world languages department and the common core june 12, 2015
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Resources that can aide in target language learning and media and technology literacy.
1. Veinte Mundos: http://www.veintemundos.com/en/spanish/
2. https://edublogs.org/
With Edublogs, you can create and manage your own teacher blog as well as student blogs. You can customize designs and include videos, images and podcasts.
3. https://cel.ly/solutions/education
Celly is a free group text messaging program for school with no user limit. It’s easy to start a group chat and create a class poll using text messages. Curators filter the messages before they are sent to the group. This keeps students on-topic and deters cyberbullying.
4. http://www.dipity.com/
With Dipity, you can find, create and embed interactive timelines. The best part is that you can add photos to customize the look of each timeline. This website is especially useful for providing your students with a visual representation of a sequence of events. It’s also great for history and English teachers.
5. http://www.forvo.com/
Forvo is an online pronunciation dictionary.
How I use technology in my classroom to energize motivation:• https://getkahoot.com/• Students made review games. Fun and exciting! (Math uses it)• http://www.studyspanish.com/• review vocab, grammar and culture• http://my.hrw.com/• online textbook, online workbook, extra resources • http://www.classzone.com/cz/index.htm;jsessionid=wv7pTjJRvsnCwnrSd9j
ZklDLCk2nFGyvvSlCGqGjTG0j3v8QVbl6!1461177357• @hometutor, online help, games, videos, flashcards, culture• https://www.duolingo.com/• a fun way to learn and review vocab and grammar.• https://www.edmodo.com/• http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/news
https://getkahoot.com
Testimonials from students:“spanishtastic”“fun and exciting way to review”“competitive”“competition motivates me to learn”“more fun than using a textbook”“you learn from it”“great practice”
Kahoot! Is One Of The World’s Fastest Growing Learning Brands.
Loved In Over 180 Countries, Our Free Game-Based Platform
Enables More Meaningful, Playful And Powerful Experiences, In
Classrooms And Beyond. -Kahoot2015
● Kahoot aligns with the ELA CCS and the Standards for Foreign Language Learning:Use technology to support effective oral and written communication in a FL.
Pros: 1. Students are able to practice, learn, review, and assess a
variety of topics ranging from vocabulary, grammar, and culture.
2. Students and teachers get immediate results.3. Students and/or teachers make the game.4. Stimulates collaboration and social learning.Cons:5. None :) (Students may need to edit. It’s a part of learning,
right?) Are you ready to play?
Best Practices
Best practices in second language learning is using a variety of print and non-print materials including authentic target language sources.Standard 1.2 Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics. It involves listening and reading in which the learner works with a variety of topics.
Periódicos latinos - Authentic sources
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/news
This website is very valuable. Students can read articles or watch youtube-type shows. The newspapers are authentic literature and it supports English in that students are reading informational text.
⬜ Focus on results rather than means⬜ Integrated model of literacy
◼Processes of communication closely connected
⬜ Research and media skills blended into Standards
⬜ Shared responsibility for students’ literacy development◼Special emphasis on informational text
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⬜ Focus on what students can do with the language (= results) not on how languages should be taught (=means)
⬜ Focus on modes of communication (Interpersonal, Interpretive, Presentational) not on isolated skills
⬜ Research and media skills are entailed in Interpretive and Presentational Modes
⬜ World languages teachers also develop literacy skills; Connections standard puts emphasis on informational text (not just literature) 9
⬜Articulate a progression of learning
⬜Connect mathematical practices with mathematical content.
⬜Emphasize application to the real world.
⬜Emphasize mathematical modeling.
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⬜Articulate a clear progression of K-12 learning.
⬜Greater focus on text complexity
⬜Shared responsibility for students’ literacy development.
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⬜Systematic acquisition of knowledge through reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
⬜A focus on writing to argue or explain.
⬜Integration of research and media skills.
⬜Classic myths and stories from around the world.
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Novice Level Task:Students collaborate to produce a multimedia informationalpresentation for their peers using basic information in thetarget language where they imagine and plan a night out tothe movies. Students must select a movie, describe the
neighborhood,plan their dinner and calculate the cost of all their expenses.
Students alsomust convert their total expenses into dollars and make
comparisonsbetween the cost of living in their country with other countries
from theSpanish speaking world. WLs Standards: Function as independent WL users. Use
technology to support
effective oral and written communication in a WL.Understand cultural
perspectives in the WL culture(s).ELA CCSS:Math CCSS:
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Describe el cine y el vecindario.https://www.google.com.ar/maps/@-32.9007942,-68.7998475,3a,75y,77.43h,85.79
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¿Dónde van a cenar? ¿Por qué? ¿Cuánto cuesta?
https://www.google.com.ar/maps/search/restaurante/@-32.89636,-68.8066248,14z/am=t/data=!4m5!2m4!3m3!1srestaurante!2sMendoza+Plaza+Shopping,+Mendoza!3s0x967e0eba3c7b6c1d:0xd692cfe2d3c3161
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¿Cuánto costará en tu moneda local?https://www.google.com/finance?q=CURRENCY:ARS
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⬜ Intermediate Level Task:Students investigate ecology issues around the
Spanishspeaking world. They analyze and synthesize the Information obtained from various multimedia and
writtensources, and propose a solution in the form of a
persuasiveessay .
WLs Standards: Connect with other disciplines and acquire knowledge in the WL. Comprehend what author is saying within the appropriate WL cultural context. Cite and use relevant evidence in a WL.
ELA CCSS:
Math CCSS:
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Every hour spent in the World Languages
classroom helps build students’ ability to Read, Write, Speak, Listen, and use Language effectively.
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