Week#5 : Video + Activities, Games, & Quizzes

VIDEO

TO DO Options

• Look at  The Learning CALL Video Guide and watch the screencasts there
  The guide covers....
• Sites that use video for language learning
• Posting Videos on your blog
• Downloading YouTube and other online videos
• Editing videos with Windows Movie Maker
• Watching TV Shows and Movies online
• Screen capturing & sharing
• Look at the Language Learning Sites listed on the  Video Guide  Explore the sites listed there.  Use Diigo to bookmark  video sites of interest.
  
  
• Go to YouTube.com, Ted Talks, or other video sharing sites,  find any video of interest, and post it on your blog.
  
• Use a video download tool (like Torch Browswer or  KeepVid.com) to save a video file from YouTube or another video sharing site.
  -  (Optional) Use Windows Movie Maker to edit that video (e.g. shorten it, add subtitles, etc.)
• (Optional) Use your webcam to create and post your own video on YouTube.  Become a YouTube Star!  
• (Optional) Use a screencapture tool like Screencast-o-matic to record a screencast and post it to YouTube or your blog.

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ACTIVITIES, GAMES, & QUIZZES

Activities, Games, & Quizzes (continued)

• Explore the Games & Activities Guide
  - Bookmark sites of interest using Diigo
  - If you know of other useful activity sites that are not listed on LearningCall.net, please Diigo them and share them with the LearningCall Group.
  - Create either a Quizlet Set or a Profprof Quiz and post it on your blog
• See How can I embed videos, presentations, and other items into a post? for information on how to embed something like into a blog post. 
• Create a short post blog post describing useful sites you've found. If you weren't satisfied with what you found any, post descriptions of the kinds of activities you'd like to find.