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The Treasure Hunt Club No. 86 (2012年10月09日)
カテゴリー: The Treasure Hunt Club
投稿者: 名ばかり編集長
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October 2012 Treasure Hunt
Odds and Ends: Lino, Memrise, Bingo Cards, Story
Starters, and Real-time Trains
Marcel Van Amelsvoort
神奈川県立国際言語文化アカデミア
Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Language and
Culture Studies
Hello again. This month Ive got another collection
of various sites.
First up is a handy tool for people who like to
add notes to things. Are you a fan of sticky notes
such as post-its? Then you might be interested in
Lino, a canvas and sticky note tool available for
browsers or mobile devices. There are lots of
potential uses for interactive or collaborative
activities.
In English: http://en.linoit.com/
In Japanese: http://ja.linoit.com/
Next is Memrise, a new vocabulary learning tool
that is a collaboration between a memory Grand
Champion and a Princeton neuroscientist. It aims
to combine scientific methods with fun and
community. It's still a little short of content (
unlike the incredibly popular Quizlet) but it is a
good system and I thought the learning interface
was good. It has a lot of pointing and clicking,
but the items are spaced and recycled nicely. It
also has a more game-like progression.
http://www.memrise.com/home/
Many teachers use Bingo for vocabulary, especially
as a review activity. Here is an online card-
making site that you can use. I also use it for a
fun listening recognition activity.
http://www.bullshitbingo.net/byo/
Getting started on a story is often the most
difficult part. But one possible way is to use a
web-based prompt. The best I’ve seen is Story
Starter Jr.. When students hit the button on the
web site, the system provides them with the first
line of a story. It’s a nice little prompt that
gives a character, an action, and a location.
http://www.thestorystarter.com/jr.htm
Finally, I’m not sure how you could use this last
site in a language lesson, but it is so cool that
I wanted to share it. It’s an interactive map
that shows the movement of trains in Japan in real
time. It’s really amazing.
http://www.demap.info/tetsudonow/
That’s it for this month. See you next time.
■ The Treasure Hunt Club No. 86
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October 2012 Treasure Hunt
Odds and Ends: Lino, Memrise, Bingo Cards, Story
Starters, and Real-time Trains
Marcel Van Amelsvoort
神奈川県立国際言語文化アカデミア
Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Language and
Culture Studies
Hello again. This month Ive got another collection
of various sites.
First up is a handy tool for people who like to
add notes to things. Are you a fan of sticky notes
such as post-its? Then you might be interested in
Lino, a canvas and sticky note tool available for
browsers or mobile devices. There are lots of
potential uses for interactive or collaborative
activities.
In English: http://en.linoit.com/
In Japanese: http://ja.linoit.com/
Next is Memrise, a new vocabulary learning tool
that is a collaboration between a memory Grand
Champion and a Princeton neuroscientist. It aims
to combine scientific methods with fun and
community. It's still a little short of content (
unlike the incredibly popular Quizlet) but it is a
good system and I thought the learning interface
was good. It has a lot of pointing and clicking,
but the items are spaced and recycled nicely. It
also has a more game-like progression.
http://www.memrise.com/home/
Many teachers use Bingo for vocabulary, especially
as a review activity. Here is an online card-
making site that you can use. I also use it for a
fun listening recognition activity.
http://www.bullshitbingo.net/byo/
Getting started on a story is often the most
difficult part. But one possible way is to use a
web-based prompt. The best I’ve seen is Story
Starter Jr.. When students hit the button on the
web site, the system provides them with the first
line of a story. It’s a nice little prompt that
gives a character, an action, and a location.
http://www.thestorystarter.com/jr.htm
Finally, I’m not sure how you could use this last
site in a language lesson, but it is so cool that
I wanted to share it. It’s an interactive map
that shows the movement of trains in Japan in real
time. It’s really amazing.
http://www.demap.info/tetsudonow/
That’s it for this month. See you next time.
