This a really nice game! It’s not a simple click and go thing, you must think as a responsible manager, a responsible mayor who wants to run a clean city with happy citizens. The main focus is the wise use of energy, but it appears together with other aspects that create an extremely catchy educational game. Take some time to learn the rules, and you’ll be able to get the most of the game with your students next school year!
This is a good way to teach things! Visually, and with a very easy script. The Lefever brothers have created a series of videos with easy explanations on diverse issues, mostly ICT related. Information is easy and the pace is not too fast. Students will easily undertand it. You can find them in their own Youtube page
Why not trying to create similar presentations with our students?
Here’s a video on how podcasting works:
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This one is a very clear explanation on blogging:
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Cooking recipes are a source of resources for language teachers. iFood’s.tv gives you both the instructions and ingredients, as well as a video where you watch the chef showing you the way to cook the meal properly. The units are not metric, they are US, but it’s good!
We often look into the future trying to find newbies that make our teaching catchier. These videos from Schoolhouse Rock are still nice to watch. With the teacher’s assistance, primary students can learn a lot as they have a very good time. Just go to YouTube and type Schoolhouse Rock, and there you are: adjectives, prepositions, verbs… There’s an unofficial website where you can listen to the songs and read the lyrics. Up to you!
A nice website by CISCO.
Learn about Internet viruses and e-mail security with Peter Packet, a friendly cartoon who will help you to carry out missions to help people in the third world.
Build your own lessons and assignments for your students in this interesting website, a very good example of social WWW and web 2.0.
Register and start creating your posts/lessons/tasks right away. Embed video, links and images, and ask for your student’s feedback and tasks. They will even receive an email when they send you what they have done.
If you want to have a clear picture of what ChitCh.at is like, watch this introductory video, or find some very good tutorials in the website and youTube as well.
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Zimmer Twins is an amazing Canadian website which allows you to create your own cartoon. You can use different backgrounds, characters with their different faces and expressions, movement and other extras. The interface is very user-friendly and intuitive. Simple clicks and drop-down menus help you create a nice story that you can later share with your friends. I’m sure students will love it!
Once you are in Zimmer Twins’ home page, register and click on 
.
Now, select 
from the main page:
That will take you to the creative space, wher you can start to make your own movie:
The library on the right, which you can navigate by selecting the upper tags, gives you the possibility to choose out of different images. Select a main character with a speech bubble:
See if you like it and modify the background by clicking here 
, or the character:
Add actions the characters can perform out of the library:
And modify again what you prefer with a simple click:
Add close-up expressions to portrait feelings:
And also text, captions and effects:
You can always control the process and re-order images through the storyboard:
And, when you are happy with what you’ve produced… just save and watch it. Other students can watch it through the website or you can send it via e-mail…
Enjoy it!
