Session 8 (Technology and The Teaching of Reading: Comics authoring)
In this session I've been learn the use of comic for English teaching. Here it is my group's comic
Technology based reading activities
In this session we will be looking at how technology may help in teaching reading. But before that, we will firstly look at how people approaches the teaching of reading, in this case is the teaching of EFL (English as Foreign Language) reading. Check the following link:
Now, lets' see the following websites which shows how EFL reading experience can be enriched by using technology:
In the following website you can even find more collection of web-based reading activities that can be easily and freely accessed:
And what shall we do if we want to create our own web based interactive reading activities? The tool by half-baked software offers the possibility for you to do so. Check this:
Another way to promote reading activity is by having students to read comics. By reading comics students will get visual references as well as the feeling of relax and thus makes the reading activity more enjoyable. The following website talks about using comics to promote students literacy skills:
Then how we can easily create our own comics for reading exercise /writing exercise purposes? We have a lot of ready to use tools actually, available on the internet. By using these comic creating tools we can actually help students to have both reading and writing exercises. So check the links below:
1. Toondoo
2. Chogger
3. Pixton
Technology based reading activities
In this session we will be looking at how technology may help in teaching reading. But before that, we will firstly look at how people approaches the teaching of reading, in this case is the teaching of EFL (English as Foreign Language) reading. Check the following link:
Now, lets' see the following websites which shows how EFL reading experience can be enriched by using technology:
Having read about some tools and technology
assisted reading resources in the website above. It is time for us now
to get the feel of how actually technology may help with reading by
checking the following websites:
- An example of the text to speech tools - here (Natural Reader)
- An example of word games - here WORD GAMES
- An example of Interactive reading by British Council
- A sample of A Phonic reading can be found here
In the following website you can even find more collection of web-based reading activities that can be easily and freely accessed:
And what shall we do if we want to create our own web based interactive reading activities? The tool by half-baked software offers the possibility for you to do so. Check this:
Kids online reading games
Cloze Reading Activity made with HotPotatoes
Hot Potatoes is an easy to use authoring
tools that can be used to create different web-based learning
activities. One of them is the CLOZE READING activities as shown in the
link above. You can also use it to create a matching activity,
crossword, multiple choice activity etc. Check the following videos on
how to create a cloze reading activity by using Hot Potatoes.
b. You can also create a drag and drop cloze reading activity see the sample video here and how to create that in this video
To download the HOT POTATOES software you can click HERE or click the logo below
Once you downloaded the tool, HOTPOTATOES, in group of 5 (see PAGE section, about the groups and their members).
Make a cloze reading activity by using JCLOZE in HotPotatoes. The
length of the reading text should be no less then 100 words, and no
longer than 150 words.
To submit your work, save it in HTML formal
and compress the files into ZIP format. For instruction on how to create
ZIP files check the video below or if it does not work click here:
Comics
and the reading activity
Another way to promote reading activity is by having students to read comics. By reading comics students will get visual references as well as the feeling of relax and thus makes the reading activity more enjoyable. The following website talks about using comics to promote students literacy skills:
Then how we can easily create our own comics for reading exercise /writing exercise purposes? We have a lot of ready to use tools actually, available on the internet. By using these comic creating tools we can actually help students to have both reading and writing exercises. So check the links below:
1. Toondoo
2. Chogger
3. Pixton
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