My Spanish 10 classes were introduced to the song: La Cucaracha.
After having being taught and explained the words and phrases of the song: they were given a mini project to re-create the song with their zest and creativity.
While practicing the Spanish language, the students demonstrated what new vocabulary they have learned!…
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Loading...Just celebrated the finale of two educational technology courses at UVIC with many members of our cohort on the North Island. It has been a blast and I’ve learned a lot. One of the most amazing projects I witnessed was an ibook about the local culture and language made by Reed Allen and Diane Harris– way to go you two! …
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After having reviewed, studied and learned about Spanish speaking musicians, the student were given the opportunity to create a project after researching their favorite Spanish speaking musician.
Beforehand the students were to research the biography of an artist/ band.…
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Classroom 2.0 Mooc
Classroom 2.0 Mooc has proven to be very informative and useful to my teaching. Roger Shank spoke one Saturday morning about why large Stanford style Moocs may not work. He stated, “larger is not better.” The best learning, according to him, happens when there is a small group with a mentor learning about a subject they are interested in. …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...What a great way to perform the learning outcomes for Grade 11 French: find a true French recipe from the Francophone world via Twitter and make it for the class. Preparing French food together helped build community, reviewed our French food vocabulary, and created authentic research opportunities. …
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Questionnaire
Today in the French 11/12 class, I handed out a questionnaire to get my students’ thoughts about tweeting and blogging. They could respond in either French or English. The questionnaire included the following questions:
1. What is one aspect about Twitter that you are enjoying?…
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To begin, I realize that tweeting and blogging can be complementary practices in the language classroom. Either can be used to gain viewers to the others’ platform. It was through Twitter that I was able to get readers and comments on my class blog and it was with blogging that I was able to discuss resources that I found on Twitter. …
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After having studied the unit and vocabulary for La Familia, my Spanish 10 students were to create a demonstration from their learning. They were to create a presentation on their own famila in Spanish. This would include 10 of their family members.…
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After having studied the unit on Los Animales, my Spanish 20/30 students worked on creating a Zoologico en Espanol. The students had the choice to produce their zoológico in the following format:
A Poster, Animoto and Movie Maker
The work had to include the following while using the Spanish Language.…
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