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Technology and World Languages Standards –
Engaging 21st century students
SCOTL 2011- March 11th, 2011
Catalina Bohorquez and Michelle OlahSeminole Co. Public Schools, Florida
World Languages Technology Consultantswww.wltechconsultants.com
About us…
What skills do today’s students need?
1. If you can text, you can wiffiti!
2. Send a text message to: 878843. At the beginning of your message type
@wif56005 and then your answer.
• Critical Thinking
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Creativity
Partnership for 21st century Skills
The 4 “C’s”
ACTFL World Languages Standards
How can we teach our languages AND incorporate the skills that our students
need to be successful in the 21st century?
Using technology in the World Languages
classroom:• Enhances student creativity
• Allows students to communicate outside of the classroom
• Provides opportunities for student collaboration
• Requires students to think critically to evaluate resources
• Engages and motivates students
Don’t start from scratch…
Start with a “classic” that you
love…
Then “re-design” it into something exciting and
new!
“Classic” projects transformed with web 2.0
Language Standard 4: Presentational
Speaking:
The student will be able to present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners on a variety of topics in a culturally appropriate context in the target language.
Turn to someone near you…
What are some “Classic” speaking presentations that you use currently?
Bonus Tool – Classtools
Some of our “revamped” Classics
New Web 2.0 Family Projects
Beginning German - http://ed.voicethread.com/?#u86836
Spanish Collaborative Family Project http://ed.voicethread.com/share/235029/
Intermediate Spanish – Grammar focus http://ed.voicethread.com/share/8974/
Web tool: Voicethread
New Web 2.0 “About Me” Projects
Bonjour. Je m'appelle.. Je viens....D'où viens-tu?
Chinese
Web tool: Voxopop
Voki Speaking Avatar
Language Standard 5: Presentational Writing:
The student will be able to present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of readers on a variety of topics in a culturally appropriate context in the target language.
Turn to someone near you…
What are some “Classic” writing presentations that you currently use?
Random Name Chooser
http://www.aschool.us/moodle-scripts/random-name.php
New Web 2.0 Writing Projects
Web tool: Storybird
Storybirds are short, visualstories that you make withfamily and friends to share
and (soon) print.
http://mfl-storybirds.wikispaces.com/
Your turn…How could you use Storybird in Presentational
Writing?
Mixbook
http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/education/los-cahorritos-2831166
http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/all/libro-digital-4528131
http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/education/mi-amigo-y-yo-4793813
http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/education/spanish-class-project-3976588
http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/education/pablo-neruda-898736
Wallwisher
http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/updatingwithtech
Examples of wallwishers…
Go Animate/Toon Doo
http://goanimate.com/movie/0FZ_aoErA988/1
Language Standard 1: Interpretive Listening :
The student will be able to understand and interpret information, concepts, and ideas orally from a variety of culturally authentic sources on a variety of topics in the target language.
Lang Media
The site aprovides authentic materials depicting differences in regional dialects and language-usage among speakers of the more commonly
taught languages worldwide.
Audio Lingua
Culture Standard 6:
The student will be able to use the target language to gain knowledge and demonstrate understanding of the relationship among practices, products, and perspectives of cultures other than his/her own and will be able to discuss and analyze cultural practices within the political, economic, social, educational, religious, and artistic realms in the target language in order to determine their global significance.
Tag Galaxy
A little bit of Culture Every Day!
Travel Videos - Geobeats – 2 Minute Travel Videos (English)
Movie Theaters (vocabulary, money, time, dates)•Cinéma Gaumont Champs-Elysées Marignan-Paris
•Cinemark – México Newspaper headlines from around the World
YouTube, TeacherTube, SchoolTube
Teacher Bonus Websites
www.classtools.netwww.20q.net Virtual Dice
We are already 10 years into the 21st Century
The “Future” is NOW
What can you do TODAY to help prepare your students for
TOMORROW?
One WOW and one WONDER…
Catalina Bohorquez and Michelle OlahWorld Languages Technology
Consultantswww.wltechconsultants.com