ICT Resources for the English Department

What is this?

A friend of mine was looking for ways to bring ICT into her English teaching.

I posted a message on Twitter asking for ideas.

In about 10 minutes, this list is what I got back (plus some ideas of my own).

Online Presentations

Lots of teachers use powerpoint slides... What happens to those slides after the lesson? Why not let students access those slides?

• Put the powerpoint files on your VLE (Moodle/Sharepoint/StudyWiz, etc)

• Use Prezi (http://prezi.com) to make very cool interactive presentations that can be shared online

• Use Google Docs to share your presentations

Useful websites

www.voicethread.com - get a group to discuss/annotate an image or resource, record that discussion; Audio or text.

www.ideastoinspire.co.uk - 25 ideas to inspire writing

etherpad.com - collaborative text editing

www.piclits.com - guided writing; presents a picture at random with word lists to force creative writing.

wordle.net - word clouds

Useful websites 2

timeglider.com - interactive timelines

makebeliefscomix.com - Make your own comic strips

Mind Mapping Software - mindmeister, freemind, MindX, mywebspiration.com

basseq.com/fun/telescopictext - Make telescopic text. Encourages use of adjectives, etc.

www.magpo.com/kidspoety/playonline.cfm - Fridge Magnet Poetry

Useful websites 3

www.xtranormal.com - Direct your own movies

www.teachit.co.uk/custom_content/wordwhiz/thrillertitles.html - Make up titles for thrillers

www.dabbleboard.com - Collaborative working

www.tikatok.com - kids books published by kids

Feedback

If you find any other great ICT resources for English, please let me know - a.taylor@hordlewalhampton.co.uk

Thanks!