Wordle

Wordle

What is Wordle?

        Wordle is a web toy you can use to create word clouds, or shapes made up of words, out of some text. In a Wordle, the words that are used most frequently are larger. You can write your own text or copy and paste text from somewhere else.

How to use wordle.

First, go to http://www.wordle.net/

Second, click “Create” at the top of the page or “Create your own”

Third, copy and paste or type your text in the box. Don’t worry about commas or any other punctuation marks. Put a ~ between any words/phrases you want to keep together.

Fourth, click “Go” to create your word cloud.

Next, once you’ve created your word cloud, you can modify your cloud by clicking the menus at the top, or you can click on randomize to get Wordle to do that for you. Right click on a word to remove it from your cloud.

Finally, click print, save or screen capture to get a copy of your word cloud for later use.

If you can't see word cloud, you have to download and install Java. So you can watch the video "How to download and install Java" 

 

How to apply in classroom.

For the activity in classroom( have a computer and the internet.)

            1.I will divide student into 5 groups. (5 students for 1 group)

        2. Give a number 1-5 for a student of each group.

        3. Show the picture from wordle on the projector at the front of classroom.

         4. I will say the word about my lesson. If  I chose number1 and I say “accessory”, the student who have a number1 of each group have to go to the front and touch the word about accessory and say it.

      5. I will say the word about my lesson. If  I chose numeber2 and I say “make up”, the student who have a number1 of each group have to go to the front and touch the word about make up and say it.

    6. Student who can touch the word first and correctly will get 5 points.

    7.Student who can touch the word second and correctly will get 4 points.

    8. Student who can touch the word third and correctly will get 3 points.

    9. Student who can touch the word fourth and correctly will get 2 points.

  10.Student who can touch the word five and correctly will get 1 points.

For the activity in classroom. ( don’t have  the internet.)

I will save the picture to my laptop for my activity in classroom and show it on the projector.
So, students will enjoy touching my word and they can say the word by themselves.

Watch more about Wordle 

                                                                                  

Piclits

Piclits

What is Piclits.com?

                http://www.piclits.com is an educational e-learning website that uses words and photographs to inspire users to write, express themselves, and share their work with others. The website provides a forum for creative writing, social interaction, and is an engaging teaching tool for all levels. It is FREE fun and safe.
                A “Piclits” is a combination of words placed on an image to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture. It can be a caption, a sentence, a story, a paragraph, a poem, a rap, a quotation, lyrics from a song, and more. You can create a Piclits using Drag-n-Drop keywords or Freestyle.

How to use Piclits.

                The first step is you have to sign up by clicking at “sign up” at the upper right corner of this website, (Piclits.com). And you have to do following steps:

   1.You will see that at the middle of the page, there are many pictures for you to choose.

   2. You can write words or sentences by you can do 2 ways.

2.1 Drag the words at the bottom and place at the picture (when you already placed, you can click at the triangle symbol at the end of the word to change forms of vocabulary.)

2.2 Click at “Freestyle”, type words for making sentences in the blank below the picture then click “create”. When you got the sentence on the picture already, you can do following steps:

-  Click at picture for saving pictures and sentences. When you access to this website again and sign in, you will find the saved file in “My Piclits”.

-  You can send pictures and sentences to social network by clicking at Blog or Share.

Watch more about how to use Piclits from this Video.

                 I recommend this program, ( http://www.piclits.com) for teaching and I believe students will like it. They will get to practice writing, imagination and storytelling in English and they can share good feeling to their friends also.

The program that I like the most in this subject, (Techniques and innovation in English Language Teaching)

               My favorite website for creating Language Arts materials is PicLits (Picture  + Literature = PicLit). I always try to emphasize the visual aspects of writing , and this website is a wonderful merging of photography and writing! PicLits is a collection of pictures, where writers can drag and drop words onto the images to create picture-inspired writing (PicLit's slogan)! Here's a screenshot of their homepage:

For the activity in classroom (have a computer and the internet)

Piclits offers a wide variety of breathtaking photos, with a huge range of subject matter. The color photos are vivid and the black-and-white photos are dramatic. It is guaranteed to be something to interest every student, and photos are updated regularly.

 This makes Piclits a great activity for differentiation! If you have a computer and you have the internet, you can let students pick their own images to work.
Watch more about the activity in classroom. (have a computer and the internet)

For the activity in classroom ( don’t have a computer and the internet.)

            First, I will printed  different photos (with their lists of adjectives and adverbs), and turned them into "PicLit cards" Here's a sample of what my PicLit cards look like:

                 Next, I will divide student into 5 groups. (5 students for 1 group)

             After that, I will give Piclit cards to each group. Then each group has to describe about the pictures that they got by using adjectives and adverbs that I choose for them. There is 30 minutes for describing the pictures.

           Finally, each group comes present what they describe in front of the class.

                  So, students will enjoy picking their image, the word lists,and they can write by using their imagination.

Screencastify

Screencastify

What is Screencastify?

               Screencastify is a simple video screen capture software for Chrome. It is able to record all screen activity inside a tab, including audio so you can easily create a screencast for video tutorials, record presentations etc. Just press record and the content of your tab is recorded. It also supports desktop capturing, allowing you to record anything on your screen.

How to download 

First, Go to 

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/screencastify-screen-vide/mmeijimgabbpbgpdklnllpncmdofkcpn or Open Chrom  to search Screencastify.

Second,  click  "Add  To Chrome"

Third, It will show like this and click " Add extensions”

Fourth, It will show like this. It mean the program is ready for using.  Click ‘X’ and click on screencastify icon.

 

Fifth, It will show like this and click “Next”

Sixth, It will show like this  and click “ Sign in” . In order to Sign in your Google Account.

 

Seventh, It will show like this .Put the “pass word” and click “sign in”.
 

Next, It will show like this and click “skip”

Finally,  It will show “how to use screencastify”

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VUeDHx-Kec

How to use "screencastify"

First, Click on screencastify Icon on the top right screen .It will show like this and  Now you can record your screen by click on " Record desktop"

Second, It will show like this and click “share”

Third, 1.It will show like this .
         
2.The program will count 3  2  1 and then start recording and 

  Click at the content page that we are going to save for teaching.

 When you stop recording, click “Stop sharing"

Next, It will show like this, so we can listen to our voice recording by it will record automatically and on the right side, it will record in drive automatically.

Finally, All your recording

How to use screencastify in classroom.

1. Open the videos that you are going to teach students from 
Screencastify.if the students don't understand, the teacher will 
explain more to them. 

2. We can use videos that we have already recorded in 
Screencastify to teach by we will record sound, picture or add 
video from youtube for teaching students when we are not in the 
classroom such as we have to go to visit our parents and we can't 
go to the classroom.

3. When the students don't understand subject matter, they can watch video again. And they will understand easily because they can see picture and hear sound from the videos.

prezi

Prezi 

           Prezi is a presentation of text and visuals that you zoom in and out of. It is very similar to a power point, except you do not make slides. Instead, you make one big prezi and zoom in to different views. You can show a prezi to others on a computer through your prezi account, or you can link to them.

                   How to Make a Prezi

Step 1: Making a prezi Account

First,search the word "Prezi" on google. 

Second,click "Sign Up" in the upper right-hand corner of your screen.Next,in this instructable, I will demonstrate with a free account, so click "Free".Then,fill out the form, making sure to agree with the terms of use, and click "Register and Continue".

Step 2: Creating a Prezi

First,If you are starting from the welcome screen, click start.If you are starting from your page, click "Create a New Prezi".

Next.Select a template, name your prezi, and write a description of it.And,Click "Use template".

Step 3: How to Add Text 

 This is the homepage of the prezi.

First,add the title of this prezi.

Second,zoom to the first frame for add the text.

And you can change font color and size of the text.

Step 4: How to Add  Pictures

First,click "insert" next click "image"

Second, select the picture in your computer and click "open" for upload the picture.

When you upload already, Picture will appear in the frame you can resize the picture and can move it.

Step 5: How to Add Text Video

First,click "insert" next click "YouTube video"

Next,Past link of video in the blank.And,click "Insert"

The video from YouTube will appear you can move it and resize.

Step 6: How to Add  Symbols and Shapes

Example for add the shape

First,click "Insert" and "Symbols and Shapes"

After that,Toolbar will appear on the left side of the screen.you can select and bring it to the frame.

And,you can resize and change the position of the shape or the symbol.

Step 7: How to Add line

First, click"Insert" and "draw line" .After that,the line will appear and you can set the first point and the final point of the line.

Step 8: Save and Preview 

First, click "Save" and "Exit".

After that, you can click " [  ] " for start presentation.

                  

How to use prezi in classroom

         
           Teacher use content from textbook "Access 1 ". First,teacher will show the Inca prezi in the projector and explain  the meaning of pictures all frames in this prezi. Next,teacher tell students to write the meaning of difficult vocabulary into their books.After that ,teacher tell students to read the passage in their book again.

Link: http://prezi.com/bscfudxrq6na/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

                True or False Practice, Teacher divide student into 5 groups by tell students for count 1-5 .Students count "1" will answer question number 1 ,Students count "2" will answer question number 2 ,Students count "3" will answer question number 3 ,Students count "4" will answer question number 4 and Students count "5" will answer question number 5 .

               

Link: https://prezi.com/lichlrxshpus/the-incas-practice/

Advantages of Prezi 

          -Prezi presentations are made via the internet which doesn't limit you to one device allowing easy to access to your presentation wherever you are

           -Your presentations may be a lot more creative.
           - Prezi allows you to share information online. 
           - Prezi is also free for students. 

Disadvantages of Prezi 

           -The free account with Prezi limits you to basic functions. 

If you want more tools and options you will have spent a little money. 

             -You must connect the internet for use prezi.