What approaches have you found successful?

Inviting students to do presentations utilising computer and interactive whiteboard.

Inviting students to submit homework via email or upload to VLE.

Setting up online discussion forums around lesson themes for students to participate in.

have students do a quiz, spelling game or exercise without electronic devices then allow 5 or 10 mins of use of devices to check... Paper dictionaries available for those without ... Equality issue

image sharing websites are a great way to share photos of your boardwork so sts can see this outside the classroom

Setting tasks around word processing and formatting to produce publicity or professional looking work for display and

Utilising features such as spelling and grammar checking, dictionary and thesaurus; and text speech software to support literacy skills.

Simple and maybe obvious: giving learners a contact email address is a non-intrusive way for learners and tutors to stay in contact.

moodle

Using ESOL Nexus site!

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Homework. Take a photo or photos. Show & tell in class.

Quizlet, Vocaroo, Fotobabble, Green Screen ...

create a Facebook group. Extend learning exponentially outside the classroom using a 'VLE' that people actually use, particularly young learners.

Taking photos of posters of student brainstorm ideas and posting them on VLE

using 'socrative' especially for reading tasks to get instant visual feedback. - cake boy.

Pronunciation: assign phonemic sounds to numbers, learner type tel nos according to what they hear.

for collaborative writing I use Google docs or chalk board. CB

Dropbox is a great way for you and your students to share photos without having to send large files via email.

using twitter to find teaching ideas

Use Wowee speaker (spelling?) - cheap and compact - to amplify sound from mobile phone and other devices.

www.voicethread.com Online discussions. Easy to upload onto class Moodle pages.