Some advantages of the tool (2)

Advantages of this tool:
Students can:

1. use their own voice, their favourite music and even images and thus make it more personal;
2. use the Anime characters that they seem to be so fond of (I've noticed that there are so many animations of that kind available)- this will be very motivating for them;
3. write and have fun at the same time they try to persuade, inform, amuse, ... the others(it will be less boring, lonely and difficult - no writer's block);
4. share the (final) task with their mates and teacher quite easily by:
- sending an e-mail,
- embedding it in a post in our blog,
- going to the blog and showing it in class while presenting/ evaluating the (final) task;
5. listen, read, speak and write (in English) in order to obtain the final task (you can make sure that they will have to activate all these skills, through carefully planned guidelines);
4. activate and develop both language and learning skills (TICs, group work, ....

Quarta-feira, Novembro 26, 2008