Technology Presentation for the Alvin ISD Foreign Language Department

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2.  Appropriate for the lesson and is age-appropriate
 Builds students’ language/culture learning
 Provides authentic aspects of culture/demonstrate
authentic cultural realia and documents
 Motivates students and gives opportunities to interact
with each other and the program
 Offers a better format of instruction and gives the teacher
a change to observe students’ reactions and
performance
 Appeals to different students’ learning styles and
intelligences
 Is consistent with standards

3.  Students are already using technology
 Reaches different learning styles
o Motivates to learn
 Real world connections
o Makes learning practical and significant
 Collaborative learning
 Productive opportunities

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6.  Communicate with  Tools
native speakers o https://education.skyp
 Museum/cultural e.com
• Lessons
venues • https://education.skyp
 Authors, musicians, e.com/search?utf8=%
E2%9C%93&per_pag
etc. e=10&subject=&categ
ory_id=8
 Be sure to get
o http://projects.twice.cc/
approval/permission
• Connecting classrooms

7.  Edmodo
o A free and safe way for students and teachers to connect
and collaborate.
o Present
o Evaluate
o Communicate
o Alvin ISD Sponsored
 http://education.weebly.com/
o Easily create a classroom website & blog
o Manage your students' accounts
o Accept homework assignments online
o Keep your parents up to date
o http://tinyurl.com/b9eoytj

8.  Blogger.com
o Post a topic and students respond
o Sign in with Google Account
 EduBlogs.com
o Share materials, news, downloads, links and more
o Replace your newsletter and stay in touch with parents about what is going
on in class
o Get your students blogging so that they can share their work and thoughts
o Integrate videos, podcasts, and other media
o Create a fully functional website
o Get feedback or gather information
 Kidblog
o Teachers have administrative control over all student blogs and student
accounts.
o Your students’ blogs are private by default – viewable only by classmates and the
teacher. Teachers can elect to make posts public, while still moderating all
content.
o Teachers can add password-protected parent and guest accounts to the
community at their discretion.
o Comment privacy settings block unsolicited comments from outside sources.
o Kidblog is fully COPPA compliant and does not require any personal information
from students.

9.  Skit
 Music video
 Report
 Newscast
 Digital Storytelling
o Pictures and narration
• Photo story
• Movie Maker
• iMovie

10.  Spell a picture
 Make a movie
 Make a card
 Make a drawing
 Make a Picture
 Tell a story
o http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=BG2xpaD
g81g

11.  Dialogue or conversation
o Audacity
• Audio editor for recording, slicing, and mixing audio. Site includes help,
downloads, and developer information.
o Blabberize.com
• Talking photos
o Sock Puppets app
• Sock Puppets lets you create your own lip-synched videos and share
them on Facebook and YouTube. Add Puppets, props, scenery, and
backgrounds and start creating. Hit the record button and the puppets
automatically lip-synch to your voice.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TZFWuffY6E
o Kerpoof.com
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGRBnO7w0r0
• Start at 1:00

12.  Make Beliefs Comix
o In different languages
o Created by Bill
Zimmerman & Tom
Bloom
o Educational Tool
o http://www.makebelief
scomix.com/Diagram/

13. Method: I Am
 I am (two special characteristics)  I am sharp and focused
I wonder (something you are actually I wonder what the camera really sees
curious about) I hear the buzzing bee
I hear (an imaginary sound) I see flowers in early morning light
I see (an imaginary sight) I want to stop time in a box
I want (an actual desire) I am sharp and focused
I am (the first line of the poem restated)
I pretend (something you pretend to do) I pretend to be a statue
I feel (a feeling about something I feel the shakes inside
imaginary) I touch the shutter button
I touch (an imaginary touch) I worry about the blurry result
I worry (something that really bothers I cry that the moment has forever passed
you) I am sharp and focused
I cry (something that makes you very
sad) I understand moments in time
I am (the first line of the poem repeated) I say let's freeze them forever
I understand (something you know is I dream of watercolor effects coming to
true) life
I say (something you believe in) I try to see all the soft muted edges
I dream (something you actually dream I hope it happens someday
about) I am sharp and focused
I try (something you make an effort to
do)
I hope (something you actually hope for)
I am (the first line of the poem repeated)

14.  Brochure
 Video
 Website
 Radio Clip

15.  Location of countries
speaking the language
 Use street-view to
explore cultural aspects
o http://maps.google.com/
help/maps/streetview/gal
lery/world-
landmarks/eiffel-
tower.html
o http://maps.google.com/
maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=
UTF8&msa=0&msid=20
7288382933038281385.
0004a525237127efb6f16

16.  Fetchnote
o take simple text notes and organise
them so you can search and filter
them later,
o full cloud syncing across multiple
devices, an easy-to-use webapp,
Android and iOS apps and desktop
widgets so you can stay on top of
your notes, all right up front on
launch.
o #categories
 Letspocket
o Txt msg notes to your dashboard
o Keep your notes in one place
o Organize notes with tags
 Evernote
o The Evernote family of products help
you remember and act upon ideas,
projects and experiences across all
the computers, phones and tablets
you use

17.  Google SMS
o Text search query to 466453 (google)
o Local listings, eather, movie time, translator
 Yahoo SMS
o Text query to 92466 (Yahoo)
o Local listing, weather, wifi hotspot locator
 4info
o Text your query to 44646
o Local listings, sport scores

18.  SMS Poll
 Poll Everywhere
 Celly

19.  www.quizlet.com
o Free account
o Create Classes
o With one set of flashcards you can use
• Electronic Flashcards with images and/or words
• Audio exercises for spelling
• “Learn” mode to retest incorrect answers and keep score
• Competitive games such as scatter and space race
• On-the-go student practice
• SMART boards in the classroom with the activities
 StudyCell.com http://www.studycell.com/
 StudyBoost.com https://studyboost.com/
o Open-ended questions
o Statistics page

20.  http://espanol.weather.com/
 http://fr.weather.com
o In a warm-up or class exercise…
• List several cities around the world
• Students must write a sentence about the weather in that city today
 Videos.univision.com
 http://noticias.univision.com/america-latina
o Search “pronostico”

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22.  Offers users the ability to
upload and share publicly or
privately PowerPoint
presentations, Word
documents and Adobe PDF
Portfolios
 Save powerpoint lessons to
net in presentation form
 Find other presentations
o http://www.slideshare.net/ss
umod/reflexive-verbs-in-
spanish
o http://www.slideshare.net/mk
ohlerwsm/french-subject-
pronoun-wsm
 http://www.slideshare.net/

23.  helps teachers improve
behavior in their
classrooms quickly and
easily.
 captures and generates
data on behavior that
teachers can share with
parents and
administrators
 Take attendance
 http://www.classdojo.co
m/

24.  http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
 Putting Educational Innovations Into Practice Find
peer reviewed online teaching and learning materials.
Share advice and expertise about education with expert
colleagues. Be recognized for your contributions to
quality education
o Learning Materials
o Personal collections
o Learning Exercises
o Colleague search
o Find guest experts

25.  E.L. Easton -
Materials for Teaching
and Learning
o http://eleaston.com/spani
sh.html
o Materials for Teaching
and Learning English
and other languages.
o Albanian, Chinese,
Croatian, English,
French, German, Italian,
Latin, Polish, Russian,
Spanish,

26.  http://langlink.net/langlink/detail.aspx?id=spanish
o Country / City Tours (22)
• Some links may be blocked, but you should be able to clear with your
district
o Culture & History (13)
o Grab Bag (6)
o Language & Culture (1)
o Learning Resources (6)
o Literature & Language (24)
o Media (1)
o Music, Radio and Television (7)
o News & Magazines (21)
o Teaching Resources (5)
o Virtual Environments (2)

27.  http://web.cortland.edu/flteach/flteach-res.html
 FLTEACH was founded in SUNY Cortland's Modern
Languages Department in February 1994 by the
moderators, Jean LeLoup (US Air Force Academy) &
Bob Ponterio (SUNY Cortland).
 Resources
o Media
o Dictionaries
o Collections by Teachers made for teachers
o Online Journal links
o Multi-languge links (Chinese, Esperanto, French, German, Latin,
Japanese, etc.)
o Many links for Spanish culture and language (radio & media too)

28.  http://www.digitaldialects.com
o Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Chinese
 Online learning & practice tool that’s great for SmartBoards
o Phrases & greetings
o Numbers
o Vocabulary
o Food
o Animals
o Clothes
o Colors
o Animals
o Time
o Tener/SER
o Days & Months
 http://www.digitaldialects.com/French/Clothes.htm
 http://www.digitaldialects.com/German/numbers_2I.htm
 http://www.digitaldialects.com/Spanish/Food.htm

29.  http://www.123teachme.com/
 Free resources to help learn Spanish
 Daily Spanish Resources (word/phrase/verb of the day_
 Free Online Spanish Games
 Spanish Verb Conjugation
 Teacher Resources & Worksheets
 Text Translator
 List of Spanish Language Schools

30.  Create hundreds of free, printable bingo cards quickly
and easily. Bingo cards can be played online too!
 generate hundreds of random cards and print them using
the printer-friendly PDF (with no ads or watermarks).
 play your bingo game online (it works on the iPad)
 Lifetime membership it print more than 8 different cards
or to save for later
o $9.95
 https://bingobaker.com/

31.  http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/index.html
 a compilation of brief video clips of native speakers of Spanish from
various locations throughout Latin America and
 Objective is to provide students of Spanish with the necessary tools to
be able to talk about the same topics in Spanish.
 5 major components.
1. Simplified, scripted video clip; speakers talk slower w/ simpler words & less
slang.
2. Non-scripted video clips of native speakers who also perform the proficiency
tasks.
1. What the native speakers say is what they really said.
2. Some may talk fast, others talk slow, and some have specific regional dialects.
3. Spanish/English glossary of vocabulary words that students may need in order
to talk about the topic.
4. Sample sentences to use in order to talk about the topic.
5. Brief, mini-grammar explanation on some grammar principle that is related to
the proficiency topic.
 Spanish proficiency grammar exercise (level 1)
o http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spex/siteindex.php

32.  http://dlc.k12.ar.us/ADEDLC_Resource_Documents/ADE
DLC_Resources_Spanish_Grammar.html
 Practice exercises for Spanish Grammar
 Website states that the ADE center must be contacted
for use
 Mike Lar – Program Director
o mike.lar@arkansas.gov

33.  Centro Virtual Cervantes
 http://cvc.cervantes.es/aula/lecturas/
 Three levels: Inicial, Intermedio & Avanzado
o Lists of available reading; periodically updated
o Antes de leer
o Ficha didáctica
o Texto
o Despues de leer
o Sobre el libro
 http://cvc.cervantes.es/literatura/escritores/
o Writer biographies

34.  http://education.weebly.com/
 Create a learning page for lessons
 Drag & Drop Website Editor
 Managed, Protected Environment
 Multimedia Feature
o Embed quizzes, videos, flashcards & more
o - http://tinyurl.com/b9eoytj (social studies)
o http://tinyurl.com/lpEdgarAllenPoe (lang arts)
 Flexible blogging features
o Class updates, homework assignments, news for parents
 Free & No advertising
 Publish to your own domain

35.  http://www.utm.edu/staff/bobp/french/french.html
 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
 UT Spanish proficiency exercises
o http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/index.html
 Voyage virtuel
o http://web.cortland.edu/flteach/civ/Voyage/voyage.htm
 UT Spanish Grammar Exercises
o http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spex/siteindex.php
 Chanson Françaises
o http://www.coerll.utexas.edu/chansons/
 Grammar Guide (Enrique Yepes)
o http://www.bowdoin.edu/~eyepes/sitemap.html
 Digital Dialects
o http://www.digitaldialects.com/
o http://www.digitaldialects.com/French.htm
o http://www.digitaldialects.com/German.htm
o http://www.digitaldialects.com/Spanish.htm
 Language by culture site
o http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/lm_collection.html
 French Picture/Audio Dictionary
o http://lexiquefle.free.fr/
 French grammar & vocab games and more
o http://www.realfrenchplus.net/index.php
 Lecturas de diferentes niveles CVC
o http://cvc.cervantes.es/aula/lecturas/
 Foreign language forum teaching resources (loooong list)
o FL Teach has grouped together a number of Collections put together by FL colleagues. It also includes a number of essential General FL
Resources, and favorites language specific sites in a variety of languages: Chinese, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese,
Russian, Spanish.

36. http://www.miniature-earth.com/
 http://pdfreedownload.com/ppt/smart-technology-in-the-
foreign-language-classroom-33676801.html