Enhancing Language Learning with Technology in the LOTE Classroom

1. Foreign Language and Technology 16 junio 2004 Katie Hedges The Academy of Irving Irving Independent School District

2. Overview • Introductions • Blackboard • Technology in a LOTE classroom • Online activities/helpers/Websites

3. Howdy! • Katie Hedges • Spanish Teacher • Academy of Irving ISD, Irving TX

4. Blackboard • Online teaching system • Classes created by teachers • Students check assignments, turn work in, get resources-information etc. • http://blackboard6.irvingisd.net/

5. Technology in a LOTE classroom • Scanners • Digital Camera • Video Camera • Microsoft Word • Microsoft Power Point • Microsoft Paint • Microsoft Front Page • Web camera • Moviemaker

6. Why use technology? • Student can work on specific weakness at their own pace. • Immediate feedback on most on-line practice sites. • Differentiated learning. • Different approach to language acquisition. • Internet available 24/7- students don’t have to rely on just teacher time in classroom.

7. How it can be implemented- • School computer labs • Public libraries- extra credit • COWS • Home computers Teachers can also create some things and print them off for students to use- that would not require students to have access to a computer.

8. Scanners • Scan in artwork to use in a presentation, worksheets to send to a kid through email or just to store on your computer, pictures etc. • Can scan magazines too- share resources!

9. Digital Camera • Record projects, fun moments, field trips etc. • Don’t have to be fancy- mine is really basic. • Send pictures to parents of what kids are doing in class.

10. Video Camera • Record skits, plays, presentations. • Wedding, newscasts, talk-shows… • The microphone can be tricky so make sure you practice first- otherwise you might not get great sound!

11. Microsoft Word • Here is a way students can record themselves: • Open a Word document. • Choose INSERT, then OBJECT. • Scroll down to choose Wave Sound. • To record, click red button. • Will record for 60 seconds- can keep pushing red button for more time if necessary.

12. Power Point • Lots of uses for this program. • Some can be downloaded from the internet for use in class. • Teachers have created reviews for their classes with these. • I have students take screen shots of games they play on the internet. • *student example* Stories

13. Example of student score… they copy the screen and paste it on a power point slide…

14. Microsoft Paint • Student examples:

15. Front Page • You can create your own website with Microsoft Front Page. • Can post class assignments, links to helpful sites etc. • I can post examples of student work on the website as well as notes and videos. • http://www.irvingisd.net/~khedges/

16. Web camera • The web camera can be used to take still pictures. • It can also be used to tape people if they will be absent for a speaking test or their part in a play. download

17. Moviemaker • Not all computers have Moviemaker. • Could be used as extra credit by those folks who have it. • Easy to use tutorials can help teach the students how to use it. movie

18. Online activities/helpers

19. Quia • EASY TO USE • $49 a year if you want to make your own exercises/quizzes- otherwise it’s free! • On-line activities, quizzes, surveys • Quizzes can be graded by the computer • Quiz results can be tracked by both student and teacher • Materials can be printed out for student use. • AP USE- vocabulary, verb practice

20. SEDL for LOTE • Professional Development classes you can take on-line- at your own pace. • Topics that pertain to LOTE teachers • Instructional scenarios • Free downloads to create rubrics, performance-based assessment etc.

21. Epals • Free! • Pen-pals from different countries • Website has technology ideas and projects for teachers • AP USE- kids would be able to practice the language and could share cultural similarities and differences with kids in other parts of the world.

22. Edhelper.com • $19.99 for 12 months • Useful for practicing vocabulary, grammar and writing • Varied worksheets • Easy to use • AP USE- teacher can create writing prompts, vocabulary worksheets, grammar reviews etc.

23. Helpful websites

24. Lesson Plan Sites • http://www.clta.net/lessons/ • http://members.aol.com/jporvin/casa.htm • http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslsp.html These are some examples of what is out there…

25. Project, Portfolio and Rubric Sites • http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php • http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/PALS/rubrics/index.htm • http://www.nclrc.org/portfolio/modules.html • http://www.richmond.edu/%7Eterry/Middlebury/webactivity.htm

26. Foreign Language and Technology Sites • http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslsp.html • http://facweb.furman.edu/~pecoy/mfl195/ • http://facweb.furman.edu/~pecoy/teaching.htm • http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/beh/departments/spanish/technology.html • http://facweb.furman.edu/~pecoy/lessons.htm • http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/9806/using_the_internet.html • http://www.richmond.edu/%7Eterry/tech.htm

27. Grammar Practice Sites • www.conjuguemos.com • www.studyspanish.com • http://eleaston.com/spanish.html

28. Spanish Power Point sites- good for reviewing basic grammar points • http://campus.northpark.edu/spanish/pp/slideshows.htm • http://tpduggan.tripod.com/powerp.html • http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/online/Spanish/lecciones.htm • http://www.ba.k12.ok.us/schools/nihs1/grammar/pasogram.htm • http://www.niles-hs.k12.il.us/northForeignLanguage/pwptindxa.htm

29. Google • Go to www.google.com • Type in something you would like to find pertaining to your language- for example: • Spanish future tense exercises Then check out the options Google came up with!