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EMAZE Emaze is an online, web-based presentation creator that can be used to build and edit presentations on any personal computer or tablet. The goal of Emaze is to help users easily design visually compelling and engaging presentations that don’t look like the typical PowerPoint or Keynote presentations we have all seen many times. One great thing about Emaze is that you can create presentations which involve movement, or you can create traditional presentations. Regardless of which one you choose, you’ll be able to start from one of their many predesigned templates. Or if you’d rather start from PowerPoint , you can quickly import your pre-made PowerPoint presentation and convert it into any Emaze template that you’d like. Emaze is an excellent and easy-to-use presentation builder that offers visually compelling templates. Moreover, this website could benefit students with special needs, such as children with ASD, who often have difficulty with social interaction, to present th...

In this post, I will be exploring and putting into practice the concept of Internet-based projects and webquests according to Dudeney and Hockly (2007). Why use Internet-based projects? They provide an organized and structured way to incorporate the Internet into the classroom. They foster communication and collaborative learning. They can be used cross-sectionally with other subjects. They encourage critical thinking skills since learners have to transform information to complete the task.  How to prepare Internet-based projects?  Choose the project topic Make the task clear Find the resources Decide on the outcome  What are Webquests? Webquests are mini projects in which a large percentage of the input comes from the Internet. They are more rigid in structure than a web project or simulation. Bernie Dodge (1995) identified two types of webquest: Short-term webquest: it may take a few lessons and it will involve students in visiting a selection of sites to find informat...

Topic: Health and the body Level: Intermediate students  Age group: 16-17 years old  Duration: 80 minutes Objectives: Describing healthy and unhealthy lifestyles and giving advice by using vocabulary on habits, food, illnesses and parts of the body. LESSON PLAN #1 Warmer (10 min) The teacher will introduce the topic by carrying out a brainstorming session about healthy and unhealthy food. Students will talk about their favorite food and they will also have to mention healthy and unhealthy snacks. The teacher will divide the board into “healthy and unhealthy” and students will have to classify the food items for the teacher to write them down on the appropriate side of the board.  Web (60 minutes) Students will read Snack culture and 5 Ways Teens Can Get More Fruits and Vegetables Into Their Diets . The teacher will tell students that they can look up words they do not know in Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries . (30 minutes)               ...

  1) Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries | Find definitions, translations, and grammar explanations at Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. (2021). Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com Accuracy: Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press. Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries is one of the most popular online dictionaries in the world.  Currency: The website is constantly updated. Content: The site is simple and visually attractive at the same time. Moreover, it is easy to navigate. Functionality: The site works perfectly well. 2) Health Chronicle Youtube channel Health Chronicle. (2021). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/c/HealthChronicleorg/videos Accuracy: Health Chronicle is a team of 30 experts from over 20 countries that include 5 healthcare professionals. Currency: The channel used to...

  Lesson Plan   using Animoto  Age group: 14 - 15  year olds (Pre-Intermediate) Communicative goal: Describing holiday places Grammar focus: - Vocabulary focus: holiday places and leisure activities Duration: 80 minutes This will be a revision class. In order to practice vocabulary on holiday places and leisure activities, students will be expected to create a video on Animoto  about a specific place and the activities that can be done there. Activation: 10 minutes   The teacher will show their students a short video she created on Animoto about a place she has been to. The video will look like a tourism advertisement and it will include vocabulary items on leisure activities which can be done in that place. The teacher will carry out a brief brainstorming session to revise recycled language.  Application: 70 minutes  Activity #1: 25 minutes After watching the video, students in groups will have to look up information on the Internet about popul...

 Animoto Animoto  is a video slideshow platform that allows users to express their creativity in an easy and appealing way. " It is web-based and intuitive, with video creation capabilities that make it a reliable choice among students, photographers, teachers, business professionals, and video marketers" (Zuckerman, 2019) .   Users of this app do not need to have previous knowledge of video-editing softwares since it has features that are basic to every slideshow video creation program. Benefits It is easy and intuitive. It has a wide library of music tracks to add to the videos. Online editor, no download is required. Drawbacks Choices are limited, thus teaching potential too. Users can interact with untrusted users, including strangers and/or adults.  Watermark appears on free version. How-to Guide Animoto   1. Start from scratch  Once you have created a free account using your e-mail or your Facebook account, click on "Templates" and then on "Start from...