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Team 1: Juanes, Stephanie and Natalia

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Welcome team 1, Your mission should you choose to accept it is to go through the following 4 steps individually (20 minutes), then with a partner discuss the use of the different tools in EFL teaching (10 minutes) and finally present your ideas to the rest of the groups (10 minutes). As always, should you or any of your team be lost surfing the internet or caught visiting other web pages, the teacher will disavow any knowledge of your actions. Good luck!!  Step 1 Go to the following link and listen for a while:  Podomatic This is an example of podcasting. How do you think a teacher can use this tool with his/her students? Step 2 Check the following online dictionary:  http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ Take a look at the different dictionaries they have in there. How could a teacher maximize the use of a tool like this with his/her students? Step 3 Check the following site:  Voicethread What kind of activities could teachers ask students to do here? ...

Team 2: Andrés, María del Mar and Ana

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Welcome Team 2, Your mission should you choose to accept it is to go through the following 4 steps individually (20 minutes), then with your partners discuss the use of the different tools in EFL teaching (10 minutes) and finally present your ideas to the rest of the groups (10 minutes). As always, should you or any of your team be lost surfing the internet or caught visiting other web pages, the teacher will disavow any knowledge of your actions. Good luck!! Step 1 Visit the following site:  https://www.englishcentral.com/videos?setLanguage=en What kind of skills could students practice here? Step 2 Check the following site:  Piktochart Is there anything a teacher could do with his/her students in class using this site? Step 3 Visit the following site:  Powtoon What kind of skills could students practice here? Step 4 Check how the following site works:  Nearpod What advantages does this type of approach bring into teaching?

Team 3: Connie, Natalia S. and Daniel

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Welcome team 3, Your mission should you choose to accept it is to go through the following 4 steps individually (20 minutes), then with your partner discuss the use of the different tools in EFL teaching (10 minutes) and finally present your ideas to the rest of the groups (10 minutes). As always, should you or any of your team be lost surfing the internet or caught visiting other web pages, the teacher will disavow any knowledge of your actions. Good luck!! Step 1 Go to google and find a page that can tell you a little more about what a wiki is. Think  of some ways of using this with your students Step 2 Check the following site: Socrative How would you integrate a site like this to your classes? Step 3 Check the following link: Quizlet Describe a class activity you could work on using this site. Step 4 The book discusses the concept of blended learning. Check the following site and explain to your partners how the concept works and how a site like this contribut...

Team 4: Felipe, Francia, Mayra and Daniela

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Welcome team 4, Your mission should you choose to accept it is to go through the following 4 steps individually (20 minutes), then with your partner discuss the use of the different tools in EFL teaching (10 minutes) and finally present your ideas to the rest of the groups (10 minutes). As always, should you or any of your team be lost surfing the internet or caught visiting other web pages, the teacher will disavow any knowledge of your actions. Good luck!! Step 1: Watch the video on the following link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI Think of what language skills a teacher could promote using blogs. Step 2: Check the following link. What skills could students practice with it?  http://edu.glogster.com/ Step 3: Go to:  Polleverywhere How could an English teacher use a site like this one? Step 4: Check the following link. How could students benefit from using this website? http://www.ted.com/talks/browse