talking cultures.ppt za hupe zagreb
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A presentation prepared for HUPE Zagreb branch meeting of teachers of English as a foreign language, on 9 March 2012. The presentation is about the use of the wiki with students who participate in "Talking Cultures" project by British Council.TRANSCRIPT
Talking Talking CulturesCultures
Sanja BožinovićSanja Božinović
OŠ Nikole Hribara,Velika GoricaOŠ Nikole Hribara,Velika Gorica
[email protected]@skole.hr
Talking Cultures:Talking Cultures:
• organised by British council• students collaborate on a wiki• celebrates cultural differences • an opportunity to compare British
culture with our own • sharing our culture with students
from other countries
School Year 2010/2011School Year 2010/2011• Talking Cultures: Armenia and Croatia• http://talkingculturesd.wikispaces.com
School Year 2011/2012School Year 2011/2012• Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Israel, Kazakhstan,
Macedonia, Russia, Ukraine• our cluster 7 wiki:
• http://007talkingcultures-2011.wikispaces.com/
Collaborating on a wikiCollaborating on a wikiWiki = Quick in Hawaiian http://pbworks.com/http://www.wikispaces.com/
Wiki: why and how?Wiki: why and how?
http://weplayandlearnenglish.pbworks.com
The benefits for studentsThe benefits for students
• access to lessons• autonomous in work• collaborate• share • authentic communication• protected environment
The benefits for the teacherThe benefits for the teacher• easy to set up• easy to monitor• free• easy to start or join a project
Setting up a wiki for studentsSetting up a wiki for students
• settings• content• design
Celebrating cultural differencesCelebrating cultural differences• Our tasks on the wiki:
Task 1: Introducing a friendTask 1: Introducing a friend
• learning doesn’t end with the end of the lesson
• collaborative writing
• peer correction• work stays on
display forever
Task 1: Introducing a friendTask 1: Introducing a friend• Voki avatars
(http://www.voki.com/) recording voice and
listening to others• learning while using
the tool• learning about the
internet
Task 2: Our town and countryTask 2: Our town and country• sharing
research results• collaborative
writing
Our country –Our country –using web 2.0 toolsusing web 2.0 tools
• Google maps
• Glogsterhttp://edu.glogster.com/
Task 3: FoodTask 3: Food• expressing opinionhttp://answergarden.ch/
• fun - wordle
Task 3: FoodTask 3: Food• Writing our recipes:
-vocabulary building
-responsible use of the internet
Task 4: Famous peopleTask 4: Famous people• presenting our
country• critical thinking
• fodeyhttp://www.fodey.com/
Task 5: FestivalsTask 5: Festivals• turning a real life
event into a lesson• comparing
different cultures
• glogster
More web 2.0 toolsMore web 2.0 toolsVoicethreadhttp://voicethread.com/
share/1727091/-comments in voice and
writing
Wallwisherhttp://www.wallwisher.com/- Sticky notes plus
attachments
More web 2.0 toolsMore web 2.0 tools• Bighugelabshttp://bighugelabs.com/
• Photopeachhttp://photopeach.com/
album/ihrj6d
The challengesThe challenges• availability of computer room
• getting other teachers from school to take part
The Impact on StudentsThe Impact on Students• more confident in the use of
language• more confident in the use of
technology
• think critically about topics and problems
• collaborate
