Then, we saw some COLLABORATIVE NOTICE BOARDS:
- Mural.ly (not free)
- Popplet - holds text, photos, and other interesting things such as Google Map or YouTube video.
- Primary Wall - conceived by a teacher and built for schools so they deliberately kept things simple, fast and user friendly.
- Padlet.
- Szoter - annotate pictures, screen captures, etc
- Freemake - slideshows with music.
- Shape Collage - photo collage maker (downloadable)
- Photovisi - photo collage maker
- Picisto - photo collage and vision boards
- Muzy - combines photos with text to make great-looking images
- Mosaic Maker - mosaic or collage from a photoset, favourites, tags, or individual digital photographs or images
- PicCollage - use photos, stickers, frames, and text to create collages
- Flickriver
- Fotobabble - Talking Photos
- Speechable
- Jing - (free download) - awesome tool to take not only screen shots but also record a video of your screen movements!!!
How to use noticeboards with students:
- create video tasks and get students to post responses to the wall by leaving it open for everyone to contribute.
- collect different links to various resources around the web for students to explore, a little like a web quest or treasure hunt.
- give students a theme and get them to create their own walls based around that theme.
- create fan walls based around a favourite band or celebrity.
- collect and share resources like this one on IELTS
- set up video or image based activities.
- use an image to get students to practise using present continuous.
- create debates. You can do this either by posting your own contentious opinions or using videos from sites like BigThink.comand get students to respond. This could be a way of dealing with sensitive issues and enabling students to be able to express opinions that they might not feel comfortable doing in the classroom.
- create grammar walls and get students to post what they know together with examples of different verb tenses or grammar points.
- get students to post their wishes on it using third conditional.
- notify students or parents of homework assignments and keep them up to date with what's happening in class.
And something new about Skype - Skype in the classroom.
Finally, we discussed the concept of FLIPPED LEARNING, which involves:
- flexible environment
- learning culture
- intentional content
- professional educator
Great tools for flipping the classroom:
- EdPuzzle - create / crop videos, add audio, and even embed quizzes in your videos!!
- Blendspace - platform for creating multimedia lessons that kids can access online. You can organize videos, text, links, images, and quizzes into cubes, then create lessons, or "canvases" for your students to complete independently. Content can be pulled from YouTube, Google, Flickr, and other online sources, as well as your own computer, Dropbox, or Google Drive. There's also a bookmarking tool that lets you add websites to your Blendspace collection.
- Zaption - Interact with video by creating polls/quizzes
- Movenote - add videos to documents.
