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GEORGETTE'S DISCUSSION 1: MAPPING IN DIFFERENT SUBJECTS

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GEORGETTE'S DISCUSSION 1: MAPPING IN DIFFERENT SUBJECTS

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WE ASKED YOU:

A lot of Georgette's tasks are map-related. Maps can be used on all devices, for most of them no registration is needed and students can easily create their own maps. Do you think maps can be used only in geography? Is it possible to use them in other subjects as well? How can you implement them in the subject you teach? Give one or more examples.

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Agnieszka KubiakIt is not true that we can use maps only in geography. I use maps very often in my English lessons. Students can find locations where the famous places in English speaking countries are. Maps are useful when the topic: countries is taught. I create maps in project work to mark places we visited, to link photos concerning our school or town. In my opinion maps can be used by teachers of all subjects. Everything depends on our creativity!February 22 at 10:55am · Like · 1

Efi Karagianni of course maps are not only for geography.I am a historian and I think they perfectly suit with history to show battle fields, routes, states extendin etc They are also useful for teaching art, about museums, monuments, popular rythms, places of action.Another idea is to be used at literature and tell the students find the places mentioned in the fiction for example. February 22 at 10:55am · Like · 3

Athina Stakia I always use maps for History lesson February 22 at 10:56am · Like · 2

Γιώργος Όλγα Maps can be used in other subjects not only in geography. In kindergarten we use them can help the child understand other important elements such as distance, symbolic representation, scale, direction and that a picture may look different and represent the same thing, and understand concepts such as right, left, etc. February 22 at 11:07am · Like · 4

Cristina Nicolaita In Physics we use maps to calculate distances and velocities of means of transport, to understand the concept of coordonates of a place, scale representation. February 22 at 11:09am · Like · 5

Eleftheria Pachiadaki I totally agree with all of you
I also use it for history lesson but also English in order to find places that we want to travel and use English language. But the use you show us for a treasure hunt is marvelous. I will definitely use it. My students will be thrilled to participate in such a game. Thanks for sharing February 22 at 11:24am · Like · 4

Лилия Стойкова I teach English and use maps.I use them when we learn about foreign countries.We play different map games February 22 at 11:26am · Like · 3

Maja Labaš Horvat They are great for English,as well as teaching the mother tongue! Now that I have discovered some new apps,I will use them more often in class. Tnx! February 22 at 11:36am · Like · 2

Alina Huma I used tripline to describe a voyage of a novel character, aspect that is very important for understanding the book. I may ask my students to do this map, in order to see how good did they read the book. I also am interested in Lit. Trip, but I have to learn more. So, yes, the tasks map related made sense to me and i can use the suggestions. February 22 at 11:47am · Like · 3

Marijke Neyens I'm teaching electricity.I was thinking of implementing a map when I have to teach about power plants. A map of our country with different power plants and an explanation of all the types of power plants. February 22 at 12:23pm · Like · 3

Clapou Crina Students using maps this way in geography is more beneficial than in the old days when they were large and/or used the globe... However, you can create maps on a given subject, aiming at the students finding new ideas thought their involvement in finding innovative solutions .... I remember thus Mind Mapping! It was the first LE I attended!!!February 22 at 12:42pm · Like · 1

Francisco Prendes Veiga Music: Instruments of the world, music styles, composers and countries. And what about a tripline with Mozart's or Handel's trips during their lives? or following any music-star tour. February 22 at 12:49pm · Like · 3

Anthi HarouI teach English as a foreign language. Lots of places are mentioned in our coursebooks, so it's a nice idea for the students to exploit maps and visualize and realize the actual location of these places on the globe. Besides, maps can be very helpful particularly in an etwinning project, as partners come from different countries. Both the teachers and the students can have a closer virtual contact and relation when they have a clearer view of what the area of a partner looks like. Map Activities, such as giving directions of going e.g. from the nearest partner's airport to his/her school, can also be sharedFebruary 22 at 1:44pm · Edited · Like · 4

Cándida Calderón I think you can use maps in other subjects, too! It´s great for languages, since we can visit different countries, watch famous sites as if you were there! February 22 at 1:41pm · Like · 5

Maria Rosaria Rogato I also think that we can use maps in other subjects: English, History and all the activities of different subjects where it is necessary to find a place February 22 at 2:14pm · Like · 3

Özge Nalbantoğlu I use them in English lesson. Especially, about teaching nationalities and countries. Also, they meet their etwinning friends via maps. They add photos, personal information on them. February 22 at 2:25pm · Like · 5

Milena Knezović I think that maps can be use in other subjects, not just in geography. You can use them in Maths for measuring and calculating the distances for example..you can use it in history to show the places where something has happend and to show the borders and countries before and today and compare it...it just takes a little imagination and you can use them in so many ways. February 22 at 2:25pm · Like · 4

Marina Molla Maps are widely used in history to. I love history and try to teach it using maps and timelines. I think that visualizing time by implementing timelines and space by implementing maps helps us teach history as well as other subjects more effectively. February 22 at 2:31pm · Like · 3

Arzu-Mustafa Çakir Maps can be used in every subject,I think.As an English teacher, I use it when I teach countries,nationalities,geographical features,historical places ..etc.I am learning new map activities withGeorgette.I really loved map treasure hunting and I want to share it with my students. February 22 at 2:33pm · Like · 3

Roula Siroyianni I use maps in my English lessons .This always takes our lesson on a trip ! The Ss get so motivated and engaged when we are learning countries or nationalities ,as Ozge said , They love it when we visit their etwinning partners towns and see photos of sights . I have also used google earth to add place marks with info which is creative practice for writing in English .February 22 at 2:35pm · Like · 1

Alessandro Ruffino Yes, I think that maps can be used in other subjects. I teach hotel management and I used it to link the countries with the same hotel classification or the same services and so on. It has been interesting. February 22 at 2:44pm · Like · 1

Aurora Mariani I am an English teacher and my students and me use maps in a lot of games. For example in Second life we play using maps as context of our games.The avatar stops on a country talking about the place where he/she is. They have fun and me too. We used also a lot of languages such as English, Spanish,French and old languages as Latin and Greek! February 22 at 2:45pm · Like · 3

Maria-Genoveva Agape I think we can use the map in all subjects. For example I can use the map when we talk about the evolution of clothing, or when we participate in national competition, they can use Triplane.net to draw different versions of route and we choose the best ( cheapest, perhaps). We can also locate, with mapalist.com tool, students passionate in handemade and we can cooperate with them. HugeDomains.com - Triplane.net is for Sale (Triplane)Create a blog, promote your business, or build a site for your personal use. Your web address is memorable and uniquely your own.HUGEDOMAINS.COM February 22 at 2:51pm · Like · 1 · Remove Preview

Ionela Camelia Lazea I am a kindergarten teacher and I have used maps in teaching. Last year I took the LE Using Google earth in education, which was very interesting and my children loved it when we used it in our activities. February 22 at 3:36pm · Like · 3

Yasin Erdoğan I am an English teacher but it doesn't mean we only teach English. Crosscurricular activities can easily be done with maps. But I can give examples again for English Language Teaching. Students can create maps where they go and add descriptions and comments or even videos and photos for a project. Moreover, we can create a map treasure hunt with words or sentences in English. February 22 at 4:16pm · Like · 3

Maria Teresa Lauletta Think we can use the map in all subjects. For example I can use the map in mathematics, to calculate distances February 22 at 4:46pm · Like · 1

Nada Stojičević This map is for subject that I lectured - Digital Electronics http://www.mapwing.com/explore/view_tour.php...Mapwing - unutar integrisanog kolaKorišćene slike su pruzete sa: http://semimd.com/chipworks/http://www.ma-tek.com/MAPWING.COM February 22 at 4:48pm · Edited · Like · 2 · Remove Preview

Aneliya Nikolova Maps can be used in all subjects in natural sciences, social sciences and extracurricular activities. February 22 at 5:04pm · Like · 1

Βάσω Αντωνίου Maps can be used in kinderrgarten too. It's an visual tool that is neccesary to have an image where the locations are.I use maps in etwinning projects and in History topics February 22 at 5:16pm · Like · 1

Cyn D Alberti Well, I've discovered here that maps can be used in almost every subject! I like a lot the idea of Littrips - travelling in a book is a great idea (for an etwinning project too). And I will have my pupils use Tripline for our school trip in March, combining it with other tools of this "magic box" to create something personal and involving about it. Thanks a lot for the inspiration! February 22 at 6:29pm · Like · 2

Alexandra Duarte Maps are visual aids for all learners and for all subjects. They can be used for locating places, people, their travels, for books and / or for their characters, to map holidays, to geolocate... I've used Myhistro (for example, for Nelson Mandela's life), but now I'm definitely for Tripline - so much simpler. Using KMZ files we can add all type of info! It's really amazing. February 22 at 7:23pm · Like · 1

αγγέλα μεταλληνούI think maps can be implemented in teaching languages as well... I always try during German teaching to introduce my students to the culture of Germany, (Landeskunde) by presenting customs and traditions, cities, great feasts, etc... With a map project we could learn more, expand our knowledge, investigate and discover unknown cities and region, that never come up in our learning books... with the help of ICT and all those introduced webtools we could "visit" and trace those areas....February 23 at 5:44am · Like · 3

Raluca Kincses As an English teacher I use maps when I teach my students about the English speaking countries or about the United Kingdom. Maps are also useful when we learn about countries and nationalities. It's easier and more interesting for students to learn this way February 23 at 3:03pm · Like · 3

Marianna Morgigno Maps are very important to teach all subjects. I teach literature, history and geography and I can use them in these three subjects. In particular my students could create a brochure of different city, places and country. In this way maps are important also to implement enterpreunership. February 23 at 6:46pm · Like · 1

Marianna Morgigno However....I loved Georgette activities! February 23 at 6:48pm · Like · 1

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Úlfhildur Helga Guðbjartsdóttir I think using maps in teaching will improve understanding of the subject. You can use it in math, understanding metering, in geography of course, in history too see where things did happen and so on. In my school some teachers are using google earth in teaching with good results for students. February 23 at 6:55pm · Like · 1

Vesile Derya Çakır As everybody said, maps can be used in almost every subject. As an English teacher I use them a lot. Now I can imagine using it in music classes also. Why not mentioning the famous composers and their countries both in music and English classes. I suppose we are being evolved into a completely different teaching&learning adventure day by day and I'm really excited about that! February 24 at 2:33am · Like

Sofia Karamitrou History, Maths, Greel language, Music ... maps can be used in almost every subject. We use maps in every etwinning project we work. It's fun and real, concrete February 24 at 7:39am · Like

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GEORGETTE'S DISCUSSION 2: TRANSREALITY AND LOCATION GAMES IN EDUCATION - YES OR NO?

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GEORGETTE'S DISCUSSION 2: TRANSREALITY AND LOCATION GAMES IN EDUCATION - YES OR NO?

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WE WANTED TO KNOW:

What is your opinion on gamification? Do transreality and location-based games have benefits for student learning? Or are they too distracting and a waste of time?

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Isabelle DufreneI think gamification is a good way to enhance students implication. They play at home and with friends, so it's a great idea to use their interest in our class. I use geocaching with them, first in our school as they can test the game, then in outside learning game: in an orientation game, then in an historical game about our city. They play but they're focused on the learning goal, because if they learn, they win the game. It's not a wasting time because they collaborate for the game, and parents are needed, so it's all benefit for the class climate. Montaigne said "Seated my thoughts fall asleep", he was a great philosopher, and we probably can trust him.February 23 at 12:56am · Edited · Unlike · 6

Cristina Nicolaita I used to use games and quizzes related to maps in my projects and some other games as a reward at the end of a successful on-line test. This is a great map-related activity in one of my oldest projects, Chessgateway http://crdp2.ac-rennes.fr/etwinning/chessgateway/?p=1976 and a very rewarding game, "Dunkin' teacher" http://www.teach-ict.com/.../cristnycol_17609/dunkin.htm Chessgateway » The name of the pieces in European languagesYou can hear 19 languages: English, French, Romanian, Czech, Turkish, Spanish, German, Croatian, Latvian, Finnish, Russian, Greek, Slovak, Romansh, Lithuanian, Italian, Portuguese, Polish and Bulgarian voices.CRDP2.AC-RENNES.FR February 23 at 1:07am · Unlike · 4 · Remove Preview

Лилия Стойкова I think that games are very useful for our students especially when they are in English.Playing them they study many new words when they are outside classes. February 23 at 1:32am · Unlike · 3

Eleftheria Pachiadaki Children enjoy playing, so what a better way of learning. If you can manage combine play and learning I am sure you can ensure participation from all even the ones that are bored or are reluctant. February 23 at 2:30am · Unlike · 3

Mariella FasanelliGames are among the tools we can effectively use as teachers. According to my experience, they might be included as a warming up activitity or as the final product of a module. I find it difficult to bease the whole teaching/learning process on gamification, unless you prepare an accurate teaching/learning plan of sets of games with clear cut learning objectives, assessment tools and all the stuff which make teaching sustainable and transferrable.February 23 at 4:10am · Unlike · 5

αγγέλα μεταλληνούSome days ago I had my first workshop on German in a two days conference about foreign languages, http://xenesglosses.arsakeio.gr/where I introduced to the participating colleagues how to implement all kinds of games (board games, interactive, digital) in their German teaching... I could say, it was a great success for me, because at first even my headmaster was prejudiced,,,, not until I showed them results from an evaluation, where my students admitted how the language games (in any form) helped them to strengthen their German knowledge and seeing how great influence these games had to the participating colleagues, too, they believed that it is time to change their view about teaching....of course there is a lot of work to do, but in my school I am a pioneer and I know many other colleagues will follow....February 23 at 6:04am · Unlike · 4

Arzu-Mustafa Çakir Children love game and They learn better when they have fun .They don't like sitting at their desk all the time ,do homework with only worksheet papers and get bored easilyTtransreality and location games make them move, search and active in learning.In Student centered teaching, games should be inevitable.Curiosity will always keep their learning alive. February 23 at 8:13am · Unlike · 4

Liliana la Marca Everything can be useful or unuseful or.....dangerous it depends how we use it. Also books can be dangerous it always depends on the use we make of it. When we plan our activity, when we involve students in doing it, maybe any tools can be useful for our goal. February 23 at 10:13am · Unlike · 2

Ioanna FotopoulouOf course gamification has benefits for students learning. It's simple. The way in which games function with a system of challenges that become even more difficult as the levels go higher, the utilization of the gained knowledge for the next level, the system of reward for doing something and the bonus that you gain and generally the way in which games are structured undoubdedly is so special that motivates children and not only them to catch up with them. So it's clever to use them in student learning so as to achieve our purposes as far as the student learning is concerned.February 23 at 10:30am · Unlike · 1

Gmedrano TicGamification and specifically location games are in my opinion two teaching methodologies to consider. A well planned Location game can be very motivating, and they will have a lot of learning (GPS, position system, smartphone as a working tool, content of the subject, etc.), but on the other side they need a technology device (using Byod) and they can be distracted. My opinion is positive, for a single well planned activity (location game) and for many long term activities for gamification. I teach vocational training.February 23 at 11:52am · Unlike · 1

Efi Karagianni Gamification was the topic of a course from european schoolnet academy and it was amazing!We learned how to use games to motivate students and simulations in order to gain the knowledge better.Students love to learn by playing and even teachers and all adults do the same.The games are not a waste of time but activities should be organised carefully and the learning outcomes to be clear. February 23 at 12:52pm · Unlike · 2

Maria-Genoveva AgapeChildren of all ages love to play, so I think it is beneficial for our students to learn playing. There are many tools for us in this respect, so we can include them in our teaching. But as Fasanelli Mariella says, such a lesson requires a special effort from the teacher, who must prepare a lesson plan, sets of games, assessment tools and all the stuff which makes a successful lesson.
As teachers, we must adapt to the needs of children and I think that learning through play is one of the needs of our students.February 23 at 1:14pm · Unlike · 1

Georgia Skalochoritou I believe that gamification is a useful and educating tool for students, of all ages, while still being entertaining and fun. Students can absorb information while playing game of their preference. February 23 at 1:37pm · Unlike · 1

Francisco Prendes Veiga I love this quote: "If they don't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn". Every person loves being challenged, we only need to find the right challenge for each person. I'm sure that using games can be an incredible resource to attend all kind of students but, specially, the ones that are more disconnected from the traditional educational system. February 23 at 1:45pm · Unlike · 2

Cornelia Melcu Yes for gamification:) I teach young students and they really love games- as this is their age main characteristic February 23 at 1:55pm · Unlike · 2

Sofia Karamitrou Teaching with gamification can be fun! Maybe we'll try geocatching February 23 at 2:31pm · Unlike · 1

Anna Rita I think gamification is a good way to involve students in learning activities.besides teaching with gamification can be very fun..but i must learn better how use gamification in my work. February 23 at 2:46pm · Unlike · 2

Ionela Camelia Lazea I agree with Cornelia Melcu. I also teach young students and the younger they are, the more they like to play. So a big YES for gamification. February 23 at 2:55pm · Unlike · 2

Raluca Kincses Games are a great part of the children's lives. So everything is more interesting for them if it comes associated with a game. I teach children aged from 6 to 14. The older ones enjoy games and learning through games as much as the young ones. All of them love to play and they acquire knowledge better through games than any other way February 23 at 3:09pm · Unlike · 1

Agnieszka Kubiak I know gamification is widely discussed these days. I am a follower of this idea but we should remember that it is one of methods we can use. Gamification presupposes competition and it is good for some students, for some - not. That's why I think: gamification - yes, but not as the main way of teaching. February 23 at 3:34pm · Unlike · 4

Līga Kraukle I agree that games are one of methods to learn and teach. In such difficult subject as maths I use games almost every lesson. Pupils understand rules better and training process is more interesting. February 23 at 4:30pm · Unlike · 1

Özge NalbantoğluActually, teaching with gamification is really fun and interesting for primary and secondary school students. We should suggest good applications to our students and concentrate on what we want to teach. We should explain our aims and give them chance to find answers themselves.They will not only learn something new but also enjoy qirking in a collaborative way. Also, I agree with you, Agnieszka Kubiak this is one of the methods. We should not think it as the main way of teaching.February 23 at 4:30pm · Unlike · 3

Alessandro Ruffino yes, I use gamification in education and I think it is very important to involve students to learn. In CLIL methodology the activities are games, competitions and so on... But we must be attention, students have to understand that it is training and not only game! February 23 at 5:11pm · Unlike · 1

Helena Valečić Gamification in teaching - yes, but we must be a aware that teaching is not a game for teachers nor students. The quantity of gamification depends on subject, too. Location based games are perfect for geography and history. Anyway if for nothing else, we can use games to relax and learn something in different way. February 23 at 5:21pm · Unlike · 1

Marina Molla I think that gamification is a method that helps us engage our students in the learning proccess and achieve our goals. In the meantime their playing, having fun, being creative and innovative using new technologies to communicate and collaborate. They also gather and evaluate information in order to solve the problem. Teachers and students need to be technologie literate. February 23 at 5:31pm · Unlike · 1

Elisabete Pires I agree, gamification can be a good way to teach in sevearl ways. I use kind of games already, that in an interactive way students do interesting things. But the maps plans... I dont apply much in my area.... So I think Location games, maybe interesting in some subjects...February 23 at 5:37pm · Unlike · 1

Mary Kinsella I think you have to weigh up the amount of teaching time needed to explain how to play the games and use the technology against the possible learning outcomes for your students. Many of the new tools February 23 at 6:41pm · Unlike · 1

Mary Kinsella Sorry.. wasn;t finished there! Many of the new tools inGeorgette's studio turn students into 'Active Learners'. The element of fun involved in the games also motivates students to learn. February 23 at 6:43pm · Unlike · 2

Samson Iulia I teach French and English to the very young students and I use all kinds of games, even from the scouts. It’s much better to learn a foreign language when you have students who don’t know yet to read and write in their mother tongue. Yesterday at 12:22pm · Unlike · 2

Alessandra Cannelli I think our students are not really skilled in the use of technology and they miss important aspects we need as teachers to highlight. And we can highlight these aspects by means of gamification, but we must govern the situation giving them precise rules, as in every game. Yesterday at 1:48pm · Unlike · 1

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ARTHUR'S DISCUSSION: TIMELINES AND MUSEUMS

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ARTHUR'S DISCUSSION: TIMELINES AND MUSEUMS

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WE ASKED YOU:

How can you incorporate timelines and virtual museums in the subjects you teach? What are the benefits for students if we ues them in subjects other than art and history? Share your ideas how you use or would use these tools with your students.

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Carmen Sin Good morning! Yesterday at 12:32am · Unlike · 1

Eleftheria Pachiadaki I use timelines when I want to help students in writing biographies. I also use them in history in order to help them understand the chronological order. I could use museums exhibitions both in English and History for example in studying Renaissance. Yesterday at 2:13am · Unlike · 3

Alina Huma I can use timelines in teaching literature for biographies, literary movements, novels subjects, because this tools demand finding, selecting , synthesizing and organizing the information. I liked dipity because it is a very flexible tool that allows rewriting, adding and writing with others. Yesterday at 2:27am · Unlike · 3

Alessandra Cannelli Itinerari we could use timelines in foreign languages teaching, for example they have to create the timeline of their life and then talk about it, maybe create a podcast matched on a blog. Yesterday at 2:44am · Unlike · 3

Vesile Derya Çakır Well, next week I'm going to take to take my students to an art gallery to see the exhibition of Giocometti. After the museum we're going to attend a sculpting workshop. As an English teacher I think we have limitless opportunity to work interdisciplinary. Unfortunately our ministry of education doesn't support outdoor activities so I have to do these kind of activities in my free time. Yesterday at 2:44am · Unlike · 4

Alessandra Cannelli If we are working on a story,a novel, we can ask our students to summarize the mail pilot with the help of a timeline as a start for the oral description Yesterday at 2:48am · Unlike · 2

Μαριάννα Μαρτίνη Using timelines is very useful in writing biographies and although I haven't used virtual museums yet, I think that they can be explored in many ways in language teaching such as descriptions, narrations, explanations, instructions and arguments. Yesterday at 3:26am · Unlike · 1

Enid B-one oh I ma running a temperature and am not being productive have a nice day Yesterday at 3:30am · Like

Olga Dasoura Good morning Arjana! All the activities are wonderful! I think we'll use this LE as a reference and we'll come back to it and try them all. Personally speaking, after collecting the stickers I need for the certificate, I have already come back and tried other apps and I have also shown my colleagues some of them. I'm very enthusiastic about using them in my projects. I'm sure children will love them. Yesterday at 3:41am · Unlike · 3

Maja Labaš Horvat Good morning from cold Croatia! I love all the activities here, especially the Trading cards because I can use them for my classes. I could use other tools from Arthur, but only when doing some specific topics connected to art in English, which is usually once or twice a year. Yesterday at 4:20am · Unlike · 3

Efi Karagianni timelines can be used in literature either for the biography of a writer or to depict the itinerary of a hero in a fiction. Virtual museum can be used not only for history or art but to teach topics racism, stereotypes, philosophy, technology etc Yesterday at 6:13am · Unlike · 4

Cristina Nicolaita In Physics or ICT, my subjects, timelines can be used to follow the development of different items, devices, theories or inventions. I've used a timeline for the history of the lightbulb for example. Believe it or not, I've just found the history of AR on dipity http://www.dipity.com/ehessian/Augmented-Reality/Augmented Reality TimelineSurvey of Augmented RealityDIPITY.COM Yesterday at 7:25am · Unlike · 6 · Remove Preview

Arzu-Mustafa Çakir I think I can use virtual museum to teach some subjects from history,food,science in my lesson ,Ss will wonder and keep watching what I am doing because of curiousity In English lessons we work interdisciplinary and teach lots of topics from the other lessons Ss have . My students can make presentations using virtual museum for their speaking activities. Yesterday at 8:59am · Unlike · 2

Vera Dakanali I think that timelines is a useful tool especially for literature e.g When I teach greek traditional and modern poetry. Virtual museum helps students to know their culture and civilization. It’s a different way to explore knowledge every time when you want without limits!!Yesterday at 10:48am · Edited · Unlike · 1

Samson Iulia I used already the virtual museums to teach some subjects from English or French Culture and Civilisation in my lessons. My students are very happy with this virtual museums and they told me that is very easy to visit the museums all over the world from their houses. I’ve never used timelines, but I’ll try this semester. I hope to find a good subject to incorporate it. Yesterday at 12:02pm · Unlike · 3

Sylvie VaslinTo teach English through cultural key-question entries (French curriculum), we resort to Art, History , geography... For example, to teach the Lewis and Clark's expedition to map the USA (8th grade), I used the interactive tour suggested by National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/main.html . The pupils loved it. And we followed http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lewisandclark/virtualtour/ . Plus, for grade 11th: I have used a created timeline to explain the unfolding of events for the Japanese community in the USA on the day after Pearl Harbour. I am currently trying to use MEOGRAPH. I will let you know when I am done with it. . So, Yes, I use guided visits, and virtual museum masterpieces very often. Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark GameJoin Lewis and Clark on an expedition across America...NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM Yesterday at 1:29pm · Edited · Like · 1 · Remove Preview

Alessandra Cannelli I think museale could be used to elicit language espressione about colour, form, descriptions or making a selection with a motivation for the choice.
They could work in couples or groups and discussione before writing. Maybe groups could have different authors or periods studio. Yesterday at 1:23pm · Like · 1

Raluca Kincses As some other colleagues here have already mentioned, we could use timelines and virtual museums in teaching English as a foreign language because we talk about various topics and we need all the material we can get. The more interesting the tools we use are, the the more interested the students get. Yesterday at 1:31pm · Like

Aurora Mariani I think virtual museum can help students to live and to be turned into realistic situations. In fact the learners can store more easily the events Yesterday at 1:37pm · Like · 2

Cyn D Alberti I agree with Efi about using virtual museums for topics like racism, good idea. I was wondering if it is feasible to use timelines also to tell a particular day in the life, in the foreign language. Yesterday at 2:15pm · Like · 1

Ionela Camelia Lazea We could definetly use virtual museums in teaching. As my kids are very young (3 or 4) it is a little difficult for us to go on a trip to the real museum, plus they rapidly loose the interest and roam about. By using virtual museums we can focus their attention on the topic that we choose. Yesterday at 2:57pm · Like · 2

Maria-Genoveva AgapeI agree with my colleagues. We can use virtual museums in any topic. Our students will be able to know different cultures, different civilizations.
I can use virtual museums when we analyze the evolution over time of the clothing. I divide the class into small groups and ask each group to choose a period of time to analyze it and present their work in front of colleagues. They can make a gallery of the most representative clothing of each era using ArtstepsYesterday at 3:19pm · Like · 1

Anna Rita I like timeline app, I think to use them soon in my class Yesterday at 3:41pm · Like

Ornella PegoraroI think that timelines, apart from art and history, could be used in project management and even literature. I teach English and, for example, they coul be used for biographies of famous writers in literature.As for virtual museums, they are a very involving teaching tools. They enable teachers to infuse 21st century skills into traditional learning, providing new, meaningful and contemporary opportunities, thus motivating student learning through interactive activities.Yesterday at 4:50pm · Like

Clapou Crina Virtual museums and timelines are very useful to teachers and can be used in many ways integrated in their teaching. You presented us with a great variety of applications to use when teaching children. They are great and varite and can be applied to very young learners or to older ones. It is up to us to apply them as efficiently as possible depending on the age, level and materials available. Yesterday at 4:53pm · Like

Özge Nalbantoğlu I have not had used timelines , I will use it immediately.I love using virtual buildings /museums in my lessons.Therefore ,my students have chance seeing different places around the world. Also, I give them some addresses so they can work at home too. Yesterday at 4:55pm · Like

Francisco Prendes Veiga I've used Dipity with my 16 year-old students today. It was funny and quite intuitive for them. Biographies of composers, musicians, music stiles, plots of operas, lots of ideas to use timelines in my lessons. Yesterday at 5:11pm · Like

Alexandra DuarteI love timelines and art, and have used both in my EFL classes. I have used Dipity and MyHistro for authors and biographies, but I'm also planning to use them for travels, school activities, development of eTwinning projects... As a visual learner / teacher, I find them very important for organising and visualising info in time and space. As for art, I tend to use paintings, yes, and many, but basically for physical description and / or clothing followed by a simple research on the artist. Though I have long been familiar with virtual tours, I've never used virtual museums in my classes. Pictures of / from museums and / or paintings can also be used for a collaborative activity with Thinglink and that works great. Finally, these are very interesting tools, ideas and activities, but the reality is that it ends up being mostly me (perhaphs you, too, as Maxime Drouet also reported) to develop everything... it's almost impossible in one computer classroooms, sometimes even lacking internet access, to expect more. In my experience, what works best are definitely flipped lessons and collaborative activities! Besides, I feel that eventhough we are dealing with a generation of "screenagers", I have to keep remembering them of their school tasks/duties and to stay focus. Is it only me???Yesterday at 6:16pm · Unlike · 1

Carmen Sin It s about...interdisciplinarity...too...can be...History,IT, English, Geography even...this way we use modern methodology...22 hrs · Like

Esra Sucaglar Yıldız I think we can develop and address the pupils with visionary skills,they can learn better,with the use of timelines and museums.Visualization is an indispensable part of education.I haven't used it before.I will add museums and timelines in my teaching notes.Thanks...22 hrs · Like

Enid B-one I agree with Carmen, I cannot use it in my ICT lessons butco can help my colleagues use it in their lessons 22 hrs · Like

Nada Stojičević Why not? Enid B-one http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/timeline Computer History MuseumCOMPUTERHISTORY.ORG 15 hrs · Like · Remove Preview

Nada Stojičević Or http://www.computerhistory.org/exhibits/Exhibits Overview | Computer History MuseumExhibits Overview The Computer History Museum...COMPUTERHISTORY.ORG 15 hrs · Like · Remove Preview

Nada Stojičević I also thought that timeline can't be used in ICT&electronics, but the previous examples show that you can ...15 hrs · Like · 1

Úlfhildur Helga Guðbjartsdóttir I think timeline and virtual museum are both very useful in many activities in class 7 hrs · Unlike · 1

Nida Türkelay I started to use my virtual museum to teach vocabulary in my English classes. 7 hrs · Unlike · 1

Βάσω Αντωνίου I'll try to to use timeline in kindergarten. Ithink it is very usefull for little pupils. 7 hrs · Unlike · 1

Emanuela Leto I think Language teachers can use most of all these tools as their subject is really cross curricularI really enjoy experimenting with my students. 7 hrs · Unlike · 1