Putting the Modern and Foreign into MFL

Part 1 - Modern: Using ICT creatively in MFL

Working alone, spend some time exploring the websites listed

30 m before the end of the morning session, we will stop and make a note of our thoughts (15 m)

During this time, you may wish to think of the classes you are planning to each over the next few weeks and think of an idea for a challenging and creative activity which uses one of these websites

FEEDBACK as a group (15 m)

1 Collaboration in real time

www.wallwisher.com

examples : Où est Charlie? Learning a language is like…

http://tinyurl.com/ouestcharlie http://tinyurl.com/WWlanguagelearning

www.primarypad.com

http://todaysmeet.com/

2 Games generators:

www.classtools.net

example: Dustbin game & multi game generator (le, la, l’, les - Y7 hobbies)

http://allsaintslanguagesblog.typepad.co.uk/all_saints_languages_blog/2010/03/y7-les-passe-temps-classtools-games.html

www.contentgenerator.net

example: Fling the Teacher – rooms and activities

http://allsaintslanguagesblog.typepad.co.uk/all_saints_languages_blog/2010/03/year-10-fling-the-teacher-rooms-revision-and-activities-extension.html

www.quizlet.com

examples: NUDEPIGS – mnemonic to remember OPINION WORDS in French

http://allsaintslanguagesblog.typepad.co.uk/all_saints_languages_blog/2009/02/nude-pigs-giving-opinions-in-french.html

http://quizlet.com/848918/nudepigs-flash-cards/

3 Cartoon creation

www.toondoo.com

examples: Y7 French with comments (AfL)

http://allsaintslanguagesblog.typepad.co.uk/all_saints_languages_blog/2010/01/year-7-terrific-toondoos-school-likes-and-dislikes.html#tp

www.goanimate.com

example: “Le week-end dernier avec Johnny Depp” (past tense)

http://goanimate.com/movie/0NnfTGpxHT5c/1

4 Word Clouds

www.wordle.net

example shown below: German shops and shopping.

5 Video content

www.monjtquotidien.com

example: “Interesting” listening comprehension (Y10) set for homework.

http://www.monjtquotidien.com/video.3590.pisco-l-alpaca-qui-surfe-sur-les-vagues-de-l-ocean-pacifique.php

www.dailymotion.com

example: Crepe man! (Mardi gras)

http://tinyurl.com/crepeman

6 Word Tiles (for word order)

http://www.triptico.co.uk/http://www.triptico.co.uk/resources/magnetsML/wordMagnetML.html

*Tip: Type your foreign text into Word in advance - copy and paste in lesson

7 Ready-made web sites for vocabulary and grammar games / activities

http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/

http://www.atantot-extra.co.uk/

http://www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/

8 An excellent alternative to Power Point

www.prezi.com

example: Y9 French Les droits de l’enfant

http://prezi.com/gbfpugj7wtgm/les-droits-de-lenfant-manger-et-boire-pour-se-developper/

9 A brilliant website for finding picture prompts

www.taggalaxy.de

10 Story making

www.storybird.com

http://www.storyjumper.com/

examples : Fiona Joyce’s Storybird wiki & Clare Seccombe’s blog on Storyjumper

http://mfl-storybirds.wikispaces.com/

http://is.gd/goAtS