Bookr

Well, this is another online project  offering a much  nicer tool to present information. Basically you can create your presentation in the form of a real book. The boring traditional paragraphs answering typical questions like "  who i s your favourite actor or place , etc, Describe your favourite place ....etc" are now over ! Students can choose from a wide range of photos and paste comments to their much exciting presentation :)

 Here is an example

http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/?id=34764

Just like any other Internet website, we should be cautious when presenting it to our student for when surfing inappropriate materials.  As a language teacher, I believe such a website would be effective in outside classroom activities as well. It,more or less, encourages autonomy ; students  can  voluntary try it out and ,hence, get more language exposure, in an interesting way though ;)

Bubblr

This website is a tool to create stripes using photos from flicker.com. You start searching images for places, people or activities you like to check photos of. You can add bubbles to offer more information about photos. The very interesting thing about Bubblr is the great amount of photos and the fact that you do not have to worry much about copyright issues .I believe it can be used as a good interactive tool in class especially for homework . The drawback of this website might arise from the possibility of showing inappropriate photos for students. So, this kind of websites should be used under teachers' supervision . However, I do not really like the way strips are presented , I think it is dull!. Anyway, the whole point of this site is to get students choose from a massive collection of photos and add comments, so it is not that bad ;)


http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/?id=35809

WebQuest

http://questgarden.com/author/reports/group.php?id=UK112ICT

This is a lesson plan created by me and Mary Nikologiani via Questgarden.

Learning Chocolate

I believe that interactive websites make learning languages fun rather than a tiresome task. Learning Chocolate is a site designed to help students memorize English, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin) or Spanish vocabulary in an easy, fun way that really works. This site more or less promotes learner's autonomy to a reasonable extent . Learning vocabulary is a very significant basic step in learning any language and it can be achieved autonomously. The exercises offered in Learning Chocolate use pictures, sounds and games to make learning a new language "as fun as enjoying a piece of chocolate!". Students start reviewing the vocabulary of the language chosen, then they can play up to 5 fun games to test what they can remember. These games cover vocabulary of many areas ranging from basic , animals, body, sports, hobbies, entertainment and others. When students play these games , they memorize words, focus on spelling as well as on pronunciation. "Practice makes perfect" is the principle employed in this site since activities are based on repetition. Students can follow Learning Chocolate on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Personally, I advise Learning Chocolate  to students between 6-13 but adults can also have a enjoyable  learning experience using it :)

Wanna have a quick look ?

http://www.learningchocolate.com/

TodaysMeet

Interactive website can be used in teaching and learning process. For example, TodaysMeet helps teacher connect with students more effectively. Teachers can create a room via which they can ask questions, make comments and offer feedback. What is nice in using such a website is time saving especially in relatively big classes. Student do not have to raise their hands to ask or answer individually when they can do that all at once using virtual rooms. Another advantage of TodaysMeet is that shy students who lack self-confidence, when it comes to speaking in public, will be able to type in questions and answers . Thus, Today's Meet can be a good solution to such a problem . The good news is that the room data can be saved up to one year! To keep it short, this website offers more interaction, helps saving time, and the best thing is : no need for notes since they will be available for a year in the room.

Okay Teachers...check it out

http://todaysmeet.com/