Record an audio welcome message and put it on your blog (or wiki or web page.)
Elementary students can practice their oral reading skills. You could even post them on your blog for parents and grandparents to hear.
Each day have one student record “what we did in school today” and post it on your blog.
Students in a foreign language class could record words or phrases and then email them to their teacher.
Left your students with a substitute? Record a message to encourage your students to be on their best behavior!
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FLTEACH - Foreign Language Teaching Forum - 3 views
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Links upon Links for language teachers/ learners from Foreign Language Teaching Forum by State University of New York College at Cortland - ...1 more comment...
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#ljarboe Wealth of information, thank you very much for sharing. I am lost, It is difficult to select, everything look very useful. -
Saving this for later too. Lots of info here- thanks for sharing. This will continue to be a great resource. -
Great catch, I am bookmarking this one and adding to my resource library. Merci beaucoup!
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I used Vocaroo this week-- a simple app and easy to use that can fulfill a variety of needs for the classroom. I thought I could share some here with you...I am drawn to the second point about practicing and recording reading out loud. This past year with my elementary students, I found a great need to improve their understanding of sounds in Spanish, as well as building their confidence as "speakers" of the language. This gives me an opportunity to work on this issue further this upcoming year.
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Radio Ambulante - 7 views
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Teaching, Tech and Twitter: Ignite a Flipgrid Fire - 1 views
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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.
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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.
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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!!!
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ONE of the PVLEGS expectations to focus on at a time
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Yes-- try not to assess everything at once-- overwhelming for student and teacher:)
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Flipgrid film festival
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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
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Flipgrid video and a QR code link to the video is stuck on the map? Geography, history and oral reports all rolled into one.
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7. Computer science shareout
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I will also use this idea to garner self-evaluation of discreet tasks and longer project work.
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Claudio Zavala Jr. and Scott Titmas
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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.
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10 Ways to Enhance Math Lessons With Flipgrid by Sean Fahey.
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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.
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The Educator's Guide to Flipgrid (2nd Edition).
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Overview of Flipgrid and all the ways it can be used in the classroom for interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes.
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Music Unit - Creative Language Class - 2 views
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So many opinions were out there on social media. I decided to focus this unit even more on this popular music event.
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So many opinions were out there on social media. I decided to focus this unit even more on this popular music event.
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There are always good themes but we need to figure out how to make them focused, comprehensible and doable. That is the key.
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Lots of comprehensible input there! They learned about new genres. Some said they added music that we learned about in class to their playlists. Love that!
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Comprehensible and compelling input. Plus, added Spanish music to their audio files. The best language learners are the ones who listen to music and watch videos.
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Seeing how she described the cultural aspects of the unit really brought into focus what she was trying to accomplish. From here she will be able to set up tasks and activities that meet these goals.
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Now the major communication goals:
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I like how these three areas help define what the students will be able to do.
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For example, for the last presentational goal where they tell what happened, they only used a few verbs (won, nominated, said) as memorized chunks. Intermediate students were able to give more details and it sounded like a true narration of events with transitions.
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I love this! each level can accomplish the goal by sheltering or minimizing the vocab.
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Wow this lady really knows what she is doing!! I haven't seen a rubric like this before. I like it.
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Teaching Spanish...: Flipgrid for Interpersonal Speaking... and for reaching outside of... - 6 views
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there are so many possibilities with this, especially because it is asynchronous communication.
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The Best Ways to Build Student's Interpretive Listening Skills | Calico Spanish - 6 views
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“Students should practice picking up key words and extrapolating main ideas using the context of what they hear.” @ChristeyHughes responded, “En français, we often refer to ‘la tolérance de l’ambiguité’ to be able to work through, perhaps not getting each word.”
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“…Make sure that you select an appropriate length for novices–small doses of ‘anything.’”
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“Multiple choice requires no production of any kind. Really, it’s only good for finding out what they don’t know.” @LauraJaneBarber said, “I like to do listening as input for a writing or speaking task. Can show true comprehension better than multiple choice.”
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“Multiple choice helps lower the affective filter–the interpretation in itself is a higher order skill.” She went on to say, “Multiple choice shouldn’t be end goal, though.” @AMor3liana said, “I think multiple choice is an ok option at the beginning of the school year. It gives some students that extra boost of confidence in the target language.”
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I was searching for your highlight, as I am still very rusty in this Diigo skill. Could not find how to see it.
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How to use Glogster - web / desktop - 6 views
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(carlatech17 GroupC) Glogster Can be used to create posters embedded videos for class presentation.
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All too often though, presentations feel rather one-dimensional and audiences begin to drift.
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Not only will audiences be enraptured, but presenters will gain skills in digital literacy and creativity, as well as a lot of confidence! Glogster presentations can also be shared instantly with classmates, parents, colleagues and learners around the globe.
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This is mentioned in our articles that we read for this week. As stated in our articles, presenters should react to the audience. According to this information, using Glogster presentations will do just that; they will keep the audience engaged.
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I really like Glogster. I thought it was a great way to introduce oneself to an ePal at the high school level. Really fun and engaging! -
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I tried this one at the beginning of the week, but gave up after not being able to type accent marks in Spanish. I like the idea of creating posters or "one pager" presentations.
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Flipping my Spanish Classroom: Effective use of technology - 6 views
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virtual field trips and online formative assessment.
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have the wrong answer first, and keep the language on the right answer general.
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flubaroo, which is a Google script that can correct online quizzes for you
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Online formative assessment
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make a sightseeing tour on Google Earth
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This could also be used for travel unit or for giving directions to one another. Another great tool is geosettr.com or https://geoguessr.com/ you are given a map / picture of a location and you have to guess where you are. With settr, you can create your own
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Profesor en apuros | Reflexiones, miedos, aciertos y desaciertos de un profesor. - 2 views
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Of particular interest is the "Formación de profesores" section with links to topics related to FL teaching and technology.
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Blog - Artículos y vídeos - Enseñando Español Online - 2 views
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Blog de Beatriz Mora - una de las pioneras de la enseñanza de ELE en línea
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Infografías en castellano - Infografías interesantes en español (Alfredo Vela) - 6 views
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I love using infographics, especially with beginning levels of language learners. There are so many visual aids to help increase comprehension that most students feel a sense of accomplishment when reading the infographics. This site has a ton of them in Spanish. #carltech17GroupA -
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I agree - infographs are a great resource. I've considered having students even create some to share on a given topic - a work in progress!
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Hi Anne! I also like to use infographics with my students even for me. I learn much better when I see images and graphics. I guess I am a visual learner and I always present content through images and charts of information.
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Using Music in the Foreign Language Classroom | GradHacker - 11 views
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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A faculty member and former ad executive offers six steps for improving teaching on Zoo... - 16 views
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"Stephen Hersh outlines six steps for how you can create a community of active learning online if you 'use the medium.' "
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Like the article - when we switched remotely, my advice for the ASL instructors is to keep it simple, to the point and encourage breakaway groups, encourage conversations using new signs, come up with short stories (movies)....most of the students enjoyed it. When the semester ended, we decided we should learn more tech tips and find other features using ZOOM. Its interesting! -
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Yes!! My main takeaway is that online class is not just a duplication of in-person class. Some things have to be done completely differently. I like the part about no lectures. One thing I know is that my fall online classes aren't going to have long lectures...
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This was really useful! I especially liked how he said he used his mini-lectures as a way to kick start group work. I do think that using Zoom, even though not ideal, can bring us to better ways of doing things with our students. I like how he posits that it forced him to talk less and have students participate more. If this is a benefit of the pandemic, then I welcome it (although all the other stuff --no!). -
This post reminded me that InsideHigherEd is a great resource for keeping tabs not only on post-secondary education policy, but also on technology. I'll absolutely be delving into their archive! -
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Zoom! I'm pretty sure Stephen Hersch is my neighbor! Teaches at Northwestern. "Stop talking so much!" Yes. Great take away. I saw this video when I looked up to see what TEACHx is since he's involved. Started in 2016. But this linked video https://vimeo.com/249442007 is 4 Northwestern students and how they use technology. Evidently they use Canvas as well. I want to look up want one student said about his Spanish class. But what I liked is one of the students talks about when she doesn't use technology. After having said that all her life she had never used her laptop so much, but still in class the expectation is to arrive prepared and be ready to discuss. Hersch says the same for the what is one of the best uses of Zoom... time for students to discuss. Now! How to really get them all to prepare!?
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MovieTalk: Interpretive Listening Magic! - The Comprehensible Classroom - 5 views
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MovieTalk works because it links meaning between the language used by the teacher to the images on the screen. In other words, it makes the linguistic input comprehensible to the student. “Comprehensible” of course, is a bit of a gray term—meaning that something is reasonably able to be understood by the audience—and it is up to the teacher to employ skills such as teaching to the eyes and using comprehension checks to guarantee that the comprehensible language is actually comprehended.
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This paragraph is a good reminder for me that the responsibility of making Spanish comprehensible to my novice learners lies with me. It is the teacher's responsibility to make sure the language is comprehended.
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Sometimes, I select MovieTalks because of their topic: the content relates to something that we are studying or discussing in class. Other times, I select MovieTalks because of the vocabulary: I know that I can talk about the video using the same words that I am working with in class with my students. And still other times, I select MovieTalks because they are just so dang fun and easy and I plop them into the middle of a unit for no reason at all!
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No difference really. I sometimes will take screenshots from the video and put them into google slides. Especially if the action moves quickly and I have trouble pausing the video exactly where I want to. This also works for students who are impatient and want to just watch the video. I tell them that the link to the video is at the end. there are a lot of really fun short videos on youtube that are good for this. The movie does make it more like a story. You can also do this technique with just a picture.
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Los cortos en el aula de español (ELE) | ProfeDeELE - 2 views
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crear los diálogos, poner la voz del narrador, contar la historia en pasado
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Solo algunas ideas de como hacer u la explotación didáctica de un material auténtico como un cortometraje.
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debatir en niveles altos sobre nuestro modo de vida, si vivimos para trabajar o trabajamos para vivir.
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Lindo recurso! Noto que es del 2013 y que los creadores todavía no se habían imaginado una realidad como la nuestra. Dicho esto, qué fácil sería pasar sus ideas y materiales para uso en el salón digital. Gracias por compartir!