Suggestions for incorporating digital media into the foreign language classroom through PowerPoint presentations, web-based activities, YouTube videos, songs and games
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Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom: "Digital Media & Language Development for Students & Instructors" Pps
1. MAALT CONFERENCE Reaching the Foreign Language Learner with Technology Digital Media and Language Development for Students and Instructors February 20, 2009 Dr. Danielle Cahill Velardi [email_address] Assoc. Prof. of Spanish Chair of MCLL Christopher Newport University
2. TECHNOLOGY = PASSPORT There will be a day, not far distant, when you will be able to conduct business, study, explore the world and its cultures, call up any great entertainment, make friends, attend neighborhood markets, and show pictures to distant relatives without leaving your desk or armchair. It will be more than an object you carry or an appliance you purchase. It will be your passport into a new, mediated way of life. Bill Gates (1955-) The Road Ahead, 1995. Microsoft Chairman. http://www.famousquotes.com/by_category.php?letter=t
3. Ways to Enhance Student Learning PowerPoint Presentations Web-based Activities YouTube Videos Songs and Music Videos Games
4. Effects of PowerPoint on Learning Higher grades Reinforces information that has been stated Gives a more credible perception HOWEVER Can deter classroom interaction http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint OR http://www.slideshare.net/satyajeet_02/how-to-make-effective-presentation (Sharon Whitfield Multimedia Librarian of CNU Trible Library)
5. HELPFUL HINTS Create slides that are clear and concise are interesting and easy to follow reinforce what you are saying are visually attractive but not chaotic Know your audience and student expectations Take advantage of the technology creating easy and quick links (Students interest will peak)
6. AVOID LONG NARRATIVES Rub辿n Dar鱈o particip坦 con, muchos movimientos literarios en Chile, Espa単a, Argentina, y Nicaragua. El movimiento modernista era una recopilaci坦n de tres movimientos de Europa: romanticismo, s鱈mbolismo, y el parnasianismo. Estas ideas expresan pasi坦n, arte visual, y armon鱈as y ritmos como m炭sica. Prosas Profanas representa la esencia del Modernismo" tanto en el predominio de las im叩genes ex坦ticas, liras, colias, eb炭rneos cisnes, bufones escarlatas, pavos reales, siringos agrestes, p炭beres, cam辿foras. Y los ambientes aristocr叩ticos. En sus Prosas Profanas, el modernismo preciosista caracterizado por la fantasia, la exquisitez, el exotismo, y el cosmopolitismo. Pronto muchos literarios comenzaron a usar su estilo en una forma muy elgante, y cuidadosa, usando su estilo y sus palabras para hacer mus鱈ca con la poes鱈a.
7. Increasing Retention Start out Strong (Joke, anecdote, statistic) Limit slide text to chunks of 7 (Simple is better) Must be treated as an amplifier of cognition Technology=enhancer Style, style, style http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx Must allow cookies to download clipart at this site. (Sharon Whitfield Multimedia Librarian of CNU Trible Library)
9. Recommended Style Guidelines Use Sans Serif (like Arial) >16 pt font Only 3 colors per slides Limit animation and transitions Dark background, light font Light background, dark font Pick colors with Palette Man and Color Calculator http://www.sessions.edu/ilu/ (Sharon Whitfield Multimedia Librarian of CNU Trible Library)
10. Use Navigation Tools ( Sharon Whitfield Multimedia Librarian of CNU Trible Library) Action Key Perform the next animation or move to the next slide N, Return, Page Down, Right Arrow, Down Arrow,油 Spacebar, mouse left-click Return to the previous animation or back to the previous slide. P, Page Up, Left Arrow, UP ARROW Go to slide (number) (Number)+return Display a black screen, or return to the slide show from a black screen B, Display a white screen, or return to the slide show from a white screen W End a slide show ESC Erase on-screen annotations E List the navigation control F1 Ctrl+T Taskbar
11. ONLINE POWERPOINT SITES Go to http://www.slideshare.net/ Go to http://www.show.zoho.com Go to http://www.slideboom.com Go to http://www.authorstream.com Search for any topic imaginable in the SEARCH box.
12. Imbedding a YouTube Video into a 際際滷share Powerpoint Step 1: Upload to 際際滷share as usual Step 2: Click Edit and select Insert YouTube videos Step 3: Paste the YouTube URL into the box Step 4: Select where you want the video to be inserted Step 5: Hit Insert and Publish http://blog.slideshare.net/2009/01/20/slideshare-takes-over-youtube/
13. Insert a Video in PowerPoint http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpoint2007/ss/071213youtube07.htm OR Make your own Video http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/e8ZSq4RECzhPnzYD1gL2OC1p
16. Web-based Activities LA TOMATINA 1.doc Cultural Literacy Vocabulary Grammatical Structures Oral Comprehension Reading Comprehension
17. Music Videos Electronic Bio of Group http://www.lamadredeltopo.es/ Lyrics and Link to Song (fusion of rock, pop, flamenco & rumba) Las mariposas.doc
18. Music Contests Mi carro de Manolo Escobar (1969) http://tu.tv/videos/mi-carro-manolo-escobar Mi carro de Manolo Escobar y El Koala (2007) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPaLa_cL0U0 Contest between El Koala y La madre del Topo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPRHyBQRWeU&feature=related
19. TRAVEL VIDEOS Cuba http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcAGNFkI-18&feature=related Madrid de los Austrias http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsiPSrff53Q Go to YouTube and type in MuchoViaje and the country or city you are studying
20. GAMES http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/PowerPoint.htm General Links http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/Documents/JeopardyDirections.do Directions for making Jeopardy game http://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/ Make your own flashcards