Là où je dors – An Interactive Website and Videos for FSL Classrooms

With the updates to the FSL curriculum in Ontario, we now have Listening and Speaking as two separate strands instead of the previous stand-alone “Oral” strand. For the Listening portion of the curriculum, I’ve found TFO’s Idéllo platform to be a great place for students to watch controlled content videos and for teachers to find ample resources, all in French. You can search for videos by grade level, subject, type, theme or skill – there are so many to choose from! Another bonus is that it’s free if your school board has a subscription. One of my favourite video series from Idéllo also has its own website, it’s called “Là où je dors“, and it is completely free.

Là où je dors is an interactive website with a selection of videos of Francophone children from all over the world who each give a glimpse into their lives and bedrooms. I love that this site exposes my students to several French accents and dialects that they wouldn’t necessarily hear here in Toronto.

Here’s a look at the website:

I had my students begin with the ‘Carte du monde’ tab in order to explore what areas of the world the Francophone children were from. Each star is a location on the map that features information and videos about specific children.
Là où je dors CARTE - Mrs. Geek Chic

When you click on the “Chambres” tab you can see an interactive photo of the children’s bedrooms. Certain items in the photo are hyperlinked and you can read about the objects in the room. The child’s name appears on the left and you can choose to view their video or click “Son Histoire” to look at one-page overviews of their story.

Là où je dors - Mrs. Geek Chic

Here’s an example of the one-page overviews, you can choose the tabs along the top to view “Son pays”, “Sa maison”, “Ses passions” or “Bric-à-brac” – there’s one for each Francophone child.

Là où je dors - Mrs. Geek Chic

There’s more! Within the Idéllo platform, you can find “à l’écoute” downloadable PDF teaching tools (les fiches) that go along with each of the Là où je dors videos. They include curriculum links, language acquisition strategies, assessment suggestions and lesson ideas. Here’s an example of one of the many “fiches” available for this video series.

Là où je dors FICHES - Mrs. Geek Chic

To find the above PDFs sign into your Idéllo account at https://www.idello.org/en (top right) –> search “Là où je dors” in the “Search by Keywords” field (top right) –> go to “Filter” (on the left) –> click “Type” –> Check off “Thematic Folder” and you’ll see them in the results (page 2-6 of results because the videos show up on page 1). Here’s a gif to walk you through it.


Last month I was featured in their French publication called Idéllo Magazine in the “Coup de coeur” section, I wrote about “Là où je dors”.

idello Là où je dors Magazine Mrs. Geek Chic

Là où je dors Magazine -Mrs. Geek Chic

Here’s the link to the full online Idéllo Magazine from December: http://magazine.idello.org/doc/idello/magazine-idello-decembre-2016/2016120701/16.html?key=b49841d3b59a0cb5367affeb6736bf9e#4

I’m heading to TFO’s Les Tablettistes Conference in Ottawa on Friday, looking forward to a great day of bilingual learning!

Give Là où je dors and Idéllo a try, I’m sure your students will enjoy them as much as mine do!

About Larissa Aradj

Larissa is a Teacher-Librarian, Media Teacher, and edtech enthusiast from Toronto, Canada. She is a Google Certified Trainer, Innovator (#TOR16), Apple Distinguished Educator, and Toronto District Schoo Board Excellence Award Recipient.

7 comments on “Là où je dors – An Interactive Website and Videos for FSL Classrooms

  1. I LOVE this site: what a great discovery, thanks for sharing, Larissa! It took me a while to figure out how you get to the different tabs of someone’s page. Maybe you could add that you need to click on “Son histoire” to see them. But I couldn’t find the “à l’écoute” downloadable PDF. Could you also please point us in that direction? Merci beaucoup, mon amie!

  2. Hello Larissa,
    I like this resource a lot, too.
    This is my third year using the videos in my Core French program with both grade 7 and 8. I have adapted many of Idéllo’s materials and developed my own over the years. I will actually use this unit for my evaluation in a few weeks.
    Thanks for the post,
    Lucia

  3. Hi Larissa,
    Your blog is phenomenal! Your slides are very informative.
    I have one question: I tried to make a free account on IDÉLLO, but it doesn’t seem to work.
    Is it only for Canadian Educators? I am teaching French as a second language in South California, United-States.

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