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LANGWITCHES: The Magic of Learning Foreign Languages through Technology

LANGWITCHES: The Magic of Learning Foreign Languages through Technology. Silvia Tolisano San Jose Episcopal Day School FCIS 2006. Enhancing your current instruction through technology. Instruction driven by curriculum. Technology just a tool.

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LANGWITCHES: The Magic of Learning Foreign Languages through Technology

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  1. LANGWITCHES:The Magic of Learning Foreign Languages through Technology Silvia Tolisano San Jose Episcopal Day School FCIS 2006

  2. Enhancing your current instruction through technology. Instruction driven by curriculum. Technology just a tool. • Must- Haves and Nice to have: Software & Peripherals • Personalizing Instruction through Technology • Play Games: Have Fun

  3. Software • Graphic Tools • Adobe Photoshop / Gimp/ Google Picasa • Presentation • Open Office • http://www.openoffice.org/ • PowerPoint • Blog • http://www.blogger.com • Digital Photos & Video • Microsoft PhotoStory • Windows Movie Maker • Logitech Video Effects (comes with certain Logitech webcam) models

  4. Peripherals • Printer • Scanner • Digital Camera / Digital Camcorder/ Camera Cellphones • Web Cam • MP3 Player

  5. PowerPoint - Storybooks • Accommodations • Write your own • Introduction • Ex. The Sad Night by Sally Schofer Mathews • Ex. There was a woman who swallowed a fly

  6. PowerPoint - Puzzles • Ex. Body Parts • Ex. Where am I?

  7. PowerPoint - Games • Typhoon • Who wants to be a Millionaire? • Jeopardy • Hollywood Squares Free Downloads: http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/

  8. Typhoon

  9. Who wants to be a Millionaire?

  10. Jeopardy

  11. Hollywood Squares

  12. PowerPoint - Assessment • Ex. How many dogs? (Pre-K – 1st Grade)

  13. Digital Photography • Digital Storytelling • Vocabulary Flashcards • Cultural Awareness • Electronic Cookbook

  14. Digital Video • Software • Microsoft Photostory (Free download) • http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx • Ex. Brown Bear, Brown Bear • Windows MovieMaker (Comes already with your PC) • Ex. TPR Verbs • Logitech Video Effects (comes free with certain Logitech Webcam models) • Ex. Avatars and Accessories

  15. Lectures Photo Slideshows Podcasts/ Vodcasts Teacher created Student created Downloaded elsewhere Music & Movie Archive Country interviews Geography Quiz Current Events Cooking lessons Word of the week Sound-seeing Tours Reportage of cultural event in your hometown MP3 Players

  16. Download Examples & Templates • To download examples and templates go to http://www.langwitches.org/workshops/index.htm

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