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MFL Widgets & Wizardry
30+ ideas for the language classroom
Siest du
eine Vase
oder zwei Gesichter?
der Mund die Nase das Kinn
Une jeune femme
ou
une vieille dame?
Tu vois
un lapin
ou
un canard?
Match the Harry Potter Names
FangSorting hatHogwartsSlytherinDiagon AlleyMuggleWoodDaily Prophet
CrocdurChoixpeauPoudlardSerpentardChemin de TraverseMolduDuboisLa Gazette du Sorcier
La Gazette du SorcierChemin de TraversePoudlardChoixpeauSerpentardDuboisMolduCrockdur
Countdown timerwww.online-stopwatch.com A nice collection of timers. Includes countdown bomb!
www.classtools.netHas tunes you can use to countdownAlso : name/word randomizers, hidden image
www.classtools.net
FakebookTwister
Great for project work – a celebrity, a town, a character in a novel, play or film
Talking points Google: ‘unusual pictures’; check before use!
Popplethttp://popplet.com/app/index.php#/460907
Easy diagram creator
You can include youtube videos
Goodie bag
Reward cards & Tesco medals2 toy mobilesFlipcamJuggling ballGreen & red Answer buttonsPost-itsSmartphone - Voice distorter (homerizer)
Celeb masks
Scrolling TextStar Wars -http://www.starwars.com/play/online-activities/crawl-creator/
here’s an example – can you spot 1 French & 1 German word?
PowerpointLets you turn TextIntoScrolling Credits
Or you can make
wordsflash
On
And
off
Easy prompterhttp://www.easyprompter.com/
Paste text into the box and it turns into a broadcast-style autocue
Obama’s 2nd inaugural speech starts like this:Each time we gather to inaugurate a President we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names. What makes us exceptional -- what makes us American -- is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness.”
Zap readerHere’s some text to try:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” www.zapreader.com
Select ‘Reader’Paste a bunch of text in to the boxHit ‘zap it’The page will display one word at a timeYou can adjust the speed and the number of words displayed at any one time (up to 5)
Good for reading practice (phonics)Information recallTranslation / comprehensionPredict next wordRepeat/ recall last word
This is a wordle (wordle.net) how do we use it? See also Tagxedo
www.wordle.net
Bart’s Chalkboard
Next time, I must remember to get this
right……3 things I learnt this
lesson
Why not use Bart’s Blackboard on a worksheet or the IWB
Here’s a question I want to ask the
teacher/ the class
Here’s the background
Who needs expensive & fiddly e-voting systems?
Multiple choice / mini-plenary smiley kit
Download the ‘kit’ here: http://verulamvle.typepad.com/vets/2011/11/smileys-for-mini-plenaries.html
Cartoon creators
Go Animate - Make animations using a range of characters & props. The pupils love it. Drag and drop to create scenes. Allows text, but not speech. See examples here and here
• Toondo - cartoon strip creator- Cartoon strip creator. Drag and drop. A good way to reinforce a topic.
http://www.toondoo.com/ Example here
Mr Picassohead
• www.picassohead.com • check out also: http://www.buildyourwildself.com/Also • anime character maker • sonic character creator • gamepuma character creator
Top 10shttp://www.aneki.com/lists.html
Go out of Powerpoint
slideshow into edit mode &
move the rectangle around
Poodwaddle.com + world clock
World clock Contains (simulated) ‘live’ data
You can also carve a treeon Poodwaddle; google: ‘Poodwaddle + carving tree’
OFSTED – NUMERACY &SMSC
Graffiti creator
http://www.graffiticreator.net/
use ‘wall texture’ backgrounds on the whiteboard or from google images
Online voice recorders
• Audioboo Easy Audio clip recorder- just click, record and send.
Click the icon above to hear my sample. Get pupils to do a quick audio message and send it to your email address (your network techies can set one up a shadow (proxy) one for you)
• Vocaroo Easy audio recorder There’s a more flexible one called AudiopalSoundcloud lets you store longer bits of audio
Fotobabble
Upload a photo and add your audio commentaryHere ’s an example (year 8 German) Ideal for topic work at any level
Voki – talking avatar creator• Click the Borat sample. Text to speech, lots of
characters, voices and languages. Selected pupils come to the front and create a target language Voki message to the class
Pupil A inputs a description about another pupil. Class have to guess who it is. Winner takes over.
Selected pupils create a plenary Voki of the 5 most useful words from the lesson for the rest of the class to guess
Teacher creates a Voki containing a starter activity or a message which contains the lesson objective
What Mike?What’s the best external mic to use
(if you don’t have one built in )? Modern laptop mics may be OK A decent external mic is the Logitech USB Desktop MicrophoneAbout £18
Audacity is still the best easy sound recorder and editor
One motion drum machine
Click on the image to see it in action – If you’re feeling brave, try the alphabet song
Pond5 sound effects
Guess the animalform of transportMusical instrumentweather
Gap fill generator
http://random-idea-english.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/tools-gapfill-generator.html
Google: random idea + English + Gapfill generator
Blabberize
• http://blabberize.com/view/id/794856
Upload any image, customize the mouth, record a message and watch the lip-sync in action.
Works best with cartoon faces but you can try celebs too.
Sandfields Comp IWB resources
• ‘Bingo in’ mad• Click clock• Fridge magnet• Sketchpad for Pictionary
http://www.npted.org/schools/sandfieldsComp/games/Pages/default.aspx
Triptico
• A great set of downloadable IWB tools – scoreboards, word random selectors and, best of all, word magnets
Classic games arcade + Mini putt
http://www.classicgamesarcade.com/game/21660/connect4.html
http://www.classicgamesarcade.com/game/21665/mini-putt.html
Dice
I get up
I wash
I eat
I get dressed
I brush my teeth
I go to bed
In the garden
In the kitchen
In the garage
On the balcony
In my room
In the school
With my dog
With my cat
With my horse
With my two goldfish
With my mouse
With my tortoise
http://dice.miniwebapps.net/
Electronic Voting SystemsStudent response Systems
SocrativeInfuse LearningPoll anywhere
My Game grid backgrounds
There’s an online selection herehttp
://verulamvle.typepad.com/vets/2012/05/gamegrid-backgrounds.html
Or you could copy the next few slides
Gamegrids
Only the first slide – the staircase – works as a proper Powerpoint slide.
The rest need to be in edit mode i.e. you need to come out of presentation mode
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Task bar – ROLL THE DICE BUT YOU CAN ONLY MOVE IF YOU COMPLETE THE TASK1 = TL to Eng2= Eng to TL3= TL phrase into Eng4 = give 3 TL words connected by theme or structure=5= Eng phrase into TL6= do a task (e.g. sing days of the week)/rap the last ten TL words from your book
Or use the grid to practise & repeat 6 or twelve questions
Hang the teacher!
Professeur / Lehrer
Élèves/ Schüler
QR CODESCreates a link from print to a website/ email address or message
To make the barcode, you need a QR code generator – lots online e.g. zxing
To read the barcode, you need QR code reader or scanner app on your phone
Use in class:Put on classroom displays to link to more info onlinePut on pupils’ books to link to more info or even a personalized messageLanguage competition – Pupils read the code on the wall and find the hidden message/ word of the day etc
QR code – Try this
Text mechanic + reverse text generator
• puts Use the words online different a a in which scrambler sentence order an text of
use an online text scrambler which puts the words of a sentence in a different order• txet sdrawkcab ecudorp ekil sgniht rehto od
uoy stel moc.esacelggot.wwwwww.togglecase.com lets you do other things like produce backwards text.
http://www.rjwoerheide.com/scrambletest.phpGoogle: rjwoerheide + text scrambler
Text Srambler
Use a video clip
• discussion, starters, attention grabbersVocab practice, sequencing, what happens next…
descriptions, memory tests, freeze frame- jump/ stop/ shout when you see …. Word X
• Use Keepvid to copy Youtube videos• Use Tubechop to cut Youtube videos• Good Youtube clips to useMr Bean cartoons & clips (e.g. Mr Bean packs for a holiday)HB Männchen adverts e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh9dkHdQOAg
Text to speech IM Translatorhttp://imtranslator.net/translate-and-speak/
A clever site. Surrounded by adverts. A bit fiddly to use but good once you get used to it. You can input text, translate text, get it to speak it back and adjust the playback speed.
Lingro
• Import a foreign language webpage address • each word becomes clickable• You can click on the word for the meaning and store it
in a word list • It will generate a set of flashcards of the words clicked
And finally…
Some photo editors & caption creators
Image chefFodeyFunny pho.toPhotoboxGlass giant
etc
funny.pho.tophotobox
fodeyimagechef
Caption generators
Keep calmomatic
