This is a good place to look for tools to help you get things done. It includes online tools to create or use in class activities, resources for classes and making materials and resources to help individual learning.
Show and Tell
Some useful resources or strategies are presented in staff meetings. Find them here.
22 July, 2011
These are the sites Richard and Warwick presented today. The list is annotated. http://lessonwriter.com/default.aspx
Based on pasting in a text of up to 400 words (in the free version - the paid version allows longer texts), this site creates instant multi-activity lessons.
http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/tools/presplan.htm
Guides learners through the steps required to prepare Oral Presentations. Prepares scripts, slide shows, note cards and even speaks the talk to you, in a male or female voice.
http://www.economist.com
Scroll to the very bottom and click on 'Videographics' -- great little business/economics themed videos to kick-start class discussions. Can be used in a variety of ways.
Prezi
This is a zooming presentation creator and gives an alternative to using slide based presentations. The free account limits the number of presentations you can make.
iSpeech
This is a very good, free Text-to-speech tool. The free account allows you to convert 1 minute of text to speech (120 to 150 words). You can save the file, play it faster or slower and select from a few different voices and accents. Here is and example of the UK female voice.
Show and Tell
Some useful resources or strategies are presented in staff meetings. Find them here.22 July, 2011
These are the sites Richard and Warwick presented today. The list is annotated.
http://lessonwriter.com/default.aspx
Based on pasting in a text of up to 400 words (in the free version - the paid version allows longer texts), this site creates instant multi-activity lessons.
http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/tools/presplan.htm
Guides learners through the steps required to prepare Oral Presentations. Prepares scripts, slide shows, note cards and even speaks the talk to you, in a male or female voice.
http://pbworks.com/content/edu-classroom-teachers
A wiki creation site.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/awlgapmaker.htm
This site will create gap-fill exercises based on pasted-in texts, using the Academic Word List.
http://www.economist.com
Scroll to the very bottom and click on 'Videographics' -- great little business/economics themed videos to kick-start class discussions. Can be used in a variety of ways.
http://www.ted.com/
Topics of general interest.
The two presented by Rob W. are:
Prezi
This is a zooming presentation creator and gives an alternative to using slide based presentations. The free account limits the number of presentations you can make.
iSpeech
This is a very good, free Text-to-speech tool. The free account allows you to convert 1 minute of text to speech (120 to 150 words). You can save the file, play it faster or slower and select from a few different voices and accents. Here is and example of the UK female voice.