Tools for English teaching
“Teaching with technology”
What is a Podcast?
A podcast is a digital audio file (usually MP3 or AAC) made available for download on the internet. Podcasting offers a variety of content for listeners to consume how they want, when they want and where they want. Podcast publication
The audio/video file and RSS feed are then posted to a Web server. For the first podcast in a series, and for ongoing series that are always open to new subscribers, the podcast creator must notify the audience of the existence of the podcast by publicizing the location of the RSS feed. Many podcasters post a link to the RSS feed on their blogs, Web sites, or other public Web spaces. The podcast creator can also list information about the podcast in one of many directories that categorize podcasts alphabetically or by topic. The listener is able to subscribe to the podcast series using a podcast aggregator (software that checks podcast feeds for updates at specified intervals). This step is only necessary the first time; once the listener has subscribed to the podcast, they will remain subscribed until they choose to unsubscribe.
What is WIKI?
A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified mark-up language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki WIKI SOFTWARE and are often used to create collaborative works. Examples include community websites, corporate INTRANET, KNOLOEDGE MANAGEMENT, systems, and note services. The software can also be used for personal NOTETAKING.
Wikis serve different purposes. Some permit control over different functions (levels of access). For example editing rights may permit changing, adding or removing material. Others may permit access without enforcing access control. Other rules can be imposed for organizing content.
What is webquest?
Is inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that student interact with comes from resources on the internet.
What are YouTube videos?
YouTube is a video sharing service that allows users to watch videos posted by other users and upload videos of their own.
The slogan of the YouTube website is "Broadcast Yourself." This implies the YouTube service is designed primarily for ordinary people who want to publish videos they have created. The vast majority of YouTube videos are created and uploaded by amateurs.
YouTube videos are posted by people from all over the world, from all types of backgrounds. Some examples include amateur films, homemade music videos, sports bloopers, and other funny events caught on video.
While YouTube can serve a business platform, most people simply visit YouTube for fun. Since so many people carry digital cameras or cell phones with video recording capability, more events are now captured on video than ever before.
What are hot potatoes?
The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is freeware, and you may use it for any purpose or project you like. It is not open-source.
What are audio books?
An audio book or audio book is a recording of a text being read. It is not necessarily an exact audio version of a book or magazine. Spoken audio has been available in school and public libraries and to a lesser extent in music shops for a long time
What are E-books?
An electronic book (also e-book, e book, digital book) is a text and image-based publication in digital form produced on, published by, and readable on computers or other digital devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary of English defines the e-book as "an electronic version of a printed book, but e-books can and do exist without any printed equivalent. E-books are usually read on dedicated hardware devices known as e-Readers or e-book devices. Personal computers and some cell phones can also be used to read e-books.
What is forum?
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat room in that messages are at least temporarily archived. Also, depending on the access level of a user and/or the forum set-up, a posted message might need to be approved by a moderator before it becomes visible.
What is online magazine/newspaper?
Online magazine is an electronic version of a conventional magazine. Typically the content of an online magazine is the same as its conventional counterpart
Online newspaper is the electronic version of a newspaper stored at a WEB SITE. Usually the newspaper consists of content found in a conventional newspaper supplemented by devices such as EMAIL, MAILING, LIST, EMAIL, DYNAMIC, interactive competitions, and BANNER ADVERTS. Many conventional news organizations maintain Web sites which are almost exact replicas of their daily paper-based newspapers.
