I really like how ANVIL works. I didn't know there was such a tool available for teaching. With all those components that give students a tool to practice in real and meaninful context the language they are learning and supporting their autonomy not only for aural/oral skills but also for writting and reading skills through the forum where students can practice vocabulary, grammar and syntax.
What I might use in class? Well, I once used Moodle for giving my students extra practice with the topic I taught in class, however, it didn't work that well because lack of motivation I think, know I am thinking of giving the tool a new perspective by using it in class and then giving my students an asigment in that matter.
I really love what Jeff Magoto, an e-partner in the course does using cartoons to set up a class topic. We can also use real information taken from news websites as we discussed in previous weeks, we can use sequences of TV series or programs to involve our students in developing their language skills by asking them to narrate what they got from the media and promoting in this way the skill of connecting ideas to make communication meaningful to them.
All of this resources are quite useful in diseminating knowledge and information, creating a collaborative community for ideas that can be exchanged, and assesing the progress of students.
From the websites I checked, I have just tried Hot Potatoes tool.
As I said in a previous post, I have a problem with student's tiredness in class, consequently, I aim to develop tools that I can use in class to wake their excitement up for English learning in classroom environment.
I really love having known about this tools.
Dalton Mendoza
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