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Tag Archives: fsl

ICT Tip: Smore allows students to create on-line posters

29 Jan

Link: www.smore.com Quick overview: English, Literacy, or FSL language students can use Smore to create on-line posters to announce a community event, advertise an mock product, create a class newsletter, and more! What I like best about Smore is that … Read More »

Tools and Apps esl, fsl, poster, smore

ICT Tip: Google Chrome Language Immersion extension for FSL students

23 Oct

Link: Google Language Immersion Extension for Google Chrome. Quick overview: An amazing tool for FSL students (or students learning any other language) that are already somewhat fluent in English. The Google Chrome extension only translates certain key phrases on a … Read More »

Tools and Apps esl, fsl, google chrome extension, language immersion extension

Mobile Monday: Using the iPad with ESL/FSL students and the ComicBook! app

21 Nov

Info: ComicBook! for the iPhone, iPod, iPad. Cost: 1.99$ Quick overview: Using the ComicBook app in a literacy (ESL) classroom to help students develop basic writing and communication competencies. How can the app be used in the classroom? Sharon Meehan teaches a literacy … Read More »

Tools and Apps app, apps, building foundations, comic book, comicbook!, esl, fsl, ipad, Literacy, mobile mondays

Teacher Feature: Marie-Christine Kovacs (ETSB, New Horizons)

6 May

Starting this month, I am starting a “teacher feature” to spotlight individual FGA teachers who have created exemplary ICT materials that they’ve used successfully in their own classrooms. With the teacher’s permission, these ICT materials will be shared on the … Read More »

Teacher Feature fsl, iwb, marie-christine kovacs, smartboard lesson, teacher feature

ICT Tip: A well organized and comprehensive FSL website for on-line interactive exercises

3 Dec

Quick overview: The REPSIT site (http://www.ucalgary.ca/repsit) is a well organized FSL website containing a significant amount of on-line interactive FSL activities that have been carefully indexed and sorted by activity type and difficulty level. The on-line activities are intended to … Read More »

Tools and Apps fsl, interactive, organized, repsit

ICT Tip: The CCDMD site provides FSL resources you can use without an Internet connection

16 Nov

Quick overview: Professionally developed FSL materials that you can download, print, and use without an internet connection in a traditional classroom. Materials on the site have been created for the Quebec classroom with funding from the Ministry of Education, Leisure, … Read More »

Tools and Apps ccdmd, fsl, resources

ICT Tip: BonPatron identifies French spelling errors and common grammatical problems

31 Oct

Quick overview: The BonPatron website (http://www.bonpatron.com/en) is designed to assist FSL students write in French by identifying spelling errors and grammatical problems in their written French texts. What does it do? Using BonPatron, students type (or copy and paste) written … Read More »

Tools and Apps bonpatron, French, fsl, grammar, spelling

ICT Tip: Francais Interactif – Ready to use FSL materials in your classroom

7 Oct

Quick overview: A must visit for FSL teachers! The Francais Interactif (http://laits.utexas.edu/fi)site contains 13 highly polished modules (the city, my studies, my health, my house, etc) that relate to using French in your students’ every day life. The site contains … Read More »

Tools and Apps francais interactif, fsl

ICT Tip: Discover France – Spoken examples of typical French phrases for FSL students

6 Aug

Quick overview: A website that contains examples of actual spoken French phrases. What does it do? The Discover France site is great FSL site for students with an English mother tongue. On this site, there are TONS of French phrases … Read More »

Tools and Apps discover france, French, fsl, phrases, spoken

ICT Tip: Babbel – Vocabulary exercises for FSL classes

29 Jul

Quick overview: Babbel is a website (http://www.babbel.com) which contains spoken vocabulary exercises for a variety of everyday topics. What does it do? The Babbel site is designed for people learning a second language, such as French. The Babbel site is … Read More »

Tools and Apps babbel, French, fsl

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About me:

Avi Spector is an Education Consultant with the Riverside School Board and the RECIT FGA Provincial Service for General Adult Education. His focus is to support assistive technologies, foster inclusive classroom practices, and develop accessible strategies and materials for all adult learners.

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