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TESLONTARIO’09. Stephen Roney, College of the North Atlantic Qatar John Allan, Niagara College, Canada. A demonstration of a practical use of Web 2.0 tools for TESL. Rationale. Web 2.0 Practical resource to share Drill & kill Teacher boredom factor Varies input modes Word lists
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TESLONTARIO’09 Stephen Roney, College of the North Atlantic QatarJohn Allan, Niagara College, Canada A demonstration of a practical use of Web 2.0 tools for TESL
Rationale • Web 2.0 • Practical resource to share • Drill & kill • Teacher boredom factor • Varies input modes • Word lists • Computer is suitable and patient • CNAQ experience
procedure • Identify target • Create target • Amazon’s Vocab Grabber • On line concordancer • Establish parameters
Web 2.0 Commonalities • Association/Membership • Community • Multimedia • Rich Media of focus • Contribution • Marketing/Advertising • Tagging/fuzzy logic • Multisite Distribution • Personalized Space
Spelling City • Pronunciation • Spelling • Batch entry • Creates 12 different exercises • Crossword, word search, unscramble, audio word match, hang mouse, alphabetize, match it, which word?, complete the word, sentence unscramble
quizlet • quizlet.com • Batch entry • Generates 7 activities • Familiarize: flash cards • Learn: typing • Test: interactive tests • Scatter: drag definitions • Space Race: typing with speed • Voice Race: voice recognition • Voice Scatter: pronunciation
Scholastic Word Wizard • wordwizard.scholastic.com/minidictionary • Generates defs • Based on grade • quizmaker
Study Stack • www.studystack.com • Claims to generate 11 activities • Problems
SortMyList • sortmylist.com • List sorting utility • Sorts by parameters set by user
Flashcard Machine • www.flashcardmachine.com • Batch entry of terms • Optional image upload • Optional audio upload
SlideShare • www.slideshare.net • Distribute visual slideshows
Hot Potatoes • hotpot.uvic.ca • Context interactive activity generator • Quiz • Matching • Crossword • Scrambler • Cloze
SpellMaster • Software must be downloaded • Generates five drill activities • JigWords • MatchWords • WordSearch • WordWeb • SpeedWord • Audio option (Audacity)
Quia • Does not fit the web 2.0 mold
Classtools • classtools.net • Games creator • CannonBall Fun • Manic Miner • Matching Pairs
Content Generator • www.contentgenerator.net • Fling the Teacher • Teacher Invaders • Half a Min • Multiple-choice • Match-up
Teach-ICT • www.teach-ict.com • Twenty activity builders including…. • Save Your Team • Racing Cubes • Dunkin’ Teacher • Bingo • Build It
WriteBoard • On line wiki • Common writing - collaborative area • Multimedia • Produce within a garden gate • Authentic audience
SurveyGizmo • www.surveygizmo.com • Survey generator • Report generator