Training - Languages & Literacy & Digital Literacy.pdf
Linking Across The Curriculum
Using ICT to enhance language learning is a great way to link languages with Literacy and other areas of the curriculum. Here's a flyer summarising different resources to get you thinking and to try in the classroom. Click here for a video recording presenting the resources in the flyer.
Do you want more ideas for how to use digital technology to enhance the learning & teaching of Languages in your classroom?
Check out & follow @joedale on Twitter & browse the video collection on his YouTube channel. He also currently has free Saturday Tech Talk webinars.
Joe Dale - NA Training - Free Digital Tools
These videos are from live training sessions where Joe looks at different free digital tools to promote pupil enjoyment & engagement in the BGE. But also has ideas relevant for upper primary or as part of a transition project. See below for the content:
Producing creative multimedia slideshows to promote oracy with Adobe Spark Video and share the video or link via Glow.
Making QWIQR conversations to practise speaking and provide audio feedback.
Using Padlet to show how learners can collaborate with each other, upload multimedia, practise all four skills and give written feedback.
Using Whiteboard.fi to practise speaking and listening skills through drawing and video feedback with Screencastify.
Using Charlala to practise speaking and listening skills through personalised drawing and gamification.
Producing a suite of interactive activities such as crosswords, matching exercises and random wheel with WordWall.
Use Blooket for a range of interactive activities practising language through gamification.
Designing interactive 360° adventures with Thinglink.
Submitting handwritten work as a multi-page PDF with Microsoft Lens and making it interactive with written and audio questions using TeacherMade.
Using wheelofnames.com, spinnerwheel.com, photosforclass.com and autodraw.com to promote writing and speaking skills through random chunking.