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Spice up READING with Digital Tools Alexandra Duarte APPI & BRITISH COUNCIL Seminar Creative Reading: BritLit 10 years on 19 th October 2013 Coimbra

Creative Reading, APPI and BC, 19.10.2013

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Spice up READING with Digital Tools

Alexandra Duarte

APPI & BRITISH COUNCIL Seminar

Creative Reading: BritLit 10 years on

19th October 2013

Coimbra

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Why?

Too hard Insecurity Embarrassing

Boring Not relevant

No time

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Teachers

Promote reading opportunities

Select different, engaging, interesting books

Set the example

Allow students to choose

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www.quozio.com

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Why not (more) often?

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/extensive-reading-why-it-good-our-students%E2%80%A6-us

Insufficient time

Too costly

Reading materials not available

Not linked to the syllabus /

exam

Pressure on teachers to

conform to syllabus & textbooks

Resistance

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Literature “Pieces of writing that are valued as works of art, especially novels,

plays and poems (in contrast to technical books and newspapers,

magazines, etc.)”

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/literature

… is authentic material

… is rich in multiple layers of meaning

… expands language awareness

… educates the whole person

… motivates

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Digital Tools

Technology is ubiquitous

Challenging

Seemingly unlimited resources

Different types of learners

Individual pacing and sequence

Collaboration - classroom »» Europe »» World

Eco-friendly!

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www.quozio.com

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http://popplet.com/

http://popplet.com/app/#/1257882

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http://popplet.com/

http://popplet.com/app/#/1281327

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http://www.photocollage.net/

gender religious

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Listening exercise (excerpt!) List the different forms of

discrimination mentioned

Race

Religion

Gender

Old People

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http://www.textivate.com/

Ordering Lines Typing letters

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Going Further…

4 om reflection:

pls continu d poem w othR forms of discrimination.

… on Levi Tafari

http://www.thinglink.com/

http://www.thinglink.com/scene/440682824358428673

Project Work

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Amandla Mandela

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The month is ___________________

The year is _____________________

Mr Mandela ___________________

It’s time to _____________________

Bring the poem to life in comicstrips.

http://comiclife.com/

Finish the following lines:

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http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html Alexandra Duarte

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Paintings – Moses and the Burning Bush, attrbuted to Dirck Bouts and The Jews in the Desert, Tintoretto

Images – Google images

First Listening

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Second Listening – Students

take notes of key ideas

Pair Work: Ss compare notes

and try to reconstruct the text

Share the original text by Ron

Butlin and compare

http://linoit.com/users/teacheralex/canvases/Moses%20Little%20Brother

http://en.linoit.com/

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Going Further …

http://linoit.com/users/teacheralex/canvases/Moses%20Little%20Brother

Research: Past and

present references,

the building of a

wall…

Collect & correct

the students’ new

versions and

publish an ebook!

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http://rewordify.com/ http://www.rewordify.com/p.php?p=0d279b3511

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Video creation tool http://animoto.com/

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https://www.goodreads.com/

May Books be Always with you!

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http://booklamp.org/ and

http://bookgenome.com/

http://bookseer.com/

https://www.dailylit.com/

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Books are cool Books are fun Books should be read By everyone

ContinYOU Reading!

Levi Tafari

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