Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Thursday, 25 October 2012
uSpeak HD - A Nice App for Learning Spanish
uSpeak HD is a free iPad app designed to help beginners learn Spanish. The app matches you with word lists and learning activities based on your current level of knowledge of Spanish. Before you even register on the service you take a quick assessment to match you to the appropriate lists and activities. Once you've registered all of your progress is stored in your uSpeak account.
uSpeak's word lists are organized in webs of related words. Click on any web to reveal the words. Then click on a word to reveal a web of in-context uses of that word, images associated with that word, and synonyms and antonyms for your chosen word.
uSpeak's learning games include matching words to images, matching translations, and word association games.
Applications for Education
uSpeak HD could be useful in helping students acquire Spanish vocabulary knowledge. The webs and in-context examples could help students get a better understanding of how words fit together. The app advertises sound files of pronunciations but those files weren't working when I tried the app. Hopefully, that feature will be working soon.
uSpeak's word lists are organized in webs of related words. Click on any web to reveal the words. Then click on a word to reveal a web of in-context uses of that word, images associated with that word, and synonyms and antonyms for your chosen word.
uSpeak's learning games include matching words to images, matching translations, and word association games.
Applications for Education
uSpeak HD could be useful in helping students acquire Spanish vocabulary knowledge. The webs and in-context examples could help students get a better understanding of how words fit together. The app advertises sound files of pronunciations but those files weren't working when I tried the app. Hopefully, that feature will be working soon.
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Teach your monster to read
I was looking for a Literacy game for my set 7 ICT class.
Think I might have discovered a game for my 5 year old instead!
click here
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Stay Focused
Monday, 22 October 2012
Don't miss the Adobe Creative Solutions webinar series
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Wow of the week - 22.10 - Racism in football
Dear all
This week the WOW of the week questions the problem of Racism in Football.
It might be worth starting with a discussion about what Racism and Discrimination means. Have any students seen it in sport?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/19974394 - news report on the racial incident in England's under 21 game last week.
Discuss - is Football a more racist sport than others? How do we know? Why might we think it is?
What is being done to stop racism in football?
http://www.kickitout.org/ - the official website to get rid of racism in football.
Explore the web page and the various campaigns.
and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20001544- Rio Ferdinand's decision not to wear a 'kick it out' T shirt.
Discuss - Was Rio F right to decide not to wear the T-shirt? Should he be disciplined or is he making a valid point?
Does it shock you that in today's world racist attacks and events like occur in big sporting events televised around the world?
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