week 13

http://www.toolsforeducators.com/wordsearch/

This tool enables you to create a word search puzzle on you own. It is a great way to practice new vocabulary. The site is very simple to use. You put the words that you want in the suitable blanks and add images if you want. You can choose grid size, font and direction. Great tool!

http://www.toolsforeducators.com/writing/

This tool is great for beginners. The site offers various themes such as: animals, adjectives, food etc. once you choose a topic you have a list of words or chunks. The students trace to words and practice their spelling and writing skills. You can create your own tracing sheet

Week 10- Research Tools

Week 10- Research Tools

Hi everybody,This time I am going to introduce you a great tool that will make your life easier.The tool is Google Scholar and it made especially for students (I thinkJ)In many courses you have to use articles. Google Scholar enables you to find the article you want by using time range, topic and even quote.You can find full articles or parts from book.This tool is genius awesome - you can save your searches, quotes and even have your own library.Some next time you get a project – use Google Scholar https://scholar.google.co.il/

week 6

Hi everybody,

Here are 5 great tools that will help you with the teaching of speaking writing or reading:

1.     You can create fictional What’s App conversation using  http://www.classtools.net/SMS/ website. Instead of reading unseen you can create a dialog on your own and bring it to the students in class. The students can read it out loud or use it as an example for making a What’s App conversation of their own. 

2.     Voice chat- when I asked students to practice their reading I have no way to check if they actually did it so I use smart phone voice chat - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_chat. the students record themselves reading the text and I can check their reading.

3.     Debate- I have never experienced debate in English. when I have started my Hasava I saw that many teachers encourage it and once I did it I understood that it really improve my English. you can find many topics in the website http://idebate.org/view/top_100_debates.

4.     Spelling- I don’t really like spelling bee but in language like in English spelling Is a must. there are many words that are not letter sound corresponded so spelling practices help to improve the student’s language. use the website http://www.spellingcity.com/ to work on spelling. There are many activities in it.

5.      story jumper- the truth is that students do not practice their writing enough in school. in order to help students write more you can use the website http://www.storyjumper.com/. the students can write their own stories in simple stects. the website is friendly and easy to use. the students will enjoy it.

week 4

Hey everybody!

I really like working with images when I teach ESL. I believe it is extremely important to use images and pictures when you teach new language. Using images and pictures makes learning a fun process. usually when I teach new words I use images to make the learning easier for the children. There many fun activities you can prepare using images.

You can make crossword giving the images of the word instead of clues.

Images can also make teaching grammar more efficient for example I can show the students pictures of different activities and ask them to write a sentence that will describe the picture.

I cannot imagine myself teaching without using images. I believe it is the best way teaching a second language in a fun way.

The photofunia website is new to me and I am sure I will use it. it looks fun!

week 3

Hey everybody!

I have followed my technology blogs and read about a great site called Vibby.

This site enables you to highlight or write comments on YouTube or Vimeo video. This site is 

excellent for teaching since the teacher can add his notes on the screen and do not need to stop the 

video every second.

I went into the Vibby website and it is very friendly for the user.

You can also trim the important moments in the video.

Try it out!

https://www.vibby.com/

Mind Shift blog: How Does Being an Outsider Give You a Creative Advantage?

Being an outsider is not a simple situation though it can be used as a fuel to creativity.

Reading the blog made me think about famous people who has invented greatest inventions but were considered as outsiders at schools. An interesting explanation for this assumption is that we seek to achieve some level of balance between being an individual and being part of a group. Creative people, however, may have a greater need for uniqueness.

Free technology 4 teachers – tips for using YouTube in class

Using ViewPure service enables the teacher to screen only the video he wants without seeing the related sidebar content. It’s free and easy to use. Another tip is creating a playlists of video in order to save your time in class.

Lisa Nielson the Innovative Educator

After reading Lisa’s blog I was asking myself what is my position regarding innovation in class? Of course I am for it but what do I do in order to create innovation in class. One thing I know for sure- I should do more!

Hi everybody!
My name is Sivan. this is my third year on Hasava program.
I live in Ramat Gan and have a wonderful husband and a baby girl.
ohhh almost forgot.... there are two cats as well.

sooooo regarding the course i have to admit i am a bit overwhelmed- it looks to busy for me.
i have already taken part in many courses which are dealing with technology issue.

i hope this course will by fun and not too busy cause that whats e learning is about-
it's an alternative and fun way to study.