Edpuzzle

 

ED PUZZLE

Hi!

Today I show a new tool for editing videos. It is an excellent, useful and easy tool to energize long videos or get the attention of students.

The video I have chosen is about british Christmas traditions because I have considered that it was excellent to present Christmas vocabulary in a different way. Initially, the video was quite long, so I have cutting it according to my interests.

https://edpuzzle.com/media/5fec8972f6d325427095653c

Taking into account that this video is destined to the first cycle of Primary Education, I will briefly explain some activities to work with this video:

-         -Brainstorm about Christmas vocabulary, to know what they remember.

-         -Oral questions: Do you think that Christmas is the same all over the world?; Do you decorate your home?; How?...

-         -Watch video and answer the questions.

-         -Different oral games with the new vocabulary.

In conclusion, the first objective of this video was to remember and learn Christmas vocabulary and to compare British and Spanish traditions.

TimeToast

 

Hello!

I have been using a new tool for making timelines, TimeToast, and the following link is a timeline of my students: https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/2450489

From my point of view, this tool is simple, easy and intuitive. It is also motivating for students.

Among the main objectives I highlight the following:

-          -To extract information for a text.

-          -To know what a timeline is.

-          -To represent the extracted information on the timeline.

-          -To use a new technological tool.

-          -To know the importance and useful of this new tool.

I consider that TimeToast is a good tool for:

-          -Collaborative work.

-          -Representing information in a different way.

-          -Developing digital competence.

-          -Motivating students.

-In conclusion, this tool facilitates the teaching- learning process for the previous reasons.