Alice in Wonderland (reading task)

Teacher’s name: Núria Guillem Buera
Level: 1st ESO
Developed language skill: reading
Learning objective: the main aim is that students practice their reading skills and reading comprehension.
Task title: Alice in Wonderland
Technological tools and justification: I have created an ICT activity which is a poster done with Glogster. I decided to use this 2.0 web tool because I believe it is a more visual and appealing way to present a project to students. Students are going to work individual in this project. In the Glog, students can find the instructions they have to follow in order to complete the project; in this way, students can work on their own in class, and the teacher becomes a consultant that helps students to accomplish the task. The instructions are very straightforward and simple: students have to download the first chapter of Alice in Wonderland, “The White Rabbit”, and carefully read it. In order to accomplish this first step, students simply have to click on the clip icon, which is located on the top right of the Glog, and choose the PDF document called “Alice in Wonderland 1. The White Rabbit”. Then, they download it and read it. The second step is then to answer some questions in order to check their reading comprehension. Students have to click on the word “following” and the questions will appear on the screen. When I created this second step, I used Google Drive, particularly, I used the application that creates surveys or questionnaires. The third step is more cultural; it is up to students to do it or not, if they are curious and they want to meet the author, Lewis Carroll, they can download a file with Carroll’s brief biography. In the final step of the project, students are asked to give their opinion on the task by clicking on a link and a Google Drive with a survey opens: there they have to opine on Glogster as a tool. Finally, once they have finished with the project, students can watch the trailer of the latest film of Alice in Wonderland which is a YouTube video.
Description of the technological tools: The following logos correspond to the technological tools used in this activity. (Glogster, PDF documents, Google Drive and YouTube). All the tools are free, and quite easy to use. If you want to use YouTube and PDF you do not need to register; PDF usually comes with the operative system of your computer, and you can freely access YouTube if you have Internet access. With Google Drive you only need to have a Gmail account, and you will have access to its apps. Finally with Glogster, you simply need to create an account and start using the tool.

Here is my Glogster, I hope you like it :)