Monday 19 November 2012

Dvolver

Hello everyone, hope you are having a great day. I am going to write about another tool that could be useful in the classroom that is DVOLVER.
So, what is Dvolver?
Dvolver is a tool that allows students to make a short movie or a film strips. It is a very interesting tool as it provides a wide range of characters, background, scene and sounds.

How does Dvolver works? Very easy.

Firstly, open the website Then, let the students pick their choice of background and click 'next'.




Secondly, students can choose any scenes that are available which interest them. As shown below:




After selecting their scene, students can now choose two characters that they like and suits their short movie.




Now, students will write the scripts for their characters depending on their own story line. They can make it as interesting as they want.




Then, they can choose if they want to put any background music. Lastly, they can put their movie title and put their name as the director.
DONE!

Now, what is it good about Dvolver for learning, especially language learning?
 1. Students are able to use language creatively, depending on their story.

 2. It is an interesting way to get the students to write rather than using a typical way of writing a long essay.

 3. It contains the sense of owning something. Its very personal and very close to the students as it is their own work and its is fully made by them.

 4. It allows the students to practice real communicative language as they need to create dialogues.

 So, why don't we try and use it class?? bye for now and good luck! :D

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