HOW TO DO IT?

Hi! I am here again and today I will tell you how to use innovative technologies in TEFL. It is not a secret that Internet with all it tricks makes our life easier. And it is rather foolish to think that teachers should use only books,copy books and blackboard during the class. If you want students` attention, their respect and admiration - BE CREATIVE! It is as important as your fluent English or perfect lesson plan. There should be an interaction, and it will be easier to overcome the gap if you use something more than old-fashioned techniques and methods. Now I want to tell about some of them.

1. PREZI

Prezi is a visual storytelling software alternative to traditional slide-based presentation formats. Prezi presentations feature a map-like, schematic overview that lets users pan between topics at will, zoom in on desired details, and pull back to reveal context. This freedom of movement enables “conversational presenting,” a new presentation style in which presentations follow the flow of dialogue, instead of vice-versa. Founded in 2009, and with offices in San Francisco, Budapest, and Mexico City, Prezi now fosters a community of over 75 million users with more than 260 million prezis around the world.

Prezi gives you unprecedented visual storytelling power, combining the freedom of an open canvas with spatial dimension and motion to keep audiences engaged as you guide them through your message.
As a visually concerned platform it will make the presentation more interesting. And, finally, it may become the last straw,that will save your students from boredom of enormously dull topic!

It allows for a much deeper opportunity to create more conceptually interesting presentations. Students pay attention more...they are more focused on the material...they want to try it. And if you think that it is too difficult, you are mistaken anyway! Just try and have a look at the result. And here is a tutorial for you to use!
2. PODCAST
The word “podcasting” is a portmanteau combining the words “broadcasting” and “iPod.” The most popular format of a podcast is MP3.There are other audio file types that are used for podcasting but in general as long as you have a music player on your computer you should be able to listen to a podcast file. When I first heard of podcasting I didn't understand what made it different from simply searching and then downloading a music file and listening to it much like I had been doing for years with MP3 music tracks.Each podcast typically has a website where show episodes can be listened to or downloaded for future listening. With downloaded media, you can either listen to it on your computer or take it with you by transferring it to a portable digital media player or using a podcast app on your phone. So, in this way, it’s kind of like a small paperback book.But what truly makes a podcast unique, and what gives a podcast its “casting” ability, is how it is able to immediately deliver itself to multiple podcast distribution points. If you are tired of reading the text for listening activities - just record it,and let your students listen to it,while you are marking their papers! Go and watch some videos to make it clear!