Language World 2010, York

1. Social Media and Creativity in The Language Classroom Isabelle Jones, Head of Languages, The Radclyffe School, Oldham Lead Teacher Oldham SLN, North West RSA (ALL) @icpjoneshttp://twitter.com/icpjones My Languages Blog http://isabellejones.blogspot.com icpjones@yahoo.co.uk

2. What is creativity?

3. What is creativity?

4. What is Social Media? “Social media” is media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using Internet and web-based technologies to transform broadcast media monologues (one to many) into social media dialogues (many to many). It supports the democratization of knowledge and information, transforming people from content consumers into content producers. (Wikipedia)

5. What is Social Media? Attractive way to present your own ideas and resources integrating multimedia (pictures, audio, video) and social interaction (sharing, getting comments from other people).

7. By providing a worldwide audience

8. By providing examples of ready-made and tried-and-tested resources

10. Useful social networking tools for Language Teachers Diigo (social bookmarking) What is it? Enables you to save your favourite websites on an independent (free) account accessible from any computer. Enables you to share your bookmarks with other people (of your own choice or the public). Enables you to connect with people you have a common area of interest with.

11. Diigo (social bookmarking)

12. Diigo Groups (social bookmarking) 390 members http://groups.diigo.com/group/resources-for-languages

13. Diigo Groups (social bookmarking) 390 members http://groups.diigo.com/group/resources-for-languages

15. Makes it easy to contact all members of a group (distribution list)

16. Resources can be pictures, files, videos, links...

17. Closed and/ or open

18. Good for support groups/ exchanges/ teacher linguistic upskillinghttp://oldhamsln.ning.com

19. Ning (online group/ forum) http://oldhamsln.ning.com http://profesoresdespanol.ning.com/ http://horslesmurs.ning.com/groups http://apprendre2point0.ning.com/ http://worldlanguagesteachers.ning.com/ Cross-curricular/ CLIL

20. Useful social networking tools for Language Teachers Sharing videos and photos http://www.flickr.com/ http://www.youtube.com/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/imagestoteachlanguages/ set up by @aliceayel

21. Useful social networking tools for Language Teachers Blogging and micro-blogging http://isabellejones.blogspot.com/

22. Useful social networking tools for Language Teachers Blogging and micro-blogging http://twitter.com/icpjones/

23. Useful social networking tools for Language Teachers Blogging and micro-blogging http://twitter.com/icpjones/

25. Useful social networking tools for Language Teachers Yahoo groups- mfl resources Diigo/ Diigo groups Ning groups Flickr/ Flickr groups You Tube Blogging Platform/ blogger Twitter

27. Write about it: newspaper article/ letter/ presentation to penpal/ blog post/ short play/ poem/ story for young audience/ minibook.

28. Talk about it: dialogue, news report, drama... audio/ video (podcast/ video sharing)

29. Apply imaginationNightmare holiday/day, Famous for a day: who/what/why, Life Swap (dice), School of the future, My film (dice)...

30. My Film dice game Raconte le film commesituétaisdans le role principal! Le role principal 1=une petite fille2=un adolescent 3=une grand-mère 4=unetortue 5=une danseuse 6=un chanteur de rock B. L’ événement principal 1=un spectacle 2=des vacancesnulles 3=une course 4=un voyage 5=un concert 6=un cambriolage C. Le lieu principal 1=l’ école 2=les Bahamas 3=un château hanté 4=un bateau de croisière 5=un stade 6=un musée

31. http://mfl-storybirds.wikispaces.com/French+Storybirds http://wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter_free.htm

34. Creative Activities and social media Create your own sandwich, fruit drink, ice cream... Share ingredients using wallwisher http://www.wallwisher.com/ Poems: recipes, acrostics, calligrams, comparisons Raps & rhythms: record & share on class blog Songs Riddles Display and invite comments by putting on a wiki or a blog

35. Evaluation Skills http://langwitch.wikispaces.com/8qF1 http://pltsinmfl.wikispaces.com/

36. Creative Activities helped by social media Poems: Recipes Pour faire un bon ami, ilfaut: Deuxcuillères de générosité Beaucoup de sourires Ecouter pendant des heures Partager à la fin

37. Poems: calligrams (word mosaic) Image Chef: http://www.imagechef.com How would you use these symbols? What other symbols might you find useful?

38. Songs/ Poems: Ne Me quitte pas (J. Brel) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfegOxTCuOQ

39. Rebus http://www.rebus-o-matic.com/index.php Je m’appelle Isabelle C’estlundi J’aime les chats blancs

41. By providing a worldwide audience

42. By providing examples of ready-made and tried-and-tested resources