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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Heide DeMorris

Heide DeMorris

Welcome to MFL Online! - MFL Online - 0 views

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    A nice site for both students and teachers of French, German, Spanish and Welsh.  Click on Resources at the top of page to access language content.  Be sure to then click on the links on the left for individual language content.  Videos seem to be promising - especially for French. 
Heide DeMorris

Common Core and Educational Technology: Student-tested Slideshow Creation Tools - 1 views

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    This particular portion of the site affirms how storytelling using online tools for slideshows supports common core.  There are other areas of the site that are very useful as well. 
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sylvia duckworth - YouTube - 0 views

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    This is an awesome YouTube channel by Sylvia Duckworth. I would use her Chansons au Powerpoint to pre-teach vocabulary and then reinforce the learning with the music/PowerPoint combination.  Other videos offer a plethora of topics that can be used in your classroom.  Her use of GoAnimate inspires me to have my students create similar projects to tell stories.   Although in French, the ideas are easily used in Spanish and other WL classrooms. 
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Music Tube - Listen to Music from Youtube - AppAddict - 0 views

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    Youtube videos of iTunes Top 100 songs in 20 genres (60+ country).  
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Free Music Archive: International - 0 views

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    The Free Music Archive offers free downloads under Creative Commons and other licenses.   Can be used in your class, on class websites, or student projects.
Heide DeMorris

International news | euronews, latest international news - 0 views

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    euronews is a world news site that supports 13 languages.  It provides a different view of news as compared to US news coverage.  
Heide DeMorris

Language Teaching MOOC | A collaborative experience to improve language teaching - 1 views

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    This is a FREE language teaching MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) where language teachers can meet, learn, share, and explore. Great use of google groups for promoting dialogue.   Twitter on steroids.  
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Free online tutorials for learning to use technology and ict in education - 0 views

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    A plethora of training videos on all sorts of web-based technology
Heide DeMorris

Glogster EDU Resources - 0 views

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    This site is supported by Glogster and has many resources for not only how to use Glogster in the classroom, but lesson ideas, rubrics, and a bunch of 'how to" video tutorials
Heide DeMorris

Free Technology for Teachers - 1 views

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    This is one of my favorite sites to find out what's new in tech for our use.  The April 11th blog post discusses typing accents in other languages.  It also presents 2 virtual keyboards for WL students. Also presented are links to learning languages, activities, and image-based language lessons.  
Heide DeMorris

Thousands of Online Newspapers on the Web : World Newspaper Directory : Listed on Onlin... - 0 views

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    This is an excellent resource for finding target language newspapers from around the world.  I would give my students a country and a topic and have them research that topic (ie, the environment).  Or, we could focus on a global topic and compare/contrast how it is being presented in different target-language speaking countries (ie.  North Korea crisis)
Heide DeMorris

Google World Wonders Project - 0 views

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    This site has many great pictures and information about sites all over the world.  The Education tab gives you lesson plans as well for some of the sites.  Click on 'find a location', and you are brought to several possible areas around the world.  Additional information is available by clicking on the arrows along side the pictures.  
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Problem-Based Learning or Just Another Project? Use This Checklist to Find Out | TeachB... - 0 views

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    Whether you are creating a PBL activity or an IPA, this checklist is a good way of pre-evaluating your efforts.  I also explored other areas of this blog and found some interesting resources that can be used in the WL classroom.  
Heide DeMorris

Create Interactive Presentations, Animations and infographics - HTML5 Presenter by Easy... - 0 views

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     A much easier way to create a web page!  And its free.  templates are available - along with tutorials.  Good-bye Kompozer?
Heide DeMorris

Chimera EDUCATION - Chimera Blog - 0 views

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    An interesting blog by a teacher of languages and technology.  Three entries, "improving pronunciation using Speech-to-Text Apps", "Using Thinglink to prepare for the AP cultural comparison", and "using google drawing in language classes" have direct correlations to what we do and can use in our classrooms.  Google draw (found in Chrome's Google Drive) would be particularly helpful to practice writing Arabic or Chinese.  
Heide DeMorris

Second Grader Shows How She Uses Evernote For Fluency - Edudemic - 0 views

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    A young second grader uses evernote to record herself reading aloud and reflects on her progress and sets goals for improvement.  Something we could use in the WL classroom - students can use the app on their phones as well.  
Heide DeMorris

Free internet audio mp3 player for personal websites| AudioPal - 0 views

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    A free tool that lets you embed an audio message into your website - an appropriate tool for the 610 course!  You can record a message by phone or mic, use the text-to-speech feature, or upload your own mp3 audio files.   You can even choose from 25 languages and 100+ voices.  Very cool indeed. 
Heide DeMorris

PopuLLar: Motivating secondary school students to learn languages through their music - 0 views

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    Students are encouraged to write their own lyrics to songs of their choice, translate them into the target language, record them (audio or video), and share with the world.  This is an excellent way of incorporating 21st century skills, ISTEs, ACTFL standards, and more.  This could require collabortion, too.    This project is 'owned' by the students - teachers just guide the process.  Many examples and support available.
Heide DeMorris

Flipped Foreign Language - Vander Ark on Innovation - Education Week - 0 views

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    The 'flipped' FL class and the technologies that can be used.  More props for digital story telling, blogs, Google apps Twitter, VoiceThread, and more. 
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The Creative Language Class - 2 views

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    This site/blog has lots of ideas for differentiation.  
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