What student wouldn't love the assignment to put in their earphones and push play on their mp3 player? That is exactly the kind of assignments my Spanish students will be doing. I will use podcasts to give my students additional opportunities to hear and speak Spanish.
Not only will podcasts give my students access to native speakers to listen to on a variety of topics and levels, podcasts will be great tools that I as an instructor can use to evaluate my students language learning.
I will be able to assign my students to make a podcast of themselves speaking on an assigned topic or participating in a dialogue with another classmate and I will be able to, from the comforts of my own home and at my convenience, listen to, evaluate, give feedback, and determine what I can do as a teacher to help my students progress.
I will also be able to assign recordings in Spanish for my students to listen to and then transcribe what they heard or respond to questions for a listening comprehension exercise.
I can also have my students make a podcast where they teach a Spanish grammar concept. This will give them the opportunity to teach and therefore solidify their learning.
Monday, June 10, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
Animoto
I, Holly Spendlove, who first went to college before computers and the internet were common knowledge (I typed all of my papers for my associates degree on a manual typewriter) learned how to create a cute little video using Animoto! See my Animoto video here.
And now, I want to brainstorm how I might use Animoto in my Spanish classroom:
1) I think the students would have fun creating Animoto videos introducing themselves and their family
members or illustrating their likes and dislikes using the verb gustar.
2)I could use Animoto to introduce my students to Spanish speaking countries before cultural lessons.
3)I could use Animoto as a fun way to introduce or review vocabulary.
4)The students could use Animoto to tell simple stories in Spanish.
5)I could create a video using Animoto that highlights the benefits of being bilingual to show to the students to
motivate them to work hard in class.
Even though technology intimidates me, I LOVE IT! I'm really excited to learn how to use it in my classroom!
And now, I want to brainstorm how I might use Animoto in my Spanish classroom:
1) I think the students would have fun creating Animoto videos introducing themselves and their family
members or illustrating their likes and dislikes using the verb gustar.
2)I could use Animoto to introduce my students to Spanish speaking countries before cultural lessons.
3)I could use Animoto as a fun way to introduce or review vocabulary.
4)The students could use Animoto to tell simple stories in Spanish.
5)I could create a video using Animoto that highlights the benefits of being bilingual to show to the students to
motivate them to work hard in class.
Even though technology intimidates me, I LOVE IT! I'm really excited to learn how to use it in my classroom!
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