Gremlins

Are you terrified of the computer lurking in the corner?

What puts teachers off using ICT?

Start networking with other teachers

Twitter

Social networking platformIdeal for sharing with other educators

Limited to 140 charactersYou can start by reading only

How to get started with Twitter

Create an account

Set up your profile

Make sure you complete your Bio so people can see you are genuine

Start following MFL teachersUse this box to search for people, then click “Follow”.

Remember Twitter is a public forumBut you can “DM” someone – send them a

direct message which only they will see.

Protect your tweets if you are worried about privacy – go into settings and select “protect my tweets”.

How to manage Twitter

Get an app like this on your device so you can sort your Twitterfeed into columns & manage it more easily

Hootsuite TweetDeck

“Twitter is my lifeline”

A 24-hour staffroomSomeone is always there to help

youAn enthusiastic, friendly and

supportive networkThe one resource you cannot do

without

Dropbox

Virtual storage for all your documentsSave from any device via the WebAccess your documents from anywhereNo more worrying about lost memory

sticksEasy online tutorial helps you set up

Dropbox

Evernote

Some ideas for using EvernoteOrganise lesson plans Email lesson plan to cover

staff/absent studentsTake photos of documents and

attachTake photos of students’ work for

peer assessmentUse on all your devices

Classtools.net – liven up your lessons

Random name picker – get students to answer questions, speak on topics, sit in hotseat etc.

Put vocab in the name picker and use as a test/ quizPut topics in and get students to talk about themPut verbs in and get students to conjugate them

Countdown timer on Classtools

Great for oral practice – 30 seconds per topicUseful for timing brainstorming sessionsGive students 10 minutes to plan an essayTime them with exam questions as exam date

approaches

Interactive timeline on ClasstoolsGreat for active learning with verb tenses.

Thinking skills templates on Classtools

Wordle - word clouds

Put in list of words, cut & paste into Word/ PowerPoint etc.

Ideal lesson starter/ plenary/ discussion starter on projector

Ideal brainstorm/ revision/ homework for students

Edmodo

This is why I love Edmodo

Secure online learning environmentUser-friendly formatShare links to resources and websites with

studentsStudents can share links to work they have

produced on other websitesSet and mark assignmentsSet work if you are away from school/

collegeEdmodo is ideal for sharing links to

websites on the rest of these slides

Wallwisher – online sticky notes

Set up an account. Set up a page. Share the link. Students click to add note. Set it so you have to approve their posts.

Glogster EDU – interactive posters

Create yourself an account. Spend some time learning how to make glogs – the instructions make it easy.

Popplet – online mindmaps

Very easy to use. Make mindmaps for starters, plenaries, revision, essay plans, homework, etc.

Zondle – games to support learning

Create or find games and share the links with your students

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