Vanessa’s ICT Journey

Do you feel English textbooks are a bit boring? Do you think those textbooks limit what you can teach to your student? If so, today ’ s post may provide inspiration for you. (From: https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/) What is it? The Simple English Videos is a website established by a British and America couple and consists of many videos that can help English learners from all over the world to learn English. Main functions ( From: https://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/ ) ✨ Home - In this page, you can register as their member so that you can receive their new videos regularly. ✨ Video - learners can choose to watch different videos to improve their English. These videos are categorized in terms of the target audience and learning targets. Target audience includes elementary, intermediate and advanced learners. In terms of learning targets, learners can find videos relating to grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, etc. ✨ Video favourite - Videos...

(Source:  https://kahoot.com/ ) When it comes to quizzes, students may become upset. Actually, it is possible to make them fully enjoy quizzes. But how? I hope you will find the answer from today ’ s post. Introduction The Kahoot is a website where teachers can create quizzes and let students engage in quizzes through mobile devices. As for how to create quizzes, please have a look at this short video: (From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAfnia7-rMk ) Let ’ s join a quiz together! Suppose that you teach the English literature course, and you intend  to examine whether your students have mastered what have been taught.  🌈As for  teachers : Step1 Open the game  and c hoose the mode - Classic or Team mode (Here we choose classic to set an example) . Step2 Inform students of the GAME PIN and let them input it.   Step3 After all the players ’  names appear on your screen, c lick the ‘start’...

(source:  https://www.tripticoplus.com/ ) Introduction Do you want   your class to be more interactive and full of fun?  Do you want your students to be more focused in the class?  If so, this blog may inspire  you. Today, I would like to recomm e nd all English teacher s  a website called Triptico (Please click here to visit the website)   - which will help you design interesting class activities and make your class more attractive. Firstly, let ’ s have a look at a short video about the  Triptico                                                                           (source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1RGHLBUXNU ) Recommended F unctions I would like to introduce several tools that I think will be helpful in English ...