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Mobile applications

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1.  MALL is describes an approach to language learning that is assisted orenhanced through the use of a handheld mobile device. And now, let's formulate the main principles of MALL: the mobility of the learner; learn across different social contexts or locations; the notion of seamless learning. So, as you see, mobile technologies give you the opportunity to learn what you want and wherever you want. The only thing that you need to have is your mobile. There is no need for the learners to sit in the classrooms to get learning materials. MALL can be considered an ideal solution to language learning barriers in terms of time and place. 2. QR-code (quick response) a pattern of black-and-white squares that is printed on something and that can be read by some types of mobile phone to give information to the user of the phone. There are some examples how can we use QR-codes in education:  QR codes are created for specific books, linking to reviews, trail

MOOC

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MOOC  (assive Open Online Course)   is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web.  By the end of 2013, most top universities had started to offer some sort of MOOC .  Companies like Google and Tenaris are using MOOCs for training their employees. If you are considering a MOOC for yourself or your organization, you’ll first need to determine which tool you will use to build the course. These are an examples of the most popular MOOC platforms: 1. edX https://www.edx.org People all over the world can join this platform. Whether you are interested in computer science, languages, engineering, psychology, writing, electronics, biology, or marketing, so you can deside what course do you want to have.  They were founded by and continue to be governed by colleges and universities. They are the only leading MOOC provider that is both nonprofit and open source.Open edX is the open-source platform and is freely available. With Open edX , educators an

WIKI

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Wiki is a web technology used for collaborative publishing on the web. Wiki is a type of server software that allows you to work with data on a remote server on the Web. Users interact with the software through a web interface that lets them read, edit and publish content. 1. Teflpedia Teflpedia is a wiki dedicated to everything associated with teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) or second language (TESL). there you can create articles and share your experience with others;  Teflpedia has articles which include advice for new teachers;  Teflpedia serves as a quick reference providing useful links to an almost infinite number of resources and dedicated websites available on internet;  there you can participate in ongoing debates. Actually, I have never heard about such a wiki before. But I think it's very useful resource, aspecially for my future profession. And I'm sure I will try to use it more throughly. 2. Wikipedia Wikipedia is a multilingual, web

Survey services

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1. MyTextXPro it is possible to organize and conduct testing, examinations in any educational institutions (universities, colleges, schools) with the goal of identifying the level of knowledge in any academic discipline. Enterprises and organizations can carry out certification of their employees;  MyTestX works with ten types of tasks: single selection, multiple selection, ordering, matching, specifying the truth or falsity of statements, manual number entry, manual text entry, image location, letter transposition, filling gaps;  the program consists of three modules: Test module (MyTestStudent), Test editor (MyTestEditor) and Test log (MyTestServer);  with the help of MyTestX you can organize both local and network testing. 2. Twitter you can use it at any device; you can do it anonymously; after 24h left, everyone will see the results. Disadvantages of this site is that you can't use it offline and if you are not registered there. 3. Google Form e

Google Services

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Nowadays, different web sites make our learning process easier for students and teachers too. Google Services that I would like to introduced at first are Google Docs and Google Sheets . https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/?pli=1&showDriveBanner=true https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/ Google Docs and Google Sheets allow real-time tracking of any changes made to the document, leave notes, use charts. It's an perfect tools to work on texts in groups. Teachers have the ability to track changes made to the documents by each of students with the help of such fuction as Revision History. The next one is Google Forms where you can create quizzes. https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/ A teacher there can create homeworks for students. A teacher is provided with a convenient summary of the answers. The most interesting in my point of view is Google Sites. https://sites.google.com/new There you can find a collection of tamepl

Bookmarks

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Today we are going to talk about bookmarks. I choose this one  https://www.diigo.com/index  . There you can save not only your bookmarks that you will need, but also such things as: sticky notes; highlightes; images; tag your collected web pages. So, with the help of this site you: annotate web pages and PDFs directly as you browser online; organize your links, references and personal input to create a structured reserch base through Outliner; share your reserch with friends, classmates, colleagues or associates. Data in My Library can be made private, so that only you can see it. Actually, it's the most useful web site as there you can have a lot of sections that were mentioned above.

Different sites to creat presentations

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We all used to create our presentations in PowerPoint, but I would like to show you some more sites that help you to do fantastic presentations. First site is  https://prezi.com/ . All slides are located on the desktop and switched with the help of zooming effect. You can add different videos, audios, PDF-documents, animated images in our presentation. There are  lot of different templates and themes.You can work with this site in our browser online and also use an offline version. If you use this site for the first time, interface will be complicated for you, because it differs from the PowerPoint interface. But actually, presentations look fantastic and very unusual. The next one is  https://www.slideshare.net/  . It's a service, where you can place your presentations online. All teachers around the world can publishe on this web-site their lessons and students can use them. You can find their a huge amount of works and trace the interest of an audience to your ideas.