S4S MFL INSET Day,

St Dunstan’s School, Glastonbury, Monday 5th November 2012

Using visuals to support language learning & cultural awareness

Isabelle Jones, Head of Languages, The Radclyffe School, Oldham

@icpjones http://twitter.com/icpjones

A full downloadable copy of the slides used for this workshop including a copy of this hand-out will be available from:

My Languages Blog http://isabellejones.blogspot.com

Make your own words using pictures of lettershttp://metaatem.net/words/ABBA

Flickr (photo-sharing site) http://www.flickr.com /

Flickr group for language teachers http://www.flickr.com/groups/imagestoteachlanguages

My own authentic pictures

(also available from TES profile at http://www.tes.co.uk/MyPublicProfile.aspx?uc=694292&event=21 )

http://www.flickr.com/photos/icpjones/sets/72157621889909661/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/icpjones/sets/72157612320791556/

TagGalaxy http://taggalaxy.de

Pinterest (sharing visuals and infographics) http://pinterest.com (icpjones)

French riddle-maker http://www.rebus-o-matic.com

PhotoPin (creative commons licensed pictures) http://photopin.com

Pics4Learning. com (pictures for educational use) http://www.pics4learning.com

Photo effects http://anymaking.com/fun-photo-effects

Jing (screenshots) http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

Screenspresso (screenshots) http://www.screenpresso.com

Photo-vocab (Spanish) http://zachary-jones.com/photovocab

Word Clouds and Word Art http://www.wordle.net http://www.imagechef.com http://www.tagxedo.com

Mind mapping http://www.mindomo.com

Diigo (Social bookmarking, sites and visuals) http://www.diigo.com