1. creative collaboration for teachers globally
eLanguages
creative collaboration for teachers globally

2. “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

3. “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

4. “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

5. 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

6. Why is it needed? Focus on international educational links
Focus on language learning
Focus on ICT in education

7.
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

8. language versions
including the world 10 most popular

9. comprehensive help system

10. Mypage:
activity
start a new project
access your Hello page

11. Hello page Hello page introduce your class, school, town
provide relevant partnership information to the world

12. 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

13. start a project

14. eLanguages project categories
select appropriate project category

15. fill in the form and save

16. 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

17. 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

18. example project page with five project stages1 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

19. 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

20. الصبر مفتاح الفرج Stage 1 English and Arabic Phrases
students and teachers create the resources for each stage…

21. 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

22. eLanguages project page
the completed project page, stages and the resources
Open the project page by clicking on the screenshot