https://padlet.com/cris_vicentini/technology en-us 2015-05-05 23:45:38 UTC 2025-12-20 18:03:10 UTC hello@padlet.com cris_vicentini https://padlet.com/cris_vicentini/technology/wish/273266554 An avatar can be extremely useful for storytelling, but it can also be an excellent tool for dictations, trivia, spelling practice, among many others.

Artificial intelligence characters can be used to practice question formation and even pronunciation (depending on the tool).

If you'd like to learn some tools related to this topic, select Avatars and AI characters on the survey.


]]> 2018-08-15 14:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cris_vicentini/technology/wish/273266554 cris_vicentini https://padlet.com/cris_vicentini/technology/wish/273278574 Adding extensions to Google Chrome can be extremely helpful. Here are just a few examples of what extensions and add-ons allow you to do:

a) Create printer-friendly documents (add-free);

b) Check grammar and spelling while writing online;

c) Read news in a variety of levels of difficulty and assign them to students;

d) Use text-to-speech technology to facilitate reading comprehension, improve pronunciation, among many other benefits!

e) Add voice comments to Google docs (which makes giving feedback much faster!) - click on the video below for an example using Kaizena

If you'd like to learn some tools related to this topic, select Google Chrome extensions and add-ons on the survey.]]> 2018-08-15 15:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cris_vicentini/technology/wish/273278574 cris_vicentini https://padlet.com/cris_vicentini/technology/wish/273343452 Annotating a video can be a great tool. There are websites which allow you to create collaborative discussions on videos as well as embed quizzes to assign to your students.

If you'd like to learn tools related to this topic, select Tools for video annotation on the survey.

Note: Click on the video below for an example using Playposit.com

]]> 2018-08-15 20:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cris_vicentini/technology/wish/273343452 cris_vicentini https://padlet.com/cris_vicentini/technology/wish/273742313 There are plenty of augmented reality tools available online, and you can do a lot with them. For example, you can:

a) Interact with augmented reality characters and practice storytelling and prepositions;

b) Create amazing multimodal scavenger hunts;

c) Use these tools for self-directed learning.

The image below shows how I interacted with a dragon using a phone app!
Notes:
i) The dragon image is on paper and comes to life once you scan it.
ii) It spits fire too!!!

If you'd like to learn more about this topic, select Augmented Reality on the survey.]]> 2018-08-17 15:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cris_vicentini/technology/wish/273742313