Online quizzes

Google forms

Google forms are excellent quizzes since they allow you to create multiple choice questions, true/false, open questions and you can also add photos or videos to the questions. So for example, you can embed a video and after students watch it they can answer some questions. 

Socrative

Socrative lets you create multiple choice questionnaires which you can launch as a competition. It is a great tool since it gives you instant feedback about the students' answers. Also, you can download their answers as PDF files. 

Plickers

You can only create multiple choice or true/false questions and then you need to print out as many QR codes as you need. Each student gets a code and in order to answer the question, they need to show the code with the correct answer facing upwards. Then, the teacher uses the mobile phone app to scan all the answers and they all appear immediately in the scoresheet.

Reflection on the course

On the first day we were asked about our hopes, fears and expectations regarding the use of technology in our lessons. Here is what I wrote on Padlet "I'd like to know different tools and webpages to use in class so that my lessons are a lot more appealing to my students". I think that this course has given me lots of new ideas and I have also learnt a lot from other fellow teachers who are taking this course as well.

For example, using Quizlet live to play a game was really interesting and engaging. I will use it in my lessons next course for sure! We also learnt how to create a Google form and all the different options it gives you. It was really good creating one in class since once I had done it, I could see what was missing. Also, creating attractive posters (MEMES and Keep calm and...) is an easy and cool way for students to present their work. Getting to know the webpage "Cinema per a estudiants" has been great since there are many films in their original version and it provides lots of activities to work on them.

Moreover, when we were shown AR and VR yesterday I was really impressed. It is a very attractive way to introduce things to our students. However, I think we are not completely ready to use it in our lessons yet. I reckon it would be great to use AR or VR with a small group of students and up-to-date devices, unfortunately I don't have this in my class.

Regarding fears, I think I still have the same ones. I think students lack digital citizenship rules so we need to work on that in order to make is safer for them to surf the internet.

Taking everything into account, I consider this course has been extremely useful for me as it has provided me with lots of new ideas and tools to use in my lessons.

Cardboard Camera

Google Expeditions

9/11 Memorial and Museum

I'd like to use this expedition since it would be a great way to make our students aware of the terrorist attack that happened in New York on 11th September 2001. We could work on what happened the days after the terrorist attack and how the Americans and the world felt at that time. Also, by looking at the memorial and museum we can help students understand the way Americans lived that event.

A Dickens Christmas

It would be nice to immerse yourself in a day at the Dickens' household. I think that after working on it, students can share with the rest of the group how they celebrate different traditions with their family and friends.

A first look at college

This expedition would be highly recommended for 2nd Batxillerat students. They are sometimes really scared about how life changes after secondary education, so it would be interesting to show them students on their first experience at college and also, encourage them to study abroad.

Central and Southern European Seats of Government

This expedition could be done both in the English, Art history and Social science lessons. Good way to introduce students to politics and also architecture and design.

Robin Hood

After having read Robin Hood with our students, we can work on this expedition.

Augmented Reality (AR)

AUGMENTED REALITY

Today we have been shown how AR can be used in class. It is an attractive way to present materials to students in order for them to be more motivated. There are different apps to scan images, such as Blippar and Quiver Vision.

Quiver Vision has got a bank of worksheets to print out. Students colour them and then, they scan them using the app.

Then, Eva has told us her own experience creating AR materials. She has shown us how easy it is to create them. Students basically create two images (one to scan and the other one containing information) and then upload them on Blippar. She has also used HPreveal to scan images.

I think it would be interesting to ask students create AR materials since they can work in groups and even those with a lower English level can feel motivated.

Video

Dubbed interview

by Lluís Amat and M.Àngels Cuevas

Flipgrid tutorial

Cómo usar Flipgrid en el aula

Tube Dubber

Take this scene from a Simpsons episode and dub it using vocabulary related to food and restaurants.

Audio file

https://soundcloud.com/user-412539827/heatwavesafety

Writing a recipe

WRITING A RECIPE

https://issuu.com/xtec319/docs/writing_a_recipe.pptx

21st century learning skills

From: https://www.graniteschools.org/edtech/2015/06/the-four-cs-of-21st-century-learning/

From: https://www.aeseducation.com/career-readiness/what-are-the-4-cs-of-21st-century-skills

Quizlet

Classroom objects

SLIDESHARE

DIGITAL TOOLS TO ENGAGE WEB 2.0 TEENS from abg3

Cinema per a estudiants

CINEMA PER A ESTUDIANTS

I think my students would love watching both COCO and ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

http://www.cinemaperaestudiants.cat/cat/pelicules-arxiu/pelicules/coco/



http://www.cinemaperaestudiants.cat/cat/pelicules-arxiu/pelicules/alicia-en-el-pais-de-las-maravillas/

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My Symbaloo

Here is my Symbaloo webmix:

M Àngels' Symbaloo

KEEP CALM AND...

Connectivism

Here is an infographic on connected learning.

From:  http://connectedlearning.tv/infographic 

I think that connected learning is how our society works nowadays. As teachers, we should provide our students with real-life situations from which they can learn but also, let them group together according to their interests and motivations.

Interesting link

FILMS TO LEARN ENGLISH

You can find some interesting videos to work on different grammar aspects:

Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals

Summer holidays

HOLIDAYS

What have you done this summer? 
Have you visited any interesting places? 
Have you done any activities? 
Who have you travelled with?

WELCOME

Hello! 
Welcome to my English page! 
I hope you enjoy the materials you will find here.