Make a movie to teach !

  I came again to introduce a very fun website Zimmertwins. This enjoyable site was presented to us by our classmates Kader and Burcu. This website helps you make a movie about anything. There are three main characters Eva, Edgar and their black cat named 13.

                                                        How to use ?

 After going to the homepage you first must click on the Make a Movie button and then Make from Scratch.

  You can add talk bubble, action, close-up, star clips to make your animation look lively and creative. When you finish with that, click the Save Movie button. In order to save your movie you have to have an account. And unfortunately there is no way to share your movie but in the classroom you can show and watch movies from the internet.

How to integrate it into the classroom ?

• As a teacher, you can prepare a movie and show to the class, students can guess its ending and beginning. 
• An activity may focus on specific grammar practice and vocabulary skills. Characters just use some tenses to strengthen their knowledge. 

  Like all other tools and websites Zimmertwins has many advantages, it gives free lesson plans for teachers, it is fun and motivating for students. It all depends on your imaginative power and creativity. If you want to use any technologic tool in your classes, options are endless and waiting for you in somewhere. 

Thank you, if you have any idea or questions about tools, please leave comments. See you :)

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Let photos talk !

Hello everyone, sorry my late blog post but we have been busy making and watching presentations about very useful and effective tools and now I'm going to introduce to you some of them. 

We've had very good weeks while learning about them, as we, teachers of the future, always find a way to integrate technology into our teaching. 

My friend Aynur and I gave a presentation about blabberize and fotobabble. They are different sites but they are both used to make talking photos. They are very simple to use. These make an ordinary photo more attractive and unique.

 Just by following some basic steps you can make your talking photo. 

How to use them ?

For both you have to have an account to save your outcomes or to share it. And again for both, you simple upload a photo and record your voice or add a recorded voice, here there is. 

In blabberize: You can add a mouth and while listening it, it moves. It's so fun actually especially when using animal pictures etc. 

Blabberize

Advantages of these tools 

Students can make their pronunciation better as they have to record their voice and listen it. Their teachers can also hear all of their voices. 

Teachers can conduct different activities in their classes.

Students feel confident while using the language.

Some task ideas

Making greeting cards: Students can add a photo like new year themed photos and wish their friends happy new year.

Introduing the family: They can add a family photo and give information about their families. 

Of course there are many task ideas but these are the ones that come to my mind. These tools can make your classroom enjoyable. It's also important to use and try before carrying it to the class. We should give step by step instructions so that our students can benefit from it easily. 

If you still have a question about what it is here are some examples. 

An example for blabberize - An example for fotobabble

Thank you I'll continue in my next post, I'll be glad to see your comments, see you soon :)