19-+videojug

Batista Diana Cozzolino Andrea Gimenez Natalia

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__**Resource: Videojug.com**__ Videojug is a free resource where different videos about "how to do" anything that you may imagine are provided. Everyone willing to participate can join in, contribute with other videos, add information, or take part on their forum. In addition to this, Videojug has a professional team which is always working to provide new videos.

__**Features**__

This page shows you intermittently some of the videos available and also invites you to stroll around the //'channels'//, that are the general themes or topics under which you may narrow your search. You may use the 'Search' bar above as in any search engine as well. There is also a 'Take a tour' link available, which helps you understand better the web dynamics.

In addition, there is a window in which you can see //'People are getting good at,'// that rates the most seen videos at the time, and a posts window with people' s latest questions, called // 'People are asking.' 'Videojug loves' // shows the favourite videos. Under ' // What's going on today // ' you can appreciate the most seen videos at the moment.

At the top, you have other links to navigate through Videojug resources: //Videos and Articles// (most seen videos) //Q&A// (questions and answers members post//)//, //Community (//information of videojug members and the possibility to join in) //and// //Contribute (//here you can upload your own video, create a slideshow, write and article or get and explanation of how to use your webcam//)// In the top right corner of all the windows on this resource, you can see the //'Sign Up'//, //'Login',// and //'Help'// links, together with a //'World'// one which displays the UK, the US, and the global banner, so as to indicate where you are connecting from.

__**How can Videojug be applied to English Language Teaching**__

Inside TBL (Task based learning) framework, this website can be considered a helpful tool. TBL implies involving the students in a concrete task through which they learn language naturally by accomplishing the task's outcome. Videojug provides students with the opportunity of having videos as models of a given task. For teachers, it is useful for getting students involved into a discussion about the content of the video seen. The task outcome may be the very thing that Videojug is explaining through its video, but fulfilled by the students unique way which may differ from the way presented in Videojug, in which case a discussion between the students can be promoted to decide which is the best way of fulfilling the task, providing in this way with a real, purposeful, communication in the second language. Or the task outcome may be producing a new ´How to do´ activity, but following the steps presented in Videojug, and chosing a topic they like, which may be related to previous topics seen in class. You can also use this resource in order to round off a lesson by making your students produce their own videos.

Not only Speaking and Listening skills are fostered by the use of Videojug, but also Reading skill may be developed, as text can be introduced into the videos.

__**Links**__

[] Ollie Bray is a qualified headteacher currently seconded to work as **National Adviser for Learning and Technology Futures** at [|Learning and Teaching Scotland]. In this page she cites Videojug as a useful place where to find didactic videos to use in class.
 * OLLIE BRAY: Creativity and Innovation in Education**

[] This is is a site where teachers can stock their toolboxes with practical, time-saving classroom ideas and cutting edge methods of instruction. It’s where to find useful, free technology to use in the classroom, like the use of Videojug.
 * INSTRUCTIFY: Blog Archive**

[] In this site, where its authors aim at promote and defend the ´great´ American way of life, Videojug is cited to explain what Jury Duty is about, in order to educate their fellow countrymen.
 * CAMPAIN FOR LIBERTY**

[] This is a site where teachers can find useful links of resources to use in the classroom.
 * OCEPS.CO.UK The Home of Primary School Resource Links **

[] In this educational site, we can see how Videojug is used even to learn about the idiosincrasies of Economics.
 * ECONOMICS NETWORK The Higher Education Academy**