"Moving from a one room school house to a one world school house" January 29, 2013 blog #2 LAI590

        

       I have chosen the following two videos to inspire my fellow classmates, colleagues, and fellow citizens. The theme presented here is- A change in the times…

        The videos are brief, and you may have even seen them before. I encourage your comments below. I would like to ask you to comment below and tell me one Internet site that you use daily, and would not be able to continue to live life as you know it without.

       1.     Educational Change Challenge  (2:26)

 “…Society doesn’t have a clear vision of what school is for”~ The classroom was indeed based on and flourished in an industrial society, and today’s society no longer dictates this sort of education model.

“In education, the use it or lose may mean that if you don’t use technology for learning, you may lose relevance. An educator must be relevant.”

          The above video link can be viewed as a brief pep talk if you will. It is short and to the point. Education has changed, and we need to adapt, innovate and prepare for the future of education- the future of our world. As an Educational Technologies graduate student, I find this to be empowering and hope that it inspires change.

2.     Did You Know?   Version 6  (4:22)

“Shift Happens”~ A simple play on words for some, but reality for all.

“China will soon be the number one English speaking country in the world” ~ This is  quite a thought provoking statistic for the young American high school language learner.

“We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist…”

Published on May 8, 2012
Did You Know? originally started out as a PowerPoint presentation for a faculty meeting in August 2006 at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, United States. The presentation "went viral" on the Web in February 2007 and, as of June 2007, had been seen by at least 5 million online viewers. Today the old and new versions of the online presentation have been seen by at least 20 million people, not including the countless others who have seen it at conferences, workshops, training institutes, and other venues.

"Did You Know?/Shift Happens" is licensed by David S. Rose, Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, and XPLANE under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike license.

How can Blogs be used in my high school Spanish classroom? January 28, 2013 blog #1 LAI590

 Hola. Soy profesora de Español. Puedo usar este blog en mi clase facilmente.  I would have my students (high school) blog in very basic Spanish.

1) I would tell them that it was a forum for them to practice and use the language without fear of being corrected every second over correct pronunciation and grammar. I would welcome mistakes. One problem I encounter all the time is that my students try to simply type English into a translator website and then copy and paste the translated text as their own words. It is immediately obvious when a student does this, and i would like to encourage them to use the Spanish in their brains, rather than an incorrectly translated work from the Internet site.

National standards met:
Link to national standards

Technology Integration

COMMUNICATION Communicate in Languages Other Than English
Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions
 Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.

 COMMUNITIES Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home & Around the World
Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting
 Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.



2) Allow for a cultural blog to be set up (focusing on customs, fashion, foods, etc.) I would encourage my students to blog in English, (or Spanish if desired) in order to encourage and motivate students to want to explore the cultures of Spanish speaking peoples. They could post travel photos, recipes, music links, etc. I love this idea!!! It also satisfies ALL National Standards for teaching L2.

COMMUNICATION
Communicate in Languages Other Than English
 Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions
Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.

CULTURES Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures
Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied
Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied

CONNECTIONS Connect with Other Disciplines and Acquire Information
 Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language
Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through foreign language study

 COMPARISONS Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture
Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own
 Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

COMMUNITIES Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home & Around the World
Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting
Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.