Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: Excellent Story Writing Apps for Students July 31, 2015 Below is a short collection of some interesting iPad apps students can use to help them with their writing and more specifically, outlining, drafting and writing stories. Some of these apps are featured here for the first time but for more options on digital storytelling apps check out this page. 1- The Brainstormer ‘The Brainstormer is kindling for creative minds. A tactile tool to randomly combine a plot, a subject and a setting or style, the Brainstormer provides a moment of inspiration for writers, painters, or any creative mind.
The Most Dangerous Writing App - Great for Jumpstarting Creative Writing The Most Dangerous Writing App is a free service that is designed to force you to write without stopping for a preset amount of time. You can set your writing timer for as few as three minutes or as many as many as sixty minutes. If you stop writing before the minimum time has been reached, all of your writing is deleted.
Facelift – WebEnglish.se WebEnglish.se has gone through a total facelift. For the last week, we have been working to make WebEnglish.se more accessible, user-friendly, modern and faster for our visitors’ convenience. Themes have got a more prominent position, as you can access them on a separate Themes Page as well as under each level’s menu item. The number of language level categories has been diminished from five to four, after a vote on Facebook. Saving Christmas by Wojciech Pachniewski on Genially Saving Christmas Start Dear students! The elves have some bad news! 6 Excellent Free Sites to Practise Reading Comprehension It’s been too long since I’ve written about improving reading skills. Last time I posted about sites to help you practise reading comprehension was in May last year. Way too long. The truth is that doing reading comprehension activities in class takes time, especially if we are talking about long texts with an amount of difficulty, and very often this is one of the tasks we give students as homework.
Six Amazing Websites that Make Your Writing Stronger Long writing activities are not very frequently done in class. I tend to think that my students are like me; I need the right kind of atmosphere. Writing requires time, silence and lots of inspiration. Ideally, at this time of the year, I would probably wish to be sitting next to a fireplace with the most perfect instagrammable snow falling outside my window while drinking a nice cup of coffee waiting for inspiration to strike. Mitsuku Chatbot You need never feel lonely again! Mitsuku is your new virtual friend and is here 24 hours a day just to talk to you. She learns by experience, so the more people talk to her, the smarter she becomes. She is friendly but will stand her ground if you start arguing with her. To begin talking to her, just click one of the two options underneath the large picture of her on the right. You can also click on the chat to me link from the menu bar.
Speech - I have a dream... SpeechI will now present the whole theme that we are going to work with during the next few weeks. Don't worry - I will give you instructions while we are working as well.You work together in your groups with: 1. The magic of three Watch the film about the Magic of three: 2. International Women's Day by njaewelinajerz on Genially English lesson created by Ewelina Jerz International Women's Day 2021 Let's start with a video that shows the key difference between women and men! Before you watch:1. IMAGINE THAT YOUR CRUSH KISSEd YOU. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Audio for ESL/EFL: Listen and Read Along (Flash/MP3) YouTube Videos Science and Technology This is 4 minutes long and use the Teleprompter Player.'Caine’s Arcade' Video Brings Fame to Creative Boy Words & Their Stories These are 5 minutes long and use the Teleprompter Player. Ten Tips for Fiction Writers - the important things every novelist should know about writing stories In no particular order: #1) Write what you know More of a mantra than a tip. You'll have heard it before - but it's not about the mantra, it's about the interpretation. Two Short Writing Activities ESL teachers sometimes need donuts. They also need writing lessons that students can finish in 20-30 minutes. Here are two activities. Short ESL Writing Activity #1: Cubing A cube is an object with six sides.
Nice tool! At the begging of the course, you can ask your students to write a letter to themselves and read it at the end of the course by josepibarra Apr 14
Send a letter to yourself, help your memory to remember yourself, and maybe slap your shit and get a wake up call thanks to yourself! by yogurtito Jan 6