Navigating the FutureTechnology and Learning in the 21st Century

Kim ArmstrongAssociate Professor of Spanish

Boubakary Diakité Assistant Professor of French

Oscar RettererDirector of Instructional and Emerging Technologies

Cindy Yetter-VassotAssociate Professor of French

http://edisk.fandm.edu/kim.armstrong/actfl07/

...the Internet has reached into–and,

in some cases, reshaped–just about

every important realm of modern life.

It has changed the way we inform

ourselves, amuse ourselves, care for

ourselves, educate ourselves, work,

shop, the Internet has reached into–

and, in some cases, reshaped–just

about every important realm of

modern life.

From Pew Report on Internet Evolution

Internet

Social Networking

Web 2.0

Profcast

Skype

Podcasts Blogs Comic life

Audacity

My SpaceFacebook

iGoogle Picasa

SlidecastWimba

YouTubeWikis

Overview

• Easy and Free

• Web 2.0

• iGoogle

• Slidecast

• Picasa

• YouTube

• Easy and Cheap

• Comic Life

• Profcast

• Expensive

• Wimba

EvaluationWhen students work with these new media, how do

we evaluate it?

iGoogle

Customizable

Interactive

Sharing Files

Google Docs

SlideShare

Picasa

Flickr

Google Docs

SlideShare

Sharing Photos

flickr

YouTube

Available films

• Diez minutos

• Viaje a la luna

• Le voyages dans la lune

• http://www.zaramella.com.ar/http://

www.zaramella.com.ar/

ComicLifeCreate a storyboard

ComicLife as Literature?

Professor Boubakary Diakitéexplains

Profcast

Audio + Visual = Learning

Take any Powerpoint or Keynote presentation and add your oral

commentary!

Web-based, but pricey!

Wimba Voice Tools

Evaluation...

• What are we evaluating?

• Language

grammar

pronunciation

vocabulary

sociolinguistic appropriateness

reflective of classwork

Evaluation...

• Creativity

originality of ideas

critical thinking

problem solving

Visual Materials

variety

complementary

originality

Technical Expertise?

Computer literacy?

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