Integrating Technology into the World Languages Classroom Livingston Public Schools

1. Integrating Technology into World Language TeachingLivingston, NJ Public School DistrictBurnet Hill School, Collins School, Harrison SchoolHillside School, Mt. Pleasant Elementary School, Riker Hill SchoolTeacher Study Group Members

2. Integrating Technology into the World Languages ClassroomLivingston Public Schools

3. Purpose of Elementary World Languages Technology Study GroupCollaborate, Communicate. Motivate! NJ Department of Education recommends a minimum of 75 minutes of elementary school language study weekly. As elementary language teachers we are interested in extending our students opportunities to practice and learn Spanish via web-based learning. We explored innovative technologies that would enable us to create online activities for our students. We were interested in learning how to create audio and video activities that would enable our students to practice their pronunciation and lessons when the elementary language teacher was not present. These activities could be practiced as part of a classroom center, computer lab time, or at home with their parents, guardians, or other interested family members or care providers. Topics of study included collaborative lesson planning, the use of a USB audio recorder to import student or teacher models, creation of video (using software such as iMovie or Movie Maker) and investigation of podcasting to be used as an education tool. We explored how to create audio using GarageBand. The purpose of these activities was to extend our students’ learning outside of their scheduled Spanish time. Monies budgeted ($500.00) were expended to buy digital MP3 recorders/voice recorders and video recorders.

4. Collaborate: TaskStreamhttp://www.taskstream.com/ts/konner/0607.html • Lesson Plans • Web Folios • Rubrics • Standards • Mybrary

5. TaskStreamLesson Builder

6. TaskStream - Lesson Plan

7. TaskStream Lesson Plans

8. TaskStream Folio of K-5 Lesson Plans

9. TaskStreamRubric Maker

10. TaskStream - Mybrary

11. Communicate: eChalk • Class Pages • Resources • Homework Calendar • Surveys • Discussion Board • Group Pages

12. Communicate: eChalk Group Spanish Class Page

13. eChalk: Teacher Class Page

14. Motivate: QUIA Web-Based Activities

15. QUIA INSTRUCTOR ZONE

16. QUIA Elementary Spanish Class Pagehttp://www.quia.com/pages/07039nj.html

17. QUIA Grade 5 Class Pageshttp://www.quia.com/pages/5togrado.html

18. QUIA INSTRUCTOR ACTIVITIES

19. QUIA INSTRUCTOR ACTIVITIES

20. QUIA Gameshttp://www.quia.com/jg/1095716.html

21. Communicate and Motivate: Adding Sound to PowerPoint

22. Communicate and Motivate: iMoviehttp://www.atomiclearning.com/imovie_hd_6MP3 Voice Recorder Listen to the Zapatos Rap online Created in iMovie http://tinyurl.com/2n87lb

23. Communicate and Motivate:Create Audio/Video with GarageBand GarageBand http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/garageband/

24. Outcomes • Students have been engaged in using the activities outside of class for homework and to practice pronunciation during computer and class center time, when time is available. On indoor lunch days, some teachers have allowed students to use the computers in class to practice their Spanish with the Elementary Spanish Class Pages and QUIA activities. As part of the Dodge Grant Action Research Project, data was collected showing that students increase their use of the activities as they become more familiar with how to access the activities. Parents who viewed their student’s presentation at the HSA Multicultural events were very impressed with their language production. The online Class Pages and activities enable parents to see what their children are learning. • The language teachers are becoming more proficient in integrating technology. We realize that as much as we have learned, there is so much more to know.

25. Future PlanstoCollaborate, Communicate, Motivate • Podcasts • Vodcasts • iChat • Video Conferencing • TeacherTube • YakPak