Get them Talking! Connecting World Languages and Web 2.0

by Langwitches ~ January 23rd, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized.

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Get them Talking! Connecting World Languages and Web 2.0
Presenters: Michelle Olah with Mary Risner
Description:Web 2.0 technologies, such as blogs, podcasts, digital storytelling and other collaborative tools, provide world language teachers with opportunities for students to create and collaborate in the target language. Come and find out how to use these technologies to get students talking in new and exciting ways!

Presentation Wiki: getthemtalking.wikispaces.com

Check out the Google Doc Notes from Michelle Bourgeois from this presentation.

Technology is extra, making it easier to teach. Easy for the classroom teacher, not “those ed tech persons”

Communication is one of the most important standards to address in the World Language classroom. Can’t memorize, speaking needs to be spontaneous.

Barriers to speaking in the classroom:

  • Individual student practice – students do not speak enough
  • Pair activities- students off task, hard to monitor and correct errors
  • Presentations- take days of class time and other students are not engaged.

There are tech tools that can help  assist stuednts to SPEAK and get more practice!!

  • Saves class time
  • Make it available to a wider audience

Some tools to use:

  • Voki Speaking avatars
    • Pros: easy to use, high students interest, no microphone needed
    • Cons: need student e-mail, time management, need way to present voki
  • VocieThread
    • specific vocabulary/grammar practice
    • pronunciation practice- tongue twister practice
    • publishing student projects
  • PhotoStory
  • MovieMaker
  • iPods with microphones
  • podcasting

Using Realia in Communcation Task

  • use cultural authentic images in your projects
  • use pictures of realia in speaking tasks
  • Have students make Photo stories based on cultural photos.

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