Simpsonmaker

Would you like to create a Simpsons character? Try this out?
How can you use this with students? Well, students could create themselves , print it and them describe each other, either orally or in written form. They can even have fun while doing that, and as the instructions are in English you have an extra bonus, real reading comprehension. Click on the yellow arrows on the top right-hand corner of the image and select the head, the nose, hair, clothes, etc.

OPTICAL ILLUSION

I grabbed this optical illusion test from widgetbox. It´s a place I often search for new and interesting widgets. Try it out , it´s really interesting!

PHRASR

I found this site from Nick Peachey´s post. You cantransform sentences into images / a slideshow. It´s great for idiomatic expressions. Look at what I´ve created for the Life Feast blog.

• Life is a feast
  

• Life is a feast and food is everywhere. You choose!
  

Playing with ANIMOTO

I decided to try ANIMOTO after reading a post at Ronaldo´s blog about it. First I tried to upload my pictures but as it was taking too long I found out I had to resize my pictures. Asked Dr Google how to do that and went to shrinkpictures.com for that. Then uploading pictures happened in a flash. I selected the music I wanted and got the embed code. Watch and enjoy our pictures from last weekend at the farm trying to learn to drive a tractor. :)

FACES. Souls, experiences and famous quotes

Watch this beautiful slidecast and think about the phrases.

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I´ve made my own second slidecast for beginner students to teach JOBS (vocabulary). You can watch it at http://www.slideshare.net/anamariacult/1-b-jobs

Odiogo

Thanks, Gladys, for the hint. Odiogo is really something. It adds voice to the content of your blog. And how can you do that? Go to Odiogo and at the top of the screen add your blog URL, your e-mail and click on GO. They transform your blog posts into podcasts that can he heard as you read the posts or that can be downloaded as mp3 files. The ID Feed is sent to your e-mail in a few hours. When you have the ID Feed, go back to Odiogo , look for the part which says BLOGGERS and click on your blog host (Blogger, Wordpress ...). Then just follow the simple steps. Very easy and simple. I guess it´s very appropriate for blogs aiming at EFL, ESL learners.