MY PLE: SYMBALOO

We are not conscious that every day we discover new resources or online tools thanks to the interaction with other people and thanks to Symbaloo (designing my own bookmarks) I have been able to notice such wonderful websites we can come across to that will help us in our future as teachers.

AT THE BEGINNING MY PLE ONLY INCLUDED:

(Basic google tools)

• Gmail
• Drive
• YouTube
• Google search engine

(My daily used websites and tools)

• Miaulario
• Clilclass.pbworks.com (wiki of CLIL subject)

(Online English dictionary and correction resources)

• Wordreference (dictionary)
• Google translator
• Theasaurus (synonyms and antonyms)
• BBC Learning English (youtube channel that explains English pronunciation)

(Websites to watch or download films and series in original English version)

• Ororo.tv
• Mejorenvo.com

(New discovered tools)

• Padlet (to create interactive and multimedia walls)
• Pinterest (in order to be updated about everything: educative tools, news…
• Mindomo ( a really easy way to create mind maps online)

AFTER A VERY ENRICHING SEMESTRE MY PLE INCLUDES:

Tools in order to be in contact with my classmates, share information, do jobs simultaneously (collaborative docs):

• Hotmail
• Gmail
• Drive
• Youtube
• Google search engine
• Blogger

Websites to be updated and get new innovative ideas to design our own activities or projects:

• Dialnet (search for reports, articles, researches…)
• Pinterest (discover posts about different topics, discover new ideas or materials) 
• TEDed (videoconferences about matters related to education or topics we can work in class with children)

 Online tools and website to create (teachers or students) materials, or didactic exercises:

• Cmap Cloud and MIndomo (to create and share min maps online)
• Padlet (to create interactive and multimedia walls)
• Jimdo (easy site to create website in order to gather resources) 
• Dotsub (to subtitle videos in order to test listening and spelling skills of the children) 
•  Moovly and Story Jumper: tools  to create illustrations and animations 
• Rubistar ( to create assessment rubrics to evaluate each other)
• JigsawPlanet ( to create puzzles in order to discover in a more dynamic way new concepts)
• VoiceThread (to create collaborative and interactive presentations add videos or voice recording)Very useful to gather children opinion about an event and share it with the families.
• Quizlet (to create flashcards, play with these ones practising spelling, pronunciation…)Very funny and enriching in the children create their own flashcards.
• Examtime.com (online website to share a discover materials)To create flashcards, mind maps, ppt and arrange your study time.
• Educaplay (very complete website in which your can create and share exercises like riddles, filling gaps, video quiz, matching mosaic, interactive maps…)

Websites to get already done materials or exercises:

• Proyecto Newton ( compilation of hundreds of online games to work maths)
• AgendaWeb (compilation of thousands of online games and activities to study hundreds of different topics and their vocabulary)
• KHAN ACADEMY ( a marvellous website in which you can find explicative videos and interactive exercise about all the areas of maths)
• http://www.english-4kids.com/flashcards.html and http://esl-kids.com/ (you can find hundreds of worksheets and printable flashcards.
• http://www.english-4u.de/ (very complete website to study and practise English grammar and verbs)

(Website to watch or download films and series in original English version)

• Ororo.tv
• Mejorenvo.com
• Pelispedia.com
• Subsmovies.com

(Online English dictionary and correction resources)

•  Wordreference (dictionary)
• Google translator
• Theasaurus (synonyms and antonyms)BBC Learning English (youtube channel that explains English pronunciation)

• LINGUEE (to evaluate which translation is the more accurate depending on the context)à show real text in which it is used the concept we are looking for.