Saturday, June 7, 2014

About CALL Tools (week 9-10)

I explored lots of CALL tools through week 9-10 tasks and found some tools might be useful in my teaching and learning.
First, I could use Padlet as a space where students are able to upload their assignments and share them effectively.
Second, I would like to apply some funny photos using manipulation tools to motivate students.
Third, socail networking could be very great for teaching and learning English. I will get lots of teaching materials, share ideas or informations, participate in some discussion and contact some people.
Also, graphic organizer resources could be applied to summary of learning. I could use mind mapping tools (gliffy or creately) in various ways like writing lesson plan, providing some workseets, and mainly organizing learning content.

Mind Map using Gliffy


Friday, June 6, 2014

Interesting Social Networking

I explored lots of the ELT groups and communities and found some interesting sites.

http://www.linkedin.com/groups/English-Teaching-Professionals-1824973?home=&gid=1824973

This is the group of English Teaching Professionals. I could see very useful discussion list related to my teaching problems. If I join and participate in this group, I will be able to get some helpful teaching information, share ideas, and improve writing skills and competence.


https://plus.google.com/communities/116896170154804056086

Learn English(Google+ community) would be a good site for practicing English. It includes 4-skill practices, grammar, vocabulary, quizzes, and discussions etc.