Interactive English (Paperback)

Paperback. Publisher: Phoenix Education Interactive English describes a number of approaches, with examples, to help teachers develop the potential for more interactive, enjoyable and creative lessons using an interactive whiteboard. The 23 lessons are divided into:Visual Literacy: working with images, Looking closely at texts, Word studies, More advanced techniques. The book includes a CD with material related to the ideas in the book. These include files for Word, PowerPoint, Promethean flipchart and Smart Notebook. Interactive English is a new Australian edition, with additional and reorganised material, of Sharing Not Staring, published by NATE in 2008. Contents: Introduction. Visual literacy: working with images: 1 Spotlight on images; 2 Controlled reveal; 3 Investigating colour; 4 Investigating symbols. Looking closely at texts: 5 Hiding and revealing text; 6 Mystery texts; 7 Using tables; 8 Text mapping; 9 Collapsing and re-sorting texts; 10 Exploring text types; 11 Using sequencing to investigate texts.Word studies: 12 Making choices with drop-down menus; 13 Word bits; 14 Matching words; 15 Ordering our thoughts; 16 Every picture tells a narrative; 17 Creating scaffolds; 18 Using flowcharts; 19 Transforming texts; 20 Editing: tracked changes. More advanced techniques: 21 Counterpoint with PowerPoint; 22 Show and go; 23 Movie capture animation Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…