Friday, December 4, 2015

ASSIGNMENT 12: Online Video Resources for EFl Teachers

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Dear EFL teachers,
This week we will be exploring various resources where we can find educational videos and share them with our students. Enjoy browsing through the websites we recommend at the end of December. 


Task 1 Which of these resources could be the most relevant for your students? Choose 3 collections of videos and explain how you could use them in your class:

a)      English with Jennifer
b)      Howcast
c)       Let’s talk!
d)      Anglo-Link
e)      Busy Beavers
f)       ABC Kid TV
g)      Have fun teaching
h)      Bridge TEFL
i)       CNN Student News with subtitles
j)      Instructables
k)      BBC Education 
l)       Classroom Clips
m)    YouTube Education
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Task 2
  • How is TeacherTube different from YouTube? 
  • How could Moldovan teachers use the resource to teach English as a Foreign Language? 
  • Find an interesting TeacherTube video, post it on your blog and put together 3 tasks for your students.
  • Post the link below, as a blog comment. 

For example: ESL Book Club could be used to inspire students to create their own book club and read interesting books in English, then share their impressions on TeacherTube or YouTube.

Common and Proper Nouns could help students understand proper and common noun concepts.

How to make an ice-cream sandwich shows 2nd grade students explaining how to make an ice-cream sandwich, so it would be a great project idea for Moldovan elementary level students when they learn food or action verbs.
Task 3
  • Read the 50 ways to use video in the classroom article.
  • Select five new ideas for using video with your students and create a collection using PadletListly or Pinterest (instructions posted in Assignment 11). 
  • Post the link to your collection of teaching advice below, as a comment to this post. 
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             Sample projects created by the participants of the EFL Blogging School Project, Edition 1 :
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Task 4: Create a video assignment using Movenote

                  SAMPLE MOVENOTE PROJECTS CREATED BY EFLT COLLEAGUES:
Tatiana's Movenote task: http://tatianadragan.weebly.com/assignments/thanksgiving-day
Victoria M's Movenote task: https://www.movenote.com/v/VKFtefynyN7Kq
Ludmila's Movenote task: https://www.movenote.com/v/QzOiIrGIXRS
Rodica's Movenote task: http://rodicaaculov.weebly.com/the-12th-grade
Dumitru's Movenote task: http://gruscadumitru.weebly.com/the-11th-grade
Veronica's Movenote: http://cazacuveronica.weebly.com/assignments/video-task
Victoria C's Movenote task: http://pathwaytoenglish.weebly.com/hw-the-9-form
Irina's Movenote task: http://irinapushney.weebly.com/assignments/video-assignment#comments 

Ecaterina's Movenote task: http://englishdepartment14.weebly.com/assignments

ASSIGNMENT 11: Web 2.0 tools to experiment with words, images and links



ASSIGNMENT 10:Online Surveys and Questionnaires

Dear EFL teachers,

From learning the alphabet at primary school to training sessions at work, we're always learning. To see if the learning experiences are effective and satisfying, the surveys are in hand. Being able to gather the feedback and information needed from teachers, students, professors and administrators, these tools make everyone's educational journey as fulfilling as possible. To this extent, this week we would like to propose you free online tools aimed to create own online surveys, quizzes and questionnaires.
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This way, during Assignment 10 you will:
  • learn how to use Google Forms to create an online quiz, survey or questionnaire
  • familiarize yourselves with the basics of  online surveys
  • explore recommended sites and create three different quizzes, surveys or questionnaires
  • create an assignment for your students which would combine reading, writing, listening or speaking tasks with an online survey incorporated into your school curricula

Task 1. Watch two videos about Google Forms and write a paragraph on its benefits for EFL teachers:
- how can teachers use Google Forms in the EFL classroom? 
- which student skills would the online surveys develop?
- how can Google Forms save time and effort?
 


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Task 2. Now it is time for you to create your   own survey / quiz / questionnaire using Google forms. 
  • Watch the YouTube tutorial embedded  below;
  • Read the Google Forms Tutorial for Beginners guide posted below;
  • Create a short survey for your students and 
  • Post the link below, as a comment on Task 2;
  • The survey should have 5 different types of questions


Task 3. 
Browse through the links below with practical ideas on how to integrate surveys, quizzes and questionnaires in your curriculum. Write down three ideas on how you can use online surveys to improve your students' reading, writing, speaking or listening skills. Post your ideas as a blog comment.  

a) EFL flow
b) Blogges Eorld ESL

c) Jenny ESL 
d) ESL Lounge Surveys
e) Using surveys in language programs

f) ESL About
g) Breaking News English 
h) Activities for ESL students
i) English Club
j) Using English
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Task 4. Let us explore other great online tools for teachers and integrate them in our curriculum. 
  • Browse the list below and choose three tools you can use with your students;
  • Create three surveys using these three different platforms;
  • Target different subjects, different grades or different topics;
  • Embed the surveys on your blog as part of a reading, writing, speaking or listening assignment. The surveys or the quizzes can be related to a YouTube video, to a Scribd or Google Books document, or a power point presentation from Slideshare which should also be embedded into your blog. 
  • These can be:
a) Grammar quizzes 
b) Vocabulary quizzes:
c) Geography quizzes
d) History quizzes
e) Pronunciation quizzes
f)  Video related quizzes
g) Reading quizzes 

  • Post the link to your blog assignment  which incorporated online quizzes below, as a comment.

1.   Poll Builder
The Poll Builder provides a free, simple, one-step process to create polls that you can embed in your Web pages. You can select the background color for the poll and have up to 5 possible responses.
2.  Quiz Star for Teachers With QuizStar you can manage classes and quizzes, attach multimedia files to questions, make quizzes in multiple languages, access from any Internet-connected computer, allow students to complete and review.
3.  Survey Monkey
SurveyMonkey is the world's most popular online survey software. We make it easier than ever to create polls and survey questionnaires for learning about anything from customer satisfaction to employee engagement. Sign up to access our library of sample survey questions and expert-certified templates. Customize your survey questions, distribute your questionnaire on the web, and start collecting responses in real time.
4. Kwiqpoll
This is a simple poll making tool. It does not require any registration. Just visit the homepage and start creating  you poll right away. You have the choice to provide multiple choice answers. You will also be provided with a generated URL to use when sharing your polls.
5.  Flisti
This is another great simple poll tool. It is very easy to use and resembles Kwiqpoll in that it does not call for any sign up. Just head over to its main page and start working on your poll. You can add as many answers as you want to your poll. Again , you can embed your polls in your blog, wiki or website
 6. Polldaddy
This is another popular polling service that allows users to create free polls and surveys containing up to ten questions.
7. Micropoll
Micropoll allows users to instantly create a poll using a set of questions and answers then one email address. It also provides embed codes to share polls online.
9. Obsurvey
This is a great utility for creating instant surveys. It is dead simple, just visit its main page , type in your questions and answers using their text editor and there you go



Let's have a look at some of the surveys created by the English teachers - participants of  the EFL Blogging School Project, Edition 1:

Natalia's survey  
Dumitru's survey 
Rodica's survey 
Natalia B's survey
Natalia R's survey 
Ecaterina's survey 
Veronica's survey 
Ludmila's survey 
Eduard's survey
Tatiana's survey 
-  Victoria's quiz 
Oxana's quiz 
Aliona's survey 
 Nicoleta's quiz 
Emma's quiz 
Olga's tasks