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Marlene Johnshoy

National Cyber Security Awareness Month, October 2015! | EDUCAUSE - 0 views

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cyber security awareness educause

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 30 Sep 15
     
    Something to always keep in mind - and help young people understand as well as being good models ourselves.
Marlene Johnshoy

MWALLT 2015 Conference - MidWest Assoc for Language Learning and Technology - 0 views

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conference MWALLT IALLT 2015 Valparaiso

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 14 Sep 15
     
    A very friendly, and very reasonably priced conference on language learning and technology. Check out other IALLT regional group conferences close to where you are, too!
speabodymn

Using Music in the Foreign Language Classroom | GradHacker - 11 views

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foreinglanguages Carlatech17 GroupA song music

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  • By Natascha Chtena November 22, 2015 5 Comments   .blog-spacer { display: none; } @media (max-width: 420px) { .blog-spacer { display: block; height:1px; clear:both; } }   googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("dfp-ad-story_level_pages"); }); Natascha Chtena is a PhD student in Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. You can follow her on Twitter @nataschachtena.       One of the challenges I face teaching a daily language class is finding novel and creative ways to maintain student interest throughout my lessons. One of my favorite teaching “tricks” is using music to motivate learning, improve concentration, create a sense of community and help my students absorb material.   Music is a wonderful tool to integrate into your teaching repertoire, especially if you are a foreign language teacher. It has a
  • The key is to not be too ambitious (unless of course you are teaching a language AND culture class) and to set realistic goals: one song one major point! I usually keep it to seven minutes max, which includes a song, a very short “lecture” and some time for student questions at the end.
  • where I asked students to compile a short (German) playlist that describes their personality, explaining what it is about each song that speaks to them and/or that they identify with.
    • murasimo
      murasimo on 27 Jul 17
       
      I would like to try this activity.
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  • By Natascha Chtena November 22, 2015 5 Comments   .blog-spacer { display: none; } @media (max-width: 420px) { .blog-spacer { display: block; height:1px; clear:both; } }   googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("dfp-ad-story_level_pages"); }); Natascha Chtena is a PhD student in Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. You can follow her on Twitter @nataschachtena.       One of the challenges I face teaching a daily language class is finding novel and creative ways to maintain student interest throughout my lessons. One of my favorite teaching “tricks” is using music to motivate learning, improve concentration, create a sense of community and help my students absorb material.   Mus
  • Music is a wonderful tool to integrate into your teaching repertoire, especially if you are a foreign language teacher. It has a way of capturing everything about a culture, its people and their language and it can inspire interest in a subject matter when other methods have failed. Not to mention that students love it and benefit from it intellectually and emotionally (even when they find your music taste questionable).
    • murasimo
      murasimo on 27 Jul 17
       
      I use songs all the time and students love it. it is useful for grammar, vocabulary and culture. most of the time students start following on youtube the singer and present to class new songs from the same singer.
    • heidikreutzer
      heidikreutzer on 29 Jul 17
       
      My students (college level) really enjoy any music I bring into the classroom. Usually, I use it because it fits a grammar or vocabulary theme. I'd love to expand my use of music with my students.
    • vivianfranco
      vivianfranco on 30 Jul 17
       
      My students also love to listen to songs in the target language. As you said, it is useful to work not only the language (grammar aspect) but also the cultural part. In my classes, I try to play 1 minute of music in Spanish before starting the class. They really enjoy it and even bring me more songs suggestions in the target language to play the next day.
    • pludek
      pludek on 30 Jul 17
       
      I like the idea of keeping the song length to a minimum. Sometimes the students get off task, especially if they don't like the song. Thanks for the idea! I love it when they tell me they've added the song to their own playlists!
    • speabodymn
      speabodymn on 30 Jul 17
       
      As a German instructor, I find music also is a great way to bring more traditional texts to life--lots of poems become more exciting to students when combined with a setting by Schubert or Strauss (for example), even if the student isn't initially interested in either poetry or classical music. (I have a video of Schubert/Goethe's "Erlkönig" that adds another dimension through a sort of cartoon horror-story video--so it's text plus music plus visuals.) With this much to discuss, it can easily fill half of a class session or provide the basis for a larger project. Still, I also like the shorter use of music as a way to add energy to many different topics without taking over the lesson.
  • murasimo on 27 Jul 17
     
    "Music is a wonderful tool to integrate into your teaching repertoire, especially if you are a foreign language teacher."
  • Ergan Xu on 31 Jul 17
     
    This sounds fun! I would love to try it next year!
Kimberly Jaeger

Top 10 Education Tech Blogs | Brainscape Blog - 1 views

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Education Tech carlatech16

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  • Kimberly Jaeger on 24 Jul 16
     
    Brief overview of good ed tech blogs.
  • Jesse Dalbacka-Hoogenboom on 24 Jul 16
     
    Thank you for this list. I just started following a couple of these through Feedly, glad to see that they are in the "top ten" :)
msdianehahn

50 Digital Education Tools and Apps for Formative Assessment Success - 2 views

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FormativeAssessment tools education technology carlatech16

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  • msdianehahn on 21 Jul 16
     
    Shared by Jesse! Such a good list.
  • olso2135 on 24 Jul 16
     
    Wow, what a great list! Formative assessment is such an important part of ensuring that learning objectives are being met, and these are some wonderful ideas to ensure that this won't get stale in my classroom.
olso2135

Connecting a Classroom: Reflections on Using Social Media With My Students - Education ... - 2 views

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  • eflections on Using Social Media
  • Social media can expand our thoughts and ideas and connect us to what is going on in the rest of the world. It would be cool getting ideas that are actually present outside our community.”
  • sk students to help develop ways to use that platform to connect within and beyond your classroom. Co-create virtual community with students rather than for them. This obviously looks different for elementary classrooms than for secondary, but all students should feel a sense of ownership over the classroom accounts.
    • moramichal
      moramichal on 27 Jul 16
       
      " ask students to help develop ways to use that platform to connect within and beyond your classroom. Co-create virtual community with students rather than for them. This obviously looks different for elementary classrooms than for secondary, but all students should feel a sense of ownership over the classroom accounts". i think that this is the key - not building for them but with them
    • Kimberly Jaeger
      Kimberly Jaeger on 27 Jul 16
       
      That's a great statement to highlight. This applies to higher ed as well. (Kim, Group 3)
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    • olso2135
      olso2135 on 31 Jul 16
       
      I like this idea, but wonder how it would look in a classroom where some students have extremely limited tech knowledge. Maybe pairing them up with other students and having them teach each other?
Marlene Johnshoy

10 useful tools for assessment with tech | Ditch That Textbook - 3 views

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assessment tools

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 21 May 15
     
    If you don't watch this blog, you should! He has a lot of interesting posts - not all are on tech, but many are.
Marlene Johnshoy

How to Learn a Language with Twitter | Language News - 0 views

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 17 Aug 15
     
    Blog post from Transparent Language
Marlene Johnshoy

Why Ed Tech Is Not Transforming How Teachers Teach - Education Week - 5 views

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technology transformation student-centered

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  • Beth Kautz on 11 Jun 15
     
    Discussion on how technology is being used and why we're still struggling to give more control of learning to students. A good read!
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  • Caroline Switzer Kelly on 18 Jul 15
     
    Such an important article. I'd seen it - but not read the whole thing. It's so tru: changing everything, even when you're committed, takes a ton of work!
  • anonymous on 19 Jul 15
     
    "A 2014 paper by researchers at Michigan State University, in East Lansing, provides a tangible example: Teachers and students in the small-scale study were found to be making extensive use of the online word-processing tool Google Docs. The application's power to support collaborative writing and in-depth feedback, however, was not being realized. Teachers were not encouraging group-writing assignments and their feedback focused overwhelmingly on issues such as spelling and grammar, rather than content and organization." This really gets to the heart of the idea of combining education and technology: the technology has to serve the goal and it doesn't sound like the teachers' goals were the same as the stated goals of the assignment. So obviously Google Docs is a fantastic tool, but it has to be utilized appropriately for it to be effective.
  • marispi on 20 Jul 15
     
    I must say I have sat through many workshops in my tenure at my university that included the modification of some practices and even included, to my frustration, the basic structure of a lesson from stating outcomes to assessment. The problem with our particular situation is that usually it is directed to a "one-size-fits-all" use of a given technology that may not apply to many disciplines. I have found them somewhat useful for upper-level courses at times, but the language classes often pose the need for a kind of collaboration and interpersonal technology that isn't presented. Hence my desire to take this course. Another difficulty is the overwhelming number of technological applications presented--I can't tell you how many--and the students really become overwhelmed, since they often have to learn new technologies in almost many courses. Some work and some don't, and since they are the guinea pigs and there are no guarantees that everything will work as planned, and given the astounding changes in tech, the newness never seems to end, neither for the student nor the teacher. So focusing on just 1 or 2 to begin with seems like the only way to deal with it. Finally, I think that, at least in our university, the huge courses found often in the sciences reflect the slowness to adopt meaningful change. Many in these disciplines have simply used the tech to deliver more lectures on topics students must memorize, perhaps adding clickers for comprehension checks. There seems to be a great disconnect between what happens in the classroom and the amazing advances in tech they have made for their hands-on work--labs, collaborative work, etc.
Michelle Burnside

Language Log - 2 views

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Language education resources

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  • Michelle Burnside on 22 Jul 15
     
    Emily Landau, " Why Person-First Language Doesn't Always Put the Person First", Think Inclusive 7/20/2015: There are two main types of language used to refer disability: person-first language and what is known as identity-first language (IFL). PFL as a concept originated among people who wanted to fight back against stigma.
anonymous

Die Engelsgeduld | Wort der Woche | DW.COM | 20.07.2015 - 2 views

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CARLA language week 3 Group C

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  • dass man sich durch nichts aus der Ruhe bringen lässt
  • dass sie Frühstück für ihn mach
  • Als er die ganze Nacht feiern war und morgens verlangt,
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    • anonymous
      anonymous on 23 Jul 15
       
      A great warm-up for students to find the "Nebensätze" in this short read that is also an insight into having "the patience of an angel."
  • anonymous on 23 Jul 15
     
    Word of the Week from DW.de. Highlighting & annotating for creating a lesson based on this material.
annalisaandre

Mis Clases Locas: El Internado Culture - El Desayuno - 2 views

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CARLAtech ElInternado

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  • annalisaandre on 23 Jul 15
     
    A conversation on Twitter a week or so ago got me thinking about using the TV show El Internado: Laguna Negra to teach the culture of Spain.
Marlene Johnshoy

How to get and use free images the RIGHT way in class | Ditch That Textbook - 1 views

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 14 Sep 15
     
    "The digital age has opened classrooms up to a figurative stack of magazines that's virtually unlimited, searchable and easily usable. "
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