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Browsing Archive: October, 2009

Link Up

Posted by John Dalziel on Monday, October 26, 2009, In : IWB 

LinkUp is a resource which requires learners to link words to categories. The resource works particularly well on an interactive white board (IWB) as the links can be dragged around the screen.

Triptico
have added a feature which allows practitioners to save the activities they create.

How does it work?

Each game requires...

  • two categories,
  • each with six linked words.
Once a game is created, users can save the information for future use and/or share it with others.


The aim is to drag...


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"Too Wordy?"

Posted by John Dalziel on Sunday, October 18, 2009, In : Readability 

Twurdy comes from a play on words with the question "Too Wordy?".

Twurdy, a search engine based on Google, was created to provide users with access to search results that suit their own readability level.

Twurdy...

  • uses text analysis software to "read" each page before it is displayed in the results;
  • gives each page a readability level;
  • shows the readability level of the page along with a colour coded system to help users determine how easy the page will be to understand.

Twurdy's goal...


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The Mega Penny Project

Posted by John Dalziel on Sunday, October 18, 2009, In : Maths/Numeracy 

"Visualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. People regularly talk about millions of miles, billions of bytes, or trillions of dollars, yet it's still hard to grasp just how much a "billion" really is."

The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S.A. penny, and building on that to answer the question: "What would a billion (or a trillion) pennies look like?"

Note: All weights and measurements are U.S.A. standards, not metric.

If you and...


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Punctuation Campground

Posted by John Dalziel on Friday, October 16, 2009, In : Punctuation 

Harcourt School Publishers website, called Punctuation Campground, is an excellent interactive white board resource.

There are not many online Language sites, dealing with proper punctuation, that can be used effectively on an interactive whiteboard.

Punctuation Campground...

  • does not require any keyboard input,
  • is easy to navigate, and
  • provides great feedback and reference material to help both the learner and the practitioner.


In the activity, a sentence is presented for the learn...


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Many Things: ESOL - EFL - ESL etc

Posted by John Dalziel on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, In : ESOL/Language 

Many Things is a website offering Functional Skills/Key Skills/ESOL/EFL/ESL etc., practitioners and learners an extensive collection of...

  • Word games,
  • puzzles,
  • quizzes,
  • exercises and

...other online learning activities.

Many Things provides materials appropriate for beginners through to advanced ESOL/EFL/ESL learners.

In addition to the games and quizzes, Many Things provides...

  • listening activities made possible through the use of MP3 recordings.
  • video lessons on speaking and wr...

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John Dalziel
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John Dalziel I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.
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