uses of ict in mfl

Uses of ICT in MFL

Objective: To explore a range of ways ICT can be used in the MFL classroom.

Find already made resources on these websites:

TES

http://www.tes.co.uk/home.aspx

MFL Sunderland

http://lightbulblanguages.co.uk/

Teaching Ideas

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/

Making Your Job Easier

Find already made resources on these websites:

Ashcombe Schoolhttp://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/legacy/Curriculum/modlang/index_teaching.htm

Language Resourceshttp://www.languagesresources.co.uk/index.html

Slidesharewww.slideshare.net

Making Your Job Easier (2)

Find inspiration here:

Twitter – join the #MFLtwitterati

https://twitter.com/

Pinterest

http://pinterest.com/

MFL Ideas Blogs (see next slide)

Giving You Inspiration

@aurelagazel@elvisrunner@francaisespanol@icpjones@IStickels@janbaker97@joedale@LangTeachersIre@MichelleCairns@missmclachlan@MLMusings@nessalovesshoes

Amazing MFL Twitterers

@ninalainas@Provence55@ratte4@reebekwylie@sarah_loveless@spanishsam@spsmith45@valleseco

MFL Ideas Factoryhttp://mflideasfactory.wordpress.com/page/4/

Isabelle Joneshttp://isabellejones.blogspot.co.uk/

MFL Hampshire Blogshttp://mflhampshire.wikispaces.com/MFL+Blogs

Dom’s MFL Pagehttp://domsmflpage.blogspot.co.uk/

Resources for the MFL Classroomhttp://michellecairnsmfl.wordpress.com/

Blogs

Miss Mclachlan’s Musings bloghttp://missmclachlan.blogspot.co.uk/

Rebecca Wylie’s Staffroom Swop Shophttp://srswopshop.blogspot.co.uk/

Steve Smith’s French Teacher bloghttp://frenchteachernet.blogspot.co.uk/

Claire Seccombe’s MFL bloghttp://www.changing-phase.blogspot.co.uk/

@MLMusings Bloghttp://www.modernlanguagemusings.blogspot.co.uk/

More Blogs

Blogs

Social Networking

Games

YouTube

QR Codes

Making MFL Fun and Relevant

Motivational (boys especially)

Monitor students learning

Instant feedback

Games – competition element

Easy to set as homework tasks

Relevant

Why bother?

Can be used in lessons/to set homework tasks Show links to useful websitesUpload/embed videos Embed gamesAllows students to give feedback safely

http://missmorganlanguagezone.blogspot.co.uk/http://missmorgs.weebly.com/

Blogging

Remind students of tests/homework

Share music videos or newspaper articles in TL

Share useful MFL websites

https://twitter.com/

Twitter

See what students have learnt throughout the lesson –all in one place

Approve any comments before they are viewed by other people

Create numerous boards with passwords so only certain people can access them

Embedded onto blog

http://padlet.com/

Padlet

Helps students learn vocabulary off by heart

http://www.memrise.com/

Read more about it here on my old blog:

http://morganmfl.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/memrise.html

Memrise

Upload vocabulary lists which are automatically made into flashcards, games and tests.

Embed onto blogs.

Students can listen to pronunciation.

Games work well with boys – competition!

Import vocabulary lists easily.

Helpful when revising for vocab tests.

http://quizlet.com/your-sets

Quizlet

Make both match up games and quizzes

Students (boys especially) love the competition –games are timed.

Good for revision.

http://www.quizdini.com/

Quizdini

Allows you to upload texts in TL

Generates various games – gap fills, word order etc.

Can be printed

www.textivate.com

Textivate

Make your own games in TLCompetitive – timedFunAddictive

www.sporcle.com

Sporcle

Make your own interactive quizzes

https://getkahoot.com/

Read more about it here on my old blog:

http://morganmfl.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/kahoot.html

Kahoot

Create your own pages of images, songs and videos

Easy to use

www.pinterest.com

Pinterest

Pinterest (2)

Allows you to make your own gamesCompetitiveFun

www.classtools.nethttp://www.classtools.net/_mobileQuiz/index.php

Classtools

Radio app on phones – plenty of French and Spanish radio stations!

Tune in radio

Developing Listening Skills

Easy to use – just copy the link into the box and it creates the QR code for you

Give this to the students and they scan it on their phones and it takes them directly to the website

This can also be done with texts and images

http://www.qrstuff.com/

QR Codes

Duolingo

For help with pronunciation

Particularly good when students are preparing for Controlled Assessments

Acapela

To help students learn vocabulary and develop pronunciation

Has lots of free vocabulary and worksheets which can easily be printed off

Linguascope (£)

Online Dictionary

http://www.wordle.net/www.zondle.comhttp://www.tagxedo.com/http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/http://www.hellomylo.com/http://www.realfrench.net/grammar/games.php?function=choose_single&ex=1http://www.quia.com/shared/http://www.bbc.co.uk/educationhttp://bashoandfriends.com/https://www.youtube.com/user/kvnvasquezhttp://legacy.language-gym.com/

Other Useful Websites