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  Throughout this seminar I  was able to learn about the  ICT embedded in ELT and  how they must be integrated  into different educational  settings, according to the  curricular and pedagogical  needs. Moreover, the  presence of ICT in education  allows for new ways of  learning for students and  teachers. E-learning or online  learning is becoming  increasingly popular and  with various unprecedented  events taking place in our  lives, this does not only open  opportunities for schools to  ensure that students have  access to curriculum  materials whilst in the  classroom but also allows  them to ensure students  outside the classroom such as  at home or even in hospitals  can learn.  Throughout this seminar I  learned about a series of  technological resources that can enrich classes, by making  them more creative, learner  free, a...

Learning Objects

  F odey es una pequeña aplicación online, con la que los alumnos podrán crear: un recorte de diario, un tablero de película, animalitos, verduras o flores que hablan mediante globos de diálogo, etc. P hotofunia es una de las aplicaciones webs más conocidas a la hora de lograr efectos con las imágenes. Se caracteriza por la facilidad de uso y la gran cantidad de alternativas a la hora de crear fotomontajes. Utilizar Photofunia es tan sencillo como acceder al sitio web y elegir uno de los efectos disponibles para aplicarlo a las fotos. Luego seleccionamos la imagen desde nuestro ordenador y en cuestión de segundos ya tenemos el fotomontaje listo para descargar. Una de las particularidades que ofrece Photofunia es la posibilidad de compartir el fotomontaje creado en las diversas redes sociales como Facebook, Twitter y MySpace para que puedas mostrarle a todos tus amigos los fotomontajes creados. Students from a 1st grade of a Secondary School  can write their own news about any...

TED: Ideas Worth Spreading

  TED Conferences   LLC (Technology,  Entertainment, Design) is a  media organization that  posts talks online for  free distribution under the  slogan "ideas worth  spreading." Ted talks are  not mere entertaining tools  but they represent a very useful way to expand  your knowledge about a  certain topic. Teachers can choose a video about a specific topic  and work with it with their students. Different tasks  can be assigned before, during and after watching  the video.  For example, in the course of studies English  Language IV, in order to work with listening  comprehension, the teachers decided to use a TED  talk called “The danger of a single story”:  The Danger of a Single Story .  Students were given a worksheet in which they had  activities related to the main ideas, key details,  understanding sequence of events, among others

Scoop It and Pinterest

  Pinterest is a platform for  sharing images that allows  users to create and manage,  in thematic personal boards,  collections of  images. People save pins  into different boards so as to  categorize their image  collections.   Scoop is part content  curation tool, part social  network. It allows you to  create boards of curated  content based on topics you  choose, share your thoughts  on that content, and connect  with others who have similar  interests. It also structures  your curated content along a  timeline. 1st Year Students in Secondary School can be  assigned to think of their dream house. They have  to look for related images about their dream house  on Pinterest. There, they can create a thematic  personal board and share it with the rest of their  classmates telling them about their elections.   The following example can be used as ...

Voki

  Voki is a fun tool that  students can use for homework, classwork or  projects. Voki characters can  be customized to look  like historical figures,  cartoons, animals, and even  yourself.  Vocaroo is an online tool  that allows users to record,  send, and download voice  messages. 4th Grade Students in Primary School can use voki  to create Voki characters that represent a monster. They can use images of different body parts,  different colors and hairstyles. Moreover, they can  give voice to their monsters by using vocaroo. The following example can be used as a model: Voki Example

Survey Monkey

  Survey Monke y is an  online survey software that  helps you to create and run  professional online surveys. 6th Grade Students in Primary School can work in  groups of four to create an online survey that helps  them gather information about their classmates’  different interests, favourite free-time activities,  colours and foods.  The following example can be used as a model: Survey Example

Word Clouds

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  Word Clouds are images composed of words used in a particular text or  subject, in which the size of  each word indicates its  frequency or importance. Students and teachers can use the following websites to create word clouds: Wordle Tagxedo Worditout Wordart Word Clouds are images composed of words  used in a particular text or  subject, in which the size of  each word indicates its  frequency or importance. In groups of four or five students, 5th Grade Students in Primary school can create a word cloud  about the important rules and values applied in  class, such as respect, cooperation, solidarity,   kindness, peace, sharing, etc. For example: Example