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Web 2.0 Applications in the MFL classroom

Jan 9th 2010
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This video is also available on Blip TV, Vimeo , YouTube and Podomatic . You can subscribe to this series of video podcasts in iTunes.

Just before Christmas, I was interviewed by Naace about our use of web 2.0 applications to enhance the teaching and learning of Modern Foreign Languages at our school, Nottingham High School.

The interview focuses on the project we were working on at that time – scripting a dialogue and then using that script to create an animated film using Xtranormal, a free web application that allows users to create and edit animations using text-to-speech technology – and on whether web applications such as this one can successfully and easily be adopted by schools to improve learning outcomes, as well as enjoyment.

You can see examples of the final product created by students here.

Your comments and thoughts about this interview and the use of web applications in general are very welcome.

This post is tagged animation, modern languages, web 2.0, Xtranormal

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Excellent advice at the end of the video José – teachers do not necessarily need to know how to run the apps but they do need to develop strategy to facilitate learning – which any good teacher knows anyway. Excellent and glad you are getting the exposure you deserve for your practice at last.
http://www.L4L.co.uk Leon Cych

Excellent advice at the end of the video José – teachers do not necessarily need to know how to run the apps but they do need to develop strategy to facilitate learning – which any good teacher knows anyway. Excellent and glad you are getting the exposure you deserve for your practice at last.
Cecelia Bustamante

I enjoyed this post on the emphasis of Web 2.0 in the classroom. As a journalism student I find this topic become more and more evident in my courses. Applications for managing blogs like WordPress and social media content like Twitter have began to appear on iPhone’s, making interaction easier than ever. It’s important for students to adapt to these types of content as the market changes.
Cecelia Bustamante

I enjoyed this post on the emphasis of Web 2.0 in the classroom. As a journalism student I find this topic become more and more evident in my courses. Applications for managing blogs like WordPress and social media content like Twitter have began to appear on iPhone’s, making interaction easier than ever. It’s important for students to adapt to these types of content as the market changes.
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