Genially

 

This project was aimed at my students of 3rd PMAR, to try to make them more engaged with the subject, as students of this kind are quite reluctant to learning in general. The stages of it are explained below. As there are only six students in this class, I set up three groups of two students each. The project was worked on in the last days of the term, since they tend to be more tired and de-motivated. To prevent them from not doing the task, the projects were done in the IT room, under my supervision and guidance during such days.

Once the project was done, they copied and pasted the info to be spoken on naturalreaders.com, which is similar to Voki but more adult-oriented. They listened to the sentences and repeated them. The outcome was pretty good and the goal was achieved.

My conclusion about Genially is that it is a more interactive, thus motivating, tool compared to Google Slides and/or PowerPoint. Moreover, as it is done on the cloud, there are not the problems of compatibility that sometimes arise when using PowerPoint. Even though all of them chose the basic presentation mode, it is a promising start to continue exploring Genially. However, the biggest drawback is that the free version is very limited and does not allow to attach audio files. As it is required in this course, I asked their permission to record their voices and uploaded them on Soundcloud. But, shy as teens are, only two of them granted it, so here they are, both the presentation and the recording:

https://view.genial.ly/61d6ccef019bb20de6e67f23/presentation-five-free-things-to-do-in-london

https://soundcloud.com/paco-pachucho/grabacion-genially/s-ASYjeuZn6Df?si=e7b7c41b10be4145a2448b98564b065a&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

 

STAGES

1.       Warm-up: What do you know about London?

 

2.       Explain the project to be done briefly.

 

3.       Explain Genially and Creative Commons (For the images).

 

4.       Make groups.

 

5.       Presentation of video 50 FREE Things To Do in London (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVpLHqd9QoU)

 

6.       Write down all the things listed on the video.

 

7.       Choose 5 items of the video that you would like to visit in London.

 

8.       Create a file on Drive to save all the info you will find

 

9.       Look for information on the internet about such items.

 

10.   Choose modality of Genially and make your project.

 

11.   Present your project in class.

 

12.   Feedback and co-evaluation with rubric.