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11. Technology in the World Languages Classroom
//Our students are "digital natives" and their world is fully integrated with technology. In order to further create authentic situations in the target language for our students and make a language come alive for them, we must design lessons and curriculum that naturally incorporate the use of technology in order to foster and develop our students' proficiency with the language. // //After taking this workshop, participants will use technology as an assessment tool for your students' oral proficiency, help your students to make more authentic connections through the target language, and design more engaging and effective lessons and curriculum that integrate technology. // Instructions for attendees: Participants should create a Google account and/or Gmail account if you do not already have one. Participants should also bring a laptop or tablet. 1. Pinterest/ Symbaloo ->Use for posting target language sites found on the internet 2. Google Site ->Use for posting assignments, links, and pdf copies of materials 3. Google Drives 4. Google Docs ->Use for written work by students ->Students can share documents with classmates for partner and/or group work ->Students can share documents with the teacher 5. Blogger (by Google)

notes from @laurahollis525 World languages- njeri semaj. Nsemaj@ecfs.org Scripts in gdocs, video commercials, persuasive, sell products Video allows kids to see their own progress Over time Holiday song project - interview family member and translate into a new song Blogger - Make students want to talk more 4 blogs- what would you buy and why? Kids comment on commercials Fairfax co public schools- PALS ACTFL Play music- class pandora channel Shakira, pitbull, calle 13 Karaoke version allows students to read lyrics Pinterest see language out in the world Class de espanos ocho Spottily, google music, iTunes channel Wordreference.com Grading key pasted into google doc Kaizena - google drive add on that allows voice comments

more notes (feel free to add or edit): > - Njeri checked them against ACTFL (actfl.org) guidelines and FCPS is compatible. > They pickup a lot of useful words from the music. When kids are interested and want to know the words, go to YouTube and find the karaoke version of the song. Post YouTube video that has the lyrics. They end up improving pronunciation. As you use Pandora more for Spanish music, Pandora starts showing Spanish ads. Find clean version of songs with lyrics on you with searches like "calle 13 clean version" > 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - e.g. #1 subject-verb agreement > Njeri just typed in the numbers next to the word (at first). Then moved to comments after getting more comfortable with the feature.
 * __ Miss Semaj's 8th Grade Spanish Website __
 * Spanish embassy offers phenomenal courses in Spain for Spanish teachers.
 * Eighth grade Spanish assignment to make a commercial __ https://sites.google.com/a/ecfs.org/semaj/home/assignments-tarea-para-banda-a __
 * 8 class periods for entire process, done completely in class in student groups including script writing, recording, and editing
 * Njeri uses a lot of project based assessments via rubrics.
 * Fairfax County Public Schools as __great source of rubrics for world language assessment__
 * During warmup, uses Pandora account with Spanish music (what they like, i.e. they don’t like Salsa) - uses only edited version in channel. (Change settings in Pandora disallow explicit content.
 * Pandora channels Njeri mixes from that has music her kids really like (they don’t like Salsa): Ana Tijoux Radio, Pitbull Radio, Shakira
 * Moved to using Pinterest instead of her class Google Site to post vides since kids don’t like to scroll through text. They are given voluntary assignments to fine other pontial pins that apply. They send Njeri the link first (so she checks content) then [|posts it].
 * With regard to using translation services i nstructs that kids can’t look up conjugated verbs, but they can look up infinitive verbs. e.g. look up run but not ran - Demonstrated using spanishdict.com but it provides a little more than she would like i.e. conjugated verbs.
 * Using a grading key in docs (pasted at the top) helped transition from grading on paper to Google Drive (before comfortable with comments)