Showing posts with label social network. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social network. Show all posts

October 27, 2019

Creating An Online Classroom

The Nicenet Classroom Assistant is a actually useful tool which enables teachers to rattling rapidly in addition to merely create their ain virtual learning environment. I’ve been using this amongst diverse classes in addition to groups of teachers for the concluding seven or 8 years in addition to it has remained reliable, stable, rubber in addition to free.


Features
The VLE it creates has a issue of useful features.
  • A messaging business office which allows registered users to shipping personal or grouping messages to others registered on the VLE (this tin last configured to forwards messages on to e-mail addresses if the user then chooses)
  • A conferencing function. This acts similar a bulletin board where threaded discussions tin last created to a greater extent than or less tasks or topics.
  • A link sharing resources where the tutor in addition to / or users tin post in addition to part in addition to annotate links to external sites. This tin assistance to focus your students’ exercise of spider web resources.
  • Document publishing. This tin last used past times either tutor, to release course of report materials, or students to release their work.
  • The tutor has access to administrative functions that volition allow them to configure the score command they retain over these features.
  • The tutor tin also gear upwards in addition to schedule tasks for their students to consummate inside specified deadlines.

Why I similar it
This is a actually skillful uncomplicated in addition to complimentary solution for whatever instructor that wants to showtime exploring online or blended learning. It’s rattling rubber equally entirely registered users accept access. Users tin entirely add together text, equally it doesn’t back upwards motion-picture present formats. It enables teachers to create a forum for online communication fifty-fifty for younger learners who don’t accept access to things similar email.

Because the VLE is text only, it makes it rattling quick to motion to a greater extent than or less inside the surroundings fifty-fifty if users are accessing the site through a dial-up connection.

The features of the site are integrated then you lot tin gear upwards a chore inside the conferencing section, render the resources inside the link sharing department in addition to acquire students to submit completed piece of employment in addition to release it inside the document sharing section.

Tutorials
Here are some tutorial sheets showing you lot how to create your ain classroom in addition to manipulate the diverse features. These tutorials were developed for a workshop presentation that I delivered inwards Cordoba Argentina. This wokshop was sponsored past times the British Coucnil inwards Argentina

I promise you lot uncovering this tool equally useful equally I have. Good luck amongst your online teaching.

Nik Peachey

Social Networking For Linguistic Communication Learning

I've precisely seen this site which is aimed at helping people to fix linguistic communication exchanges. It's a sort of social networking tool. It's called Friendsabroad.com. You only set inwards your linguistic communication together with and then the linguistic communication yous desire to larn together with and then yous tin also select the province where yous would similar to abide by the person. Click on search together with yous acquire a listing of people who agree your criteria.

ve precisely seen this site which is aimed at helping people to fix linguistic communication exchanges Social networking for linguistic communication learning
You accept to register, but it is free, together with then yous tin brand it contact together with offset chatting, emailing through the platform (no electronic mail addresses are disclosed) together with tin fifty-fifty travel out phonation messages.

No 'teachers' every 2nd such are involved, at that spot are even thence a coupe of useful tools on the interface to assistance you.

There is;
  • a text to speech communication converter, thence that yous tin type inwards a phrase together with come across how it is pronounced
  • a multilingual lexicon thence that yous tin acquire assistance alongside translating
  • a phrase translator. Type inwards whatever phrase yous desire together with acquire a translation of it
On the whole I intend this is a swell idea. It looks similar at that spot are quite few people registered already, though many of the ones I came upward alongside on my search hadn't been active for a while.

Still a swell sentiment together with if plenty people acquire registered this could live on a existent winner.
I'd honey to listen from yous if you've tried it.

Best

Nik

June 15, 2006

Creating An Online Classroom

The Nicenet Classroom Assistant is a actually useful tool which enables teachers to rattling rapidly in addition to merely create their ain virtual learning environment. I’ve been using this amongst diverse classes in addition to groups of teachers for the concluding seven or 8 years in addition to it has remained reliable, stable, rubber in addition to free.


Features
The VLE it creates has a issue of useful features.
  • A messaging business office which allows registered users to shipping personal or grouping messages to others registered on the VLE (this tin last configured to forwards messages on to e-mail addresses if the user then chooses)
  • A conferencing function. This acts similar a bulletin board where threaded discussions tin last created to a greater extent than or less tasks or topics.
  • A link sharing resources where the tutor in addition to / or users tin post in addition to part in addition to annotate links to external sites. This tin assistance to focus your students’ exercise of spider web resources.
  • Document publishing. This tin last used past times either tutor, to release course of report materials, or students to release their work.
  • The tutor has access to administrative functions that volition allow them to configure the score command they retain over these features.
  • The tutor tin also gear upwards in addition to schedule tasks for their students to consummate inside specified deadlines.

Why I similar it
This is a actually skillful uncomplicated in addition to complimentary solution for whatever instructor that wants to showtime exploring online or blended learning. It’s rattling rubber equally entirely registered users accept access. Users tin entirely add together text, equally it doesn’t back upwards motion-picture present formats. It enables teachers to create a forum for online communication fifty-fifty for younger learners who don’t accept access to things similar email.

Because the VLE is text only, it makes it rattling quick to motion to a greater extent than or less inside the surroundings fifty-fifty if users are accessing the site through a dial-up connection.

The features of the site are integrated then you lot tin gear upwards a chore inside the conferencing section, render the resources inside the link sharing department in addition to acquire students to submit completed piece of employment in addition to release it inside the document sharing section.

Tutorials
Here are some tutorial sheets showing you lot how to create your ain classroom in addition to manipulate the diverse features. These tutorials were developed for a workshop presentation that I delivered inwards Cordoba Argentina. This wokshop was sponsored past times the British Coucnil inwards Argentina

I promise you lot uncovering this tool equally useful equally I have. Good luck amongst your online teaching.

Nik Peachey

May 26, 2006

Social Networking For Linguistic Communication Learning

I've precisely seen this site which is aimed at helping people to fix linguistic communication exchanges. It's a sort of social networking tool. It's called Friendsabroad.com. You only set inwards your linguistic communication together with and then the linguistic communication yous desire to larn together with and then yous tin also select the province where yous would similar to abide by the person. Click on search together with yous acquire a listing of people who agree your criteria.

ve precisely seen this site which is aimed at helping people to fix linguistic communication exchanges Social networking for linguistic communication learning
You accept to register, but it is free, together with then yous tin brand it contact together with offset chatting, emailing through the platform (no electronic mail addresses are disclosed) together with tin fifty-fifty travel out phonation messages.

No 'teachers' every 2nd such are involved, at that spot are even thence a coupe of useful tools on the interface to assistance you.

There is;
  • a text to speech communication converter, thence that yous tin type inwards a phrase together with come across how it is pronounced
  • a multilingual lexicon thence that yous tin acquire assistance alongside translating
  • a phrase translator. Type inwards whatever phrase yous desire together with acquire a translation of it
On the whole I intend this is a swell idea. It looks similar at that spot are quite few people registered already, though many of the ones I came upward alongside on my search hadn't been active for a while.

Still a swell sentiment together with if plenty people acquire registered this could live on a existent winner.
I'd honey to listen from yous if you've tried it.

Best

Nik

May 3, 2006

Games Amongst A Role As Well As A Social Network

Well who would believe it? Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 social network built around playing give-and-take games amongst online partners! This may non good similar a swell idea, only I direct maintain to tell that I'm impressed! Gwap (Games With a Purpose) is a collection of 5 basic give-and-take games which you lot tin play inwards collaboration amongst an online partner (The website automatically finds you lot one).



The site has a pick of v rather addictive games:
  • The ESP game. You as well as your partner both encounter an paradigm as well as you lot direct maintain to type inwards equally many words equally you lot tin that you lot associate amongst the image, until you lot as well as your partner come upwardly up amongst the same give-and-take ( that's the ESP bit). This is swell vocabulary practise as well as pretty addictive too. You play to a fourth dimension boundary ( nearly three mins) as well as acquire a marking at the end.
  • Tag a Tune. This is a fantastic idea. You as well as your online partner both hear a melody as well as you lot both direct maintain to type a description of the tune. You as well as thus direct maintain to determine if you lot were both listening to the same melody or a dissimilar tune. Great writing practise as well as over again done against a fourth dimension boundary amongst points awarded.
  • Verbosity ( a variation on the classroom 'Hot Seat' game). You as well as your partner accept it inwards turns to encounter as well as depict a word. The partner who can't encounter the give-and-take has to approximate it. When you lot are describing the give-and-take you lot direct maintain specific sentences that you lot consummate equally clues. This non entirely helps to develop vocabulary skills, only also helps develop students abilities to explicate novel words which they don't understand.
  • Squigl. This is an paradigm based game. You encounter an paradigm as well as a give-and-take as well as you lot direct maintain to concur downwardly your mouse as well as outline the identify on the paradigm where you lot encounter the object of the word. Great for vocabulary building.
  • Matchin. This is the to the lowest degree useful game inwards damage of developing vocabulary, only is withal quite interesting. You as well as your partner encounter ii images as well as you lot both click on the i you lot similar the most. If you lot click on the same one, you lot acquire points.
All of these games are played against a fourth dimension boundary as well as you lot are awarded points, though you lot piece of occupation collaboratively amongst your online partner.

Where's the social part?Well you lot direct maintain the alternative to start chatting amongst them at the halt of each game as well as you lot tin also ready a profile amongst moving painting as well as demographic information, which the site uses to assistance choose a similar playing partner for you lot (though this is optional).

I was genuinely to a greater extent than interested inwards the games than the chatting, though amongst the final game, especially if you lot are choosing similar pictures a lot, it powerfulness hold out interesting to chat as well as discovery out how similar the individual you lot are working amongst is. It's also a proficient flake of linguistic communication practise for your students if they do, though equally always they should hold out careful to protect their privacy as well as identity.

How to utilisation this amongst students
  • Just acquire them online as well as acquire them playing the games.
  • They could produce it from dwelling menage equally homework as well as you lot could laid them a marking to reach, or encounter who tin acquire the highest score.
  • You could utilisation them equally warmers at the commencement of class, especially if you lot direct maintain an IWB or information projector, or equally fillers for early on finishers inwards a multimedia room.

What I liked nearly it
  • It's free, though you lot produce direct maintain to register, slow to utilisation as well as fun.
  • Students piece of occupation collaboratively rather than competitively
  • The games are genuinely nicely designed, visually really attractive as well as direct maintain proficient utilisation of multimedia
  • They are 'authentic' rather than beingness made for linguistic communication learners, though they are genuinely good suited to the ELT / EFL classroom.
  • The site was ready yesteryear Carnegie Mellon University so you lot tin hold out reasonably certain at that topographic point isn't some large nighttime venture doing unspeakable things amongst your personal data
  • The site is genuinely beingness used equally a means of tagging images as well as audio, thus your fourth dimension is beingness seat to proficient utilisation as well as helping the Blue Planet croak a amend identify ( find out more)

What I wasn't thus certain about
  • There's non much I don't similar nearly the site. It's shame that you lot 'have to' register to play the games, especially equally you lot are supposed to hold out thirteen or over to register, only this is due to the chat functionality.
  • Also, equally amongst whatever site that contains images, at that topographic point is the potential for some of these images to hold out offensive to your students, only at that topographic point is a small-scale push for them to click to flag offensive content, as well as that inwards itself is a proficient shape of training.

Well promise your students taste the site as well as that you lot don't acquire also addicted to programme a lesson.

Best

Nik

April 25, 2006

Create Your Ain Social Network Seven Steps

Social networking is i of the fundamental concepts that is driving Web 2.0 these days. With the opportunities social networks offering for collaboration as well as communication, this is sure something nosotros every bit educators should hold upwards thinking nearly beingness involved in.

Social networking is i of the fundamental concepts that is driving Web  Create your ain social network 7 steps
In this tutorial I'd similar to exhibit you lot how to do your ain social network on Ning, simply past times next 7 steps. I've published these every bit a downloadable PDF alongside hide shots, then that you lot tin impress them upwards as well as follow them / percentage them.
Perhaps though, to a greater extent than importantly it's worth thinking nearly some of the issues, as well as pros as well as cons surrounding the utilisation of social networks.

Some advantages of creating your ain network.
  • Control over the content
    You tin brand sure nobody posts anything inappropriate or irrelevant.
  • Control of who joins as well as the powerfulness to block or ban people
    You tin protect your members, ban anyone who doesn't bear or simply bound membership to people you lot desire to invite.
  • Increased reach
    You tin increase the accomplish of your F2F activities as well as acquire to a greater extent than people involved inwards the collaborative / collective evolution of your project.
  • Good for your personal / career development
    You tin larn a lot through beingness an administrator as well as develop some useful skills as well as knowledge.
Things to consider earlier you lot launch your network
  • Closed (just people you lot invite) or Open (anyone who wants to join)
    I would advise starting off alongside simply people you lot invite start to encounter how things receive got off. Deciding to brand the network opened upwards could receive got a lot of consideration as well as demand much to a greater extent than 'policing' moderation from you.
  • Do you lot receive got the fourth dimension to deal the network?
    This is ever a fundamental interrogation for teachers. Keeping the network active as well as upwards to appointment is going to receive got time. If you lot don't receive got the fourth dimension / resources to set into it, best non to start.
  • Do you lot receive got or tin you lot detect content to input to the network?
    Content is withal the original motivation for teachers / students to acquire involved, fifty-fifty if it's simply every bit stimulation for communication / collaborative work, you lot demand to receive got something to offering as well as your members are going to demand to 'get something' from visiting your network, or they won't hold upwards coming back.
  • How / Will you lot hold upwards able to rear collaboration betwixt the members?
    Bit similar the betoken above. Just providing a network isn't going to do collaboration. Ning is simply a platform, you lot receive got to render reasons, tasks, activities for members to collaborate on, or it simply won't happen.
  • What functionality (groups, forums, video as well as photograph sharing) do you lot desire to brand available?
    Providing all of these on Ning is easy, but don't render anything you lot can't use. If you lot render the powerfulness to percentage photos / videos, brand sure you lot receive got something to percentage as well as reasons for sharing those things. You'll too demand to recollect nearly who tin percentage add together as well as create. Are you lot going to proceed consummate command or percentage it alongside your members?
  • Will you lot desire to include advertising or enquire it to hold upwards removed?
    If you lot are using Ning for educational purposes you lot tin contact them as well as enquire for advertising to hold upwards removed. You tin too pay for a Ning platform as well as generate some coin from the advertising yourself. I wouldn't recommend this every bit the amount may good non justify what you lot receive got to set upwards alongside from the advertisers. It's too amend to acquire the advertising removed earlier you lot invite people to join, every bit some of the links tin hold upwards inappropriate.
  • What data volition you lot desire members to add together when joining?
    You tin determine what data members demand to submit when they bring together as well as determine who sees the information. You detect out a lot nearly them this way, but people tin hold upwards set off past times having to give away their information, then it could hold upwards best simply to allow them decide.
  • How long volition you lot desire to proceed the network live? (limited menstruation or indefinitely)
    If you lot exclusively intend to utilisation the network for a specific fourth dimension express projection it mightiness hold upwards goodness to brand this clear to your members, then they proceed records of anything they develop inside the network. Then when the projection ends you lot tin delete it alongside a clear conscience as well as proceed the spider web tidy.
Looking at other networks
Before you lot start your ain social network it's a goodness thought to receive got a await circular at what others are doing. You mightiness acquire some goodness ideas, encounter some potential pitfalls you lot desire to avoid, or fifty-fifty determine someone already has your expanse covered as well as simply determine to bring together them instead of recreating the wheel. Here a 4 networks for teachers that are good worth checking out.
Evaluation criteria
Deciding whether you lot desire to bring together or recommend a network tin hold upwards a tricky process, but every bit I've been looking closed to for ones I desire to hold upwards component subdivision of I've built upwards a listing of criteria that I detect quite useful to receive got inwards the dorsum of my mind.

  • What features / functionality does the network offer? (Groups forums etc.)
    If there's no interaction, is it worth beingness a component subdivision of this network?
  • Are the groups / forums active alongside a number of members exchanging information?
    Just because it has them doesn't hateful they are beingness used. Have a await as well as brand sure at that spot is something at that spot to larn as well as somebody at that spot to larn with.
  • Are these features beingness used? (If the network offers the utilisation of photograph or video sharing is this beingness used?)
    This is a goodness house to await to encounter what members are actually sharing. Is at that spot original content or is it all grabbed from YouTube / Flickr?
  • Can you lot detect out when the network was concluding active?
    Some networks are withal online, but receive got died. Either the members or creator has lost interest. No betoken joining an inactive network.
  • How many members does it have?
    Open networks that exclusively receive got a minor number of members, may hold upwards less worthwhile. Most networks demand a critical volume to proceed them moving, unless the members are really committed.
  • Are whatsoever of the members’ photographs inappropriate?
    Many people bring together networks to describe traffic to their / unsuitable sites. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 quick await at their avatar icon could good give you lot a clue to which these are.
  • Check out some of the fellow member profiles. Does the profile reveal the member’s electronic mail address or other personal information that you lot wouldn't desire to share?
    Make sure that the network isn't forcing you lot to reveal to a greater extent than data than you lot would experience happy with.
  • Are at that spot whatsoever ‘Google Ads’ on the site? Are these suitable or potentially offensive?
    Especially when recommending networks to others, it's goodness to banking enterprise tally this first.
  • Is at that spot whatsoever interesting content on the site?
    Again, I withal believe that content is king. Content + collaboration = learning! No content, don't join.
  • Who is behind the network?
    Always wise to know who you lot are dealing alongside as well as sharing your data / cognition with. Is it a grouping of similar minded individuals, or a faceless companionship alongside dubious motivations?
Why do your ain network for teachers?
Some suggestions:
  • To back upwards item dispersed groups doing specific projects / preparation courses
  • To tape as well as percentage examples of exercise as well as expertise specific to their context
  • To aid prepare as well as develop teachers inwards the utilisation of ICT / Learning Technology
Why do your ain network for students?
Some suggestions:
  • Class enquiry projects – do a network for your students based closed to a item subject that they demand to research.
  • Inter-class projection – do a network for sharing data alongside students inwards some other schoolhouse / country.
  • Create a fan site alongside your students dedicated to a item celebrity they like.
  • Create a site to inform visitors nearly Kingdom of Morocco / your town or city, your civilization etc.
  • Create an online classroom as well as add together links to materials, activities as well as tasks the students should do.
  • Create a network to showcase students piece of job as well as proceed inwards contact alongside as well as involve parents.
Important
  • You should non utilisation Ning alongside students below the historic menstruation of 13.
  • Always protect your members’ privacy as well as brand sure their electronic mail isn’t displayed as well as they don’t percentage addresses or telephone numbers alongside people.
Well if later on all this you lot are withal interested inwards creating your ain network, hither are the 7 steps again:
I've created i myself for a preparation course of report for teachers that I'm involved with. Personally I've works life it actually valuable then far.
For to a greater extent than opinions as well as to detect out nearly choice platforms, watch Larry Ferlazzo's blog post on Social Networks for the Classroom

Good luck alongside your networking as well as delight do utilisation the comments below to percentage your experience of using social networks.

Best

Nik Peachey

April 21, 2006

Karaoke Alongside A Social Network

Well it had to happen! As every other sort of site these days has a social network attached to it, why non karaoke too? As every other sort of site these days has a social network attached to it Karaoke amongst a Social NetworkThe site I've been looking at is called RedKaraoke together with it has quite a few useful features. There isn't a huge gain of songs in that place yet, exactly users tin upload their own, it also has a spider web cam characteristic thus for potential singers who desire to hold upwardly seen equally good equally heard you lot tin direct maintain your spider web cam hooked upwardly land you lot sing.

As amongst most karaoke, in that place are background tracks together with you lot run into the words of the lyrics highlighted equally you lot are supposed to sing them. You tin charge per unit of measurement other singers also together with direct maintain your ain profile equally good equally direct maintain role inwards forums (mainly used for technical back upwardly yesteryear the looks of things) together with there's also synchronous chat too.

 As every other sort of site these days has a social network attached to it Karaoke amongst a Social NetworkClick ikon to enlarge

The high ranking singers acquire pushed to the top, together with if you lot similar someone you lot tin exit encouraging messages of support.

So why work this amongst EFL students?
Anyone who has ever taught a EFL / ELT volition know how powerful together with motivating music together with vocal tin hold upwardly to assistance students acquire language, thus sites similar this tin hold upwardly actually useful.

  • If your students are interested inwards music together with singing, you lot tin acquire them along to the site to tape a few of their favourite songs (Onlye the to a greater extent than confident students though)
  • You tin acquire students to psyche together with charge per unit of measurement other singers also together with exit messages for them if they similar them (though don't encourage messages to singers they don't like)
  • The site has the words together with music to quite few songs, thus fifty-fifty if your students don't experience confident plenty to tape themsleves, they could even thus acquire some practise inwards the privacy of their ain homes.
  • If students create tape themselves you lot tin acquire them to charge per unit of measurement each other together with run into if whatever of your students tin acquire into the locomote yesteryear ranking list.
What I similar almost it
  • Well equally ever for me the root attraction is that it's free.
  • There are a gain of songs together with it's non all inwards English, thus if you lot are education or learning other languages together with then in that place is potential cloth here.
  • I similar that you lot tin direct maintain the spider web cam recording too.
  • The interface is quite slow to acquire around uncomplicated to use.
What I wasn't thus certain about
  • I intend this is going to hold upwardly pretty bandwidth hungry, peculiarly if you lot are using a spider web cam too, thus solely ane for broadband users working lone from home.
  • The character of some of the audio files wasn't thus great, exactly that's e'er going to hold upwardly the illustration amongst Web 2.0 type content.
  • Looks from the forum similar a few people direct maintain had problems amongst getting their recording synchronised, though I'm guessing that switching off the wqebcam would assistance amongst this.
  • As amongst whatever site where students are asked to register together with add together a profile, hold upwardly certain your students know how to protect their pivacy together with personal information.
In theory, if you lot direct maintain students who similar karaoke, this could hold upwardly a potentially rattling useful site. To hold upwardly honest I'm non a bang-up fan of the fine art together with direct maintain to acknowledge that I didn't brand recording myslef, exactly idea I would part the site anyway, equally I know some teachers together with students actually relish it.

Hers the ful URL of the site: http://www.redkaraoke.com/

Hope you lot uncovering this useful

Best

Nik Peachey

April 20, 2006

Naming My Sources: Business Office 1

I've decided to firstly naming some of the sources I role to locate novel together with interesting websites together with information. I've decided to produce this for a seat out of reasons

  • I merely don't bring fourth dimension to write most everything I find, then this gives people the chance to notice things for themselves together with mayhap write most them.
  • I ever experience guilty that I don't admit the sources of much of the data I get. This isn't because I'm guarding my sources, it has to a greater extent than to produce amongst non working inwards a rattling organised way. I tend to compass interesting sites together with come upwards dorsum to them later, yesteryear which fourth dimension I can't recall the master copy source.
  • I don't bring a weblog roll, but I would similar to transportation some kudos to some of the sites together with site owners that I experience bring actually helped me.
  • A seat out of people bring asked me how together with where I notice swell sites to write about.
If you lot bring a weblog together with it doesn't seem on this list, delight don't survive offended, I volition endeavor to brand this a regular characteristic equally at that spot are then many that I don't intend it's useful for readers to seat them all into 1 post.

Lastly, earlier I larn started I would too similar to enjoin that the listing is non inwards guild of importance, then I'm non proverb that whatever 1 source is improve than another. Anyway, hither goes:

Creating a personal hompage using Netvibes equally that tin transportation away actually salve you lot some time.

Hope you lot relish these sources together with notice something useful. More coming inwards the adjacent calendar week or two.

Best

Nik Peachey

March 27, 2006

Online Video: For Linguistic Communication Development

There are forthwith a release of online video sharing communities that are specifically designed to back upwards the evolution of linguistic communication in addition to communication skills. These websites don't only supply us alongside video content, but also the tools to assist us brand authentic video accessible to learners.

Dotsub
Authentic video tin hold upwards real challenging for linguistic communication learners thus at times it is useful to bring translation inward subtitles or a transcription of the text. Subtitling your video clips

LangoLab
Language Learning through Communal Video

Yappr
Transcribed Videos for EFL ESL

Yolango
Ready Made Authentic Video materials For ESL EFL

Wordia
Video Dictionary 2.0

Well I promise this gives you lot around insight into around of the sites that are helping to create the operate for us. If you lot know of whatever more, yesteryear all agency create travel out a comment.

Related links:
Best

Nik Peachey