Party comic

 

My avatar

 Below is my avatar created with Hexatar.

Malta - Animated Slideshow

Adobe Spark allows for the creation of videos via slideshows. Most of its options are quite limited, which means that it doesn't take too long to complete. Below is one example.

Comic - Shoes

StoryboardThat allows the creation of up to 2 free storyboards per week, but it has many more options for characters, design, colour, and items.

Comic - At the party

Witty Comics can be used for language activities, such as modelling short conversations, or as a lesson warmer and discussion opener.

Using Voki

Students can use Voki to create speaking avatars of themselves or of characters. It requires little technical knowledge and speech in a variety of languages and accents can be generated automatically.

Voki avatars can also be used as an introduction to a topic or a lesson warmer.

Click on Yumiko to hear her speak.

Using LearningApps in class

 Watch the video and carry out the tasks mentioned.

Malta crossword

 Work out the crossword below to learn something about Malta.

What can you do in Malta?

Malta offers a variety of activities for both young and old. Watch the video below and think about which activities shown attract you.

Historical places in Malta

Malta has a rich history, in both recent and pre-historical times. Recent history begins with written texts, which start around the 9th century with the entry of the Arabs in Malta. But Malta had inhabitants a long time before that, starting 7,000 years ago with the Temple Builders.

Qrendi Temples

Ggantija Temples

The temples were used for thousands of years by both the local population, that numbered around 10,000 at the time, as well as most of the Mediterranean. They were used for religious celebrations that involved animal sacrifice, and also for grain storage. They all had roofs when they were first built and were richly decorated on the inside and outside with coloured plaster. Nowadays, the temples in the best condition still have pitting on the rock surface, showing where decoration was attached.

The temples, that used to number close to 250 according to archeological information, were built by the Temple Builders, who disappeared shortly before 1,000 B.C. The Maltese population is not descended from them.

Throughout Maltese history many temples were dismantled by the weather and by local farmers who used the stone as building material for their farmhouses and border rubble walls.

Teacher Training in Malta

Malta is a small English-speaking island in the middle of the Mediterranean which has recently become a hub for teacher training. Schools like ETI Malta offer teacher-training courses that focus on methodology for kindergarten, primary and secondary levels, as well as using and integrating technologies in the classroom.