Moodle 1.9: The English Teacher's Cookbook电子书

Moodle 1.9 English Teacher's Cookbook

Table of Contents

Moodle 1.9 English Teacher's Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgement

About the Reviewer

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Connecting Ideas

Introduction

Matching sentences

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

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Carry out the activity in Hot Potatoes

Hot Potatoes website

Showing Hot Potatoes Quiz in Moodle

Creating a matching activity in Hot Potatoes

Unjumbling and connecting sentences

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Using Twitter and Facebook for a survey

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

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Protecting Students' Rights and Privacy

Brainstorming ideas using Forums

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Answering a quiz designed in a Lesson

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

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Writing somebody's biography using a link to a website

Empty book, great story: upload pictures from Microsoft Word

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Connecting stairs: Uploading drawings from Microsoft Word

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

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Creating a link with a Microsoft file

Linking to websites and writing about an endangered animal

Getting ready

How to do it...

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2. Matching Pictures and Text

Introduction

Picturing comprehension

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

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Students justifying their choice in a Forum

Matching text to speech bubbles of comic strips

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

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Ordering and writing a story based on the comic strip

Picture paragraph matching

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Sceneries and possible stories through flowcharts

Getting ready

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How it works...

Working with paintings—Salvador Dali's art

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Choosing a book by its cover

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Advising posters

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Cooking recipes

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

3. Looking at Things from Different Perspectives

Introduction

Becoming a well-known character

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Understanding secondary characters

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

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Creating a glossary with the characters

Creating a crossword using the Glossary

Uploading the crossword to Moodle

Adding technology to a story

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Statues can think

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Changing an adventure

Getting ready

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How it works...

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Linking to a website where students can listen to Alice in Wonderland

Reading Alice in Wonderland in your iPod touch, iPad, or iPhone

Old age versus childhood

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Beauty versus ugliness

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

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Creating a writing activity after chatting and reading

Curious characters

Getting ready

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How it works...

4. Defining Types of Sentences

Introduction

Embedding videos, games, and matching the correct topic sentence

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

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Embedding the game

Writing detailed sentences according to the topic sentence

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Multiple choice: choose the correct concluding sentence

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Mixing paragraphs

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Selecting the correct sentences

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding more True/False questions in the Quiz

Adding detailed sentences

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Writing topics and concluding sentences

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Hamburger paragraph: writing a composition using three types of sentences

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

5. Creating Stories using Twitter and Facebook

Introduction

Debating a topic

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Inserting a Twitter button in Moodle

Inserting a Twitter button in the HTML block in the Moodle course

Cause-and-effect diagram, Fishbone, or Ishikawa diagram technique

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Inserting a Facebook button in our Moodle course

Positive and negative points list

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Inserting a Twitter button in Moodle

Play the reporter

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

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Creating a writing activity using the answers in the Database

Tweeting in an easier way

Writing a story guessing facts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Writing a very short play using text messages

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Chain composition

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

How to summarize information

Getting ready

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6. Improving Your Students' Writing

Introduction

Cubing technique: Describe

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

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Connecting both activities automatically

Cubing technique: Compare

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Cubing technique: Associate

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Cubing technique: Analyse

Getting ready

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How it works...

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Using Sweet Home 3D to design the floor plan

Cubing technique: Apply

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Cubing technique: Argue

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Rolling a cube

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

How to correct this essay

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

7. Comparing using Venn Diagrams

Introduction

Summer holidays versus winter holidays— drawing Venn diagrams using OpenOffice Drawing

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Living in the country versus living in an overcrowded city—drawing Venn diagrams with clip art from Microsoft Word

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Being famous versus being unknown— drawing Venn diagrams with SmartDraw software

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Having a healthy lifestyle versus bad habits—completing a Venn diagram using the classtools.net website

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Famous coincidences—drawing Venn diagrams of Abraham Lincoln and John Fitzgerald Kennedy using Paint

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Comparing different types of pollution— drawing Venn diagrams using Microsoft Visio 2007

Getting ready

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Types of students—drawing Venn diagrams using Edraw Max

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Puzzles—placing adjectives and sentences in a Venn diagram according to the description of personal possessions

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How it works...

8. Composing New Sceneries

Introduction

Updating a fairy tale—using a database to guide writing activity

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Changing a poem into a cartoon—using resources from Web 2.0

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Cartoonizing ourselves

Cartoonizing ourselves using Photo to Cartoon

Listening to a poem and writing another end to it

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Imagining that your house is a palace

Getting ready

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How it works...

Superheroes have other powers—creating your own hero using tools from Web 2.0

Getting ready

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How it works...

There's more...

Writing about a hero designed using a link to a website

Flying shoes—creating an advertisement using animoto.com

Getting ready

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How it works...

Becoming your idol—using Quandary 2 in Moodle

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

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Creating a writing activity

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

9. Working with Mind Maps and Tree Diagrams

Introduction

Pictures in mind maps—using Buzan's iMindMap V4

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Uploading the mind map as .png file

Drawing pictures using pen sketch

Creating a writing activity

Adding data to pictures—creating a mind map using MindMeister

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Providing a situation to a story—drawing a mind map using Draw Anywhere

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating mind maps using resources from Web 2.0

Getting ready

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How it works...

Creating a tree diagram using Microsoft Word

Getting ready

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How it works...

Pictures in a tree diagram—creating a tree diagram using creately.com

Getting ready

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How it works...

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Designing a writing activity out of the tree diagram

Completing a tree diagram comparing two people using my.lovelycharts.com

Getting ready

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Creating a description activity out of the tree diagram

Comparing the Flintstones and the Simpsons—using cacoo.com to create a tree diagram

Getting ready

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10. Preparing a Discussion Clock

Introduction

How to prepare a discussion clock—words to cover different viewpoints

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a writing activity

Writing from a viewpoint—using tiny URLs in the discussion clock

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

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Creating another writing activity

Picturing the clock diagram—adding images

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Music in the clock diagram—embedding MP3 files to our Moodle course

Getting ready

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Just words—using a target diagram to create a discussion clock and creating a story out of it

Getting ready

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Designing a creating a story activity through Web 2.0

Questions in the clock diagram—writing a newspaper article

Getting ready

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How it works...

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Creating a writing activity using the template of a newspaper

Correcting through a clock diagram

Getting ready

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Designing a discussion clock in order to create an aircraft using resources from Web 2.0

Getting ready

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Using Facebook to create another writing activity

Index