PicLens is a plugin (small program) that plant inside your spider web browser (there are versions for Firefox, Safari in addition to IE 7) in addition to it converts many of the measure icon sharing websites, similar flickr, Photobucket, Google Images, Yahoo Images etc. into "3D immersive environments"!
To sympathise what that hateful conduct keep a aspect at this brusk flash video tutorial which shows how to role PicLens.
At the click of the mouse the normal 2D spider web pages are converted into a wall of images which yous tin explore in addition to enlarge.
How to role this alongside ELT students on your information projector or IWB
- Pull upwards a wall of images in addition to pull i field your students endeavour to justice which i it is. Then larn a pupil to pull an icon in addition to the others justice which one. (This volition operate best alongside quite similar images). You tin thus larn students to exercise this inward pairs.
- Type inward a search term in addition to inquire students to pull the connectedness / relevance of the icon to the term (This plant best when yous larn inward abstract nouns similar politics, alienation, paranoia etc.)
- Use the resources for whatever novel vocabulary words that come upwards up inward your lesson. Simply collect the words, type them inward in addition to detect images that relate to the word. (This won't operate for every word)
- Get students to compare in addition to contrast 2 images (A mutual chore inward EFL exams such equally FCE)
- Play simply a infinitesimal in addition to conduct an icon for each student, they thus conduct keep to beak for i infinitesimal most that icon alongside repeating them selves or pausing (This is hard to do, thus don't aspect besides much) honour points for the pupil who manages to speak for the longest.
- Put students alongside their dorsum to the images, conduct i in addition to the other students (in 2 teams or groups) conduct keep to pull the icon to the pupil who can't meet it. The pupil thus has to justice which icon they described.
- Pull upwards a unmarried icon in addition to inquire students to mean value most the photographer's intention.
- Why did the lensman accept the image?
- What did they desire to say?
- What is their human relationship to the icon content?
- What were they doing before, afterwards they took the image?
- Etc etc.
- Students tin conduct their favourite icon in addition to explicate why they similar it, or the i they similar least.
- Students tin endeavour to role their imagination to pull the infinite around the icon that yous don't see.
- What's happening around the lensman that yous don't see?
- What is the lensman wearing?
- What's happening behind the photographer?
- Describe the lensman (age, gender, nationality, personality etc.)
- The Plugin is gratis in addition to real uncomplicated to download in addition to install in addition to less than 2 Mb
- The interface is actually slowly to role in addition to real attractive
- It actually highlights the images in addition to frees thus from the textual distraction that yous oftentimes detect on a spider web page
- There's no advertising on it
- You larn access to some actually fantastic images inward bird without having to download them or violate anyone's copyright
- The most recent version also enables yous to exercise immersive walls of videos from YouTube !!! Fantastic!
What I'm non thus certain about
- As alongside whatever icon sharing / search depository fiscal establishment yous conduct keep to endure careful alongside younger students that inappropriate images don't appear. You tin larn around this though yesteryear setting upwards your ain delineate concern human relationship on something similar Flickr and alone using specific images from your account. This could endure fourth dimension consuming, but if yous got other teachers in addition to students to help, it could endure a fantastic resource.
- If yous are on a irksome connectedness it could accept a fighting longer for the images to load.
If yous desire to role PicLens thus yous tin download it from here:
This is a actually smashing tool for the connected ELT classroom in addition to also smashing to role at home. I promise yous are able to bask using it alongside your students. Do drib me a lne alongside whatever other ideas in addition to activities yous role alongside it.
Best
Nik
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