Web+2.0+Tools+for+the+MFL+Classroom

Here is a list of Web 2.0 Tools that could be useful in the MFL classroom and that I will eventually incorporate into my schemes of work.

According to Wikipedia, **Web 2.0** " refers to what was perceived as a second [|generation] of [|web development] and [|web design]. It is characterised as facilitating [|communication], [|information sharing], [|interoperability], and [|collaboration] on the [|World Wide Web]. It has led to the development and evolution of web-based communities, [|hosted][|services], and [|web applications]. Examples include [|social-networking sites], [|video-sharing sites] , [|wikis] , [|blogs] and [|folksonomies] ." See [|Section 2.1 of Module 1.5] at the ICT4LT website for a definition of Web 2.0 and a list of tools recommended by language teachers.

A list of indispensable ICT tools for teachers can be found [|here] (at a website whose author cannot spell "indispensable"). However, the aim of the MFL list is to narrow down the focus to the teaching of a foreign language. Please add all tools in alphabetical order, and give a brief summary of how it can be used within the MFL classroom . Don't forget to add your name (in alphabetical order) to the list of contributors at the bottom.

__A__ [|Animoto] - (and [|Animoto for Education]) a website that allows you to make online videos from images. Pupils can make their own and add a voiceover for a presentation.

__B__ [|Bubbl.us] - Create colourful mindmaps using Bubbl.us, ideal for revision of vocabulary. Start with a topic area, e.g. //En Casa//, add words for rooms in the house, furniture, activities, opinions etc. Students can collaborate on a single mindmap or create their own. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Babbel] is a '//platform where you can develop and improve your foreign language skills//'. It allows you to learn at your own pace yet tries to provide you with questions and activities that will challenge you to learn more. You can connect to other users from around the world giving you the possibility for language exchanges. At the moment it is in beta and free.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__C__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Comic Creator] - create a basic comic to practise role-play scenarios. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ClassroomTools] - create your own educational games or mini-tools. The [|Random Name Picker] is my favourite (type in pupils names, and it picks one randomly)

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__D__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Delicious]& [|Diigo]- Bookmark your favourite websites (example [|here]). Diigo allows you to annotate them too. Can create a list of useful sites for students as well (example [|here])

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__E__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Edmodo] - a private communciation platform for teachers and students. Useful to store and share files etc. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Edpuzzle pick a video, add your magical touch and track your students' understanding. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__F__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Funnel Brain]- create flashcards with videos, photos, audio and text. Can be a homework task to help with revision.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__G__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Google Maps] - Read this [|blog post] from Joe Dale about how to use Google maps to teach directions. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Glogster] - Create a poster on a certain topic, e.g. //Mis vacaciones//. Add photos, text, and most importantly, audio, to talk about what you did, where you went etc. You can also add video.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__H__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Hot Potatoes] - make your own multimedia activities. For fabulous examples in MFL have a look [|here]and [|here].

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__L__ [|Language-gym] French and Spanish learning games, vocabulary builders, verb conjugation trainers and grammar resources

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|LangoLab] - online videos with transcripts of songs in various languages. You can make flashcards of the videos.

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__P__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Prezi] - creating a presentation in Prezi allows you to zoom in and add multimedia. Can use it to teach a new topic (vocabulary etc) or pupils can make their own.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__Q__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Quizlet] - Create your own flashcards or use the many available flashcards within the site. You can create groups for students to work together and join in on their discussions with live chat. There are many modes including familiarising, learning and testing. Now: Quizlet LIVE, a team game version.

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__T__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ToonDoo] - create comic strips. [|Here]Alice gives an example ppt of ordering food in a restaurant. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Twitter] - microblogging site. Communicate only with your network of chosen people. Can be used to ask/answer questions in the target language, create a story etc. For ideas of how to use Twitter in the classroom click [|here].

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__V__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Voicethread] - annotate (with a voice or with audio) anything on the page (video, image etc). Here is a link to 12 interesting ways to use [|Voicethread in the classroom]. MFL ideas include: Labelling a picture with correct vocabulary, describing what they see on the page (AS - stimulus cards?) and developing ideas from that. [|Here] is another MFL example. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Voki] - create your own [|website] avatar (virtual character) and give it a voice by uploading audio/typing in text/adding your own voice. Tool to make your own classroom listenings (with a different character instead of you doing all the talking), or you could get pupils to make them and add their own voice (eg. a presentation).

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__W__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Wordle]- [|23 ways to use Wordle in the MFL Classroom] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Wikis**, such as this one, can be used to create a class dictionary. As the students learn more vocabulary, they can update the dictionary. It then becomes a record of what they have learnt. An extension activity for more able pupils is to add the grammatical information, e.g. //noun/verb/preposition//, //gender, plural// etc//.//

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__Z__ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__zondle.com__ Create games to revise any topic or grammar point. Teacher can create or learner.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__ CONTRIBUTORS __ <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Graham Davies <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|@camoore] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|@kvnmcl] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|@spanishsam]