Creative tools for improving presentations of material in class
25/01/2011 16:43
Below find links to websites that will enable students (and teachers) to access information and improve presentations of projects (and lessons).
https://quizlet.com/ a great site for making flash cards
https://blogs.ihes.com/tech-elt/ (excellent technical ideas blog)
www.googleartproject.com (amazing views of works in major international art galleries )
https://www.timelines.tv/ (free to use video-rich history resource in time sequence)
https://www.tagxedo.com/ (a toy for generating word clouds)
https://www.watchknow.org/ (free tool for downloading videos for teaching with)
https://www.text2mindmap.com/ (Use this tool to plan essays, group vocabulary items, idioms, lexical chunks)
https://prezi.com/ (a new alternative to power point presentations)
https://www.smilebox.com/templates/15218/index.html?partner=hpcs (how to make a picture album)
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/tech-tips-for-teachers-free-easy-and-useful-creation-tools/ (amazing & creative tech tips for teachers)
https://bbc,co.uk/news (BBC news feed)
http://www.infosniper.net/ (Visitor world map )
https://sounds.bl.uk/ (British library sound archive)
https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=002157614283018392829%3Aktlp_kp7blc (Google open music search)
https://www.flickr.com/ ( free photo archive)
https://www.eclipsecrossword.com/ (write your own crosswords)
https://www.wallwisher.com/build (Build a wall. A lovely idea if you have access to a computer network. I've seen it done with conditionals and could be done with whole class and a lap top).