TECHNOLOGY FOR WORLD LANGUAGES

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TECHNOLOGY FOR WORLD LANGUAGES

• MARYANNE J. BOETTJER
• DEBORAH MERSKY
• LINDA TEST
• GERMANTOWN ACADEMY
• May 8, 2003

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School Philosophy

• Technology integration vs. technology as a
  discipline
• An integrated approach in the classroom in K-12
• Learn the skills as you produce the product

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Modern Language Department Technology Objectives

• Word processing
• Multimedia presentations
• Telecommunications

http//www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/us/ModLang/MLPag
e/index.htm
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Projects, Activities and Presentations

• Multimedia Presentations
• iMovie2
• Page Mill
• Power Point
• Fireworks
• Cultural Exchange Projects
• E-mail projects
• Digital camera
• Real-time chat
• Video-conferencing
• Short Research Activities
• Internet resources

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iMovie2

• Curricular objectives
• to encourage oral/aural and written proficiency
  in the target language
• to allow students the freedom of creativity
• Technology skills
• to use a digital camcorder
• to download footage to the computer
• to edit, import images, create titles,
  transitions and credits, and to add background
  music and spoken text

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iMovie2 Projects

• El español para niños
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/us/ModL
  ang/Spanish/paraninos/index.htm
• Les publicités françaises
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/us/ModL
  ang/french/commercials/index.html
• Rimas de amor
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/ms/8th/
  sonnets/Index.htm
• LHistoire dune revanche
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/us/ModL
  ang/french/histoire/
• Un Grabado de Goya la película
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/ms/8th/
  goyamovie/index.html
• Reportando en vivo
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/ms/8th/
  reporting/index.html

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Web Page Rationale

• Curricular objectives
• communicate ideas in target language
• Cultural awareness
• Analyzing, organizing and synthesizing and
  information
• Written and oral expression
• To produce a product for a wider audience
• Technology skills
• Multitasking
• Web page design and structure
• Working with digital images and video

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Web Pages

• Mascota de la Semana
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/ms/7th/
  pets/index03.htm
• Buena Salud
• http//www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/ms/8th/salud/ind
  ex.htm
• A Chacun son Château
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/us/ModL
  ang/french/chacun/index.html
• Vive les Différences
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/us/ModL
  ang/french/difference/index.html

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Web pages continued

• Poesía
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/us/ModL
  ang/Spanish/poesia/index.html
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/ms/7th/
  cinquain/stwk02.html
• Nuestros Pensamientos
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/ms/8th/
  thoughts/index.html
• Viajando con Nuevos Destinos
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/us/ModL
  ang/Spanish/cities/index.html
• Los Niños Bobos
• http//www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/us/ModLang/Spani
  sh/ninos/index.htm

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Cultural Exchange Rationale

• Curricular objectives
• reading, writing and listening in target
  language
• awareness and appreciation of other cultures
• effective interaction with a diverse and
  multicultural world
• Technology skills
• e-mail with attachments
• working with digital images and video
• accessing chat rooms

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Cultural Exchange Projects

• Find exchange partners,
• set up chat areas and
• discussion topics
• http//www.epals.com
• Exchange birthday and holiday greeting cards
• http//www.hallmark.com/
• Exchange letters with a French school
• http//www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/us/ModLang/frenc
  h/liaison/index.htm
• Exchange letters with a class in Peru
• http//www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/ms/8th/amigos/in
  dex.htm
• Collaborative newspaper with a school in Oviedo,
  Spain
• http//www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/ms/8th/periodico
  /index.htm

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Short Research Activities Rationale

• Curricular objectives
• to enhance cultural awareness
• to research topics in the target language
• to have a repository of resource links
• to synthesize information
• Technology skills
• multitasking

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Short Research Activities

• Newspapers French and Spanish Cognates
• http//www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/ms/6th/newspaper
  /index.htm
• Un Grabado de Goya
• http//www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/ms/8th/goya/inde
  x.htm
• Prenons le Métro
• http//www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/ms/7th/metro/ind
  ex.htm

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Power Point Rationale

• Curricular objectives
• To encourage students to speak in the target
  language extemporaneously for an extended period
  of time
• To encourage students to share cultural knowledge
  with their peers
• To help students to organize, analyze and
  synthesize information for presentations
• Technology skills
• To use Power Point as a presentational device
• To work with images, sounds, and video

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Power Point

• Quién Soy Yo?
• http//www.ga.k12.pa.us/Academics/US/ModLang/Spani
  sh/quien/index.htm
• La Civilisation Française
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/us/ModL
  ang/french/civilisation/index.html
• La Gran Aventura
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/ms/8th/
  aventura/index.htm

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Summary

• Many ways to incorporate technology into your
  classroom
• Global implications for foreign language
  classrooms
• Support from colleagues, technology specialists,
  FLTEACH, etc.

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Useful Links

• Germantown Academy Modern Language Department
  Homepage
• http//www.germantownacademy.org/academics/us/ModL
  ang/MLPage/index.htm
• Curricular technology projects, instructions
• Http//www.ga.k12.pa.us/curtech/curtech.htm
• FLTEACH
• http//www.cortland.edu/flteach/
• EPALS
• http//www.epals.com
• Daily Spanish newspaper on line
• http//www.elpais.es/
• Nalejandria (Clases gemelas)
• http//www.nalejandria.com/clases-gemelas/index.ht
  m