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“There is nothing to win, but all to gain.” Julius Caesar

Café Causette-Le mouvement Oulipo

Nous feuilletterons aujourd’hui les ‘Exercices de style’de Raymond Queneau, membre fondateur du mouvement Oulipo (Ouvroir de littérature potentielle). Cliquez sur le lien suivant pour consultez l’oeuvre: Raymond Queneau-Exercices de style

Schoology: a tutorial for correcting assignments (French).

This tutorial was designed for my native French Erasmus Student Assistants. It reflects the fact that the time for turnaround is minimal, so that corrections need to be kept to a minimum. Tutoriel pour faire les corrections sur Schoology. 1. Connectez-vous à Schoology et allez au cours de MLF121. Cliquez sur l’activité de compréhension ‘QuestionsContinue reading “Schoology: a tutorial for correcting assignments (French).”

Schoology: the user-friendly CMS

Schoology.com was mentioned to me in a Tweet by a language instructor comparing it to Google classrooms. Prior to that I had no idea it existed, nor what it was. My interest was piqued because I am looking at ways of deploying MOOCs next year and because I am always looking at software that offers ways ofContinue reading “Schoology: the user-friendly CMS”

Using twinery.org to Storyboard a Powerpoint presentation

Using twinery.org for storyboarding a Powerpoint Presentation

Twinery can be used to create adventure stories where the correct decisions lead to the desired outcome. Here I have used it to demonstrate Storyboarding in preparation for a Powerpoint Presentation. The reason for using it is that it is simple to use and formats the elements well, i.e. you don’t need to keep re-adjusting text-boxesContinue reading “Using twinery.org to Storyboard a Powerpoint presentation”

Mobile phones for collaborating in a traditional classroom

This is an alternative response to a Tweet I found about using mobile technology in class: https://goo.gl/2xV3Ao

To collaborate in a classroom using mobile phones requires the projection of a media that allows multiple users to see what is happening on an entire shared document. This year I’m teaching French Essay writing in small groups of up to 10 students so I had the opportunity to test this. Admittedly you need to haveContinue reading “Mobile phones for collaborating in a traditional classroom”

Twitter and Google docs for research on ‘L’Éducation nationale’

Twitter is catchy; and having ignored it for most of the past few years, I now find it an irresistible alternative that sits somewhere between a serious endeavour and passive moment. Twitter was off-putting because of its reputation for duplicating celebrities’ ergonomics, physical movement, diet and joy without an analytical filter. This was of course a stereotypeContinue reading “Twitter and Google docs for research on ‘L’Éducation nationale’”

Le clavier international américain.

Avec les différentes versions de Windows qui sortent année après année il est difficile de fournir un tutoriel exact pour sélectionner le clavier international américain. Parfois, avec le même système d’exploitation mais sur différentes machines, les menus changent quand-même. C’est donc pour cela que ce tutoriel demeure approximatif, bien les grandes lignes soientContinue reading “Le clavier international américain.”

Tutoriel pour intégrer une vidéo à votre Wiki

Ce tutoriel ne sera peut-être pas exact pour votre système d’exploitation car Microsoft en change si souvent. Les grandes lignes pour intégrer une vidéo à votre Wiki ou toute autre page nécessitant le code HTML de la vidéo sont les mêmes. Il suffit de trouver l’onglet qui alterne entre l’édition de votre document enContinue reading “Tutoriel pour intégrer une vidéo à votre Wiki”