Didactics of the English Language I E-Folio

The top three ICT tools

The use of ICT in education and training has become a priority during the last decade.  ICT has positive impact on students’ performances in primary schools particularly in English language.

Schools with sufficient ICT resources achieved better results than those that are not well-equipped.  There is a significant improvement on learners’ performances.  Finally, teachers become more convinced that educational achievements of pupils are due to good ICT use.  In fact, high percentage of teachers states that pupils are more motivated when computers and Internet are being used in class. The technology is one of the most useful tool for teaching a new language, English in this case.

We are going to present now the top three ICT tools we liked the most during this semester:

1.       Movie maker:  is a video editing software, is a very useful tool because you can not only edit videos but also create them, inserting audio clips, images , animation , text and other videos.

With movie maker you can create your own videos, with the information you need to present a topic to your students in a very creative way and you will catch their attention.

1.       Google slides: is an online presentations app that allows you to show off your work in a visual way.

Here's what you can do with Google Slides:

·         Create and edit presentations

·         Import .pptx and .pps files and convert them to Google presentations

·         Download your presentations as a .pdf, .ppt, .svg, .jpg, or .txt file

·         Insert images and videos into your presentation

·         Publish and embed your presentations in a website

1.       PowerPoint: is one of the most common tools teachers use to present their classes.

PowerPoint is a complete presentation graphics package. It gives you everything you need to produce a professional-looking presentation. PowerPoint offers word processing, outlining, drawing, graphing, and presentation management tools- all designed to be easy (something important) to use and learn. 

·         When you create a presentation using PowerPoint, the presentation is made up of a series of slides. The slides that you create using PowerPoint can also be presented as overhead transparencies or 35mm slides.