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Teaching Oral Communication Skills with Technology

In the past, teaching without today's tech meant traditional ways, blackboards, sourcebooks, etc. Incorporating technology into teaching, videos, games, and online platforms enhances engagement, and provides a dynamic experience during classes.

Let's learn more about this using the following activity ideas:

Listening & Speaking Activity Ideas 

• Guess who?​ but 🌟techvanced 🌟 : Use online platforms that allow students to create digital profiles for their characters, adding a fun element to the game. Encourage them to share their descriptions through video recordings.
• Superheroes but 🌟techvanced 🌟​: Provide students with digital tools for designing and presenting their superheroes. They can use platforms such as Animaker to create animations or short videos.
• Roleplays​ but 🌟techvanced 🌟: Change the traditional ways of roleplaying by experimenting with virtual platforms or even video calls to incorporate technology into the game.
• Listen and Draw creativity but 🌟techvanced 🌟: Encourage students to listen and create visual representations using digital drawing tools or apps to make the activity more engaging.
• Not exactly the truth but 🌟techvanced 🌟: encourage students to create digital stories using apps or platforms online.​
• Chinese Whisper but 🌟techvanced 🌟: Use communication apps and tools that allow students to send messages virtually.

Put on background music to 🌟set the mood🌟!

Creation-based L&S platforms​:

• Voki: Ideal for storytelling. It has interactive elements that is excellent for oral communication skills, such as voice-enabled storybooks.
• Powtoon: Amazing for creating animated presentations.
• Vyond: An amazing animation platform allowing users to create animated videos.
• Thinglink: Create interactive images and videos by adding links and multimedia.

Platforms for oral communication:

• EDPuzzle: Create interactive video lessons with quizzes, or comments within videos to check students' understanding.
• Ted-ED: Create customized lessons around Ted talks.
• ESLVideo: Choose from a variety of video quizzes to reinforce listening skills.

Using Technology to Teach Writing 

Integrating technology into writing instruction can enhance engagement, collaboration, and creativity. Here are several platforms you can use technology to teach writing:

WittyComics:

    Allows students to make cartoons. Integrating WittyComics into writing lessons can be a fun and effective way to boost storytelling and creativity. The platform allows students to visually represent narratives, dialogues, or concepts by combining images and brief text.

    Think about using WittyComics in assignments where students can make comic strips about particular subjects, demonstrate their ability to have conversations, or even transform pre-existing stories into a visual format.

Grammarly:

    Grammarly is an AI-powered writing tool that assists users in enhancing their writing clarity, spelling, and grammar. It improves written communication quality by offering real-time recommendations and corrections while users type in different applications.

Padlet:

    Padlet is an online collaboration platform that lets users construct digital boards to share and organize content in a variety of forms. Users can add text, images, links, and documents to a virtual canvas.

Hemingway:

    Hemingway is an app that helps improve writing by highlighting and suggesting edits for clarity, grammar, and style.

    To summarize, incorporating tools into teaching helps create a more dynamic and effective learning environment. Embracing technology opens up possibilities for interactive and engaging educational experiences. 💫🏫

WEEK 6-7

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