Digital Media

  • EdPuzzle Tutorial

    EdPuzzle is a free web service and cross platform app which allows language teachers to test students’ listening comprehension skills in and out of the classroom.

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    Classroomscreen.com Tutorial

    Classroomscreen is a free online resource that places a suite of interactive instructional tools on your desktop which can be utilised when using a projector or when teaching online. A guide is now available for MFL teachers.

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    Whiteboard.fi – Tutorial

    Whiteboard.fi is a free online tool which allows you to create a virtual classroom in seconds where students each have a digital whiteboard to write on.  A tutorial is now available to download.

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    QWiQR – Tutorial

    QWIQR is a free web tool which allows language teachers to record personalised audio feedback. A tutorial is now available to download.

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    Mystery Skype in the MFL Classroom: Tutorial

    Mystery Skype is an educational game, invented by teachers, played by two classrooms on Skype.

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    WEBSITE: Infographics meets 21st century key skills

    Very clever pictorial chart linking key skills with corresponding emerging technologies. Produced by  American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

    Perhaps you could print a copy for the staff room?

    Click here

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    iFun Face (Tutorial): Promoting Oral Production

    iFunFace is a free iOS and Android app which is great for promoting speaking by allowing you to super impose an animated mouth and eyes over a still image of a face or faces and record a video of you and someone else having a conversation in the target language.

    Click here.

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    5 ways to use Thinglink in education

    Interesting suggestions to make the most out of this wonderful resource, a free and user friendly digital tool that provides users with the ability to turn any image into an interactive graphic

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    Balloon Stickies Plus – Tutorial

    Balloon Stickies Plus is a free iOS app which allows you to add speech bubbles to any image and if combined with Pic Collage could be used to create a personalised photo story.

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    My Talking Avatar (Tutorial): Oral Work

    My Talking Avatar Free is a free iOS app which is wonderful for promoting speaking in the languages classroom as it lets you create an animated character and record your voice for up to 5 minutes as a video. You can also add your own background image or create one in an app like Pic Collage as an example of ‘appsmashing’.

    Click here.

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    Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom (Joe Dale)

    Joe Dale offers practical tips and advice on using ICT to enhance the teaching of MFL.

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    Book Creator – Tutorial

    Book Creator is an iOS app and web tool which allows students to create multimedia slideshows to showcase their learning and promote speaking and writing skills in the languages classroom as well as create an e-portfolio to showcase their work over time.

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    Popplet

    Popplet is a tool for the iPad and web to capture and organize your ideas. This is a great tool to help students prepare independently for their CBA at Junior Cycle.

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    Google Tools for Educators

    Google Tools for Educators

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    Triptico: create interactive activities

    Triptico is a collection of interactive resources which enable imaginative educators to create engaging learning for their classroom or workplace. Creating, saving, adapting and sharing interactive learning content is easy with Triptico.

    Access the site wherever you are and on any computer. Build your own library of interactive learning resources. Join groups and share activities with colleagues.

    Click here.

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