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16 Ways to Motivate Students in the Classroom Using Adobe Spark | Adobe Spark - 3 views

  • Narrative prompts: Similar to the prior ideas, but pick images with an action occurring, and have the student record a single sentence describing what is happening.
    • nataliemcruz
       
      This could be a neat way to assess language progress, have students narrate images.
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Five Ways to Use Twitter in the World Language Classroom - The FLTMAG - 7 views

  • they use their comfort and skills with social media to connect students with the content area on a deeper level.
    • nataliemcruz
       
      This is a great goal. Students will watch ridiculous Vines for hours, so how can we replace that with something that stimulates their intellect?
  • help students keep tabs on their upcoming assignments and assessments
    • nataliemcruz
       
      This seems like a lot of work, especially because my students have plan sheets - but I think I could do this for the big things :)
  • I use Twitter as a way to provide practice during the days leading to macro-assessments, by providing sample test items, as well as study tips.
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  • I provide the correct answer (present indicative or infinitive) in the form of a comment on the same tweet. This gives students who follow the Twitter feed and receive notifications an opportunity to quiz themselves in real time.
  • Students who do not have a Twitter account can go to my school website and follow along with the embedded stream.
    • nataliemcruz
       
      I didn't know you could do that, glad there is a way to bypass individual accounts
  • In both cases, students understand that I am paying attention and rewarding their efforts and attention to detail, and feel that their hard work is being recognized.
  • There is great power in positive reinforcement
  • I ask permission first
  • For the students who provided the work, this is a great motivator to keep the high-quality work flowing, while for the other students, it serves as an example of good work.
    • nataliemcruz
       
      I'd be careful with praise meaning, give it - but make sure all students get praised . . . even less stellar students for their small achievements
  • my view of the textbook is that it should be a resource for learning, not as a primary source
    • nataliemcruz
       
      Yes - textbook as reference book
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    Fun ideas for Twitter use
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Lindsay Does Languages - Inspiring independent language learners + online teachers. - 1 views

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    The author of the blog sells products that help people learn languages better solo - she coaches independent language learners and online teachers. She has a blog on her website that talks mostly about her language studies how she uses online resources, not limited to but including SM.
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