https://padlet.com/benjaminannett/feffb150nbo098vo Teach-Now - PD en-us 2020-06-05 14:09:05 UTC 2020-06-06 21:34:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1eb-1f1f7.png benjaminannett https://padlet.com/benjaminannett/feffb150nbo098vo/wish/613069455 Padlet is multiplatform and works with any web browser.

It allows to write comments, share links or documents on a virtual desktop and post-its.

Useful for brainstorming, gathering pieces of information or creating a presentation.
In French, it is useful to engage students so that they actively participate.
It also helps to figure out what is already known from a previous unit or mastered within a unit...
Displaying the answers on screen encourages debates and discussions.



To go further: https://www.reddit.com/r/padlet]]> 2020-06-05 14:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/benjaminannett/feffb150nbo098vo/wish/613069455 benjaminannett https://padlet.com/benjaminannett/feffb150nbo098vo/wish/613199337 Google Classroom is multiplatforms, though like many Google tools, I encountered compatbility issues, notably with Internet Explorer. Apps are available on Android too. 

Google Classroom (GC) has proved very useful to tech online or when you are in sickleave. Connection is easy and you can post for a class or sub-group documents, links and merge it with any Google tools. The main feature in mmy opinion is the possibility to upload a Doc file with the option "make a copy for each student" which means that each student will receive a document like if it was his own paper on which he can make personal modifications or answer to questions individually.

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G Docs has proved very useful to tech online or when you are in sickleave, to prepare multimedia documents one can embed any kind of documents such as videos , slides, audio, etc.

Again Docs is fully interactive with other Google tools such as Youtube for videos, etc.

I like using Google Docs in French as typing allows to practice spelling in a different way. It also allows students to receive more feedback as a digital copy is more flexible for comments and monitoring.

One regret about G Docs is that it is less powerful than Microsoft Office and less suer-friendly.

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YouTube allows to read but also create content.

For 2 or 3 years, YT has a very useful (and working) function of Video2Text transcription. Very efficient in English, it still requires improvement in some languages. French is erratic; Thai is totally giberrish!
One can add his own subtitles which is very useful for teaching French!

YouTube videos can be reused in order apps such a EdPuzzle for better interaction...

To go further: there is plethora of tutorials on YouTube itself to discover its potential, and each video is an example or counter-example own its own.]]> 2020-06-05 15:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/benjaminannett/feffb150nbo098vo/wish/613221579 benjaminannett https://padlet.com/benjaminannett/feffb150nbo098vo/wish/613229045 EdPuzzle is mostly laptop based as it is more convneient for video editing.

EdPuzzle allows to pause a video at some points and create prompts and questions. The questions created by the teacher are generally to check their understanding but also to offer opportunies to ask students to go further in their learning.

Some teachers use it for flipped classrooms as well.

In French, it helps the listening as comprehension questions target what information needs to be picked up.

One can import videos from their computer of from video platforms such as YouTube.

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It is a class management tool mostly focused on young learners, though many teachers claim using it also with high-school students.

CD enables competition and positive reinforcement opportunities through a system of points. Teachers are encouraged to be creative in terms of rewards.
The application allows to correspond with parents who also have the option to connect to their child account and follow up in real time with the score of their children.

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Google Slides is best for presentation. Teachers or students can use it for a presentation.
Again, GS can embed many types of documents, in particularly the Google ecosystem.

In French, it gives a visual support to the students and helps them to follow the lesson.

Plugins are also available

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There is a forum to discuss ones' learning issues.

Learning a language with DuoLingo is tricky as it is very much based on structures and words redundancy but there is a blatant lack on the communication focus.
As a matter of facts, students learn many words, structures and rules but do not have the opportunity to express themselves which lead to little or no capacity to use what they learned in a real situation of communication.

However, I find it very useful and supportive for my new students. It appears that often, in international schools, we get new students, completely new in French, in the middle of a 3rd year of French class. Differentiation is a must and DuoLingo partially answer to the situation.

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