Learning Call: April 2016

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Jeff's Examples of Digital Storytelling

Jeff's Examples of Digital Storytelling

From Dvolver.com Our Love Story

From StoryboardThat.com

You're Still the One on PhotoPeach

You're Still the One on PhotoPeach

Monday, April 25, 2016

Week#9 - TEPS Mega-Memrise, Mindmaps, & Graphic Organizers

A Memrise Possibility : TTP Memrise Group << Make sure you've joined

TTP TEPS Prep Set
Wonder: Parts 2~4
The Book Thief (part 2 & 3)

Tools for Memrise Building
Merriam-webster.com
Translate.google.com
Wordcount.org

Coming up Next...

Graphic Organizers, Mindmaps,

Screencast Guide Here

Take a look at the guides for Graphic Organizers and Mind Maps.

Try to create a simple mindmap or graphic organizer and post it on your blog.

Examples:

Take a look at the Presentation Guide.

Things to Do/Try

Look for presentations of interest on Slideshare, Authorstream, or Prezi and post them on your blog.
Create your own Prezi, PowToon, or Google Presentation and post it on your blog.
Find presentations relevant to your teaching on Waygook.org Lesson Materials
(Login required: you can use bufsttp/4ttp-fun)

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Week#8 - Brisbane Bound & Memrise

This week, we need to start preparing for the overseas portion of TTP.

	Please add the romanization of your Korean name to this shared document
	UQ Application Forms Please save the form belows and open it with Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader. Resave it adding your romanized name to the end of the filename (e.g. GroupProgramEnrolmentForm-Kim-Yuna.pdf) Email the form to me at jefflebow@gmail.com UQ Program Enrollment Form

Explore the TTP in Brisbane Guide including the TTP Down Under Map.
Check out Mapping Tools Guide for information on how to use maps and and start adding locations to our collaborative map.

TTP Down Under Map (2016)

Another useful vocabulary site/app
Memrise.com Memrise app: Android Apple

Guides:

Course Creation Guide
Creating Courses with Memrise (video)

Full-featured sets

Memrise Book Club Sets: TTP Memrise Group

Wonder: Parts 2~4 The Book Thief (part 2 & 3)

Quizlet Sets

Wonder		The Book Thief
Quizlet: Part#1 Quizlet: Parts 2~4		Quizlet: Prologue & Part#1 Quizlet (part 2 & 3)

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Week#7 - Video Tools & Resources

Look at The Learning CALL Video Guide and 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
Creating a YouTube Playlist

To Do Tasks

Look at the Language Learning Sites listed on the Video Guide Explore the sites listed there. Use Diigo to bookmark at least three of those or other 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 or KeepVid.com) to save a video file from YouTube or another video sharing site.
(Optional) Use a screencapture tool like Ocam or Screencast-o-matic to record a screencast and post it to YouTube or your blog.
(Optional) Use Windows Movie Maker to edit a video

Before the end of class, please add Book Club materials.

Wonder

The Book Thief

UQ Application Forms

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Week#6 - Storytelling & Storybook Resources

There are an ever-growing number of online tools and resources related to digital storyingtelling.
This week, your task is to check out and experiment with some of these. Remember to Diigo anything you find potentially useful.

For comprehensive lists of resources, check out the
Digital Storytelling Guide
and
Reading Resources

----Abridged Lists---

Sources of Books/Reading Materials

International Children’s Digital Library ChildrensLibrary.org The Alien 1000’s of children’s books from around the world , sortable by age level and book type.

Story Online Storylineonline.net

Videos of famous people reading storybooks. Includes printable handouts with activities, but not the original text of the books.
StoryBird Storybird.com

Seven Ways to Survive School

Allows users to make their own visual stories using contributed illustrations. Thousands of user generated stories to read and discuss.
FreeKidsBooks Freekidsbooks.org Free downloadable storybooks.

BooksShouldbeFree.com Public domain audio books available for browsing. Easy to search, nice interface.

Booksie Young Adult Section http://www.booksie.com/young_adult Example: A different Twilight and a different Bella 40,000+ plus short stories, novels, and essays written and published by users. Other users can comment on stories (which usually includes very authentic teenage language.

Storybuilding Tools