Reading Forum with ICT

Hi everyone!!!!

With the end of the course very close and thinking about new ideas for the school year 2018/2019, I have decided to organize a language workshop to work on reading with students in a new way. The workshop will not be just for reading, ICT will also be used and students will be able to participate not only in the school schedule but also from home.

To organize the project I have created a document with Google Doc, a very useful tool that allows to design word documents, excel, presentations, maps and even drawings from a website. In addition, with this tool you can work with other people in the same document and time without having to be in the same place, simply share the file and each one makes the modifications from your computer/laptop. To be able to work with Google Doc you need a Gmail account. Next, you can visualize the project:




As you can see in the Google Doc, the project is based on creating a reading forum in which 3 students at the beginning of the week will make a Podcast with the text or poetry they have chosen so that the rest of their classmates can hear it and must give their opinion and make a debate on different aspects such as: theme of the texts, authors, tips to improve reading, recommendations, etc. The rest of the classmates will also use the Podcast tool to respond to the classmates who have shared the text.

Once the students have recorded their Podcasts they should share them with the rest of the class through the project website with Soundcloud.

To start the project and bring students to the Podcasts, I have created a welcome message through the Garage Band App. An easy to use tool although with the disadvantage that only those who have iOS devices (Apple) can use it (to record the audio). Then, I shared the welcome podcast in Souncloud.





In order to perform a more motivating work, I have created three playlists, each of them intended for each moment of the sessions. The first one called "We concentrate" contains music destined for concentration, the second playlist is called "Mix - Reading Forum" because with it the students will listen to different styles and, finally, the third playlist is "Back to the calm", this list is composed of relaxing music that will sound in the last 5-10 minutes while students collect. I divide the class into different playlists because as the course progresses, students will recognize in which part of the workshop they are simply listening to the music. They could add songs.






I hope you like it!! :D