tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59682820161165303752023-11-16T03:17:58.117-08:00learn2share (andreabme)This is a space where I'll share tools I'll be experimenting.Andréa Borgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12853458446441849376noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968282016116530375.post-68148939664677454492015-04-27T09:59:00.003-07:002015-04-27T09:59:41.431-07:00Connect me education<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">I'll be sharing some of the apps I'll be experimenting . I was informed by the course I'm taking with teacher Ana Maria Camin titled Connect me education. It's a 4- week course in which we have many articles to read and a lot of ideas to experiment using mobiles in the classroom. It's been very enriching.</span>Andréa Borgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12853458446441849376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968282016116530375.post-77814972175457997052012-03-06T09:28:00.002-08:002012-03-06T09:33:34.004-08:00My little baby<span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just to contemplate my little treasure . My little girl is now turning 3 months old.</span></span></span><br />
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<div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><a href="http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=revision-vocabulary-test1" target="_blank" title="Revision of vocabulary test1">Revision of vocabulary test1</a> » <a href="http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/" target="_blank" title="quiz software">quiz software</a></div>Andréa Borgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12853458446441849376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968282016116530375.post-83343194226675698042010-11-15T05:38:00.000-08:002010-11-15T05:40:59.893-08:00Using showbeyond<i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is another fantastic tool for presentation and for narration of stories. What is good about it is that you can upload up to 24 pictures , you can insert a text and audio to your presentation without the need to syncronize it.</span>The tool I'm talking about is </i><b style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: red;"> <a href="http://showbeyond./">showbeyond.</a></span></b> <span style="font-size: small;"><i style="color: #38761d;">I prepared this activity for my Basic course. The topic is present perfect. I'll show the slides once and then I'll divide them in pairs. With the friend they will have to try to write as many questions as they remember. After this they will see the exercise in their books.</i></span><br />
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<a href="http://recordr.tv/guest/2234">The Alchemist UIA 4B</a> recorded by <a href="http://recordr.tv/guest">guest</a></div>Andréa Borgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12853458446441849376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968282016116530375.post-6366438738596257662010-10-30T13:19:00.000-07:002010-11-03T09:25:32.349-07:00Recordings - Using Aviary<div style="color: #93c47d;">The third tool I used is <a href="http://www.aviary.com/"><span style="color: red;">Aviary</span></a>. What I liked most in this tool is the possibility of uploading intros in my recordings wherever I want. What I prepared this time was a recording to check a grammar topic which is the superlative. This I will give to my Basic level 3. They will have to fill in the questions from a quiz using the superlative. After doing the activity I'll play the recording so that they will have a chance to check. After that they will have to ask the questions to a partner who will have to choose one from three given alternatives. </div><div style="color: #93c47d;"><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">This was an attempt I did using<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://screenr.com/">screenr</a></span>. It was a suggestion of a workmate then I decided to try on. As I received a piece of writing from a student via e-mail I decided to use a tutorial to show her my corrections on her writing piece. There are some options of tools such as ( <span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://www.screentoaster.com/">screentoaster </a> and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1693840297">jing </a></span><a href="http://www.techsmith.com/jing/"> </a> ) . They are very good ones as well but due to the fact that I couldn't manage to publish my recordings using the ones I've just mentioned I decided to use screenr. If you want to use a webcam while showing the movements of the screen the only option is screentoaster.</span><br />
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<b>GoAnimate.com</b>: <a href="http://goanimate.com/go/movie/0kb6pvbNm8ZU?utm%5Fsource=embed" target="_blank">Are you a morning person?</a> by <a href="http://goanimate.com/go/user/01_TNU6tdCZw?utm%5Fsource=embed" target="_blank">andreaborges</a><br/><embed src='http://goanimate.com//api/animation/player?utm_source=embed' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='400' height='286' FlashVars='movieOwner=andreaborges&movieId=0kb6pvbNm8ZU&movieLid=0&movieTitle=Are%20you%20a%20morning%20%20person%3F&movieDesc=This%20is%20the%20dialogue%20%20from%20book%20p.%2093%20exercise%204&userId=01_TNU6tdCZw&apiserver=http%3A//goanimate.com/&appCode=go&thumbnailURL=http%3A//goanimate.com//files/thumbnails/movie/2737/878737/2346788L.jpg&fb_app_url=http%3A//goanimate.com/©able=0&showButtons=1&isEmbed=1&chain_mids=&ctc=go&tlang=en_US&isPublished=0&movieOwnerId=01_TNU6tdCZw&is_private_shared=1' allowScriptAccess='always' allowFullScreen='true'></embed><br><br>Like it? Create your own at <a href="http://goanimate.com/?utm%5Fsource=embed"><b>GoAnimate.com</b></a>. It's free and fun!Andréa Borgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12853458446441849376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968282016116530375.post-22564748750564646932010-10-15T10:05:00.000-07:002010-10-15T10:12:22.661-07:00Wall communication<span style="color: #6aa84f;">I was checking our <a href="http://www.edmodo.com/">communication site </a> and I came across this other option to work with walls. I've already used <a href="http://www.wallwisher.com/">wallwisher</a> but I believe this one ( <a href="http://www.stixy.com/">stixy </a>) offers more options and more space for students to come and participate. It can be used in various ways depending on the group and the teacher's creativity. Just to try on and see if it works I prepared this wall to use with my Upper level. The grammar topic is 2nd conditional. I will ask them to come to the wall and tell me what they would do in the 3 situations suggested on the wall. I'll ask them to do at home but if they don't I'll give it in class.</span><br />
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