After some issues with my edline account not working on the iPad, I am finally able to log in and enter my grades on this device. So far, I particularly like this when I am going around the classroom to check homework at the beginning on the class- checking vocab flashcards while they are practicing [...]
After watching a webinar last semester on the flipped foreign language classroom, (The Many Faces of Flipped Learning: Foreign Language: http://flippedlearning1.wordpress.com/archived-webinars/) I was very excited to start flipping. I was excited to start with the grammar lessons for my AP French class: because we are on such a tight semester schedule, I don’t like to [...]
With Josh’s assistance, I created an app for my students to access my online materials more easily using http://theappbuilder.com/, a free service. Also at Josh’s recommendation, I used bitly to redirect it to: bit.ly/mspaupst to make it easier to access the link. I’m so excited about students only having to install an app once and [...]
I personally have been focused on non-technology related goals in the past weeks in my classes (we just finished up a big French culture festival project), but some other teachers in our department have been doing exciting things eith technology: Amy Huang has had her Chinese students complete a campus scavenger hunt using QR bar [...]
In the language department, we continue to pilot Rosetta Stone. The Learning Center is now up and running with having students access the program there, and teachers are starting to familiarize themselves with how to track their students’ performance online. At the urging on the Spanish teachers, we installed the program “Comic Life” on our [...]
My biggest tech-related goal in the past few weeks has been to launch our online Rosetta Stone subscriptions and start getting some feedback from teachers and students about the program. We currently have 28 learners enrolled, with more pending. We are primarily targeting students who are currently enrolled in language classes and who need remediation. [...]
I’ve started my first voicethread of the year-a “Campus Tour” project inspired by Chinese teacher Amy Huang. I’ve done this project before, but this year I can’t remember how I’ve found a good way in the past for every student to contribute slides to the same voicethread at the same time. I don’t just want [...]
I very much enjoyed running our recent workshops on Google Sites and Audacity. It prompted me to review some features I had not used for a while in both systems, as well as to get familiar with new features and new aspects of both systems. I saw that there was a newer version of Audacity, [...]
My focus this term has continued to be posting all my class notes and materials online (mspaupst.com) and getting students to access them as appropriate. I would say success has been mixed. Some students have gotten into the habit of getting the notes when they are absent without being prompted, while others still seem confused [...]
Thanks to Josh for helping me create a new google group for AP French teachers. This is meant to help replace the old College Board listserv, which is being phased out. Here is the link to the new group: http://groups.google.com/group/ap-french-discussion-group Please help me spread the word to other AP French teachers you might know! [...]