A good way to add some music to a class blog. It can also be helpful to introduce music while working with lyrics in the classroom.
36. Bookr Students and teachers can create their own photo book using this fun tool. Search for images, add text, and get it published.
37. Chalksite A system built for teachers, students, and parents providing teachers with an easy to use central point where they can communicate with students and parents, post assignments and grades, send messages, and manage a website for their courses.
38. Wizlite Allows you to highlight text just like on real paper. Find a page on the Internet and share it with students or classmates.
39. Eyespot: Neat site where users can actually create video mixes online and share them with others. You can add up to 100 clips or photos to a movie as well as add transition and video effects.
40. Tag Galaxy A nice way to search through Flickr images. Just type in your tag and watch as numerous images appear.
Motivation
These tools will highly motivate students to participate in assignments.
41. Voki Allows students to create wacky avatars then record themselves speaking. Some teachers have found it to be a fantastic way to assess speaking in the target language.
42. Glogster Students can create multimedia online posters or “glogs which can then be shared on the internet. This tool can be used to assess both writing and speaking.
43. Delicious Social bookmarking site where users can save bookmarks and organize them with tags. Add friends to your account and keep track of bookmarks left by each friend.
44. Tokbox A fun way to get students talking via video-mail. You can also use it for creating class presentations and you can even talk live.
45. Mayomi A free flash-based mind mapping tool that lets you map out ideas, projects, research topics, or anything else that can be dug into. Great for students when it comes to writing essays.
46. Mashface Upload a photo of a famous individual, then uses a webcam to add your voice and lips to that person. This could be perfect for getting into the mind of a famous person being studied in history or other subjects.
47. Advanced Survey Teachers can create customized subject survey introduction and conclusion pages. Post to your blog and even put the logo on every page.
48. Mind 42 A free mind map maker with an emphasis on the collaboration. Google instant messenger is built in and if you are a Wikipedia fan there is also an option to attach an article.
49. Slidestory This tool allows you to record a narration with your slide show. Post on the web for students or classmates to see.
50. Comiclife A very intuitive comic creator with a free trial and a modest purchase price. It’s lots of fun and great for those reluctant writers.
51. Ted.com A series of talks by a variety of striking people. The goal is to bring people from the worlds of technology, entertainment, and design together.
52. Writeboard A place to create shareable, web-based text documents. Write solo or collaborate with others.
53. Vimeo this video-hosting site has a clean interface, includes HD video uploads, and videos can be kept private. A respectful atmosphere lets you & your students’ creativity thrive.
54. Yugma A free web collaboration device that lets you instantly connect to students and colleagues all over the internet. A way to communicate and share content and ideas using any type of application or software.
56. Ning.com This site allows you to create your own social network; consider using this as a private social network with your students.
57. Podcasting Tools A well-done overview about the process of making a podcast. Learn from the beginning to the end and everything in between.
58. CAST UDL Book Builder This wonderful and free online tool allows you to create your own interactive “books” to help young readers learn reading strategies to build comprehension. Enter your own text, images, and hints.
59. VoiceThread Online presentation site that lets you attach audio and video. Other users can leave audio and video comments.
60. Citebite Useful for reading comprehension, reading a specific portion of text, or even for highlighting a literary device within a text or poem. Students will no longer waste time, announcing, “I can’t find it!” or return to school saying they couldn’t do the homework!
Empowerment
Using these tools will empower you to teach students to take ownership of their own projects.
61. Wikispaces Create a public, online wiki for free. This is great for group assignments and class collaborations.
62. Twitter We all are pretty familiar with Twitter. Teachers are trying this out more and more with their students to instantly post and receive short messages.
63. Bloglines A good aggregator tool for skimming the titles of blog posts from many different blogs.
64. Wordia Get video word definitions from here or upload them on your own. Find out how everyday people use the English language.
65. ToonDoo A web application that allows students to create their own comic strips. Highly motivational, it allows students to express themselves in a more creative way.
66. JayCut This is not just a video-hosting site. You can actually edit your uploaded video and store it online.
67. Issuu Lets you upload office or pdf documents and turn them into a collage type album with pages that turn. Students will love this for their special assignments.
68. Apture Makes learning and finding information easier since it is in linear form. Your information’s deeper meaning occurs with richer context in a shorter time frame. This relevant content remains within your classroom site.
69. NetVibes Fairly simple web based aggregator that allows you to collect all of your RSS feed on a single web page. Bring together your favorite media sources with online sources.
70. Class Blogmeister This blog site was set up specifically for educators and students. There are a number of privacy controls that are already built-in.
71. Wetpaint Another popular wiki-creation site. Students are held accountable by being able to see who changed what, and automatically reverse any changes.
72. ArtRage 2 You and your students can paint with thinned oils, use wet or dry markers, soften the pencil and control the hardness of the crayon, and much more.
73. bubble.us This easy and free online tool allows you to brainstorm ideas, save your mind map as an image, share with students, and create colorful mind map organizers.
74. Adobe Connect Now Have a 3 person or site conference with this online conferencing system. You can share files, use a whiteboard, and create audio and video.
75. Asterpix Create an interactive video through the use of hyperlinking. Add more information to your video for students to access when they play it back.
76. 80 Million Tiny Images Visual dictionary of Google images that presents a visualization of nouns in the English language. You can also label the images.
77. Carbonmade: Your Online Portfolio One fabulous way for art or photography students to create a free online portfolio to share work in your class, share with other students, or even submit as an online collection for competitions or college admissions.
78. Zoho Creator An way to make an online database application that can be used for surveys, inventories, data collection, and much more.
79. Calendar Hub Teach organizational skills to your students by using these calendars in class. They will enjoy being able to take responsibility for their own time management by creating their own calendar.
80. EtherPad It’s easy to use and no password is needed. A shared notepad that lets you store your revisions and synchronize with others.
Differentiation
These tools allow students to use different learning styles. Students who are visual learners can read information; auditory learners can listen to information on podcasts.
81. Gabcast Use this application for podcast creation and hosting sites. You or your students can even use your cell phone to record the podcast.
82. Dabbleboard Make whiteboard drawings and graphic organizers in an online space you can share with others. Since more than one computer can work on the whiteboard at a time, students in multiple locations can add to the board at the same time.
83. Anki This is what is called a spaced repetition system (SRS). It can help students remember things by intelligently scheduling flashcards. This helps when trying to learn a lot of information at one time.
84. edublogs A free blog-hosting site for educators and students of all ages.
85. GoogleEarth Satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings put the world’s geographic information at your fingertips. Students can see the world from a different point of view which makes learning interesting.
86. Fleck Put sticky notes and annotations onto existing web pages and share them with others. You can tell students exactly what you want them to do on a page and point out instances.
87. Kwout Capture part of a webpage and embed it onto any other site, while keeping links in the image active. Students will love this for individual assignments.
88. Fliggo Create your own free video site. Allow only the class or students you wish. Have complete control of the privacy of your site for the use of you and your students.
89. FURL A web page storage site that gives teachers and opportunity to save personal favorite sites in an online archive. You can also search, via tags, the archives of others.
90. Blogger Said to be one of the best online blog creation sites for classrooms. User friendly and privacy features are now available.
91. Wordle Turns any given text into a word cloud then picks out the most common words and give them prominence by increasing their size. Behind this simple concept lies many possibilities for use in the classroom.
92. Apple’s Podcasting in Education K-12 teachers wanting to know how podcasting will enhance the learning environment should first take a look at this site. The main page gives a quick and easy overview of podcasting in the classroom, and provides the steps for podcasting.
93. Befuddlr Add some fun to your pictures by making them into puzzles using this free site. This easy-to-use, free site offers choices of flickr picture groups to choose from.
94. Many Eyes A take on the power of human visual intelligence to find patterns. Use this tool to create great discussions and debates in your classroom.
95. Big Universe Now, your students can create their own picture books with just a few clicks. Or if you want, you can read countless other books written by students. They also offer publishing of students’ writing.
96. Funnelbrain Create flashcards for studying in a variety of courses from basic to advanced. Take flashcard one step further by using collaboration, and also choose the next cards based upon correct or incorrect answers.
97. DarkCopy A text editor for free writing. This is for those teachers and students who enjoys the simplicity of a typewriter, and wants to increase productivity by focusing only on writing.
98. WiZiQ Virtual classroom application that is fully equipped with 2-way audio, text chat, whiteboard, PowerPoint and PDF document sharing capabilities.
99. Boostcast A user owned and generated video base that you control. Create and manage your own video site with your own chosen name and customized access and features.
100. Gliffy Research shows that graphic organizers promote strong thinking skills and comprehension for all age groups. assign groups to create study guides using this collaborative tool.
If you want to see what many teachers and students will be doing in the next couple of years, we suggest you try some of the above tools. It’s clear that Web 2.0 has some real educational value that teachers enjoy implementing in their classrooms.
Fuente: Online Degree
CLKER.COM. CLIP ART
The online royalty free public domain clip art
clker.com es una alternativa al conocido openclipart, teniendo una considerable colección de figuras vectoriales disponibles en formatos png y svg. Ofrece vista previa de cada figura.
Clker se presenta como repositorio online gratuito de dominio público en donde podrás encontrar cientos de miles de imágenes, logos e ilustraciones relacionadas con toda clase de temáticas. Ordenadas por categorías, y aportadas por una gran comunidad de aficionados y profesionales de la ilustración gráfica.
100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom | Online College Tips – Online Colleges
Reblogged from juandon. Innovación y conocimiento:
Via Scoop.it – E-Learning-Inclusivo (Mashup)Read on to learn how you can be using Facebook in your classroom, no matter if you are a professor, student, working online, or showing up in person for class.Via www.onlinecollege.org
WALLWISHER: MURAL COLABORATIVO DE DIVULGACIÓN
WallWisher es una aplicación on line que permite a sus usuarios crear un mural colaborativo en el se pueden colgar notas, imágenes o direcciones web en una dirección común.
No necesita registro y es muy sencilla de utilizar. Se puede colgar vuestra nota haciendo un simple clic en el mural donde hay espacio libre. Comienza a hacer tu mural divulgativo en:
PIZARRAS COLABORATIVAS
1. Scriblink es una aplicación web gratuita que cumple una función de pizarra online colaborativa. Permite trabajar en forma conjunta con hasta 5 usuarios que podemos invitar a la ‘reunión virtual’ por medio de una URL o e-mail. También disponemos de varias herramientas ‘estilo Paint’ (simples, básicas), un chat para comunicarnos y la posibilidad de imprimir los trabajos realizados, enviarlos por e-mail o guardarlos en la PC.
2. Vyew, la pizarra online
Vyew es un servicio beta el cual requiere flash 8 y java, nos permitirá capturar los contenidos de nuestro ordenador y mostrarlos en tiempo real a otros usuarios conectados desde diferentes localizaciones.
Tan sencillo como entrar, crear nueva sesión y enviar un correo electrónico a otros usuarios, que recibirán un enlace que les permitirá conectarse y ver lo que el primer usuario desea mostrar. Se puede abrir un chat entre usuarios y sobre la captura de imagen se puede ir dibujando.
3. Cerotec
Aquí podrá encontrar dibujos para pintar y colorear, dibujos para niños, todos los dibujos son gratis. Galerias de dibujos de los increibles, dibujos disney.
Tambien hay una pizarra donde los niños pueden dibujar y colorear dibujos.Hacer grafitis. En la pizarra por supuesto se puede pintar gratis y grabar los dibujos, ademas si grabas tu dibujo entrarás en un concurso de artistas.
4. Graffitis online, alternativa a las pizarras si deseas dibujar.
Grafitis online
Una aplicación similar, pero más orientada a la diversión y a la creación de grafitis, es Graffiti Playdo. Allí encontraremos diversas salas, con usuarios de todo el mundo que se encuentran realizando dibujos simultáneamente.
INTERNET SEGURO PARA NIÑOS
CELEBRAMOS EL DÍA DE INTERNET SEGURO 2012
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IDroo Whiteboard for Skype
Cuando utilices Skype en clase, ya puedes contar con Idroo, una pizarra sencilla que puedes compartir en tiempo real utilizando Skype. La combinación de estos dos programas: Skype junto a Idroo permiten de una manera fácil y sencilla la educación a distancia, ya que permite como un máximo de 10 personas conectadas en el cual pueden participar en la misma pizarra interactiva de Idroo.
Para utilizar IDroo, tan sólo necesitas:
Tener instalado Skype y una cuenta de usuario.
Instalar Idroo en tu ordenador desde aquí www.idroo.com.
Un asunto a tener en cuenta para que IDroo trabaje de forma colaborativa es que debe tener todos los contactos agregados en tu cuenta de Skype.
100 TEACHING TOOLS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
CLIL: HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR BILINGUAL LESSON PLAN IN A BLOG
Bilingual Public Schools of Primary education in Andalusia are working really hard organizing the new work plan for every lesson when teaching Science, Art and PE in a foreign language. A good way that can contribute to develop that lesson plan is the use of ICT through a blog. It is very useful for so early aged pupils to have colourful and creative material that connect with their likes and motivation.
My practical experience with this kids had made my mind to have some clear ideas as proposals kit for educators who would like to work with blogs in the classroom. The main points in the organization of Bilingual material is:
1. Vocabulary through images as much as possible and language structures.
2. Vocabulary with the use of WORDLE: BEAUTIFUL WORD CLOUD. It is useful to review what they are working in the unit or just to remmember what they did before and foreign language input.
3. Videos related with the unit adapted to the topic and to the ages of pupils. If you can select one that can show subtitles or words at the same time the video is taking place, the best for your lesson.
4. Presentations with images and selected structures with vocabulary about the unit.
5. Mental map. Your children can create it with you in your Digital Board, so they develop cooperative working tasks. Remember that they can work previously this conceptual map with the partners in pairs to participate in a colaborative map with the teacher.
6. Interactive games about the unit. The teacher role here is very important to moderate the participation of the pupils and to focus on the appropriate development.
7. Connecting people. The children makes a final product about it and share it with some pupils in the world. For this activity, it is very useful Skype for educators and eTwinning projects; just you need to organize it previously your unit is taking place and … ready!!! Children feel very enthusiastic and really motivated when they know they are going to show their own product to others. That means sharing.
I recommend some of this links as examples:
***UNIT LIVING THINGS
***UNIT MY HOUSE
***A VIDEOCALL TO GERMANY
ARTICLE BY YOLANDA EGEA
MAPAS CONCEPTUALES Y MENTALES
- Mindomo es un generador muy versátil con el que es posible desarrollar una gran variedad de tipos de mapas conceptuales. Para poder guardar los resultados en el ordenador hay que registrarse.
- Wikimindmap. Generador muy sencillo de mapas conceptuales a partir de palabras o expresiones. Tras introducir la palabra o expresión y elegir el motor que se utilizará para establecer las relaciones (por ejemplo, wikipedia en español), se genera un mapa con varios términos relacionados con la palabra o expresión elegidos. Al pulsar sobre cualquiera de ellos, se abrirá wikipedia con información sobre los términos que se han generado.
- Mind42 permite la generación de mapas mentales de una forma rápida y sencilla. Sólo hay que registrarse para poder utilizarlo. Las ventajas de esta herramienta son muchas ya que permite trabajar con otros compañeros en línea e introducir textos, enlaces e imágenes en los nodos.
- Mindmeister es una herramienta similar a la anterior. Permite trabajar colaborativamente en la creación y desarrollo de mapas mentales en tiempo real pero además tiene la opción de importar mapas de Freemind, MindManager o en formato PDF. La modalidad “Basic” es gratuita y requiere registrarse.
- Bubbl.us es una aplicación online con la que se pueden crear mapas mentales de forma gratuita para después imprimirlos o insertarlos en una web.
- WiseMapping. Herramienta online gratuita para la creación de mapas mentales. Tras realizar el registro, podemos crear mapas personalizados, trabajarlos colaborativamente, compartirlos, imprimirlos y exportarlos.
- Thinkature ofrece un espacio colaborativo de trabajo muy flexible que permite recoger ideas en tarjetas, separarlas mediante colores, conectarlas entre sí, dibujar diagramas o subir imágenes del ordenador o de la web. Para probar la herramienta es necesario registrastrarse y el registro es gratuito.
- Más generadores en: Organizadores gráficos.
Fuente: AdecuaTic
ENSEÑAR CON COMICS
l uso de cómics en el aula es una excelente manera de llegar a los estudiantes y hacer que su enseñanza sea más entretenida. Echa un vistazo a sitios web como comics en el aula para grandes ideas sobre cómo puede utilizar estas herramientas para crear lecciones atractivas.
- Comic Creator . Proporcione la información que desea en esta herramienta que proporciona a las personas, los animales, las burbujas de pensamiento y de expresión, la utilería y telones de fondo.
- Howtoons . Estos comics de Instructables son específicamente para enseñar a los niños cómo hacer cosas. Permitir que los estudiantes utilizan estos dibujos animados para aprender a hacer proyectos o los usan como un papel para los estudiantes a crear sus propios procedimientos a los cómics.
- Módulo técnico: el uso de Comic Life en el aula. Aprende a usar Comic Life , un generador de historietas de bajo costo, en el aula con este tutorial que también incluye toneladas de planes de lecciones divertidas de varios recursos externos.
- Pixton. La opción de dejar que los estudiantes crean su propia tira cómica individual o probar la versión de prueba gratuita de Pixton para las Escuelaspara un proyecto de clase.
- Haga Comix creencias. Esta herramienta permite a los estudiantes para crear tiras cómicas con un montón de opciones para personalizar sus tiras y un montón de recursos para maestros también.
- Bitstrip. Deje que los estudiantes crear sus propios cómics o navegar a través de los cómics de otras personas publicados en este sitio.
- ArtisanCam. Los estudiantes también pueden crear cómics con esta herramienta, así como otros proyectos de arte.
- BeFunky. Pida a los estudiantes usar fotos digitales para convertirlos en los cómics digitales con esta herramienta.
- Comiqs. Utilice plantillas ya hechas o diseñar su propias imágenes con este generador de dibujos animados que crea una presentación de diapositivas con los resultados.
- PikiKids. Los estudiantes subir imágenes, a continuación, elija la forma de presentación, añadir burbujas del discurso, y más para crear sus propios cómics.
WORDLE: BEAUTIFUL WORD CLOUD
Prueba esta aplicación en línea gratuita que sirve para generar Nubes de palabras a las que se les puede dar diversos formatos visuales, a partir de un texto cualquiera elegido por el usuario. Una herramienta sencilla y motivadora para la que docentes de todo el planeta han ideado numerosas actividades de aula.
9 YouTube Tips and Tricks for Teachers
YouTube is still the best place to find videos to use in the classroom, despite being blocked in many schools. If your school does allow you to use YouTube there are a few cool tips and tricks to improve your use of YouTube in the classroom.
Remove the clutter:
Often, the biggest problem with YouTube isn’t the video content, but some of the inappropriate comments that can occur in the space below the video. It is possible to make use of several sites which clean up YouTube and remove the page clutter:
1. QuieTube
QuieTube gives you a button which you can drag to your toolbar. When you see a YouTube video you want to use, click the button and you’ll get a URL which will let you watch just the video. Embed this link into your IWB page to go straight to the video page.
2. View Pure
Go to the View Pure website, enter the URL of a YouTube video and it strips out everything but the video. Very simple to use. You can even drag a button to your desktop which does the job. You can also then take the URL of the page you get, and hyperlink to that page.
3. Accessible YouTube
Accessible YouTube is is an interface to YouTube designed for people who access their computers via either 2 switches or a mouse. It allows the user to use two keys/switches or a mouse to navigate through a list of videos, and watch any or all of them. Currently the list of videos can be a playlist, the results of a video search, the related videos for a particular video, or YouTube’s most popular videos. For now, you must use Firefox in order for it to work.
4. YouTube XL
YouTube XL is a modified version of YouTube designed to use on large-screen televisions, and so also on Interactive Whiteboards. The interface makes it simpler to use by cutting out a lot of the clutter on the page. Theres no way of hyperlinking to a specific video, but you can add any you like to your Favourites, which you can then access under the Favourites tab on the main YouTube XL screen.
Other YouTube Tricks
5. Hyperlink to specific point in a video
It’s possible to link directly to a specific point in a YouTube video. Play the video, and keep an eye on the white blob that moves along the timeline below the video, (the thing you drag to move forwards/back through the video). When you get to the point in the video that you want to jump to, right click on the blob and choose “copy video URL at current time”.
If you now use this link as a hyperlink in your IWB software or PowerPoint, the video will start playing at the point that you chose.
6. Disable related videos
If you don’t want students to see other content that may be related but unsuitable then all you need to do is to add ‘&rel=0′ to the end of the url part of the embed code.
7. Watch in High Quality
Don’t forget that you can choose the video quality of the video, where available. You will able to see the video quality currently being shown towards the bottom right corner of the video. Click on that to see if other settings are available. When displaying on a large whiteboard, choose the best settings your internet connection can cope with.
8. Subtitles / Closed Captioning
If available, you can turn on subtitles by clicking on the CC button. You can even try a beta service which attempts to transcribe the audio on the fly – although this can be a little hit and miss.
Click on the CC button and then choose “settings” to change the size, font and colour of the captions.
9. Interactive Transcripts
Many videos now also have an interactive transcript. Keep an eye out for the Interactive Transcript icon below the video, which looks like this:
When clicked, a transcript of all the dialogue is displayed. Each line will highlight in time with the video. Even better, click on a line in the transcript to jump to that section of the video. This is a handy way of jumping to a chosen part of a very long video.
You could also select sections of text and copy/paste into a document, perhaps to make a comprehension activity out of it.
Not every video has an interactive transcript. But do look out for the feature where available. To see an example of it at work, take a look at this video.
Skype es un software que permite comunicaciones de texto, voz y vídeo sobre Internet. En el aula, es una herramienta fundamental para realizar videollamadas, llamadas telefónicas y comunicaciones por medio de texto en tiempo real y de un modo directo. El alumnado y el profesorado pueden hacer intercambios con otros centros educativos del mismo país o con centros de cualquier parte del mundo, siempre que haya disponibilidad horaria.
Se pueden crear grupos de discusión sobre proyectos colaborativos. Los docentes pueden planificar distintas tareas con su alumnado para realizar actividades de intercambio entre los distintos centros. De forma que:
- Se practica la lengua oral se mejora las competencia comunicativa en distintos idiomas.
- Se trabaja modelos pedagógicos innovadores mediante la investigación y la metodología activa.
- Se conocen otras culturas y tradiciones de nuestro entorno y de otras partes del mundo.
- Se crean situaciones educativas más cercanas al alumnado, ya que son protagonistas y se realizan a tiempo real.
- Se mejora las competencias básicas, destacando la competencia digital y comunicativa.
***CHRISTMAS VIDEOCALL BETWEEN CEIP SAN MIGUEL (ARMILLA) AND A GERMAN SCHOOL
Dentro del aprendizaje de las lenguas extranjeras y en el desarrollo de los Programas Bilingües, Skype es la herramienta ideal para mejorar las competencias orales comunicativas. Con Skype, nuestro alumnado se ve motivado a intercambiar experiencias en situaciones reales y ha quedado demostrado que se preparan con mayor perseverancia las tareas que deben exponer a los demás.
Pamela, es una herramientas extra muy útil. Podemos grabar las conversaciones Skype de nuestros estudiantes y, entonces, ellos pueden crear un podcast y cargarlo en el blog de clase. Esto nos servirá para poder volver a escucharlo y para el proceso de autoevaluación.
CARACTERÍSTICAS DE PAMELA:
Interfaz principal de Pamela
Pamela posee una interfaz de usuario actualizada, como podrán ver a continuación:
Reproduce sonidos durante tus llamadas
Pamela te permite reproducir sonidos en cualquier llamada, creando categorías y arrastrando y soltando los archivos de audio en ellas.
Transferencia de llamadas a grupos
Si deseas transferir una llamada a un grupo de personas, ahora con Pamela lo podrás hacer.
Tomar notas de las llamadas
Al grabar una llamada, puede que quieras tomar alguna nota de la conversación, Pamela te lo permite hacer muy fácilmente.
Otras Funcionalidades:
- Grabación de llamadas de Skype
- Grabación de vídeo de Skype
- Grabación de Chat de Skype
- Transferencia de llamadas de Skype
- Contestador automático
- VideoMail
- Sonidos predefinidos
- Respuesta automática para chat
- Recordatorios de cumpleaños
- Reenvío de e-mails
- Personalización de contactos
- Aplicaciones de inicio automático
PARA SABER MÁS:
***The Mixxer – a free educational website for language exchanges via Skype
***Skype en el aula es un directorio gratuito para los profesores que desean utilizar Skype para llevar la educación a la vida en sus aulas. Por el momento se encuentra en Beta.
WIGGIO. APLICACIÓN PARA TRABAJAR EN GRUPO. GOLABORATIVE WORK
La aplicación `Wiggio´, un proyecto creado especialmente para el trabajo en grupo. Es totalmente gratuito y contiene todas las herramientas necesarias para que las actividades grupales sean sencillas y fáciles de administrar.
En el panel de Wiggio, una vez registrados y formando miembro de un grupo; la primera pantalla (Inicio) resume las actividades que se han realizado en el grupo, asimismo se podrá comunicar con cada uno de los miembros en forma rápida.
También contaremos con una herramienta “Calendario”, donde podemos ir almacenando la información de actividades, reuniones y eventos realizados o por realizarse. Algo muy útil es el sistema de avisos, antes de que ocurra un evento planificado se informara vía correo electrónico a los distintos usuarios.
2.0.TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS
EDMODO
PIZARRA DIGITAL PROMETHEAN
PIZARRA DIGITAL SMART
GUÍA PROTECCIÓN DATOS CENTROS DOCENTES
PERCHERO “BLOW” PRIMARIA
BLOG BILINGÜE CEIP SAN MIGUEL
SCOOP IT
WIKI 3ER CICLO
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