This online language lab allows teachers to readily create multimedia activities for students to complete online. These include:
- recording of video or audio presentations
- interactive graphical activities
- traditional essay questions
- automatically marked quiz questions
- resources from the web
Teachers are able to:
- present material by controlling students' screens
- use the conferencing facility to speak to an individual or group
- monitor students as they complete work (in real time)
- give help and feedback online
Completed tasks are stored in the students' portfolios and final grades placed in the teacher's markbook. In addition to designing their own activities, teachers may choose from a variety of resources included with the service or mail in existing worksheets for online conversion. Teachers are also able to work collaboratively.
The Language Lab requires no software installation and can be ready for use in the classroom within minutes. Schoolshape's software is already being used by over 200 schools.
More information and tutorials are available at http://languagelabblog.com/
