Top 20 Training Videos
These are currently the top 20 most popular videos on the site
- Jing-Superb Screen Cast Tool Jing is the most popular set of videos on the site. It is the product I most frequently present at conferences and workshops and it has proved amazingly popular across a whole range of subjects in the curriculum
- Using Jing- Ideas for using JING These videos take you through just some of the work I have done with JING. Especially how I have used it to provide feedback to students and also to get students doing speaking activities. It is this work that has proved to be so popular.
- myBrainShark-excellent podcasting tool One of the most impressive sites I have ever used. This simple set of videos shows you how to use myBrainShark as a podcasting tool. You can make podcasts of up to 15 minutes and then share them as e-mails or embed them. The tool is completely free.
- Upload documents and add your webcam I am getting amazing feedback about this tool. You can upload Powerpoint, PDF and Word documents and then add your webcam to them and then share them on the internet. Great for distance teaching, great if you want to get your students recording speaking activities at home and great for reflection work and feedbck. The outputs can be shared over the internet, adding to your blog or even added to Moodle. Excellent tool that might soon be number one.
- Brainshark- Powerful word cloud tool Already proving very popular. This is more detailed set of videos that the first one which was only about podcasting. This goes into detail about loading up your pictures, documents, Powerpoints and even video and then add commentary. You can save the resulting outputs and share them. Great for digital storytelling and communication.
- Bubblr & Bookr- Great Comic Stip tools that work with Flickr These two tools have proved consistently popular for any langugae teacher. You can access the millions of pictures on Flickr. Choose the pictures you want to use in your presentation and then add text to them. Save the resulting presentation and share it with your teacher or add it to your blog. The pictures are amzing and the resulting presentations look really professional.
- Audioboo- ExcellentPodcasting Tool. Nice podcasting tool. So easy to use and you can record using their system and create podcasts of up to 5 minutes. The nice thing is that the podcasts syndicate with iTunes and so all your podcasts can be found on iTunes as well as on the Audioboo site. You can also upload sound files you have already made, follow other people's podcasts etc. This has proved a really popular site.
- Breaking News English-News site with articles, quizzes and exercises. This site probably doesn't need much introduction. It is very well known. But many people don't know about the quizzes and exercises that go along with the articles and sound files. These videos go through the site in lots of detail.
- ELLLO- Huge Listening Site for ELT/ESL A huge site of listening material for students. All the recordings have related exercises. You can download the sound files too. I like the variety of accents and the range of recordings on this site. One of the biggest collections of listening material in one place. Videos show you where to find all the material, some of which is a bit hidden.
- Brainshark- Powerful word cloud tool Already proving very popular.This is the second set of videos on the tool which allows you to upload video, Powerpoint pictures and documents and then add voice narration and then share on the internet.
- Dvolver-Fun dialogue building tool Simple animation tool that allows you to create some fun dialogues and then share them with teachers and students. Great introduction tool to technology as it is so easy to use. Students can create a dialogue in a matter of minutes. This particular site is great for adults and teenagers.
- Glogster-Make electronic posters with links, vidoes, images etc This has become a very popular tool. Glogster allows you to make electronic posters. Great for group work. Students can add images, pictures, video, text etc. You can take the content from you computer or use content on the Internet.
- Zimmer Twins- Cartoon/Animation Site. When I present this tool at conferences teachers are always surprised. It just fits so perfectly with teaching English. Adults seem to like using it too though it is really for younger learners. Students can create cartoons using a whole range of characters and pictures but it is so easy to use. Then they share the resulting cartoons with the teacher or a friend.
- Listen and Write-Dictation tool. Another site that has proved very popular with students. Allows them to listen to news items and try to write down what they hear. The computer checks everything, breaks the dictation into digestible chunks and repeats them until the student has completed the sentence.
- Latest Blogger- Start your own blog or get your students blogging If you want to start a blog then this is a good tool to use. It is one of the most common blogger tools. Great for you as a teacher or great to teach to your students too. This includes the new interface.
- Listen a minute- News articles for lower levels This is similar to Breaking News English but it is for lower levels. There are news articles with sound files, interactive quizzes and exercises to do. Great site and loads of content for lower intermediate and above levels.
- Survey Monkey- A great way to create surveys and questionnaires. You can create questionnaires on this site and then people can access and complete them. It automatically sorts out your results and creates graphs and tables to organise your data. You can use it for free for up to 10 questions and 100 users. Great tool which I have used several times for research etc.
- Wordsift- Powerful word cloud tool A nice word cloud tool that does much more. A word cloud is a visual represention of the text you paste in. You can paste in text and then analyse key words and how they are used in the text as well as focus on the frequency of words, their meaning etc. Really useful in higher level classes.
- PB works-Great Wiki Tool If you want your students to make wikis then PB works is a free tool that offers you all the key features of a wiki. These training videos take you through everything.
- ScreenR-On-line screen capture tool ScreenR is a screen capture tool that works on the internet. It is free and easy to use and is a useful alternative to JING .
- ScreenR-On-line screen capture tool Free ideas board. It is great for brainstorming and getting students to work together on projects. It has loads of additional features which allow you to add up pictures, video, text etc. .
