Voxopop

Well, well, well... This was a disappointment!
I was thinking of starting a discussion gruop for us to discuss the way we use Tech in the ELT classroom, and I did:

But unfortunately, I couldn't record my own voice, and there is no other way of including your opinion by other means.

It is really disappointing, I thought it was a great tool, but in real practice it isn't.

I thought it would be great for commenting on different things such as values, ethical issues, stories, articles, etc. What a pity!

Blabberize

Have you ever thought of making EVERYTHING speak?
Well, Blabberize is the tool that will make it possible.
Using the tool you can get any picture and make it speak, in my case, I have chosen a Koala, because I thought that instead of us presenting animals, animals can present themselves, tell us where they are from, where they live and what they eat, among others.

Look at my Speaking Koala:



I think young learners would be really motivated if animals spoke to them, or if they were to give them a voice, Do you agree?

Go Animate!

Have a look at this joke I made in a GoAnimate video.
I think this would be useful for students to give opinions and tell stories, teachers can also make students prepare comics and then make the students design their videos and present them to the class. I believe this is a great idea for shy students, given that instead of recording the audios, they can use the 'text to speech' tool, just as I did.
Would you use it in your classroom?

Web tools and Apps!

I've just finished watching Nik Peachey's talk, and found it really enriching.
While watching them, I chose one of them, which I think we could use both as teachers and students, and it is the video mail. In the talk Nik very well proposes its use for developing speaking skills and how it would be useful for shy students and I think it's a great idea!
On the other hand I think it is great for our lab lessons. Sometimes we get terrified when it comes to reading in front of our teachers, and it would be great if we could send them a link with our production. I made an attempt at reconrding the tongue twister "Peter Pipper" Have a look!

My video

What do you guys think? Would you give it a try in Lab?




See you around!