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Marlene Johnshoy

Taylor & Francis Online :: From the Student Perspective: Experiences of Middle and High... - 1 views

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    Sorry, you may have to go to your own library access to see this, but it was interesting for a number of things: 80% took all classes online, 74% indicated interaction with peers was not or only a little important, among other questions in a survey given to middle and high school students.
Marlene Johnshoy

Teaching Middle and High School Students to Evaluate Websites | Edutopia - 0 views

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    "A few pointers on how to guide middle and high school students to determine whether a website offers accurate information."
Roxana Sandu

College 2.0: Academics and Colleges Split Their Personalities for Social Media - Techno... - 1 views

  • Many professors and higher-education leaders are struggling to strike a balance between their personal and professional lives when using online social media, a realm that encourages widespread sharing of thoughts and opinions. Often that means creating multiple accounts, one for each of the hats they wear. Some professors use Facebook with friends and family, reserving Twitter for professional observations, or vice versa.
  • There may be a benefit to that kind of sharing. Ms. Johnson recently conducted a survey of 120 students at the college about what they thought of a series of Twitter feeds run by professors. The majority of students found the professors who mixed in personal details with their down-to-business tweets more credible—rating them higher on measures of competence, trustworthiness, and caring. Her theory: Students want to end the semester with a connection to their professors, not just a head full of facts.
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    An article about how some of the academics manage both personal and professional accounts on Twitter, FB etc.
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    Ms. Johnson's survey findings has made me think on my own personal rule of keeping school and personal separate in cyberspace. Question still remains is: at what age is it appropriate for teachers to mix school and personal...middle school, high school, college?
Kathryn Kerekes

iPads in the Spanish Classroom! - iPads in Education - 6 views

  • The app I used was called "Sock Puppets" They first wrote out a script then recorded them using the App. Finally, we had them switch iPads and watch the other "puppet shows".
    • Abby Bajuniemi
       
      This sounds like a fun thing to do with middle-schoolers! 
    • Carol Petersen
       
      I love the idea. But....unfortunately, how many public schools can or would fund a bunch of ipads to use in the classroom? I believe this is an expense that should be used. but, here in TX we dont even have $$ for basics! :(
    • Kathryn Kerekes
       
      We do a lot of TPRS at my school, so this would be helpful to bring the stories to life.
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    Super interesting thread on ways in which other Spanish teachers have incorporated iPads into their classrooms! Maybe some ideas for people?
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    Just what I was looking for...I have many students whose lives revolve around their smartphones and iPads.
senora heebsh

50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom - 4 views

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    I liked how the teacher videotaped the skype conversation with a flipcam in order to replay it for her students. Then, they could focus on parts of the conversation in more detail.
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    I like the idea of the flipcam as well. I also like how she manages to have those kids skype, which is a difficult tasks to do. This is a very good example on how a whole group can skype with another located in another part of the world.
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    At our school there is a phenomenal social studies teacher who uses Skype to talk to students in the Middle East. I would love to chat with students from Mexico or another Spanish speaking country, but am unsure about how to get started. Does anyone have any tips about how to find a partner school and set up interaction? I think this is essentially part of 'ePals'. Does anyone use this? Share your experiences, please, if you have!
Ferrel Rose

Online cloze texts for popular songs - 6 views

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    So far in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese - in three levels.  The Beginner level has pull-downs so you just make a choice.
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    I discovered this post from an earlier carlatech class when searching "German" in our group, and I thought it was worth bringing to our group's attention. The site offers hundreds of songs in many languages. Would make for a fun Friday reward activity.
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    Interesting--when you re-post an older bookmark, it shows up with the date of the original posting, but I added this on 19 Jul 13.
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    I wish there was Arabic as well.
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    Excellent resource. Three levels, Karaoke and Expert options seem fun. What is really interesting is ability for instructor to customize their own activities.
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    Fun resource. As always, though, I would recommend proofing the exercises. I just noticed a number of transcription errors in some of the songs.
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    Awesome resource, thanks for sharing, I can use this for my weekend school. Middle school students would really enjoy it. :D
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    anyone try the karaoke? or, is there another karaoke site? i have a student trip to Mexico City coming up and my wouldn't that be a fabulous fundraiser!
Laura Nagle

Tex's French Grammar - 0 views

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    Tex's French Grammar is the integral grammar component of Français Interactif, an online French course from the University of Texas at Austin. Various sections of the website are entertaining (the dialogues are not always appropriate for middle school!) and others provide rote grammar practice.
Sarah Sirna

using voicethread to create community in elementaryhttp://thejoyofchildrensliterature.b... - 1 views

why wait until middle school to start integrating technology. This article talks about creating communities through technology.

started by Sarah Sirna on 20 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
Erika Sass

Thinkquest - (Facebook for elementary??) « The Techie Classroom - 4 views

    • Erika Sass
       
      Has anyone used Thinkquest? It looks like a great way to introduce elementary students to social networking in a safe way. I also posted a great site that does online safety and cyberbulling in 15 minutes lessons with Garfield cartoons for kids.
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      Yes, I have used it primarily with middle school students and I have found it quite useful. The last time I used it was several years ago to set up a list of websites to use with a webquest, a very simple and easy thing to do.
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    "Facebook" option for elementary?
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    This looks pretty promising. I also think the connections you made on this site are great - asking for resources and someone commented back with great resources on kids safety on the internet. Awesome!!
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    I also liked the description. I will make an account to explore it and see if it is something we can use with older students as well.
zhangxch2012

Funky Character Maps | The Creative Language Class - 30 views

    • kjjsk8
       
      I thought that this was a cool graphic organizer for character traits rather than doing a traditional way of listing/t-chart/ven-diagram/etc.
    • yflanders
       
      Very creative idea, I would love to try it out with my class. Thanks for sharing.
  • Furthermore, it connects to English Arts and my unit on describing people.
    • kjjsk8
       
      This connects to my Legends and Myths unit and helps me assess content and not just language.
    • srafuller
       
      I like this idea - I'd like to try this with my Level 1 students. We have a children's version of Don Quijote that might lend itself to this. Something else to plan!
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  • The sheet on the left is good, but a little “middle-school” looking.
    • zhangxch2012
       
      I like this tool. Helpful to create a community sharing things and creating things together.
atsukofrederick

Facilitating a Class Twitter Chat | Edutopia - 3 views

  • Communicate the public nature of Twitter to parents. Consider an opt-out alternative for students or parents who are uncomfortable with participating in the classroom chat.
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      I've also used my school's platform "discussion board" as if it were a twitter chat feed--some students got really into it, and I think I could implement some of these suggestions to make it more universally engaging
  • assist students in moving back and forth between their own words and technical or course-specific terms. And help highlight particular content with the use of sentence starters.
    • cwelton
       
      perhaps for a language class this would look like a vocab list, or a list of social media abbreviations that are language-specific.
  • Do you feel the chat’s objective was reached? What was the most useful part of the chat? How might we improve the chat?
    • cwelton
       
      i've do this, at some level, for almost every new project or activity I do in my classroom--the students feel so empowered when I ask them to share their opinions and reactions to the structures of the course.
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    Thanks for sharing, Carmen-- I am also considering students who do not have Twitter, or parent concerns, and I wonder if small group work might be a solution- Using the twitter account of one student, another student or group of students help to compose responses, stay hidden from their online contributions.
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    Hi Veronica--you could also consider making a class handle. I did that with an Adv. class once, and simply gave all the students the info to log in. They could all post from that handle, and sign tweets with their initials.
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    This is a helpful article. I like how it gives us step-by-step of how to host a twitter chat.
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    Thanks for this suggestions, Carmen-- will use it!
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    Especially middle/high school parents/students may feel more comfortable using a platform provided by the district. I am also planning to use the discussion board in the district's platform. I can definitely use the tips in this article.
Marlene Johnshoy

How to Use Podcasts in Middle and High School World Language Classes | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Podcasts that feature native speakers help students improve their listening skills and gain cultural knowledge.
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