ACTFL 2008 Presentation describing how the FLAP-funded Glastonbury Chinese and Russian programs used social media.

1. Program Expansion and Improvement:
A Balancing Act:
Integrating Web 2.0 Tools into the Chinese and
Russian Programs
Jan Eklund
Jen Lin
Barbara Lindsey
Rita Oleksak
ACTFL 2008

6. http://flickr.com/photos/gullideckel/8449293/ CC Licensed: ManHole.ca

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8. Personal Photo

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12. ACTFL Standards
http://nflrc.iastate.edu/pubs/standards/fllStd.html

13. brain rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and
Thriving at Work, Home, and School byJohn
Medina: http://brainrules.net

14. A Vision of K-12 Students Today

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23. http://flickr.com/photos/grahamstanley/86795565/ CC Licensed: Graham Stanley

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36. Student Feedback
• I really liked having it, and I'm excited to hear my
host's voice on the website. It'll be a good way
to remember her.
• My favorite part about the Zens was the ability to
listen to Russian radio whenever. I often listened
to the Zen around the city or at night just to hear
Russian being spoken. I felt it was very easy and
user-friendly.

37. Student Feedback
• While it was a good idea my host student was
a bit uncomfortable doing it.
• The Zen was an interesting addition to the
exchange, but in my opinion, it was an
unnecessary component.

38. Student Feedback
• I used the Zen to listen to music both on the plane
ride there and home, and also to record
conversations with my host brother Lasha about free
time for the class assignment. I also used it to
record a monologue about the Peter & Paul's
Fortress. I found it very easy to set up and use once
I became used to navigating the menus.
• It was really easy and fun. I could listen to music,
look at videos/photos and record my voice and host
family's voices.

39. Student Feedback
• It was really easy to use and neat that we
could record our host student and families in a
conversation. I think that using these recorders
were really helpful to us and to the students at
GHS because they could also listen to our
conversations.
• It was really easy to use and neat that we
could record our host student and families in a
conversation. I think that using these recorders
were really helpful to us and to the students at
GHS because they could also listen to our
conversations.