TWT+2012-+Session+55

=media type="custom" key="12203678"TWT 2012 - Session 55: Using Prezi and Splashtop Remote Desktop App on the iPad in Teaching Arabic or Any Other World Language=

Mimi Hasmig Melkonian Aibel melkonianm@cshgreenwich.org HS Arabic Teacher Convent of Sacred Heart, Greenwich CT Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy Grades 5-12 Subject areas: Foreign (World) Language Level of experience recommended: Basic

Does your school encourage the use of SMARTBoards, projectors and Power Points? Prezi is a new tool that allows you to jazz up your old Power Points or create new, engaging presentations through multiple perspectives, zooming and a non-linear approach. You've got to try it and have some fun!

This workshop will offer hands-on opportunities for Arabic or any World Language educators to explore practical ways to use Prezi to enhance instruction of the 5 C's framework (Communication, Culture, Community, Connections and Comparisons), with specific attention to listening, speaking and writing skills. The workshop will explore innovative ideas, effective techniques, and thoughtful plans for incorporating Web-based resources, social media, and emerging technologies into the classroom instruction of World Languages, with an eye towards building global awareness, collaboration skills and critical thinking.

// After taking this workshop, participants will be able to use Prezi and Splashtop Remote Desktop App on the iPad in teaching Arabic or any World language//. // . // Instructions for attendees: Download Free Prezi software or they can buy the Desktop Edition. A lso buy the $ 2.99 Splashtop Remote Desktop App for your iPad.

[|Click here to see the presentation in Prezi...]