Hi folks
In this short post I will share my experience with new 5 different tools/ sites that I tried during the past week
1.
speaking – debating
I
think that debating activity will work better with high school students rather
than junior high students, though some of my 7th graders are well
capable to express their ideas and thought. As a teenager my first debating
activity was in the scouts, at the memorial day of the holocaust, when I was 10th
grader. So I totally understand the importance of debating skills, the site - top
100 debates provides a lot of good subjects and
ideas to debate and argue and I
believe I will use it when I will work with junior high students.
2.
Using voice chat - Google talk / Skype/ Messenger
I'm
well familiar with Skype and I'm using it on a daily basis with my VA. I think that most of students are also using
it to communicate with their friends out of school, though watsapp is their
favorite option. There are several advantages in skype beside of voice chat, it
is also possible to share screens, files and content, and to communicate via
video, VOIP (regular call) or chat. It is completely free and everyone can use
it. At the moment I'm chatting and talking with different saleswomen from Alibaba.com
it is super easy and comfortable.
3.
spelling games
Spelling
games are great practice to improve student's vocabulary and writing skills. So
far I used quizlet.com exclusively because it is easy to use and I wasn't familiar
with any other site.
In
this following link: http://www.kidsspell.com/spelling-lists.php
You
can find more than 6,000 words that are organized according subjects and grade
of difficulty.
After
I tested this site I can say that it is o.k., but Quizlet is much better and
allows the teacher to create the vocabulary sets by himself instead of using existing
lists. It is also possible to add translation to each word, image and try more games
except of spelling.
