Rene Iannotti AshmanMary Institute Saint Louis Country Day SchoolSaint Louis, MIssouris

rashman@micds.org

II. Consider the importance of equipping students linguistically and culturally in order to communicate more successfullyIII.Prepare children to be “global citizens”

I. Recognize the needs of a variety of learners in the net generation while providing opportunities for them to more effectively and safely use the internet

What hasn’t changed

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Learning styles

DifferentiatingTemperament

MOTIVATIONCommunication has evolved. . .

I. Differentiating with audioAssignment: Listen and practice at home

Tool # 1: mp3s creation software (ARWizard, Audacity, Sanako Solo)

Click to Download AR Wizard

EXAMPLE

How can they hear it at home?Tool: Webpage software or Moodle or a wiki

I. Differentiating with audio

Assignment: Listen and practice at home

Tool # 2: www. wikispaces.com

II.Using images to teach the visual learnerTool #1: Power Point (or any other presentational software) and Flickr creative commons

www.flickr.com/creativecommonsExample

II.Using images to teach the visual learnerTool #1: www.quizlet.com

III. Differentiating outputActivity: Write a timeline of your major life events incorporating the preterit and later other past tenses

Tool: Dipitywww.dipity.com

Assignment: #1: Description of HouseTool: Voice Thread

Link to VoicethreadExample

IV. Opportunities for the inhibited student

Assignment: #2: Create a short film in which two characters are debating over who has stronger qualities. Use comparatives and superlatives.Tool: XtranormalLink to XtranormalExample

IV. Opportunities for the inhibited student

Assignment: #2: Traditional C.A.L.L. activities (Drill work)Tool: Quia or Hotpotatoes

Link to www.hotpot.uvic.ca/Link to Sample exercise

V. Extra help

II. Improve proficiency

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Speaking and Listening comprehension

Activity: Voiceboard

Tools: Wimba voiceboard or www. voxopop

Link to www.voxopop.com

Example

Assignment: Short story writing

Tool: Photo StoryHow to use Photo Story

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Speaking/Listening

Assignment: Research and ReportTool: Learnosity or Google Voice

Example

Speaking

Task: Giving directions

Task: Describing parts of the body

Tool: Capturing the screen with Jing or Screen Toaster

Link to Jing Download

Link to ScreenToaster

Example with Jing

Example with ScreenToaster

Speaking/Listening

Assignment: BloggingTool: Any free blogging site

Link to: www.transparent.com

Sample Activity

Writing

Task: Exposing students to authentic materials in the target language

Tool: Various sites on the web + Word Champ

Link to: Notes in SpanishLink to: Biblioteca presecolarLink to: Word Champ

Reading comprehension

III. Prepare children to be “global citizens”

CollaborationCross cultural connections

Mosaic uploaded by pardeshi on flickr creative commons

NING

Cross cultural connectionsActivity: Establish opportunities for intercultural communicationTool: NING

Activity: Improve writing with the help of a native speakerTool: Lang8

Cross cultural connections

Activity: Other opportunities for synchronous and asynchronous exhangesTools:

www.soziety.comhttp://Lyceum.open.ac.ukSkypeLearnosityWimba Classroom

Cross cultural connections

Activity: Peer writing—wikiCollaboration

Tool: wikispaces.com

Example

Activity: Peer editing–Tool: Dyknow

Collaboration

CollaborationActivity: Peer Brainstorming

Tool: Dyknow

Collaboration

Activity: Community flashcards

Tools: Quizlet

Study stack

+ Quizlet is now on iPhone, Android, Palm, and iPad

Activity: Interview activity Tool: Skype

Example of Skype activity requiring collaboration

Collaboration

Rene Iannotti AshmanMary Institute Saint Louis Country Day School

rashman@micds.orgr.Iannotti Skype username