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1 Web2.0 tools for languages teaching (writing) Kristyn Paul Project Manager Languages R-12 Kristyn.Paul@sa.gov.au Teaching & Learning Services 4th Floor Education Centre 31 Flinders Street Adelaide SA 5000

2 What this presentation will cover … Web 2.0 tools for the languages classroom Writing tools: Xtranormal Storybird StoryJumper Fun with written texts: Wondersay/Newspaper clipping generator

3 Xtranormal: http://www.xtranormal.comhttp://www.xtranormal.com The website claims “If you can type, you can make movies…” Students select the characters, setting and language for the digitised speech (male & female voices) and then type the text (or cut and paste from a pre-prepared Word document). They then select the camera angles and put in actions. The finished movie can be embedded in a website or uploaded to uTube. Unfortunately it now costs “points” to publish movies. New subscribers get 300 points free

4 Storybird: http://storybird.com/http://storybird.com/ Storybirds are short, visual stories that you make to share. About Storybird: http://storybird.com/books/about-us-a-peek- inside-storybird/ http://storybird.com/books/about-us-a-peek- inside-storybird/ Look at some Storybirds that have been written already in a range of languages: http://mfl- storybirds.wikispaces.com/http://mfl- storybirds.wikispaces.com/

5 StoryJumper: http://www.storyjumper.com/ http://www.storyjumper.com/ Storyjumper is another story making site. It is popular with users because they have control over many of the visual elements. Stories can include: a range of supplied backgrounds, clip art images The writer’s own photos or drawings The help pages have support for teachers and the create link has a useful step by step guide to writing your first story.help create

6 Wondersay: http://www.wondersay.com/ http://www.wondersay.com/ With Wondersay, you can animate any type of sentence. Wondersayings are easy to create, customise and share. There are no software programs to download and no sign-up required. Have a brief chat with people at your site to discuss uses of Wondersay in the languages classroom.

7 Newspaper clipping generator: http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp At this website students can write an authentic looking newspaper article in the target language. Once they've generated the clipping they can download it as a jpeg file to insert in a document.

8 Where to from here? Try out some of the tools in the time remaining in this PL session: Go to Kris Paul’s wiki and click on CENTRA presentations http://web2-4languageteachers.wikispaces.com/ http://web2-4languageteachers.wikispaces.com/ Enrol in the DECS Web2 tools Moodles: Go to http://dlb.sa.edu.au/csmoodlehttp://dlb.sa.edu.au/csmoodle Click on Languages. You will then be prompted for your user name & password (or register if you haven’t done so already). Click on the second of the ICT courses –Web 2 tools for Languages Teaching. You will be prompted for an enrolment key. This is web2tools2 – lower case, no spaces. Work through the course at your own pace, completing the activities as you go along. The writing tools in this presentation are outlined in topics 5 and 6.

9 Next CENTRA event Further CENTRA sessions are planned for later this term: Web 2.0 tools that support students in listening and tools that assist with developing vocabulary. These and additional sessions will be offered again in term 1 2012. Your Language Centre Key Teacher will invite you to attend some of these sessions.


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