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May 4, 2006

Immersive Picture Environments

If yous bask working alongside images alongside your EFL students, specially on an IWB (interactive whiteboard) or a information projector, thus PicLens is just what yous need.

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.If yous bask working alongside images alongside your EFL students Immersive Image Environments
Click here or on the icon to persuasion the painting exhibit (5Mb Flash)
OR
Download a version of this painting exhibit for i-pod / i-tunes here

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.)
What I similar most it
  • 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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April 16, 2006

My Personal Best

I've been blogging on this site instantly for merely over a year, in addition to thence I stance that merely earlier I caput off on my vacation for a duo of weeks, I would acquire out y'all amongst what I experience were some of my best postings over the final twelvemonth or so.

Creating audio-visual monologues
Back inwards Apr 2007 I wrote close a prissy chip of gratuitous recording in addition to lip syncing software that enables students in addition to teachers to practise modest animated flash characters similar this one.
Interactive presentations
Back inwards September 2007 I discovered Voice Thread in addition to wrote a tutorial in addition to some education tips in addition to some ideas for how to utilisation it.

Creating a mobile hollo upwardly website
In Oct 2007 I wrote close how to practise your ain mobile hollo upwardly based community using Winksite. This included a demo tutorial also every bit an illustration site for y'all to endeavour out.

Exploiting 2 computer-based RPGs
In Nov 2007 I created some tutorials in addition to education materials based unopen to 2 online Role playing games (RPGs) in addition to looked at how thee could last used for EFL/ ESL.

3B Village 3D browser
In Dec 2007 3B Village added lots of novel functionality to in that place 3D collaborative spider web browser in addition to this inspired some education tips in addition to ideas based unopen to that.

Soundscapes from Soundtransit
In March 2008 I wrote close a wonderful site for sharing in addition to downloading well files. I actually enjoyed this site every bit it inspired quite a few education ideas in addition to tips.

Iconic teen video
From Apr 2008 I stance that my best posting was a hold back at the kinds of videos teens are watching on YouTube in addition to the novel micro-genres that are developing through that medium.

Immersive Image Environments
In May I discovered i of my favourite browser plugins in addition to i which I nonetheless savour everyday- PicLens. I wrote some suggestions showing merely how useful i stance it could last inwards class.

Create your ain social network vii steps
Lastly, inwards June of this twelvemonth I wrote close creating a social network using Ning. This was a existent learning experience for me in addition to I tried to portion some of what I had learned from creating a network for a projection i convey been working on.

I promise y'all convey enjoyed at to the lowest degree some of these postings. I've sure enough enjoyed in addition to learned a lot from producing them.

Anyway, I'm off on vacation for the side past times side duo of weeks in addition to volition last dorsum amongst to a greater extent than mid to piece of cake August.

Best wishes

Nik Peachey
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March 31, 2006

Create Icon Books

I've ever liked sites that create got images as well as enable you lot to produce something interesting amongst them. Immersive Image Environments
  • Great Time Line Tool
  • A Picture's worth
  • Picture phrases
  • Make Your EFL ESL Yearbook
  • Personalised flashcards
  • Animating vocabulary
  • Exploiting Image Sequences
  • Develop Your Vocabulary
  • Vocabulary Sequences
    • Best

    Nik Peachey
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