creative collaboration for teachers globally eLanguages creative collaboration for teachers globally
“Through my studies I have come across a large number of platforms recently and what I have learned about eLanguages in the workshop makes it the best online platform I have seen so far.” Sabine Huber, Munich Germany about to complete her doctoral dissertation on the use of eLearning in English Language Teaching
“It’s brilliant. I’ve been looking for a set of web tools for school links for the last two years. Even better, the instructions on how to use it are in the native language of the user. This means that the schools in Ariège I am currently working with will easily be able to put up pages with a minimum of training.” Alex Savage, Advanced Skills Teacher, Norfolk
“The eLanguages workshops were absolutely stunning “The eLanguages workshops were absolutely stunning. They certainly exceeded all my expectations. I had hoped to enjoy the visit but it has gone far beyond that. It has given me enthusiasm and I can’t wait to continue and do more projects.” Mary Rick, Class Teacher Bonington Junior School
What is eLanguages? An online collaborative tool for teachers globally, developed by the British Council and Rages for the Department for Education and Skills Multilingual (English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Italian, Japanese, Punjabi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati and Hindi versions) Free at the point of use Enables teachers create and/or use collaborative resource-based projects Offers each project 100 MB of space
Why is it needed? Focus on international educational links Focus on language learning Focus on ICT in education
www.elanguages.org Open the eLangauges platform by clicking on the screenshot (make sure your internet connection is working! Homepage How page Register Help on register Login My page Activity Profile STOP
language versions including the world 10 most popular
comprehensive help system
Mypage: activity start a new project access your Hello page
Hello page Hello page introduce your class, school, town provide relevant partnership information to the world
eLanguages projects eLanguages Project + Concept Concept Join! Structured Project Space Resources eLanguages Project Concept Teacher + Concept Partnership Join! Partnership Structured Project Space Resources eLanguages Project Concept
start a project
eLanguages project categories select appropriate project category
fill in the form and save
eLanguages project page within minutes you can start building your project Explain the project page Edit mode / Normal view Insertion points (add / paste) Looking for partners button Project details Participants list Discussion forum
Step 1: add project stages to guarantee a structured project Every user must create project stages to keep their projects structured. The project stages will make it easier for others to understand projects
example project page with five project stages 1 2 3 4 5 example project page with five project stages This is a live example. On slide 26 you can open the project page
a comprehensive range of resources can be added to the project stages (movies, sound files, pictures, galleries, text, polls, web links) resources are added to the project page by teachers but can be created or sourced either by teachers or students
الصبر مفتاح الفرج Stage 1 English and Arabic Phrases students and teachers create the resources for each stage…
2 Student Interviews 3 Meaning of Phrases 4 Usage of Phrases Open the videos under student interviews Open the audio file under meaning of Phrases
eLanguages project page the completed project page, stages and the resources Open the project page by clicking on the screenshot