I used to be lucky sufficient to have averaged a number of Avenue webinars on Poodll applied sciences in June. The webinar speaker was Justin Hunt, the founder and CEO of Poodll. I’ve since been creating studying experiences for the CanAvenue.ca challenge utilizing Poodll applied sciences and want to share a few of the fundamentals with the TESL Ontario neighborhood by this weblog put up and a TESL Ontario webinar.
TESL Ontario: Talking Actions with Poodll Plugins
Wed Oct 23, 2024 07:00 PM EDT
https://tutela.ca/GroupEvent?organicgroup=8594&itemId=51396
A few of it’s possible you’ll be accustomed to the Poodll media instruments utilized in Moodle project submissions or suggestions. These instruments embody whiteboards, audio and video participant recorders. These are separate from the instruments mentioned on this weblog put up.
Poodll’s instruments: ReadAloud, Wordcards and Solo permit lecturers to supply vocabulary, talking, and pronunciation observe of their Moodle programs. In case your establishment makes use of the Moodle studying administration system, it’s attainable that you’ve entry to a number of of those instruments. Look on the “Add an Exercise or Useful resource” desk whereas in enhancing mode on Moodle.
Wordcards
Wordcards is a digital flashcard software designed to reinforce vocabulary acquisition. It helps the creation of interactive flashcards that may embody textual content, photographs, audio and video, making it a dynamic solution to study new phrases and phrases.
Wordcards retains learners engaged by its multimedia strategy and adaptive phrase choice to reinforce particular person studying by specializing in difficult phrases.
Key Options of Wordcards embody:
- Customizable Flashcards with numerous media combos that accommodate totally different studying types.
- College students work together with the flashcards by totally different matching, spelling and multiple-choice quiz actions to bolster and observe new vocabulary.
- The Wordcards software tracks pupil progress and adapts actions to concentrate on phrases requiring extra consideration.
Only a be aware about Poodll Wordcards use of video. It makes use of the YouGlish useful resource to offer totally different makes use of of the time period or phrase from YouTube clips.
Learn Aloud
ReadAloud is a sophisticated software that enables college students to observe their oral studying abilities. It permits instructors to create and assign studying passages. College students then report themselves studying the passages aloud. This can be a helpful language studying exercise, because it helps to enhance studying fluency, pronunciation and confidence.
Ideally, Poodll’s ReadAloud improves pronunciation by college students listening to their private recordings. This probably permits them to determine and treatment pronunciation errors as common observe helps college students develop into extra fluent readers. College students are supplied with rapid suggestions by automated grading, which permits for well timed enhancements. As effectively, instructor suggestions supplies human insights.
Key Options of ReadAloud embody:
- ReadAloud makes use of speech recognition know-how to robotically grade pupil readings based mostly on accuracy and fluency.
- College students can report themselves studying passages immediately inside Moodle.
- Instructors can present detailed suggestions on every recording. This can assist the scholars determine their studying strengths and points that they will handle for enchancment.
Solo
Solo is a self-recording characteristic that encourages learners to independently observe talking. It’s designed to assist them enhance their spoken language abilities by offering a extra open alternative to repeatedly observe and self-assess their talking.
Solo promotes common talking observe in a low-pressure surroundings. The engagement is between the software, the scholar and the instructor. College students develop their self-assessment abilities by appraising their private recordings. Academics can supply focused suggestions based mostly on particular person pupil wants, from digital and in-class experiences.
Key Options of Solo embody:
- Learners can hearken to their recordings and self-assess utilizing job required standards.
- College students reply to teacher generated prompts or questions by recording their solutions.
- Academics evaluation pupil recordings, present suggestions, and observe their learners’ progress.
Conclusion
Poodll’s suite of instruments, together with ReadAloud, Solo, and Wordcards present revolutionary methods for college kids to observe and enhance their goal language studying, talking, and vocabulary. By integrating these instruments into Moodle programs, extra partaking and personalised studying experiences may be accessible to your college students.
For extra data on Poodll instruments and find out how to combine them into your Moodle programs, go to the Poodll web site. To actively observe with Poodll instruments on-line go to the Poodll ‘See and Attempt Poodll for Your self’ website, find a software and the clicking on the Attempt Now button.
Assets
Poodll, https://poodll.com
Poodll See and Attempt Poodll for Your self, https://poodll.com/see-and-try
Youglish, https://youglish.com
John Allan @mrpottz
Hello—I am John Allan. I’m an educator who works within the know-how enhanced language studying area. I create on-line studying alternatives and mentor instructors on the Avenue challenge. I’ve expertise instructing ESL and EFL in Canada and the Center East. I maintain an MSC in Laptop Assisted Language studying, a M.Ed. in Distance Training, TESL B. Ed., a B.Ed. (OCT), and quite a lot of TESL related certifications from TESL Canada, TESL Ontario and the Ontario Ministry of Training. For extra articles, studying objects, tasks and weblog hyperlinks see https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnharoldallan