I chose BrainPop for my quickshare. http://www.brainpop.com/ It has numerous activities for in a variety of content areas such as science, English, social studies, and history. Brainpop does require a subscription for full access, so it is something you may have to talk to your school about for acquiring. Brainpop does have a lot of free stuff teachers can access so it gives you a real good idea about what it contains before you make the decision to buy the program.
I trolled around in the English portion of brainpop and I really liked the variety of activities it provides for English Language Learners, including the good ole five paragraph essay. It provides an animated video that explains the fundamentals of the 5-paragraph essay. I thought this was good because it gives the student a tutorial on how English arranges an essay. this allows the student to become familiar with the discourse style of writing essays in English that may different from their first language discourse organization. As those of us who grew up in American schools the 5-paragraph essay is a fundamental skill that is required throughout the course of an academic career. Anyway, I thought this was pretty cool and I recommend any teacher give it a look to see if it has a place in your computer assisted language learning classroom.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
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