Spanish+Podcasts

 = Technology in the Digital Spanish Classroom = = =

==A language lab in the classroom is essential to promote the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) needed to learn a new language. I**mplement the following three ways in your classroom to accomplish the same results without expensive equipment:**== __ 1)Technology available __ Simply use all **__technology available:__** hardware available in your school district, such as laptop carts, headphones with microphones, smart boards, digital cameras, a desktop computer or laptop connected to a projector or lumen.

 Click on the link below to see wikispace Podcast 101: learning can be fun || It refers to an audio content (usually in MP3 format) which you can listen to on your computer or MP3 player. My students in my Spanish 1 PreAP classes designed animated Vokis with their own podcasts recorded by them in Spanish. media type="custom" key="5534669"media type="custom" key="5534521"media type="custom" key="6175537" [|http://blabberize.com] || Click here to see how to record an podcast with a cell phone: ​ Click below to listen to my Spanish 2 student's recording using Conditional Tenses. media type="file" key="MattBuiePodcast.mp3" width="240" height="20" || Rubric for Spanish Class Cultural Food Day Performance Assessment. Link to see my student Innovative Food Video Podcast: [] media type="youtube" key="xCPkvm5fMrc" height="344" width="425" Click on the link to see Connor & Nina's Food Preparation Podcasting on youtube.com. @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOQ7YMZoig0 || They also originated, and produced //newscasts videos// and commercials. media type="custom" key="5713449"
 * **Tool** || **Activity or Performance Assessments' Description** ||
 * **a.Podcasting **
 * My students'works were featured at TCEA 2010 presented by Bridget Schimara-Robinson and Jason Rhodes**
 * ** b.Mp3 files using cell phones ** || Students record lines, dialogues, and conversations from a //cell phone.// A feed is created with their call, and their published URL feed is available anytime online. Students listen to their classmates' podcasts in class, and record specific information in a chart or graphic organizer.
 * **c.VideoPodcasting-** || My Spanish 1 Pre-AP students did research online for authentic Hispanic recipes, and created a cooking //video podcasting.// Students had to make recipes and video tape themselves while they were preparing the meal.
 * ** d.Newcast ** ||

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Click on the link to see the Newscast Rubric. || They made up dialogues, role playing scenes using their unit concepts, and creating either an //audio file recording from headphones// using laptops in class. Students used Audicity software to edit airplane sounds. Free special effects and sounds download at http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/soundfx/citysounds.shtml
 * **e. Audio .wav files that can be played using itunes or Windows Media Player ** ||

En el avion (conversation inside an airplane): media type="file" key="ElenaKaseyKelseyNicoleSpan2.wav" width="300" height="50" We also did video recording in class with //a digital camera// to watch and criticize them at a later time. Click on the link below to see Jay, Joshua & Cory's roleplay in the classroom. [] ||

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2) L**__icensed Software__**
Use all the **__licensed software__** available in your school district, like Photo Story, Movie Maker, Inspiration 8, just to name a few. The next example is a Teacher Podcast that I created from PowerPoint slides, and imported into PhotoStory for a cultural presentation of the Traditional Mexican Bread "La Rosca de Reyes". We also bought one at a "Panaderia" (bakery) to share in class. Yummy! media type="file" key="LOSREYESMAGOSSTORY.wmv" width="300" height="300" I usually upload in Blackboard multiple resources such as NBC Online Spanish Archives videos, and //SoftChalk// lessons that I created for Hispanic Art quizzes, and grammar lessons. Click here to see an example of a SoftChalk lesson



**__<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3) Internet = Use Web 2.0 Tools and Aplications [|http://www.go2web20.net] __**
==I use internet access at <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">[|www.conjuguemos.com] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> with all grammar and vocabulary unit concepts from the textbooks. Students log in with a username and password to practice at home with **__immediate feedback and scores.__** Click here to see an example of vocabulary practice and grades: I also use <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">[|www.glencoe.com] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> media library with the our textbook’s online videos and dialoges. I use several <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**AUDIO and VIDEO LOGS** with specific activity is assigned for 15 minutes a week of __**authentic**__ **__listening input.__**== ==|| **LOG** || **Description of Activity, Links and Log Templates** || || *Tumblebooks Video log || Biblioteca Tumble Books, Cyber-libros en espa<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">ñol, cuentos y juegos educativos ideales para principiantes.[] || || * Pronunciation Logs || [|www.StudySpanish.com] Free conversation course, starting with Spanish Alphabet, listen to each letter sound & words online. More than 50 audio lessons. || || *Coffeebreak Audio logs || [] Radio Lingua Network. Lessons 1-10 introduce the Spanish language in 15-minute chunks and cover topics such as greetings, making friends and talking about yourself. Also, Intermediate and Advanced lessons. || || *Online Radio Audio Logs || Introduce your students to the different genres in Hispanic Music. Listen to 11 Live Mexican Radio Stations with mexican pop, rancheras, banda, balada, etc. RedFM, ALFA Fm, Universal Stereo,Stereo Joya,97.7 FM, La Z, La 69, Formato 21, Radio Centro [] || || *Regular Radio Audio Log || Click here for Texas Spanish authentic radio stations. ||== == b)My students originate **__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">interactive graphic organizers .__** They take computer screen shots to submit online, save in a flash drive, or print. ==== __**<span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I am planning to get a grant to start using personal iPods for check-out among my students. **__ Teens are never far from their digital devices, So why not use them? Both effective and convenient, to load the class materials onto her own personal iPod. The machines have video screens allowing use of images along with sound. Pictures reinforce learning of vocabulary. Podcasting allows to record stories and lectures and to load them on the iPods for the students to listen to later. Listening and repeating using the iPod helps with pronunciation skills. And sheer repetition is another plus, “The more you listen, the more you understand.” Devising monthly lessons of basic Spanish words for use in the district’s elementary schools. It’s part of their class requirement. []==

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