A Timeline with TimeToast

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 Learning objectives of the activity

  • To make a timeline.
  • To motivate the pupils to learn about Anglosaxon festivities.
  • To have a better understanding of British and American cultures.
  • To improve the children's skills, specially reading and speaking.

Advantages of using TimeToast

  • This is a very attractive and useful tool.  While some children are presenting their jobs, the rest can follow them thanks to the images. The visual support is essential for young learners.
  • By means of this activity, the pupils can easily see the sequence and dates of the different festivities.

  Steps to follow

  • First of all we thought about different topics. We discussed about each of them and eventually we decided to create a timeline about festivities, considering that this theme is really motivating for them. 
  • Later on, they decided which festivities they preferred to work on. 
  • We searched for information on the Internet. The pupils wrote down the exact dates and they also looked for the images they liked the most in order to do their timelines.
  • The pupils made a summary with all the data they needed to write on their jobs.

Problems

  • The only problem was that some pupils do not have computers at home. That situation was solved by lending them my personal computer together with another one that I have at school. In groups of three, these children could do and enjoy their projects.

The students' reaction

  • Once the jobs were finished, my pupils felt very proud and they wanted to present them in the front. It is a new tool for us and everybody is willing to do it again.

Things to change or improve

  • Regarding future jobs, I would give more time and freedom for pupils to carry out their projects.

Three ways TimeToast helped me

  • To improve the pupils' reading skills.
  • To help the children to summarize information.
  • To guide the students to organize the dates.
  • To make data easier for pupils thanks to the visual support.

In conclusion, the use of TimeToast has been very rewarding and motivating for all of us.


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