ICT and English

In this new post, I would like to share some of the apps, articles, ebooks that I have found on the Internet to make our classes more catchy for our students. Here you have some ideas I have collected in my Padlet: The different apps and lessons that I have selected because I like how they work or how I can use them in an English classroom are: Classcraft: with this app, I will gamify vocabulary, grammar, etc that sometimes students find difficult to assimilate. This app is really useful to attract the attention of students because it is like a video game (with avatars, different levels, etc.) The attack of the clones: I have selected this lesson because it focuses on giving students strategies for exchanging adequately opinions about ethical issues and they will also read and discover topics that seem science-fiction.  Frozen Pizza: I have selected this ebook because I consider it special in the way that students will not only focus on learning English b...

Blogs are also a type of CMS that allow us to arrange information in different categories and, as I mentioned in the post “What is a blog?”, posts are organized chronologically and they are regularly updated . I found an interesting blog which is called Click on , that focuses on teaching the English language in a very didactic way. What I like the most about this blog, is that it does not only provides grammar content but also it incorporates sections for learning English in a more entertaining way, such as films, songs, jokes, etc. Apart from that, it is a blog that wants to provide students with strategies in order to learn English in context and all the sections are clearly organized. Some of these sections provide images, videos, handouts for students to make them practice the language. 

Looking at the different website examples provided in the unit, we can see how different they are depending on what content management software they have used to create their website. The main differences that we can see between them are in terms of organization, images/videos used, social media, websites associated, etc. The one CMS that I prefer is called Drupal, because I think it provides a better organization of the different contents, it has more interactive images and what is more, it has attached different social media sites that the author uses. The web pages that use Drupal are, in my opinion, more attractive, personalized and compare to the others which are a bit basic, this system offers more extensions to work with. Let’s take the example of https://alicante.salesianos.edu/ : As you can see it is well organized and provides different sections that lead us to the different type of information we are looking for. It also has sections dedicated to their soci...

Joomla is a content management system (also known as CMS) for publishing web content. This system has the advantage of being free and allows you to build powerful online applications. As a CMS, it provides facilities for multiple users with different permission level to manage content, data or information of website project or intranet application. This application is useful for teachers to share content of the subject they are in charge or assess their students. They can also give information to students about their learning process, and they can even motivate and encourage interaction and communication between their students. It contains different features that we can take advantage from, for instance: some Joomla! Essentials are that it offers over 70 languages, which is great depending on the working language we use to teach. It also offers different design features so that you can create and personalize your webpage and it claims to be easy to manage. Taking a look to t...