Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Apple Day presentation

Voicethread
How: -collaboration
-continue stories
-sub notes
-create book with pictures and explanations
-vocabulary review
Why: -students can use the language without being intimidated by the thers
-students can do the collaboration written or orally
-it broadens the audience and the possibilities for collaboration
Lingtlanguage
How: -testing
-activities (oral or written)
Why: -students can prepare for the oral exams and practice before having to record
-there is no one else listening to them so they feel more comfortable talking in Spanish
-Pictures and videos can be used to help students use the new vocabulary
-Students get individualized feedback
Kubbu
How: -testing
-practice activities
-games - dominoes
-matching
-listening activities
Why: -students get immediate feedback
-they can see what they got wrong immediately
-the practice activities are available to them all the time
Ning
How: -collaboration with students in other schools
-answer questions in Spanish
Why: -using the target language with other students who are in the same level as they are
-create a project with a students in another town, helps students deal with schedule issues, they need to use different tools to communicate, and to present since they are not in the same room to present.
-provides for a more real situation to use Spanish.
Skype
How: -to talk to penpals in other countries
Why: -so students experience the language in its native setting
-helps students realize the world is not as big
-students get to see that teenagers are similar anywhere else in the world and have the same tastes, likes and dislikes
-see their penpals almost in person was nice for the students.
Online book
How: -everything that is on the book is available on the online book
Why: -no hard cover book to carry around
-available anywhere that there is internet
-videos and audios come alive right from the pages.
Xtranormal
How: -create movies in Spanish
Why: -students practice using conversational Spanish without having to put themselves in an awkward or embarrassing situation.