Beyond Powerpoint:

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Beyond Powerpoint

• Using Technology in a Communicative World
  Language Classroom

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Purpose

• To demonstrate the implementation of
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Websites
• Podcasts
• To instruct participants how to create each of
  these projects in a matter of seconds.
• To provide participants with resources
• Your Technology Wish List

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Blogs

• AP Frenchs Le Cercle Francais
• This is a secure blog hosted by Fayette County
  Public Schools The Point.
• The advantage of a secure (password protected,
  members only) blog is that you have total
  control over who sees and posts to the site.
• Topics vary according to student interest and
  postings are graded on communicationnot
  accuracy.
• Tip Join your languages AP list-serve and
  invite teachers from across the USA to have their
  students blog with yours.

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Blogs

• AP Spanish Blog
• Questions are regularly posted on the blog
  according to the theme we are studying in class.
• Students log on to blog to respond to the
  questions in Spanish.
• Students may also respond to the responses of
  other students.
• This blog allows students to practice the
  vocabulary and topics studied in class without
  worrying about corrections.

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Blogs

• Spanish 3 Recommendations Blog
• This wiki is a part of a unit on extracurricular
  activities.
• After reading Dear Abby letters and writing
  responses, this wiki was an at-home practice
  activity for making recommendations.
• In this wiki, students were allowed to make
  recommendations as well as present their own
  problems.
• This wiki was designed for extra practice with
  vocabulary and the subjunctive.

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Wikis

• French Pomme C Wiki
• This Wiki was the center of a unit about
  technology.
• Students used the mobile computer lab to access
  the wiki daily in class and all assignments were
  linked to and done on the wiki.
• From the wiki, students engaged in a vocabulary
  web search, created an annotated text, viewed a
  music video, and posted websites where they found
  and summarized articles about technology.

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Wikis

• French Nouvelle Star Wikis
• These wikis were part of an assignment that the
  students completed for a substitute teacher.
• I prepared 6 templates where students were to
  research various pop stars.
• Students were given a web address and a password
  for their wiki. They accessed the site where
  they followed directions, and responded to
  prompts.
• On this wiki, they read an article on-line,
  posted new vocabulary, watched a music video, did
  a cloze listening activity and annotated a text.

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Wikis

• Spanish 2 Picture Dictionary
• Our Spanish 2 students are currently studying
  vocabulary related to jobs in the neighborhood
  and their WIKI assignment was to participate in
  creating an online picture dictionary.
• The assignment was for each student to log into
  our WIKI page and post pictures that would
  illustrate the meaning of each vocabulary word.
• The only information that the students needed in
  order to participate was the website address and
  our class password.

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Wikis

• Spanish 1 Build a Story
• Our Spanish 1 students are currently studying
  adjective-related vocabulary and their WIKI
  assignment was to participate in creating a story
  online.
• The assignment was for each student to log into
  our WIKI page and post 1 sentence to continue the
  story, as well as 1 picture that would illustrate
  their sentence.
• The only information that the students needed in
  order to participate was the website address and
  our class password.

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Websites

• French 3 Car Advertisements
• As a culminating assessment to a unit focusing on
  cars travel, students were divided into groups
  and given a digital photo scavenger hunt for
  which they searched through the parking lot and
  took pictures of various car parts on a list.
• Then they downloaded their photos and created an
  online advertisement using Microsoft FrontPage
  software.
• I linked the sites to my classroom website and in
  a follow-up activity, students surfed the sites
  to shop for cars accessories.

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Websites

• Teacher Websites
• District-hosted websites
• Freewebs

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Podcasts

• French 4 Stereotype Commentaries
• Groups of students were each given a page with a
  stereotype written on it. They were asked to
  formulate their own opinion to either support or
  refute the stereotype. They were then asked to
  speculate why people would believe that
  stereotype. Finally they were given an article
  that either supported or refuted the stereotype
  and had to generalize what the truth was.
• One member of each group then recorded the
  groups response in our language lab.
• The responses were uploaded and linked to our
  website where our pen pals in France were able to
  listen to them and respond with their opinions.

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Podcasts

• AP Frenchs Virtual Show and Tell
• Every 2-3 weeks, when class falls on a Friday, AP
  students bring in an unusual object and tell the
  class about it.
• We take digital photos and record a description
  and post them on the website.
• This is advantageous since one student does AP
  Independent Study and he can still participate
  even though he is not in the same class.
• As an extension, I mix up the pictures and
  descriptions on the website and students who
  match them up and turn in the answers earn extra
  credit.

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Podcasts

• AP Spanish Health Commentaries
• Students recorded answers to one of two questions
  related to health
• Should large cities implement a smoking ban in
  public places?
• What steps should young people take to maintain
  good health?
• Recorded responses were placed on a wiki.
• Students log on to wiki to respond to recordings
  done by classmates.
• These podcasts allow students to hear themselves
  as well as other students speaking and to respond
  to each other without worrying about errors.

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How to

• Record a podcast
• Start a blog
• Start a wiki
• Make a website

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Technology wish list

• Technology to put on your wish list if the money
  becomes available at your school
• Digital Video Camera
• Laptop with firewire card and port
• Projector for computer
• Sanko Lab 100 Language Lab
• Satellite TV with TiVo
• DVD recorder
• Video iPod with TV adaptor cord

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Questions???

• Visit our website and post a question on the
  blog!
• Well be happy to answer your questions!
• Website
• http//www.freewebs.com/kwlatechnologypresentation
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