The chicken site is www.miniclip.com and it’s called fowl words.
The site with the youtube clips is www.teflclips.com a
nd the other one was www.bbc.co.uk/videonation/
Also www.lyricsmode.com and google images
Friday, 27 June 2008
Thursday, 26 June 2008
IWB Teacher Show and Tell - wed 25th June 08
Hi there,
Below is a very personal, partial summary of the "Show and Tell" session we did yesterday. I hope that it will be useful as a reminder to those who attended, as a reference for those who couldn't and as a springboard to further discussion through this blog. If you do want to agree, disagree, suggest further training etc , please use the comments facility beneath this post. Please also give us your feedback on the sessions and this blog - was the session (blog) useful or not, do we need more sessions like this etc.
How the IWB is being used
The IWB consists of 3 different bits of technology
1.the computer; board (= monitor); pen (=mouse) and the speaker system;
2. the dataprojector and its remote control (which offers a few tricks) and
3. the programme called Activstudio.
It is being used (in order of simplicity of technology involved):
1. As a giant monitor - either using the mouse or the pen to navigate around the screen. It's exactly like working at your desk computer - but using a bigger screen. Teacher can bring up word docs, images, web pages, audio files etc. and all the class can see/hear them. I found this useful to show audioscripts to the class, for example, and it replaces the need for the transparencies or possibly handouts.
2. In conjunction with the remote control of the dataprojector. The remote offers different settings and 3 were mentioned.
2.1 The "No show" button - this blanks the screen so students don't see what is on the computer monitor. Deirdre used this when listening to music videos - so students weren't distracted by the images. The quality of sound was very good from the speakers. Alison used this when opening up a programme e.g. powerpoint - so students only see what the teacher wants them to see. It is a good idea to use No Show when you are not using the IWB for stretches of time - it saves on bulb usage & electricity.
2.2 The "Zoom" - makes the text bigger (or smaller). You get out of Zoom by zooming the other way (i.e. if you pressed "zoom +" you press "zoom -" to return to the original size.
2.3 "Freeze" button - this makes the image on the screen freeze so you can work in the background on the small monitor setting up the next activity. An example is to show a completion activity (on a word doc) which students are asked to do, freeze the image and then start typing the answers in while the students are completing it. To reveal the answers you press "freeze" again and the image is updated to whatever is on the small monitor.
3. In conjunction with Activstudio. Opening up this programme enables you to use the following features even if you do not use a flipchart but are using a word document, for example. I am not going into details here as we are all currently doing the Promethean training (well done Ben and Phil for graduating and aiming even higher with the Advanced certificate! If you want to do this, I sent an email out about who to contact or contact me)
3.1 Spotlight tool - to focus on part of the screen
3.2 Reveal tool - like a blind you can reveal the screen from top to bottom, or left to right.
3.3 annotate over screen - you can obscure words/parts of words/images by "drawing" over them in a colour and easily erase to reveal the entire word/image - we saw that this was good to raise interest in instructions for a game (thanks Ben) or complete a listening activity (thanks Mike) or you can use the pen to write on the screen e.g. as Jenny showed us adding phonetic script.
How can using an IWB help with teaching/learning
Further ICT training ideas that came out of the session
Alison
Below is a very personal, partial summary of the "Show and Tell" session we did yesterday. I hope that it will be useful as a reminder to those who attended, as a reference for those who couldn't and as a springboard to further discussion through this blog. If you do want to agree, disagree, suggest further training etc , please use the comments facility beneath this post. Please also give us your feedback on the sessions and this blog - was the session (blog) useful or not, do we need more sessions like this etc.
How the IWB is being used
The IWB consists of 3 different bits of technology
1.the computer; board (= monitor); pen (=mouse) and the speaker system;
2. the dataprojector and its remote control (which offers a few tricks) and
3. the programme called Activstudio.
It is being used (in order of simplicity of technology involved):
1. As a giant monitor - either using the mouse or the pen to navigate around the screen. It's exactly like working at your desk computer - but using a bigger screen. Teacher can bring up word docs, images, web pages, audio files etc. and all the class can see/hear them. I found this useful to show audioscripts to the class, for example, and it replaces the need for the transparencies or possibly handouts.
2. In conjunction with the remote control of the dataprojector. The remote offers different settings and 3 were mentioned.
2.1 The "No show" button - this blanks the screen so students don't see what is on the computer monitor. Deirdre used this when listening to music videos - so students weren't distracted by the images. The quality of sound was very good from the speakers. Alison used this when opening up a programme e.g. powerpoint - so students only see what the teacher wants them to see. It is a good idea to use No Show when you are not using the IWB for stretches of time - it saves on bulb usage & electricity.
2.2 The "Zoom" - makes the text bigger (or smaller). You get out of Zoom by zooming the other way (i.e. if you pressed "zoom +" you press "zoom -" to return to the original size.
2.3 "Freeze" button - this makes the image on the screen freeze so you can work in the background on the small monitor setting up the next activity. An example is to show a completion activity (on a word doc) which students are asked to do, freeze the image and then start typing the answers in while the students are completing it. To reveal the answers you press "freeze" again and the image is updated to whatever is on the small monitor.
3. In conjunction with Activstudio. Opening up this programme enables you to use the following features even if you do not use a flipchart but are using a word document, for example. I am not going into details here as we are all currently doing the Promethean training (well done Ben and Phil for graduating and aiming even higher with the Advanced certificate! If you want to do this, I sent an email out about who to contact or contact me)
3.1 Spotlight tool - to focus on part of the screen
3.2 Reveal tool - like a blind you can reveal the screen from top to bottom, or left to right.
3.3 annotate over screen - you can obscure words/parts of words/images by "drawing" over them in a colour and easily erase to reveal the entire word/image - we saw that this was good to raise interest in instructions for a game (thanks Ben) or complete a listening activity (thanks Mike) or you can use the pen to write on the screen e.g. as Jenny showed us adding phonetic script.
How can using an IWB help with teaching/learning
- Raises/adds interest - obscuring words/ revealing images etc
- Heads up rather than each student lost in their own book - so teacher can control an activity more - e.g. good for correction of exercises
- Flipcharts offer interactivity - students can come to the board and drag and drop words into a text, for example (good for kinaesthetic learners?)
- Websites can be shown - ready-made materials and it adds fun
- You can quickly find an image to explain vocabulary items
- please use comments to add more ideas!
Further ICT training ideas that came out of the session
- Using images - uploading your/your students digital images for use
- Understanding audio - clarifying what is streaming audio, audio file types etc (this may be covered in the Podcast session later on in July)
- Using the scanner
- Any other suggestions?
Alison
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
The Training Blog for Teachers at the British Council Rome
Hello everybody.
This Blog is for you. It aims to publicise all the training that is now, ever has been, or ever will be, at the British Council Rome and beyond.
You provide the content, references and links. We look at it - and marvel!
The rest is up to you.
More soon!
This Blog is for you. It aims to publicise all the training that is now, ever has been, or ever will be, at the British Council Rome and beyond.
You provide the content, references and links. We look at it - and marvel!
The rest is up to you.
More soon!
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