Virtual tools to be used in the teaching of English in virtual environments

Designing materials for teaching English in virtual environment has become a real challenge and a must. If the goal is to catch the attention of learners and to improve their language skills, modern teachers must be updated in the use and designing of these materials in accordance to the new technologies and the needs of learners. Current technologies provide the necessary tools to make of teaching an interesting and a productive task.  Social networks such as blogs, slideshares; free software e-learning platforms, such as Moodle (acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment), known as Learning Management System, or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), transform the traditional education system in a funny, attractive and motivating learning objective.

In the following links we are going to find some of these tools featured in such a way that explain by themselves what we are talking about. The authors of these are the smart participants to the Material Design for Virtual Environment Course of the Bachelor Program in English as a Second Language of the Universidad Abierta y a Distancia UNAD, of Colombia. They are:

Laura Constanza Ribero Pinto; Carmen Esperanza Castañeda; Yazmin Elena Vasquez, and Karol Tarazona, who submitted their Works to Mrs. Angela Cabra, the Course Tutor. 

Links: 

http://materialdesignvirtualtools.blogspot.com
http://designingofmaterials.blogspot.com
 http://www.slideshare.net/yasminyae/act-6-yasminvasquegroup3-33571073

 http://englishlab.gnomio.com