Engaging tools

Here's a group of interesting tools for you:

Heromachine. Draw your own hero: http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/heroMachine/classic.asp



Decorate your Room. Practise vocabulary and have fun: http://www.studio2b.org/lounge/games/decorate_room/default_popup.html



Create films in a very catchy interface at DFilm Moviemaker: http://www.dfilm.com/index_movie_start.html

Slide: A tool for pictures

Check this free tool available on line at SLIDE.

Slightly different from Bubbleshare, navigation is not so easy, but the outcome can also be of your interest.

Bork

Collaborative environments

I've come across a couple of very interesting online tools: They offer a free and common space where people can communicate in real time. In the first one, THINKATURE, we can draw, insert links and images as our colleagues are watching our performance in another computer. They can also add their observations, pictures and texts. It's like a digital board shared by a group.


The second website offers a more graphic interface. It is called IMAGINATION CUBED, and it is a sponsored website by General Electric. You can add a background, stamp drawings and write down with a pen. It does not support links or image uploading. It is much more suitable for primary schools.


Two very good ways to get in touch with colleagues and share our ideas. They are worth a try, believe me.

Free Mindmaps

A nice website providing an on-line mindmapping tool.

http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=127&title=

A Link to BBC

This link takes you to a game called "State of Debate". It is an interactive game where students have to act in a made-up world of the future. It fosters communicative expression. And it is very catchy!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/games/

For those who teach!

Don't miss this. It's good to have a laugh when it comes to ELT!



The sad thing is that some peole still think that teaching English is not so far from these methods!