Stephen Roney, College of the North Atlantic Qatar John Allan, Niagara College, Canada

TESLONTARIO’09

A demonstration of a practical use of Web 2.0 tools for TESL

Web 2.0Practical resource to shareDrill & killTeacher boredom factorVaries input modesWord listsComputer is suitable and patient CNAQ experience

Identify targetCreate target Amazon’s Vocab GrabberOn line concordancerEstablish parameters

Association/Membership Community Multimedia Rich Media of focus Contribution  Marketing/Advertising Tagging/fuzzy logic Multisite Distribution Personalized Space

PronunciationSpellingBatch entryCreates 12 different exercises

Crossword, word search, unscramble, audio word match, hang mouse, alphabetize, match it, which word?, complete the word, sentence unscramble

• quizlet.com• Batch entry• Generates 7 activities1.Familiarize: flash cards2.Learn: typing3.Test: interactive tests4.Scatter: drag definitions5.Space Race: typing with speed6.Voice Race: voice recognition 7.Voice Scatter: pronunciation

wordwizard.scholastic.com/minidictionary

Generates defsBased on gradequizmaker

www.studystack.comClaims to generate 11 activitiesProblems

sortmylist.comList sorting utilitySorts by parameters set by user

www.flashcardmachine.comBatch entry of termsOptional image uploadOptional audio upload

www.slideshare.netDistribute visual slideshows

hotpot.uvic.caContext interactive activity

generator Quiz Matching Crossword Scrambler Cloze

Software must be downloadedGenerates five drill activities

JigWords MatchWords WordSearch WordWeb SpeedWord

Audio option (Audacity)

Does not fit the web 2.0 mold

classtools.netGames creator

CannonBall Fun Manic Miner Matching Pairs

www.contentgenerator.netFling the Teacher Teacher InvadersHalf a MinMultiple-choiceMatch-up

www.teach-ict.comTwenty activity builders including….Save Your TeamRacing CubesDunkin’ TeacherBingoBuild It

On line wikiCommon writing - collaborative areaMultimediaProduce within a garden gateAuthentic audience

www.surveygizmo.comSurvey generatorReport generator