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Bob Hershberger Associate Professor of Spanish, DePauw University. Addressing and Assessing Student-Produced Media in Beginning Spanish . Who am I?. Professor of Modern Languages (Spanish) at DePauw University Tenzer University Professor in Instructional Technology Chair of Modern Languages.
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Bob Hershberger Associate Professor of Spanish, DePauw University Addressing and Assessing Student-Produced Media in Beginning Spanish
Who am I? • Professor of Modern Languages (Spanish) at DePauw University • Tenzer University Professor in Instructional Technology • Chair of Modern Languages
ACTFL Proficiencies and Standards • Proficiencies (skills): Reading, writing, speaking and listening • Content Standards: The 5 Cs: • Communication • Cultures • Connections • Comparisons • Communities
Communication • Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions (speaking and listening) • Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics (reading, listening comprehension) • Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. (speaking and writing)
Cultures • Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied • Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied
Connections • Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language • Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures
Comparisons • Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own • Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own
Communities • Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting • Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
A bit of history… • My own expertise • Film • Multi-media CD ROMs • ¡A ver! • Cortometrajes
The Age of Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 • Web 2.0 “allows users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as consumers of user-generated content in a virtual community.”1 • Students are both consumers and producers of media • John Smart: Web 3.0 most defining characteristic will be the mass diffusion of NTSC-or-better quality open video to TVs, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices, a time when "the internet swallows the television.”2 • 1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0 • 2Smart, John. 2006. "Metaverse Roadmap: Pathways to the 3D Web."
What to make of it • Assessment types: • Teacher • Peer • Public
What we (Teachers) make of it: Sample assessment: • 3C’s • Content • 0:Not related to topic-5:Perfect example of topic • Culture • 0:Does not feature cultural information • 5:Significant exploration of cultural phenomena • Communication • 0: No treatment given5: Active summary/interpretation • Be sure your objectives are clear!!!
Peer assessment • Question the C’s • ¿Porquéseleccionasteeste video? • ¿Quénosindicaeste video sobre la cultura de xx? • ¿Cómo vas a presentar/resumireste video a la clase?
Public assessment • Threaded conversations/feedback in the target language.
What’s coming through the door? • On the consumer side: • Youtube • Ser/Estar • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY10_T_ROq4 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=magBZdm60EM • Historias de amor: Pretérito/Imperfecto • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R2wHiS-2BI • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWto8jFv2bY
How we can teach it… • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWto8jFv2bY • Cortometraje: “Solo” • Based on what you see in the film short, choose the best verb for each situation. The first verb in parenthesis is always preterite, and the second verb is imperfect. • (Hubo/ Había) un hombre que (vivió / vivía) en Barcelona. Barcelona es una ciudad muy grande, pero el hombre (se sintió / se sentía “he felt”) muy solo. No (hubo / había) muchas cosas en su piso. Un día (salió /salía) a la calle. (Sacó/Sacaba=”to take”) una foto de una flor. (Sacó/Sacaba) otra foto de un perro que movía la cola. (Sacó/Sacaba) una foto de La Sagrada Familia, una iglesia (“church”) diseñada por (“designed by”) el famoso arquitecto Antonín Gaudí. • El piso del hombre (tuvo/tenía) más cosas, pero todavía (se sintió/ se sentía) solo. Un día (sacó / sacaba) la foto de una mujer que (caminó/ caminaba) por la calle. (Brindó/ Brindaba=”he toasted”) la imagen de la mujer en la mesa, pero la imagen (se quemó/ se quemaba=”burned”). El hombre (lloró/ lloraba) cuando de repente (“suddenly”) la mujer (cobró/ cobraba) vida (=”to come alive”).
Student-authored material: Audio recordings Un fin de semanahipotética • Rubric • Content/Culture • Accuracy • Fluency • Vocabulary • Pronunciation
Student-authored material: Multimedia • More C’s • Content • Culture • Connections/comparisons* • Creativity* • Communication
Options • Audio: Audacity, Skype, MP3 • Digital Video: FlipVideo, iMovie • Photo Stories: Microsoft’s Photo Story Maker 3 orAquafadas’ PulpMotion. VoiceThread • Stopmotion: Brickfilms, Claymotion, Stick people by Pivot • Comics: Comic Life Deluxe and Comic Book Creator • Social Networking sites: Facebook, MySpace