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vaguevara

Teaching, Tech and Twitter: Ignite a Flipgrid Fire - 1 views

  • 5. GridPals! An incredible idea from Bonnie McClelland, GridPals connects classrooms across the globe creating virtual pen pals. You can take advantage of GridPals using Flipgrid One. However, if one of the GridPals teachers has Flipgrid classroom then you can become CoPilots on the same grid giving both teachers access to the educator dashboard.
    • vaguevara
       
      REally want to investigate this!!!
  • The beginning of the year, at parent conferences, a send-off to the next grade are all ways to get families involved in encouraging and supporting their kids.
    • vaguevara
       
      I will use this as a bridge to communication about what is happening in the classroom- Have students teach introductions to their parents, and film them doing it!!!
  • ONE of the PVLEGS expectations to focus on at a time
    • vaguevara
       
      Yes-- try not to assess everything at once-- overwhelming for student and teacher:)
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  • Flipgrid film festival 
    • vaguevara
       
      I would like to use this for trablenguas and shorter interpersonal activities-- Great to share out with class, and also for student-parent-teacher conferences
  • Flipgrid video and a QR code link to the video is stuck on the map? Geography, history and oral reports all rolled into one.
    • vaguevara
       
      Love this idea, for student work during field trips
  • 7. Computer science shareout
    • vaguevara
       
      I will also use this idea to garner self-evaluation of discreet tasks and longer project work.
  • Claudio Zavala Jr. and Scott Titmas
  • rubric
  • The Global Read Aloud is a set 6 week period that spans from early October through mid-November and teachers all over the globe read one book and connect with other classrooms all over the world. 
    • vaguevara
       
      Wonder if there is a readaloud in Spanish... will investigate
  • 10 Ways to Enhance Math Lessons With Flipgrid by Sean Fahey.
    • vaguevara
       
      I'm sure a great deal of this is transferable to WLs.
  • background knowledge
    • vaguevara
       
      This could be a way to have students construct the anticipatory set!
  • 1. Virtual vocabulary word wall When working on a unit have your students record a video describing the meaning of important vocabulary words. They can hold up a card in their selfie video with the word written on it so the words are easily accessed by other students. 
    • vaguevara
       
      Love this! Great way to kick start the year!!!
  • The Educator's Guide to Flipgrid (2nd Edition).
    • vaguevara
       
      Will ad this to my list of ebooks
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    Overview of Flipgrid and all the ways it can be used in the classroom for interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes.
speabodymn

Free Technology for Teachers: Students Can Now Guide Themselves In Google Expeditions - 1 views

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    Useful updates on technology, often offering helpful hints about programs that I'm already using.
murasimo

Library - Diigo - 1 views

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  • VoiceThread is a ridiculously simple online program that allows students to comment on authentic materials, whether they be pictures, documents, web pages, or video. Students can provide written feedback to the material presented along with oral feedback via their computer mics, web cams, or cellular phones.
    • murasimo
       
      Voice Thread is very simple and fun to use it and students can work with authentic material. It is very good to practice listening comprehension and speaking.
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    I have always looked at and wondered about using VoiceThread but have never actually done it until I took this class. I'm happy that I finally used it and I'm thrilled to see all of the suggestions for World Language activities that people have shared.
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    Same as Anne! I only new about VoiceThread when I started Carla17 online course. Thanks for sharing this information. We can continue learning about all the advantages of it: free, facilitates learning through authentic materials, different modalities of response: oral, written, video, doodle.
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    I agree with you that Voice Thread is simple and can be used very effectively in class.
vivianfranco

Education World: Five Ways to Use Padlet in Class - 3 views

  • Padlet is a free, online "virtual wall" tool where users can express thoughts on topics of their choice. It's like a piece of paper, but on the Web. 
    • vivianfranco
       
      I like Padlet because it seems it is a simple tool to get our students participate inside/outside the classroom. Sometimes students feel frustrated when they struggle with technology and then they have to figure out how to develop the task. So presenting the students easy ways to learn through technology can lower this cognitive overload.
  • Uses for Padlet in your classroom
  • Book Reviews: 
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  • Topic Summary:
  • Greeting Cards or "Thank You" Wall:
  • Questions Board: 
  • Opinion/Forum: 
kelseypelham

Reinders_2011.pdf - 1 views

  • 0LFURVRIW¶V 0RYLH 0DNHU RU $SSOH¶V iMovie for Mac users) is a free and easy-to-use program that lets students combine audio, video and still images.
    • kelseypelham
       
      Learn how to use Microsoft Movie Maker and iMovie as well as Slidestory
  • Slidestory lets students share PowerPoint-like presentations online and others comment on it. A great feature is that it makes it very easy to record narration for each slide. Similar, but more centred on discussions, is VoiceThread,Q
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  • WKHVFRSHRIWKH project should be ambitious, but not beyond the limits of practicality
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    Article about digital storytelling in the language classroom.
Marlene Johnshoy

Tools for Social Annotation in the Digital Age | Edutopia - 1 views

    • Marlene Johnshoy
       
      "conversations" - another way of discussing texts, scaffolding student reading, annotations
  • Hypothesis, NowComment, Perusal, and Diigo
  • free digital course for educators
speabodymn

VoiceThread Extends the Classroom with Interactive Multimedia Albums | Edutopia - 1 views

  • VoiceThreads might best be described as interactive media albums
  • The technology is particularly accessible because viewers can comment using just about any technology -- including a good old landline. "We've tried to make it fairly universal in access," says Ben Papell. "If you don't have a microphone
    • vivianfranco
       
      This is why I like Voice Thread the most because it is accessible to everybody even teachers and students that are new to the world of technology.
  • when he discovered he could engage his kids online in a collaborative, multimedia slide show called a VoiceThread, he decided to see if he could use it to, as he puts it, "steal some of their online minutes."
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  • Teachers can keep VoiceThreads private or publish them, either on the VoiceThread site or embedded on their own sites. Participants can post from anywhere, at any time, making it easy to involve groups in disparate time zones, or even different countries, in a single conversation.
    • vivianfranco
       
      I also like it because it also allows for interactivity and facilitate learning through communities.
  • "Take it slow -- don't upload 600 images and try to get fifty people to comment on each and every one," he says. "One of the great things is that it will take off on its own."
    • speabodymn
       
      I see this benefit--giving voice to students who might normally not speak because of shyness or because of a few dominant personalities in the class--as one of the main benefits of online video/comment tools like VoiceThread.
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    It is good to have a free tools, because when we ask school to buy it for us it takes a long time and sometimes we do not get approved, if you know more app that are useful for class luse ike the VoiceThread, I hope you can share it with me.
Marlene Johnshoy

CourseSites by Blackboard - Home - 1 views

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    You can use this to put your course online if your institution doesn't have a course management system that you are required to use. Includes some of the "collaborate" additions.
greghutcheson

The FLTMAG - A free magazine on technology integration in language teaching and learning - 23 views

    • Adrienne Gonzales
       
      This magazine is a fun project I am involved with - check it out!
    • yflanders
       
      Lots of great ideas for language teaching and learning. thanks for sharing.
    • kjjsk8
       
      Thanks for sharing. Lots of ideas and opinions to look at. I read a little into the evolving language center blog and it was really interesting.  
    • Jessica Rojas
       
      FLT magazine. Amazing ideas for Foreign Language Classroom. Thank you Addrianne!!
    • MariaEmicle Lopez
       
      Adrianne, I found the site with a lot of information. I particularly enjoyed "Virtual Exchanges in the Foreign Language Classroom." It explains how to make the target language more accessible to students allowing for an understanding of perspectives and practices. Good outline of benefits of virtual exchanges.
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    This is a practice-oriented publication that's a bit more casual in tone and practical in content than its scholarly counterparts, while still rigorous in the quality of information it offers. We will feature articles, interviews with notable folks in the field of language teaching and learning, reviews of software, materials, and books, and more!
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    Adrianne!! It is awesome. I am (as many of us) so engaged with this teaching technology and using the web in foreign language classes. Congratulations!! and wish the best to you and this experience with the FLT magazine. I already have it in diigo and have subscribe me to follow you
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    From UC Boulder
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    You'll want to subscribe to this one and follow them on Twitter!
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    Up-to-date content of immediate interest to FL teachers shifting to on-line instruction.
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    I follow them on Facebook and love how publication addresses current issues especially with online and remote learning/teaching.
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    I find this very interesting and the tips can be useful......good information!
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    I like that it provides resources and information on different online techs that you can use!
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    What a comprehensive resource for the world language teacher--blogs, articles, interviews, webinars, conference reviews... I could spend hours exploring all of its content. Thank you for sharing this.
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    Thanks for this! I really enjoyed the article " How to Establish a Strong Community in an Online Course"
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    One of THE best publications, comprehensive, practical, research based, inspiring, motivating to never stop learning!
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    I found an interesting article about Wakelet.
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    A lot of great ideas and a nice way to stay informed and to, at the same time, feel connected with a network of language educators who are addressing the same challenges and concerns.
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    SpatialChat looks so fun! I'll be curious about pricing, and appropriateness and safety for high schoolers.
spangomez

Miro: the Visual Collaboration Platform You Need In Your Online Classroom - The FLTMAG - 2 views

  • visual collaboration platform:
  • interactive tool
  • Miro allows teachers to present material while students can be interactin
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  • same shared space.
  • I would recommend that you sign up with your institutional email to further be able to apply for a free Education Plan (which includes up to 100 users). Students can apply for the Education Plan as well, which allows them to collaborate with up to 10 users for 2 years.
  • unlimited number of editable boards
  • Frame. It helps you organize your workspace into sections and allows you to save all the frames as a part of a pdf document.
  • Comments and Cards (which are basically advanced comments allowing you to add tags, assign people, set deadlines and insert links inside the field of the card) might be essential to communicate feedback and arrange student interaction in an asynchronous mode of work.
  • In synchronous mode, Miro is a powerful tool for presentation of new material. Y
  • Miro will help you organize pair and group work
  • easily and effectively
  • Virtual dice will help you make the board game experience as close to the physical classroom as possible.
  • Miro can be used for individual work as well. T
  • Miro is a great interactive platform which not only makes digital collaboration easy but also provides a number of instruments for individual creative work.
    • spangomez
       
      Miro + Virtual dice = board game
    • spangomez
       
      Miro = visual collaboration platform Whiteboard + interactive tool to collaborate, create and share
tclem01

6 Media Tools for Powerful Language Teaching | General Educator Blog - 11 views

  •  65 percent of your students are visual learners, according to research
    • atsukofrederick
       
      This assures me that using visual aides helps the students learn a language and that technology can enhance the effective use of visual materials, making it easier to access to the authentic and latest videos and photos.
  • If you’re using new technology, give it a trial run. It’s hard to imagine anything less engaging for students than sitting around waiting while you try to load that video over a poor internet connection or figure out all the glitches with that awesome online game.Do your trial and error ahead of time, before you’re demonstrating media to the class.
    • smuske
       
      While I agree with this, at some point you need a test group. I always try things out first with a section that I know can take a couple of glitches in stride.
    • vallb001
       
      I wish we had enough time to trial everything in advance! Plus, the issue is something might work when you trial it but not at the right time...
  • And one of the best ways to access them is with an innovative tool called FluentU.
    • smuske
       
      I took a quick look at this once, but haven't used it. If anyone out there is using it, I'd like some tips.
    • afarachnps
       
      I haven't used it. Did you try ThinkLink for this week's activities? I wonder how different these two tools are?
    • cbbbcb
       
      Fluentu is not free...
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  • they’ll get in-context definitions, visual learning aids and pronunciations for any word
    • afarachnps
       
      It seems that this feature regarding definitions is a step above ThinkLink...is this right? I would love to try this tool in conjunction with ThinkLink to see where I can get the most of what I need for my students.
  • need images, graphs, videos and charts to learn
    • cbbbcb
       
      Some of my students also need to see the words written for them to process what is taught.
  • using handheld “clickers.”
    • cbbbcb
       
      but only for MC and T/F questions, right? not for open-ended questions.
  • Mini Whiteboards:
    • cbbbcb
       
      Is there a digital mini-whiteboard?
  • Media makes content more visual.
    • tclem01
       
      develop ways for students to produce more visual feedback too
  • good old whiteboards!
    • tclem01
       
      Whiteboards, hmmm?
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    I like the way this list gives tools that are both digital and physical. Thanks for sharing! Also, I'm interested to try out FluentU.
tamieegge

The Vocaroo Blog - Vocaroo - The premier voice recording service - 0 views

  • Vocaroo.com is a simple and free audio recording tool which works in the web browser of all personal computers and mobile devices. There’s no app to install, no login or account is required, and you can quickly share recordings via Link, Twitter, Email, QR code, and many other ways.
tamieegge

Vocaroo: Voice Recording Made Easy - The FLTMAG - 4 views

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    I like that Vocaroo is easy to use, requires no password, and is free.
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    3 huge reasons to like it!
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    I'm not sure if it does more than what can be done on Schoology, our LMS. Does anyone have experience with this?
tamieegge

Free Technology for Teachers: Try the Redesigned Make Beliefs Comix - 1 views

  • Make Beliefs Comix doesn't require students to register on the site in order to create, share, and print their comics.
  • The thing that Make Beliefs Comix has been known for is its support for multiple languages. Previously, that feature was limited to six languages. That feature has been expanded to support any language that you can type on your keyboard.
elenistef7

Música {and music videos} in the language classroom | Teaching a World Language - 10 views

    • ncsargo
       
      Using eduCanon to embed questions into music videos is far more convenient than answering questions with simple pen and paper. If you aren't an eduCanon fan at the very least these sites are great resources for Spanish language music for interpretive activities.
  • Next, my recent favorite, eduCanon.
    • ncsargo
       
      Silent videos can be used to create an interpretive activity for any language. Simon's cat is a good resource for silent videos, the following link also has many great silent videos that work with developing emotional intelligence and creative writing: http://ineverycrea.net/comunidad/ineverycrea/recurso/10-cortometrajes-para-trabajar-la-educacion-emocio/0f46341c-920e-48da-8147-0656407da4f1
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    • ncsargo
       
      Here is a great interpretive activity; having students use Twitter to convey how a song makes them feel or to write a ministory in 140 characters or less!
    • ncsargo
       
      I found this idea particularly insightful because I feel students must understand the main idea of the video fairly well to condense the theme into 140 characters!
  • For #authres: Bilblioteca Musical: http://musicaenespanol.weebly.com/ LyricsTraining: http://lyricstraining.com/ Zambombazo {Cancionero}: http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/tag/cancionero/ TodoELE {Canciones}: http://www.todoele.net/canciones/Cancion_list.asp El Mundo Birch: http://elmundodebirch.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/spanish-music-database-updated/ Youtube {different channels}: https://www.youtube.com/ MTVTres: http://www.tr3s.com/ Los40: http://los40.com/ For non-natives/ELE: Rockalingua: http://www.rockalingua.com/ Senor Wooly: http://www.senorwooly.com/ Realidades I, II y III {Canciones de HipHop}
  • First, let’s talk resources; here are some of my “go-to” music websites for Spanish. Feel free to add your own comments with additional sources that you like to use.
  • This tool can be used in any discipline, with any grade. What a neat way to begin class, end class or assign as an independent practice activity. By embedding music videos into eduCanon, the teacher can pose questions about the actual video or the music lyrics that may appear. Here is a sample video I created in English using a great silent film source: Simon’s Cat
    • annalisaandre
       
      I find this idea very interesting. I might use a collection of music videos in eduCanon to work with students about vocabulary related to emotional states.
    • elenistef7
       
      I like the idea about using silent films like Simon Cat. Another source for silent films could be Charlie Chaplin.
  • -Have students describe how they feel when listening to the music, in #140charactersorless: write a mini story to go with the music & emotions, post to Twitter or a learning management site used {Edmodo, Schoology, Canvas, etc}, share their stories in small groups, collaborate using Google Docs to create a unique tale based on the music they hear, present their stories to the class {act it out, swap stories with another group, re-enact silently: have classmates reinvent the original story}
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    Great resource for using Spanish language music videos and silent videos for interpretive activities, check out my sticky notes for more resources!
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    Great resource for using Spanish language music videos and silent videos in the classroom for interpretive activities with Twitter and eduCanon.
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    I like the idea of using Simon Cat videos. Another option: Charlie Chaplin films
Sarah Sirna

F.A.T. Lab-AWESOME! - 3 views

The Free Art and Technology Lab is an organization dedicated to enriching the public domain through the research and development of creative technologies and media. The entire FAT network of artist...

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