LANGWITCHES:LANGWITCHES:The Magic of Learning Foreign The Magic of Learning Foreign Languages through TechnologyLanguages 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.

• Must- Haves and Nice to have: Software & Peripherals

• Personalizing Instruction through Technology

• Play Games: Have Fun

SoftwareSoftware• 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

PeripheralsPeripherals

• Printer

• Scanner

• Digital Camera / Digital Camcorder/ Camera Cellphones

• Web Cam

• MP3 Player

PowerPoint - StorybooksPowerPoint - Storybooks

– Accommodations

– Write your own

– Introduction

– Ex. The Sad Night by Sally Schofer Mathews

– Ex. There was a woman who swallowed a fly

PowerPoint - PuzzlesPowerPoint - Puzzles

•Ex. Body Parts

•Ex. Where am I?

PowerPoint - GamesPowerPoint - Games

• Typhoon

• Who wants to be a Millionaire?

• Jeopardy

• Hollywood Squares

Free Downloads: http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/

TyphoonTyphoon

Who wants to be a Millionaire?Who wants to be a Millionaire?

JeopardyJeopardy

Hollywood SquaresHollywood Squares

PowerPoint - AssessmentPowerPoint - Assessment

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

Digital PhotographyDigital Photography

• Digital Storytelling

• Vocabulary Flashcards

• Cultural Awareness

• Electronic Cookbook

Digital VideoDigital 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

MP3 PlayersMP3 Players

• 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

Download Examples & TemplatesDownload Examples & Templates

• To download examples and templates go to

http://www.langwitches.org/workshops/index.htm