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moramichal

The Backchannel: Giving Every Student a Voice in the Blended Mobile Classroom | Edutopia - 4 views

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    • sarahlbassett
      sarahlbassett on 30 Jul 16
       
      A backchannel could be a really useful adaptation for SPED and EL students in mainstream classes who find themselves left behind in conversation
    • moramichal
      moramichal on 04 Aug 16
       
      just used SLAck in my workshop - it was a great experiment
  • They create a blended environment where teachers and students engage in both physical and online conversations so that learning is no longer confined to a single means of communication or even an arbitrary class perio
    • sarahlbassett
      sarahlbassett on 30 Jul 16
       
      This solves the "I don't have enough time with my students during class" problem if students have access to conversations beyond the limits of a class period
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  • A face-to-face conversation while simultaneously reading might have been a distraction. However, by typing their thoughts, all students contributed their ideas while each having the autonomy to work at his or her own pace.
    • sarahlbassett
      sarahlbassett on 30 Jul 16
       
      I especially like having an outlet for students to work at their own pace on something while still contributing to a conversation
  • conversations were never los
    • sarahlbassett
      sarahlbassett on 30 Jul 16
       
      "The conversations were never lost" - this is a great point!  Students could read and re-read past conversations.  With a traditional speaking/listening conversation, it isn't possible to read at all, let alone re-read.
  • Backchannel
  • Blended Mobile
  • Classroom
  • Charlie needed an alternative means to participate, and a backchannel would have provided him with that outlet.
  • a digital conversation that runs concurrently with a face-to-face activit
  • TodaysMeet would have let teachers create private chat rooms so that students could ask questions or leave comments during class. A Padlet wall might have fueled students to share their ideas as text, images, videos, and links posted to a digital bulletin board. The open response questions available in a student response system like Socrative or InfuseLearning could have become discussion prompts to give each student an opportunity to share his or her ideas before engaging in class discussion.
    • moramichal
      moramichal on 04 Aug 16
       
      want to try it in my class - to give voice to student how afraid to talk in front of everybody
    • moramichal
      moramichal on 04 Aug 16
       
      i was a fraid to write my thought on the board - imaybe a private channel ?
  • Kimberly Jaeger on 31 Jul 16
     
    Thanks for sharing this (and for the highlights). It's something I need to explore further.
  • msdianehahn on 01 Aug 16
     
    I love this idea.
vallb001

New Tools for the Flipped School: Interactive Visual Media in Remote Learning - 4 views

www.thinglink.com/...isual-media-in-remote-learning

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  • This article focuses on the use, potential benefits, and best practices of interactive visual media in online education and remote learning. We will discuss: What are the main arguments for interactive visual media in online learning? What are some examples and best practices for creating visual learning materials for students? How can students use interactive visual media for documenting and sharing their learning?
  • Interactive images, videos, and virtual tours can support online learning by providing an alternative to text-based communication. Here are three arguments for why this is the case.
    • vallb001
      vallb001 on 19 Jul 20
       
      Agreed. I think we must keep in mind the Internet goes beyond text and video. If we use online tools just as we used books and VCRs in the bast, we are wasting the potential of the Internet.
  • Humans remember pictures better than words (the “picture superiority effect”)
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  • Multisensory experience triggers simultaneous associations.
  • Pictures, sounds, and words together with a contextual experience of a place can create memorable learning experiences more efficiently than plain images or written words alone that are not associated with anything real
  • Seeing a new word written under a picture and hearing how it is pronounced, helps us understand and remember what we are looking at.
  • Virtual tours expand our fields of perception from physical to digital.
  • We can remember and learn on a virtual field trip the same way as we learn on a physical field trip.
  • Interactive videos, audio posters, narrated screenshots, and virtual tours can be effective tools for online education that help educators and learners work together using not only text-based communication, but also voice, video, and images.
  • A great way for giving assignments or sharing projects is adding voice instructions to various areas of a photo, poster or a screenshot.
  • Equipment: The good news is, you only need your phone or laptop, so there is no need to invest in additional hardware unless you want to
  • Setup: A video lesson can be very similar to your lesson in the classroom.
  • Recording: Find a place with natural light where you feel comfortable, and start recording. The audience is your students so picture them in front of you, and address them as you would in the class. You may even mention some of them by name to keep their attention!
  • Duration: Our recommendation is you look at the lesson as a whole and divide it into parts, max 10-15 minutes and ideally 6 minutes each.
  • Examples and best practices for creating remote learning materials for students
  • 1. Explain visuals with text labels
  • 2. Explain abstract concepts with detailed descriptions
  • 3. Explain assignments using your voice
  • 4. Art history: Introduce a masterpiece
  • 5. Literature: Interpret a masterpiece
  • 6. Read to your students
  • 7. Learn vocabulary in new places
  • 8. Narrate your own virtual lesson
  • 9. Create a virtual field trip with assignment
  • 10. Ask students to narrate a virtual audio tour
  • Supporting student-centered learning with interactive visual media
  • Project-based learning, inquiry-based learning, and problem-based learning are constructivist approaches to education that develop the learners skills for research, problem-solving and collaboration. The process is based on authentic questions and problems identified by students, and finding information and explanation models to research and solve them.
  • An important aspect of student-centered learning is documenting the various phases and aspects of the learning process.
  • The following examples will show how students can use mixed media for completing various kinds of creative assignments and sharing them with their teacher and fellow students.
  • In the following, we summarize 10 easy project ideas for remote learning that encourage students to 1) make handwritten, visual and pictorial notes, collages and artwork, and 2) enhance and explain their work using digital audio/text notes, photos and video. Each of the examples provide a mix of learning opportunities combining traditional student work in the classroom with digital storytelling at home. The projects can be shared to a learning management system or collaboration platform such as Canvas, Schoology, Google Education or Microsoft Teams.
  • 1. Make an interactive greeting card
  • 2. Create an interactive book report
  • 3. Make a vocabulary poster in a foreign language
  • 4. Introduce yourself
  • 5. Create an interactive herbarium
  • 6. Make your own comic strips
  • 7. Create an interactive timeline
  • 8. Explain details of a painting
  • 9. Create an interactive map
  • 10. Build a diorama
  • Hotspots, what are they and how do they work? The purpose of the clickable hotspots is to give the viewer further information and resources on the topic they are learning about. Teachers and students can add various types of content in the hotspots, such as text, additional closeup images, video, sound, links and embedded web content such as maps or forms. These resources can serve any of the following functions: Building perspective by linking to related materials Improving comprehension of the topic by highlighting key concepts and vocabulary Zooming into details in a scene Creating a feedback loop by including a call to action
    • pamh6832
      pamh6832 on 17 Jul 20
       
      These would be very helpful in a flipped classroom or with distance teaching.
  • Examples and best practices for creating remote learning materials for students
  • Examples and best practices for creating remote learning materials for students
  • Examples and best practices for creating remote learning materials for students
  • Best practices for developing students' creativity and digital storytelling skills at home
  • School teachers
  • School teachers
    • pamh6832
      pamh6832 on 17 Jul 20
       
      10 creative ideas for students to use ThingLink while remote learning and in traditional classroom. I could see doing #3 (vocabulary poster) and #4 (introduce yourself) during first quarter.
  • pamh6832 on 17 Jul 20
     
    An article written by the founder and CEO of ThingLink in which she discusses the main arguments for interactive visual media in online learning, examples and best practices for creating visual learning materials for students, and ways students can use interactive visual media (ThingLink) to document and share their learning. She shares numerous ways teachers and students could use ThingLink with examples.
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  • cbbbcb on 18 Jul 20
     
    I have been thinking of what makes Thinglink different from the Microsoft Power Point? PPT also enables you to add recording on a slide. Later, I realized that Thinglink enables multiple layers to one picture/screen. Users can opt to access to other media or information when necessary. It would be useful to provide scaffolding only when it is necessary (e.g., students click links to get hint only when they cannot complete the task by themselves). Thinglink also condense information within one page/slide/screen without having to scroll down. However, we may be economical when we decide how many links we want to put on one screen.
  • vallb001 on 19 Jul 20
     
    Whether we like it or not, it looks like we're going to consider some of this information in the upcoming school year. As I browsed the article, I realize options are almost unlimited but of course it requires time to figure out and prepare materials. Last spring I felt a bit like a Youtuber and I see how that is not actually an easy job!
  • vallb001 on 19 Jul 20
     
    An article written by the founder and CEO of ThingLink in which she discusses the main arguments for interactive visual media in online learning, examples and best practices for creating visual learning materials for students, and ways students can use interactive visual media (ThingLink) to document and share their learning. She shares numerous ways teachers and students could use ThingLink with examples.
  • tamieegge on 19 Jul 20
     
    A very complete article about the advantages of using images and learning. I really want to learn how to use thinglink now.
ncsargo

VoiceThread Extends the Classroom with Interactive Multimedia Albums | Edutopia - 5 views

www.edutopia.org/-interactive-multimedia-albums

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    • elenistef7
      elenistef7 on 30 Jul 15
       
      This link leads to a PPT that has some good ideas of how to use Voicethread in the classroom.
  • "I can basically extend my classroom," he says.
    • elenistef7
      elenistef7 on 30 Jul 15
       
      I agree that it can extend the classroom. Class time never seems to be enough so I am glad that I now have this tool to use with my students.
    • ncsargo
      ncsargo on 01 Aug 15
       
      I loved this idea as well! This is the main reason I hope to use VT in my classroom
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  • Ferriter says more students participate more actively in digital discussions than in the classroom.
    • elenistef7
      elenistef7 on 30 Jul 15
       
      This to me is very important. There are always a couple students who will never want to participate in class, at least not orally. This will be such a relief to this type of student and I will be happy to count this as a way of participating in the course.
    • ncsargo
      ncsargo on 01 Aug 15
       
      I agree 100% there are many more introverted students that are wary of participating in class discussions, VT allows them to participate more without feeling uncomfortable.
  • "If you don't have a microphone on your computer, you can use a telephone to comment. If you're in the classroom and don't have either, you can use text if you need to, or webcam commenting.
    • elenistef7
      elenistef7 on 30 Jul 15
       
      I like that students have the option of texting their response. Since I tech at a boarding school, those students that are in supervised study hall, may text their response so they won't interrupt others' studying. As long as I inform the proctors and the students don't stay on their devices for too long ;)
  • video doodling
    • elenistef7
      elenistef7 on 30 Jul 15
       
      This feature is great for those students who are creative and/or love to doodle.
  • I am collecting examples of how educators are using Voicethread in their classroom or for professional development on a wiki at: http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/
  • Ed.VoiceThread.com, a secure site just for educators and their students
    • ncsargo
      ncsargo on 01 Aug 15
       
      I'm going to have to look into this to see if this site is really more beneficial to educators than the standard site :)
Marlene Johnshoy

10 ways for teachers, students to share links in class | Ditch That Textbook - 0 views

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links share URLs collect dtt Matt

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 08 Jan 16
     
    How to collect a number of URLs and get them to your students easily. Most of these would work for F2F and online.
cnming

30 creative ways to use Padlet for teachers and students - BookWidgets - 9 views

www.bookwidgets.com/...dlet-for-teachers-and-students

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  • Let your students answer some important exit ticket questions like “what did you learn today?”, “What didn’t you understand?” or “What questions do you still have?”.It gets better…Here are some other exit ticket promts your students could answer: Write down three things you learned today. If you had to explain today’s lesson to a friend, what would you tell him/her? What question do you have about what we learned today? What part of the lesson did you find most difficult? What would you like me to go over again next lesson? Write down two questions you would put in a quiz about today’s lesson. What were the main points we covered today? Did the group activity contribute to your understanding of the topic? Why? Read this problem … What would be your first step in solving it? I used app X extensively today. Was it helpful? Why or why not?
  • Complete the storyCreate a story and ask students how it should continue. Students can post their ideas on the Padlet. Finally, take some of your students' ideas and complete the story. You’ll have some funny stories!
  • What is Padlet?
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  • Padlet can be used by students and by teachers. With padlet you can create an online post-it board that you can share with any student or teacher you want. Just give them the unique Padlet link. Padlet allows you to insert ideas anonymously or with your name. It’s easy to use and very handy.
  • Whoever has the Padlet board opened on his smartphone or computer, can see what’s on it and what everyone is writing. Students just have to take a device and start adding little sticky notes online. They can see all the ideas gathered on the teacher board immediately.
    • pamh6832
      pamh6832 on 22 Jul 20
       
      Clear description of what Padlet is and how to use it.
  • Sharing a Padlet board is easy; choose for a QR code or a link.
  • Let your students insert the link in the browser or in the Padlet app. They can ‘continue as guest’ so they just have to scan the qr code with the Padlet app or type in the URL, without creating an account. Shortly after, they will be directed to your first Padlet board.
  • How to post things on Padlet? Well, there are a few ways to do this: double click anywhere on the board; drag files in; paste from clipboard; save as bookmark with Padlet mini; or just click the ‘+’ button in the lower right corner.
  • 2. Live question bank Let your students ask questions during the lesson. It’s very handy when students don’t understand something or need a better explanation. Stop your lesson 10 minutes early and go over the questions. This way students who are afraid to ask questions can still ask their questions anonymously. It gives a voice to every student in the room, even to the shy ones.
    • pamh6832
      pamh6832 on 22 Jul 20
       
      A good way to help ensure student engagement and comprehension. Similar to the "Chat" feature on Zoom.
  • 14. Prior knowledge Try to figure out what students already know about the topic you’re about to teach. What prior knowledge do your students have about that particular topic and what don’t they know? Students just post their knowledge on Padlet, so you can see how to build your lesson.
    • pamh6832
      pamh6832 on 22 Jul 20
       
      For reviewing previous year information. Always important, but perhaps even more so after Spring 2020 and distance learning.
  • 23. Geocaching For physical exercises, students have to go walking more. Let you students do some geocaching and let them post pictures of themselves and the treasure to the Padlet board. It will encourage the others to find the treasures as well.
  • Online student portfolio
    • cnming
      cnming on 23 Jul 20
       
      I am going to try this in my language classes.
  • Complete the story Create a story and ask students how it should continue. Students can post their ideas on the Padlet. Finally, take some of your students' ideas and complete the story. You’ll have some funny stories!
    • cnming
      cnming on 23 Jul 20
       
      Great idea!
  • nleisenheimer on 21 Jul 19
     
    This posting provides MULTIPLE ways to use Padlet. I found those activities that allow live interaction to be very interesting.
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  • nataliemcruz on 22 Jul 19
     
    I think this would be good to use for collecting research or as a place to post class questions
  • ksvinall on 22 Jul 20
     
    I love the idea of using padlet for exit ticket questions!
  • papolochan56 on 23 Jul 20
     
    I really like padlet as a survey tool or an exit pass type of activity
Marlene Johnshoy

Using iPads and iPods in the World Language Classroom - American Council on the Teachin... - 0 views

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ipod ipad ACTFL

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 03 Dec 12
     
    ACTFL 2012 presentation "There are two files: one handout with useful web-site links, apps, and a QR Code activity, and a copy of the Keynote slides from the presentation."
Marlene Johnshoy

Unlock Students' Potential: Developing 21st Century Skills Using Emerging Technologies ... - 2 views

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ACTFL technology 21stC wiki Rosen web2.0

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 03 Dec 12
     
    ACTFL 2012 presentation Take a look at the wiki link for a lot of information Lauren has put online from this workshop
Marlene Johnshoy

Feedly Continues To Eat Up Google Reader Mobile Users - 1 views

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rss reader Google alternatives

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 26 Mar 13
     
    Check the links at the bottom for other alternatives.
Marlene Johnshoy

UNI-Collaboration | Online Intercultural Exchange - 3 views

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telecollaboration telecollaborative interpersonal communication assess evaluate descriptors

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 09 May 13
     
    This site has information about creating and assessing telecollaborative projects - and assessing the "Telecollaboratively Effective Person" (TEP). This is a link to the Evaluation section which has many resources, rubric, descriptors, and examples of how to assess a telecollaborative activity.
czuchnow

New Teacher Boot Camp Week 2 - Using VoiceThread | Edutopia - 2 views

www.edutopia.org/...cethread-new-teacher-boot-camp

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  • 25 Interesting Ways to Use VoiceThread in the Classroom (a collaborative effort between Megan Palevich and @tombarrett)
  • Alyssa Ruesch on 14 Jul 11
     
    Great ideas for using Voicethread in a Language Arts class
  • czuchnow on 06 Aug 16
     
    The most valuable part of this article is the ppt at the end (25 interesting ways to use VoiceThread in the Classroom) Check it out! Great ideas that can be applied to the WL classroom.
  • Kimberly Jaeger on 06 Aug 16
     
    I really liked the suggestions to do collaborative play scripts and to perform a poem!
ismaelfranqui

Mix It Up! Authentic Activities for the World Language Classroom | Edutopia - 15 views

www.edutopia.org/...anguage-classroom-sarah-loyola

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  • But true authenticity comes from the activities we use during class time, leaving an impact on the communicative skills of our students.
  • Use the language proficiency site developed by UTexas to gain access to native Spanish speakers talking about a variety of themes. These are conveniently divided into proficiency levels.
    • Shereen Elgamal
      Shereen Elgamal on 27 Jul 15
       
      I tried this activity by having each group research then report about an Arabic speaking country of their choice and the activity was a great success. They seemed to have had a lot of fun, presented short clear sentences (for the most part) that also provided factual and relevant material, and it opened the door for some spontaneous cultural themes and relevant dicussions.
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  • If we make activities genuine, our students will be much more inclined to participate, acquiring new knowledge through the process.
  • Make a fun interactive quiz using Kahoot!
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    • amychang52
      amychang52 on 28 Jul 16
       
      Kahoot! is a good tool to create a quiz.
    • czuchnow
      czuchnow on 01 Aug 16
       
      I've used some of the videos from UTexas. Some of the novice level videos are still too difficult for my middle schoolers though! I have to give lot's of scaffolding and support.
    • ismaelfranqui
      ismaelfranqui on 29 Jul 16
       
      These are great resources!
  • remember these rules when selecting activities: They must be authentic. They should always be engaging. Activities should be varied. They need to be focused around the unit theme. Perhaps most importantly, they should force students to use the target language.
  • elenistef7 on 25 Jul 15
     
    Authentic activities for the 3 modes of communication: interpretive, interpersonal, presentational. Great technology tools mentioned.
  • ncsargo on 25 Jul 15
     
    Amazing resource! I love how this article offers ways to integrate technology through accessing each mode in several ways!
  • Kimberly Jaeger on 31 Jul 16
     
    It carries over well into the German classroom too!
Beth Kautz

Resources - iBooks Author in Education - 0 views

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elearning iPod iPad resources authoring tools eBook

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  • Beth Kautz on 12 Apr 12
     
    links to widget creator, handbook and more resources for using iBooks Author
Beth Kautz

LearningApps.org - interactive and multimedia learning modules - 1 views

learningapps.org

elearning tool lgtt apps

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  • Beth Kautz on 30 Nov 11
     
    search for existing activities or create your own using over 12 templates. All can then be linked or embedded on a webpage. Instructions in multiple languages
Marlene Johnshoy

60in60 - ISTE_SIGOL_2011 - 1 views

60in60.wikispaces.com/ISTE_SIGOL_2011#x60 in 60: ISTE SIGOL 2011 Webinar-Cheat Sheet:

60in60 web20 resources

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 30 Nov 11
     
    Here is a guy who is doing presentations on "60 web tools in 60 minutes" (60 seconds each).  This is a page with the current 60 listed - do you know them all?   and there is a link to the recording of his presentation/webinar, too, so you can see the whole presentation.
Marlene Johnshoy

100 Incredibly Inspirational People To Follow On Twitter | Edudemic - 0 views

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Twitter education inspiration socialnetworking

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  • Marlene Johnshoy on 25 Jul 12
     
    This was linked at the bottom of the Twitter Tools page - not specifically educational, but see if you find someone interesting to follow!
japaxico

Learning Technology News | Scoop.it - 1 views

www.scoop.it/...learning-technology

learning teaching literacy carlatech14 education technology socialnetworking LgTT CARLA

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  • japaxico on 17 Jul 14
     
    Very interesting postings, many of them with appealing pictures or other visuals. The topics seem to span a broad area within the area of learning with technology. This is Garett, by the way.
  • klmcguinness on 21 Jul 14
     
    Hi Garrett, I was following his blog, too: Niks' Learning Technology Blog (via Feedly). He reviews and demos a lot of great tools. One thing I had a problem with is that nothing seems to be dated. One of is blogs had a bunch of great tools on it and I found links that were useful. Then, other links in the same blog were broken or, even for me, seemed way out of date (hasn't everyone already heard of Firefox?).
  • Marlene Johnshoy on 21 Jul 14
     
    One of my friends started up one of these Scoop.it "newsletters" and I get messages weekly from it - automated. I wonder if she even knows it's still running...?
kjjsk8

http://www.ucml.ac.uk/sites/default/files/shapingthefuture/101/Languages_and_entreprene... - 0 views

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curriculum lead

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  • kjjsk8 on 30 Sep 14
     
    Languages and entrepreneurship. A guide for students. This is a collection of case studies showing the link between language, culture, and entrepreneurship.
marispi

NCSSFL-ACTFL Global Can-Do Benchmarks | American Council on The Teaching of Foreign Lan... - 1 views

www.actfl.org/global_statements

benchmarks ACTFL assessment carlatech15

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  • marispi on 27 Jul 15
     
    Very helpful for those who are still getting to know ACTFL standards. Includes short, non-jargony descriptions for studnts, and linked PDFs with various skills/tasks that they can check off for monitoring of their own progress in the interpersonal, presentational, and interpretive modes.
ncsargo

Tip of the Week: Tumblr in your classroom? Maybe. Just maybe. | History Tech - 2 views

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carlatech15 tumblr socialnetworking blog

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  • The truth is, every platform has its strengths and weaknesses. My argument here is pretty simple–there is no perfect platform for student blogging because everything that does exactly what a teacher wants sucks for students, and anything that is exactly what a student wants will probably get a teacher fired.
    • ncsargo
      ncsargo on 01 Aug 15
       
      Tumblr was a bit hard to navigate for me but it allowed for a lot for creativity, I can see why students would like it.
  • seven quick reasons why Tumblr may be perfect for the writing / blogging / posting / literacy piece in your room: Students can post by email. There’s an “ask” system. It’s social-by-design. Hashtags, sharing, reblogging, tweeting–it operates both as social media and a blogging system. It’s flexible. It can be visual or textual; video or gifs; audio or links; conversational or one-sided. It’s already on their phones. Well, most of them. Though they may delete it when they found out that you know. It’s dead simple to use. Reblogging is an interesting way to share thinking–and simple too. Maybe too simple to be considered cognitive heavy lifting, but that’s all in how you use it. Liking posts, using hashtags, posting new blogs–all simple to do from a tablet, phone, laptop, or desktop. It’s platform-agnostic. It works (almost) equally well across operating systems, much like Evernote. In fact, it can be thought of as the Evernote of blogging platforms.
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    • ncsargo
      ncsargo on 01 Aug 15
       
      All of these functions are pretty impressive, I feel like tumblr is a little more flexible than other blogs in what content you can add to the blog such as gifs, audio, video, links etc. 
  • Tumblr is microblogging and social networking website that many of your students are using. As of last week, there were over 200 million Tumblr blogs out there. Think of a cross between Twitter and Facebook and you start to get a sense of what it looks like. It’s not really a tweet. It’s not really a blog. It’s not really a website
Shereen Elgamal

10 Social Media Tips for Reaching World Language Learners | Edutopia - 5 views

www.edutopia.org/...ld-languages-sarah-wike-loyola

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  • The 21st century learner is not wired to memorize; instead, her or she is inclined to create, connect and collaborate. Social media is the perfect medium for us, their teachers, to reach them.
    • srafuller
      srafuller on 28 Jul 14
       
      It is important to remember to reach our students where they are, not where we were when we were students.
  • posting a weekly question and having students respond
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  • It is time to officially gamify education. If we make it fun through gaming, our students will be engaged. For language teachers, Duolingo is the route to student involvement when it comes to reviewing grammatical structures. Available in many languages, this app allows students to compete with one another and "level up."
  • I recommend Edublogs
    • Shereen Elgamal
      Shereen Elgamal on 27 Jul 15
       
      It sounds like a fun way to get students interact and use the language in an interactive way.
  • srafuller on 28 Jul 14
     
    This is a listing of ways to use social media in the classroom.  
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  • marispi on 20 Jul 15
     
    Interesting article on tips for using social media in the language classroom--definitely relevant to this week.
  • rillia on 27 Jul 15
     
    I like what srafuller says about not expecting students to be like we were when we were students. I struggle with that in all the classes I teach, not just the foreign language. I work to be conscious of reaching students "where they are" every day. Not only that, but we need to be conscious (at least older teachers like me) of not teaching the way we were taught!
  • rillia on 27 Jul 15
     
    I really like this article! Simple, to-the-point, useful suggestions for several on-line applications. I tried out Duolingo but was chagrined to find out they don't offer Russian (Ukrainian and Esperanto but not Russian?!). I could, however, study English from Russian, which has several activities (especially translation) that my students can use. Thanks for posting this article!
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