Your comments on Wikis in Education are thoughtful reflections on the process of creating wikis and the criteria for good wikis. It may be difficult to meet your mark of engaging and attention getting but relevance is more easily achieved. The idea of having third year students create wikis will have value for the authors, who have recently walked in the shoes of first and seond year students, so can speak as peers, enhance student-to-student relationships, and provide a capstone of their achievements. Excellent idea!
Click the video below and answer the level appropriate questions: Spanish I - Bring a list of the Spanish words you recognize and their English meanings to our next class. What do you think these words have to do with love? What other Spanish words do you know that might work well in this song?
Spanish II - For our next class, answer as many of the questions from the song as you can. Also include possible responses to the statements the singer makes, i.e. Hola, buenos dias. (Hint: What would you say back?)
Spanish III - Using the melody of the song, write your own Spanish lyrics. Reference what you see in the video in what you say.
Wikis in Education
Wiki spaces seem to be the place to go as a 21st century learner and educator. Visitation rates are astronomical. Participation appears, from the outside looking in, to be very high. A particularily appealing wiki site is http://teachandlearn.sydneyinstitute.wikispaces.net/ This site teaches the "how tos" for current web tools and their applications. It allows the novice a private way of beginning to address the 21st century learners in a venue that today's students are already accostumed to. Creating engaging, attention getting and relevant wiki spaces at first glance seems to be an enormously time consuming endeavor. Accessing the tutorials would make the creation task lighter and practice would of course improve the product. An outstanding product in process can be found at: http://ah-bon-french.wikispaces.com/ Investigating the History tab informs us that every entry in this blog was authored by the teacher. Time invested in this site is unbelievable. Time required is a major concern and disadvantage when considering doing something similar for my classes. I would however consider administrating a site such as this, monitoring student contributions for age appropriateness as well as proficiency level effectiveness. For this school year an ongoing, third year student project could be to contribute to the creation of an engaging wiki by use of various forms of digital media, i.e. slide shows, podcasts, screen casts, etc. eLearning at it's finest.
2 comments:
This is a great slide show. I have added it to my bookmarks for staff as I do technology trainings throughout the year. Thanks
Your comments on Wikis in Education are thoughtful reflections on the process of creating wikis and the criteria for good wikis. It may be difficult to meet your mark of engaging and attention getting but relevance is more easily achieved. The idea of having third year students create wikis will have value for the authors, who have recently walked in the shoes of first and seond year students, so can speak as peers, enhance student-to-student relationships, and provide a capstone of their achievements. Excellent idea!
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