Advanced Spanish Blog

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Advanced Spanish Blog

• Age 16
• 11th Grade
• Justine Maraglio

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Objectives

• A. Students will discuss current world issues in
  Spanish. They will express their feelings and
  their knowledge in a free, relaxed environment.
  They will have an opportunity to use Spanish
  without worrying about perfect grammar. They
  will also be allowed to post comments in English,
  but not as much credit will be earned.

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Objectives Contd

• B. Students will navigate ltltblogger.comgtgt
  successfully. They will read blog postings of
  the teacher and other students. They will post
  their responses to the blog.

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Introduce the Learning Activity

• A. The teacher will create a crossword puzzle at
  discoveryschool.com.
• For each topic to be discussed on the blog, a new
  puzzle will be issued. Each week, the students
  will complete the puzzle and describe to the
  teacher what they think the content of the blog
  will be for the week. (This is a required, in
  class assignment, although the blog is only for
  extra credit).

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Introduce The Learning Activity Contd

• B. A handout will be given to the students. It
  will feature keywords in Spanish (such as words
  that are frequently used on websites). There
  will also be explicit, personalized directions
  about registering with blogger.com. There will
  be a review of scholastic internet etiquette and
  a form that the students must sign stating their
  agreement to follow the schools rules involving
  this matter. The handout will also include a
  description of how to make comments on the blog
  and of the points system that is in place for the
  class.

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Provide Information

• A. Explanations and a beginning discussion of the
  issues to be discussed on the blog will be
  integrated into the weekly crossword puzzle
  activity. All questions that arise at that time
  will be answered. Students will also have the
  opportunity to email the teacher with any
  additional questions.

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Provide Information Contd

• B. The students will be told verbally about the
  blog activity. They will also be given handouts
  (see below).The students will be asked to create
  a user account at blogger.com. They will be
  taken to a computer lab to do this. There will
  be strict specifications no use of real
  name/address username and password will be
  assigned by the teacher (it is to be used to
  comment on blogs only for this class) only use
  of school email address will be permitted when
  registering.

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Provide Information Contd

• B. Go to www.blogger.com
• Click Create Your Blog Now
• Fill in ALL fields with THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO
  YOU BY YOUR TEACHER.
• Make sure to click the box I accept the Terms of
  Service.
• Click Continue.
• Fill in the fields with the INFORMATION GIVEN TO
  YOU BY YOUR TEACHER.
• Click Continue.

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Provide Information Contd

• B. Click on the template you wish to have.
• Click Continue.
• Click Start Posting. You will not create your
  own blog at this time, although you may create
  one at some point, and if you wish to do this,
  you may ask the teacher for assistance. You may
  only use this blog for school purposes, as well,
  so remember you must follow the schools internet
  policy.
• DO NOT LOG OUT. Type http//mrsmaraglioespiv.blog
  spot.com/ in your browser address bar.
• Click the title of the blog Inmigracion
  Mexicana.
• To post a comment, click Post a Comment.
• Type your comment in the box.
• Click Publish Your Comment.
• note, your comment will not show up right away,
  the teacher must approve it first.

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Provide Practice

• A/B. Two class periods will be utilized to begin
  this project. Students will have the opportunity
  to use each other and the teacher as resources,
  but will be working on their posts individually.
  The class periods will take place in the computer
  lab.

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Provide Practice Contd

• The students will focus on registering for their
  blogs, reviewing internet etiquette, and
  practicing posting comments at this time.
• The teacher must remember that he/she has to
  approve all comments that are made on the blog
  before they appear.
• The computer lab will be made available to
  students who are unable to use the internet at
  home to participate in this project.

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Provide Knowledge of Results

• A. During the in class sessions, the teacher will
  address any concerns the students may have about
  the project. He/she will express excitement
  about the project and the students
  participation.

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Provide Knowledge of Results Contd

• B. The teacher will make a weekly printout of
  each students responses to the blog. He/she
  will correct the students Spanish and indicate
  how many points were earned from the response.

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Review The Activity

• A/B. Students will demonstrate their
  understanding of how to use the blog website by
  posting a quick response to a sample text while
  the professor observes. They will also be
  required to do this again as a homework
  assignment, to make sure they can do it on their
  own.

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Method of Assesment

• A. Students will earn extra credit points
  according to how many Spanish words they use
  correctly in their posts. One extra credit point
  will be awarded per post, regardless of if it is
  in English or Spanish. For every 25 Spanish
  words used correctly in the blog, an additional
  extra credit point will be earned. Students will
  be eligible to earn up to 15 extra credit points
  per week. Extra credit points can be put to use
  towards quizzes and homework grades, but not
  tests or class averages. Also, 75 extra credit
  points may be saved and traded in for a homework
  pass.

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Method of Assesment Contd
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Questions?

• mara5289_at_mail.plattsburgh.edu
• www.blogger.com
• www.discoveryschool.com