Interesting & Intelligent Internet Activities… …and they’re are all FREE! Online Activities

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1. Authentic Sites Text, images, audio & video for lesson planning Useful for projects & webquests 2.Teacher Sites Lesson plans & ideas Methodology Ready-made materials (worksheets, mp3s…) 3. Learner Sites Reference Interactive exercises Text, audio & video What does the web offer teachers & learners?

Why? Recommended websites Computer Room vs Projector Activities Mini-Projects Keeping problems to a minimum Structure of Talk

Do you currently use…? - Internet for lesson planning? - Internet in class? - Computer room? - CD-ROMs? - Interactive whiteboard? - Projector? Which websites? Obstacles? What do you currently use?

break from routine Why Internet? increases status of language appeals to a range of learner styles independent learning instant feedbackstudents can try again at home wealth of material attractive materials - multimedia inspires creativity & communication fun

availability of IT resources Obstacles & Issues computer room discipline technical problems set-up time confidence in our IT ability Does website really fit the scheme of work? web pages can move / change Which websites?

BBC Learning English – The Teacher

Which idiom do you think is correct here? I got cold feet. My feet froze and consequently I was unable to move. I really put my foot in it!

BBC Learning English – The Teacher

The final idiom is ‘I shot myself in the foot’. What do you think it means?

BBC Learning English – The Teacher Follow-up activities Mini-story Extend idioms Interactive features comments your idioms dictionary.cambridge.org

BBC Learning English – The Teacher

BBC Learning English – News English

BBC Learning English – Pronunciation

Teddy Dresser Clothes vocabulary British Council – LearnEnglish Kids

Using the Computer Room

Great for: Interactive Activities (think of extension for early finishers) Project work / creative tasks Teaching ‘computer language’ Using the Computer Room

Beginning the Session log in / log on log out / log off type in / enter your username & password open / open up Internet Explorer English for the Computer Room

Mouse & keyboard click double-click left-click right-click scroll up / scroll down English for the Computer Room

Mouse & keyboard hit / press the spacebar hold down SHIFT drag and drop English for the Computer Room

Projector

Great for: Presenting language point or topic Listening / video exercises Interactive Exercises & Games can also work Quizzes – divide the class into two teams Games - Class v computer Games - Teams take turns (possible with Teddy Bear Dresser game?) Projector

Can this work with a projector? If you had a million dollars... Song & quiz 2 nd conditional & superlatives GenkiEnglish.net Challenge: For the website below, think of: Projector-based activity Follow-up activity

Can this work with a projector?

BreakingNewsEnglish.com

English-Trailers.com

OUP.com

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Making Arrangements How about...ing? Let’s... Shall we...? Why don’t we...? Yeah, I’d love to! Great idea! That sounds nice. Actually, I’d prefer to... Computer Room Mini-Projects

Turn your dialogue into a movie! Make a Flash movie with different characters, scenes, settings and music. Dvolver Movie Maker

Video: Glogster – Poster Yourself qURQuU&feature=fvsr Video: Glogster EDU Commercial chclk#p/u/4/h2_1Of6zzJ8 Glogster.com Glogster’s YouTube Channel

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Computer working? Internet connection working? Website working? Test Before You Teach!

Use downloadable audio/video (mp3, mp4…) Some websites (eg BBC) offer this. Free websites for downloading from YouTube savevid.com mediaconverter.org Plan B! Preparing for the Worst – No Internet!

BBC Learning English – Pronunciation

Saving Video from YouTube 1. click inside the address bar and highlight the URL ( 2. CTRL+C to copy

Saving Video from YouTube 4. Click inside this bar and paste the URL (hit CTRL+V) 3. Now go to 5. Click to download

Use downloadable audio/video (mp3, mp4…) Some websites (eg BBC) offer this. Free websites for downloading from YouTube savevid.com mediaconverter.org Plan B! Preparing for the Worst – No Internet!

Lesson Design Computer room or projector? Be creative in using the projector What activities can go before/after? Have a Plan B Lesson Preparation Download wherever possible Test before you teach Practise, practise, practise! Make the most of free resources Things to remember…

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