Global learning & technology. NECTFL 2010

GLOBAL LEARNING & TECHNOLOGY

NECTFL (North East Conference on the

Teaching of Foreign Languages). NYC.

March 27, 2010.

MONICA MULHOLLAND

Overview of Digital Projects

• Why? 1. Sts’ response 2. The 5 C’s

• What? Presentations, Video, Blogging & Voicethread: Narrative, Poetry, Art

• How? Handout with guidelines

• Recap

• Q & A’s

• GLOBAL LEARNING TRANSCENDS TIME, SPACE AND CULTURE

• VIRTUAL COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS THAT OPERATE VIA ELECTRONIC NETWORKS

• IN VOGUE WITHIN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT, EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS & SOCIAL INTERACTION

• REAL-LIFE LEARNING

• CREATIVE , TRANSFORMING & ENGAGING

• INCORPORATES THE 5 C’S OF LANGUAGE LEARNING

The 5 C’s of Language Learning

Blog: Spanish is Fun!

Theme 1: Intro to the school year

Blog: Spanish is Fun!Theme 1 (Cont.)Show & Tell

Blog: Spanish is Fun!

Theme 2: Snow Storm Feb. 2010

http://spanishisfun.wordpress.com/page/3/

Blog: Spanish is Fun!Theme 3: Intercultural Awareness

Family Roots

http://spanishisfun.wordpress.com/

Chile: Earthquake

http://spanishisfun.wordpress.com/page/2/

Peru

http://spanishisfun.wordpress.com/page/5/(17 comments)

Blog: Spanish is Fun!

International Project, Sta Fe

http://spanishisfun.wordpress.com/page/6/Salta

http://spanishisfun.wordpress.com/page/8/

Patagonia

http://spanishisfun.wordpress.com/page/7/

Misiones

http://spanishisfun.wordpress.com/page/9/

Theme 3: Intercultural Awareness

Volunteer Student Contributor

Okie Dorian,Northern Virginia Community College

Blog contributor since 2007

Volunteer Student Contributor

Volunteer Student Contributor

Topics of her choice:

Family lifePets Visits to the museum and theaterPoem to her lost puppy New puppies Her first trip to Spain

Additional Participants• Catholic Univ. of Am. Basic Spanish Program

• NVCC Basic Spanish Program

• University of Mary Washington

• Universidad Union. Lima, Perú

• Montville Township High School, Montville, NJ. AP Spanish

• Instituto Superior de Publicidad, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Prof. Sandra Goronas

• Teacher Training Institute, Posadas, Misiones, Argentina

• Spanish 4 Foreigners, Salta, Argentina

• Instituto Politécnico, Santa Fe, Argentina

Contributor since 2007

Music, art & poetry: “Color esperanza”, Diego Torres

Theme 4: Art in the Language Class

Blog: Spanish is Fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1uzxkhA9lM

Theme 5: Video Studio

Stories, images & sound: Voicethread

http://voicethread.com/?#q.b543614.i2909457

La misma luna (Movie, 2007)

https://voicethread.com/#u392238.b1004985.i5359855

Jen

The Perito Moreno Glacierhttp://voicethread.com/#q.b986007.i5254845

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw&hd

The Piano Stairs

66% more people chose the stairs

Can we get more people to learn languages by making it fun?

Recap & feedback

• Session Description:

• Integration of Technology into the Curriculum

• Cross-Cultural Interaction

• Engaged Learning

• Real-World Communication

Any questions or comments?