I have encouraged my students to build their own web sites through google. On these website they have created different pages such as Projects, Blog conversation and and also a page for their electronic stories. The students are encouraged to use French to talk about themselves. They are allowed to view each other's web sites and make comments. The only thing is that the pages are not collaborative so they cannot add to someone else's post. I have during this week encouraged them to create blogs for their homework conversation so that they may interact with each other on the same pages.
Presently they are working on their electronic stories. They have done research on French speaking countries through a webquest and travel videos. They are now choosing a French speaking country, imagining that they have spent some time there and using animation, pictures and other resources from the internet to formulate/create a story of their daily activities, how people live, and activities available for visitors.
The tool they are using is a project based learning software, Frames designed by Tech4Learning , http://www.tech4learning.com/ . This is an excellent website which offers Project based learning for teachers and student at all grade levels.
I am looking forward to see how their stories will be done.
Wow! Shawnette, you are very good at incorporating technology in the classroom. You are doing a terrific job of incorporating it in many different ways. What grade do you teach?
ReplyDeleteI can tell from your post that you students are very engaged in the class due to technology integration. But have you seen a difference in their learning and understanding of the subject too? Has using technology allowed you to meet their needs better and improve their learning more than you would have via traditional methods?
How do you assess their learning?
Good Job! otherwise integrating technology in the classroom.
Hi Beena,
ReplyDeleteI teach grades 11 and 12. I teach at a technology school; as such my students are used to having technology as a major part of their learning.
I have seen a difference in their learning. For example they are more comfortable using spanish and French expressions. I am trying to get them to practice as much as possible for as it is the first year that Students at my school will take Spanish and French as a tested subject.