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Hello there I'm testing this

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I don't know what to say ...yet

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This is so exciting!!!

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Can't stop thinking about what I'm going to be doing after class!!!

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Can't stop thinking about what I'm going to be doing after class!!!

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Learners loved interacting with the technol

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Flipped learning?!

Currently use Smartboard and PC for various things, such as playing YouTube Videos, displaying pictures for vocabulary, interactive games, sound clips for listening/pronunciation exercises etc. Ss also use Smartphones to look up new vocabulary.

I use Google Docs to prepare lessons and save all lessons in my Google Drive. That way, when I will be teaching the same topic at a later stage, I don't need to start preparing from scratch.

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Youtube, Google Images, Textbook audio in mp3 on a USB, Google Earth, BBC iplayer.

Ss recording/filming themselves on their smartphones.

Recently discovered: http://ukdataexplorer.com/european-translator/

Translates a word into all the all European languages and places them on a map of Europe.

Is there a convenient way to share resources so that we are not each reinventing the wheel every time we prepare for a class?

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The most immediate techie activity that comes to my head (coz I did it last week with one of my courses) is the use of pics to capture language. I use it both in phonics/spelling activities and in grammar activities.

For example, in a pronunciation lesson: the ss in groups have a set time to go around the ground floor of the college looking for and photographing examples of objets or printed words that contain a particular sound; the aim of this activity is to chart the different spellings of that particular sound.

It is basically a techie spin on the typical kinaesthetic activity of making up words/sentences from jumbled up cards on the table. However, the advantage of taking pics of the final product over the paper-based-only activity is the idea of 'fixing learning' through photography, as it adds a dimension of permanence of record which makes ss think twice before they decide to take the pic. The fact that the pics are later going to be displayed on the big screen for plenary feedback makes ss take more time discussing and agreeing on a final answer -they know it will be 'immortalised' and shown publicly to the rest of the class! It is therefore a very collaborative activity. Also, it's a nice break from sitting down at the table and it adds variety to the 'methods of assessment'; and it requires no materials other than the natural resources of the environment, i.e. the whole college building as realia, and the ss's smartphones or tablets! So, it is the ideal activity when you haven't prepared and need to fill time! That's how I first got doing it and it not only 'saved' that lesson but it made it memorable.

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Lovin' you, TH. You're not into Technology but have managed to include a URL!!! Your skills are wasted.

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I know a fair bit about flipped learning having recently visited Bradford College, but more about that when we all meet on Friday.

I love trying to work technology into my sessions and have found Moodle to be a useful tool. I'm now experimenting with Animoto, Padlet, Nearpod to make learning more interactive. Attached is an Animoto video I created. We're going to show you how to do this in tomorrow's session

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This video has been created as a test as I'm trialling Animoto software for use in an educational context.

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Thread : I ask students to capture media using their Iphones-photo video audio
Thread 2: What do you then do with the captured images? How does taking photos improve the 4 skills?

Gloria's response: in future (T3) I want to delevop piccys for narrative using oral and written skills. in T2 it's been part of a an activity not the activiyt. So yesterday Ss had to complete a team building communicative exercise: Ss had to locate items by following instructions then capture the a photo as evidence

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How will flipped learning help to improve achievement in ESOL?

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What's wrong with handouts and gap-fillers? I've done that for 20 years and it's always worked for me.

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When a student's literacy needs is the most pressing issue and they desperately

need upskilling to find a job or some such thing, isn't this a bit like beating around the bush?

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Moodle Youtube USB mikes for recording students.

How time consuming would the prep be before the class?

How would this engage, entice and enthuse our typical Somali

student/grandma whose main focus for the morning is to get to

the Halal butcher all the best cuts are gone?

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Technology is just useless - it never works!

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When Information Technology Fails - IT Fail - MeetTheBoss

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Other people's misfortunes are funny. Whether it's watching someone else fall over or watching someone make a cringe worthy public gaff, these are things that make others laugh. And in a world where we have become so dependent on technology, the same thing applies.

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EFL books have been written by experts and that's all I need in the class.

I keep it fresh with new topics and I think flipped learning is just going to mean less time for me and more paperwork.