MOOC e-twinning

Estoy haciendo un MOOC de e-twinning y retomo el blog como punto de difusión.
Aquí dejo mi presentación.

Presentación MOOC E-twinning

Reconnecting

Here I am again. After a very long time I'm back. This year I was supposed to be teaching in Tauste but due to the fact that teachers have been made to work more hours... my post wasn't needed this course there. That's why I'm teaching at IES Jerónimo Zurita.
I welcome you all to follow what I share. Any feedback is also more than welcome here!

Modal Verbs

For those of you who still struggle with modal verbs, here's a visual help on SHADES OF MODALITY. 

Youtube Channel for Teachers

In Youtube's blog they have just given information about the launching of www.youtube.com/teachers, a new channel created to facilitate teachers all over the world the access to multimedia resources. It includes a great amount of information to be shown in class. 

It's been updated by teachers for teachers and shows pieces of advice to make the most of this platform, including a newsletter channel for those who wish to receive info by email. 

Free travel books

You may have set a project in which your students have to find info about a place to plan their holidays, for instance. 
If that is the case, at Bookboon you can download travel guides for free!!!

Click HERE to try it.

WEB TOOLS FOR EDUCATORS

The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators is a free electronic book written by some teachers and bloggers who are specialists in using technology in the academic world. 

It contains more than 70 pages with pieces of advice on how to use the tools many of us know, including some as famous as Skype and others less known like scribblar.com.

Here's the link to the document in English yudu.com en pantalla completa.

GEOGAMES

GeoGames is a Flash game that lets students drag-and-drop onto the Planet Earth. They can rotate the planet, test their geography skills, and print a copy when they are done! There’s a timer, so they can track their scores. Try playing on a SmartBoard at your school if you have one – or play in teams!
Check it out here!

New applications to learn and practice languages!!!

Here's a link to some new FREE applications you can use to learn and practice languages. 
Learn and practice languages

These include:

• MYLINGO
• IMENDI
• MEMRISE
• GIFTED SPEECH
• WORDSTEPS
• BBC LANGUAGES
• LINGQ
• BUSUU

DISCONNECT TO CONNECT

I wish you all the best for the sumnmer and, above all, that you disconnect to connect once back.
Happy summer!!!

FUNNY LEARNING

ENGLISH ATTACK is the key to funny learning, whether through videos, photo vocabs or games!!! You can practice any piece of language while having fun.
Highly addictive and entertaining!!!

See an example of a video booster here about Dexter. There're highlighted words on the left so you know the main vocabulary. This is a short one belonging to intermediate level. 

DEXTER Video booster

Collaborative tools

Here's a link to a list of collaborative tools divided into management, mental maps and whiteboards, notes and bookmarks, emails and calendars, videoconference and text editor. 
COLLABORATION IDEAS
Some of these tools include: Laboratree, Deskaway, Bubbl.us, Mindmeister, Diigo, SpicebirdDimdim, Yuuguu or Textflow.


Really useful!!!

77 web resources for teachers

The course is almost over and some of you may start planning for the next one. If that's the case, here's a link to a compilation of 77 web resources you can try this summer to make the most of your lessons!!! 
They appear separated into areas and you can download and print them.

   77 WEB RESOURCES         

Cómo internet ha revolucionado la educación

How the Internet has revolutionized education (Infography)

Flashcards

In QUIZLET you can find or create flashcards in different languages and about a great amount of varied topics. Besides, you can be tested or play games with the words chosen!!! It's very simple to use and really helpful for both teachers and students.
See the image for an example of flashcards about Spanish facts... Interesting, uh?

En QUIZLET puedes buscar o crear tarjetas de vocabulario en diferentes idiomas y sobre un gran cantidad de temas. Además, puedes hacer un test o jugar con las palabras que has elegido. Es muy fácil de usar y realmente útil tanto para profesores como para alumnos.
Mira la imagen como ejemplo de tarjeta sobre datos de España... Interesante, ¿eh? 

Audio Tweet

Here's an application to transform any text into an audio file to be spread in Facebook and Twitter.

First, select the language of the text so the system that generates the audio can do it keeping each language's features.

The result is a link, shortened with bit.ly, that takes us to the adequate audio player, with the message automatically generated and ready to be heard by any person.

The link can be spread in the web by eamil for instance, or in forums.  
  AUDIO TWEET

Os presento una aplicación que nos permite transformar cualquier texto en un archivo de audio que podremos divulgar en Facebook y Twitter. 

Primero seleccionamos el idioma del texto, para que el sistema que genera el audio lo haga respetando las características de cada lengua.

El resultado es un enlace, acortado con bit.ly, que nos lleva al reproductor de audio adecuado, con el mensaje generado de forma automática y listo para ser escuchado por cualquier persona.

El enlace puede divulgarse por las redes, vía email, por ejemplo, o en foros.