PROJECT: TECHNOLOGY!Catherine Ritz

MaFLA Fall Conference, 10/2012

Learning objectives / agenda• To make your classroom tech-friendly, giving you

resources to support class management as well as Web 2.0 and Mobile student-centered projects and activities.

• AGENDA:1. Management

2. Web 2.0 resources for student projects/activities

3. Mobile resources for student projects/activities

Dinner Break & Dessert Break

Ice-breaker• Your name?• Where you teach & what language you teach?• What your level of tech comfort is?• What tech resources are available to you?• What does technology look like in your classroom?

• Quick Poll:• Laptop?• Smart phone?• Cell phone?• iPad?

Stage 1: Management• Establish the foundation for a tech-friendly classroom:

• Class website/blog• Class management site (homework posting, etc.)• Flashcards• Work seamlessly from multiple computers• Stay current in new resources

Class website/blog• Blogger or WordPress

• Rethink your class website• Create a department website and PUBLICIZE your department!!• www.blogger.com OR www.wordpress.com

Class management

• Wiggio.com • Like a class FB page w/out the

worry.• Students join your group and

can post audio/video/ text/questions/polls, etc.

• You can send reminders to students on assignments (includes calendar) and can facilitate group work.

Flashcards

• Quizlet.com• Make (or find already) free

flashcards with audio. Includes games and can embed flashcards on a website.

• Can also make class accounts and track how students are using.

Multiple computers

• DropBox.com • Download to every

computer you use and it looks just like a regular folder!

• You can share files/folders easily.

Professional development

Personal Learning Networks • Twitter.com

• The best online professional development!

• Please follow me @ritzforeignlang, then see who I follow, then look for other teachers. This is not personal, it’s 100% professional resources sharing, asking/answering questions, helping other teachers and getting help from them!

https://docs.google.com/a/arlington.k12.ma.us/present/view?id=0ASnpJkDhdWidZGY1M3BuZ2RfMzFkaHA3aDlobQ&hl=en_US&authkey=CNbdw7ID

Break-out…• Set up accounts and begin creating sites/pages/etc. for

whatever resource you would like to practice with!

Stage 2: Web 2.0 for student projects/activities

• Enhance your projects/classroom activities with technology & “publish” them on your class website:• Fun voice recording• Digital storytelling• Timelines• Comic strips/animations• Interactive images

Kooky voice recording• Blabberize.com

• Free site where you can upload a digital photo and make it talk. Very fun!

• Students email “embed” code or post on their own blog.

• App equivalent: Babblizer

• Voki.com• Free site where you make an Avatar

talk. Can record voice or type text and set accent.

• Students email “embed” code or post on their own blog.

• No app.

Digital storytelling• StoryBird.com

• Free. Beautiful art to inspire writing!• Can create class and add

assignments.• Can “embed” or share.

• StoryJumper.com• Free. Register, then create digital

books that can be purchased, or can just share the link!

• Add art from online, or select images from their databank.

Timelines

• TimeToast.com• Create free timelines with text,

images, and links.• Can embed on websites or share

link.

Comic strips/Animations

• GoAnimate.com• Animations with voice recording

• StripGenerator.com & ToonDoo.com• Free comic strip creation

Interactive images with or w/o voice

• SoundCloud.com• Free recording site designed for musicians. • Create free account.• App available.• Can post sound to Twitter, Facebook, email it or

get “embed” code.• Can leave comments at timed intervals on

recording.

• ThingLink.com• Take any image and make it interactive. With the

use of SoundCloud, you can add audio (and with YouTube, you can add video)!

• Can “embed” on other sites.• No app.

Techie talk: the embed code

• Essentially, something interactive that is posted on another website. Like a YouTube video you see on any website.

• All you need to know…• Copy & Paste (don’t mess with anything inside the brackets)• Use the “HTML” editor on Blogger

Break-out…• Choose one or two resources you would like to use,

create an account and test them out.• “Embed” your creations in your newly created class

website for practice. (Or email me your “embed” code and I will post on my website: catherineritz@gmail.com)

Stage 3: Mobile-friendly• Allow cell phones & smart phones in your classroom to

enhance instruction and make it more engaging for your students.• Voice recording• Videos• Digital storytelling• Polling• Clickers

Voice recording

• Google Voice• Set up free account with Gmail. Choose phone

number and link to your phone, then select “Do Not Disturb.”

• All calls go to your inbox and can be “embedded” or played online. App available.

• Just like leaving a voice mail for someone!

Video cameras• Videos

• SmartPhone = built-in camera and video camera• Use the “Splice” app (free) to link multiple scenes together.• Email video (if small enough) or upload to class YouTube Channel

(you can set the videos to private, so only you can see)

Digital Storytelling

• VoiceThread.com• Free site with restrictions

(or $1 per registration for department).

• Students create digital narrations with text or audio. Teachers and others can comment.

• Students email “embed” code or post on their own blog.

• App available.

Polling• Polleverywhere.com

• Free polls, just need a regular cell phone

Clickers• M.socrative.com

• Free site. Use online or with apps (teacher app & student app).• Create “quizzes” or quick student questions.• Best with apps when all students have Smart phone.

Break out…• Either set up an account online for a mobile resource

you’d like to test out, or download the app on your Smart phone and practice.

Resources from this workshop

• www.google.com/voice• www.soundcloud.com• www.thinglink.com• www.blabberize.com• www.voki.com• www.voicethread.com• www.storybird.com• www.storyjumper.com• www.goanimate.com• www.stripgenerator.com• www.toondoo.com• www.blogger.com• www.wordpress.com• www.timetoast.com• www.polleverywhere.com

• www.quizlet.com• www.wiggio.com• www.twitter.com• www.dropbox.com• www.classparrot.com• www.m.socrative.com

My sites• www.ritzyfrancais.blogspot.com• www.ritzyespanol.blogspot.com• www.arlingtonworldlanguages.blo

gstpo.com• www.catherineritz.org • catherineritz@gmail.com