TESLONTARIO’09

A demonstration of a practical use of Web 2.0 tools for TESL Stephen Roney, College of the North Atlantic Qatar John Allan, Niagara College, Canada

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Practical resource to share Drill & kill Teacher boredom factor Varies input modes Word lists Computer is suitable and patient CNAQ experience

     Identify target Create target Amazon’s Vocab Grabber On line concordancer Establish parameters

         Association/Membership Community Multimedia Rich Media of focus Contribution Marketing/Advertising Tagging/fuzzy logic Multisite Distribution Personalized Space

    Pronunciation Spelling Batch entry Creates 12 different exercises  Crossword, word search, unscramble, audio word match, hang mouse, alphabetize, match it, which word?, complete the word, sentence unscramble

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quizlet.com

Batch entry Generates 7 activities Familiarize: flash cards Learn: typing Test: interactive tests Scatter: drag definitions Space Race: typing with speed Voice Race: voice recognition Voice Scatter: pronunciation

    wordwizard.scholastic.com/minidictionary Generates defs Based on grade quizmaker

   www.studystack.com

Claims to generate 11 activities Problems

   sortmylist.com

List sorting utility Sorts by parameters set by user

    www.flashcardmachine.com

Batch entry of terms Optional image upload Optional audio upload

  www.slideshare.net

Distribute visual slideshows

  hotpot.uvic.ca

Context interactive activity generator  Quiz  Matching  Crossword  Scrambler  Cloze

  Software must be downloaded Generates five drill activities  JigWords  MatchWords  WordSearch  WordWeb   SpeedWord Audio option (Audacity)

 Does not fit the web 2.0 mold

  classtools.net

Games creator  CannonBall Fun  Manic Miner  Matching Pairs

      www.contentgenerator.net

Fling the Teacher Teacher Invaders Half a Min Multiple-choice Match-up

       www.teach-ict.com

Twenty activity builders including….

Save Your Team Racing Cubes Dunkin’ Teacher Bingo Build It

     On line wiki Common writing - collaborative area Multimedia Produce within a garden gate Authentic audience

   www.surveygizmo.com

Survey generator Report generator