Use Bubblr to write comments on pictures

http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/

What is it, how does it work?


Bubblr is an online web tool that you can use to make comments right on professional pictures and organize them into a slideshow. The pictures you use are based on flicker.

Some ideas of how we can use this website.

• Assign it as a homework for students to use Bubblr to drill specific grammar points e.g. 'use Bubblr to produce a presentation of the places you are going to visit (simple future tense)'.
• Assign it as students' homework to make a slideshow on Bubblr, e.g. their hometown, and then share it with their teachers.
• Next, ask students to write short comments on the pictures and let them be prepared to deliver a oral presentation in the next lesson with more details.
• Ask some volunteers to deliver a oral presentation with elaborations by using Bubblr.
• Encourage students to share their artwork to their pen pal in another city/ country.

Why is this tool good for English language teaching/learning?

• It is a good way to promote learning autonomy since it connects students' life with their development of English writing.
• It is a good tool to drill some simple grammar points (e.g. tenses)
• It very simple to use and easy to share.
• It can be embedded and shared on a blog.

Limitations and points to improve

• One can not download the slideshow that she/he makes.
• One can not drag a picture  directly onto Bubblr, she/he must post the pictures on Flicker first.
• The comments on the pictures might block parts of the picture.