Thinking About Syncing?

Technology Tools for Planning and Assessing Listening and Speaking Skills

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Catherine Ousselin

@catherineKU72 / catherineku72@gmail.com

Thinking About Syncing?

www.catherine-ousselin.org

Thinking About Syncing?

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What are you “syncing” about?

Catherine Ousselin

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www.catherine-ousselin.org

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• Technology Tools for World Language Educators
• AATF Pinterest Boards
• AATF YouTube thematic playlists
• AATF French Teaching Resources Wiki
• AATF Delicious bookmarks
• AATF Technology Blog
• Mount Vernon French Curricular site

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Catherine Ousselin - Mount Vernon High Mount Vernon, WA

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Syncing with students:

What’s in your backpack?

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Digital Native? We all are.

My childhood gadgets.

Gadgets of the past:

Now all on your phone.

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Pandering to their early experiences or learning styles?

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Bridging the technology gap between teachers and students

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SAMR model of technology integration

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Substitution

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Augmentation

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Modification

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Redefinition

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TPACK vs. SAMR

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Rethinking SAMR

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Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge

TPACK Model

Technology Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Objectives and Outcomes

• Choose technology tools that support the learning objectives and pedagogical purpose.

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• Integrate technology thoughtfully into units and lessons.

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• Engage and assess students in all three modes.

Digital Storytelling

Thinking About Syncing

Picture, text, audio recordings, rich media

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Digital Storytelling

Connecting with Common Core through

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• Application and Adaptation

• Personal expression

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• Writing for a variety of audiences

• Writing for a purpose

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• Speaking proficiency and fluency

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Apps for World Language Aligned with Common Core and National World Language (ACTFL+) Standards

AATF Technology Commission blog post and

Symbaloo Chart

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Digital Storytelling

Connecting with Common Core

AATF Technology Commission Blog post

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Digital Storytelling

• Narration
• Pictures
• Drawn
• Found
• Taken
• Videos
• Text
• Music
• Student driven, teacher supported.
• Archived in ePortfolio and shared with a real audience.
• Commented on!

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Recording options

AATF Tech blog

• Chirbit: Free account, add audio or text comments to recordings, QR code.
• SoundCloud: Free account. Does play in Padlet.
• Vocaroo: No account, download/email clips. Plays in Padlet
• Chromebook app: Mic Note
• Flipgrid: Interactive discussion grids, paid site.

Web-based tools for Digital Storytelling

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Digital Storytelling Tools

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• Padlet: Create a rich-media infused, interactive wall
• Collaborative student sample: Welcome to our campus!
• Independant student sample: Photo de classe de MVHS

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• Thinglink: Add rich media to thematic images.
• Thinglink blog post
• Teacher samples
• Student samples

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Digital Storytelling Tools

• Seesaw.me - Formative / Digital Storytelling Portfolio with audio clips, drawings, videos and notes.

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• Animoto - Create engaging videos with text, pictures, and short video clips with music and transitions.
• Student sample
• Teacher sample

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Web-based Digital Storytelling Examples

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Infographic generators

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Ease.ly - Collect data and share graphically.

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Infogr.am - Infographic creator

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Piktochart - Paid and free versions available.

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Interpretive Listening and Assessment Tools

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Assessment activities with Audio/video:

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Game / Activity-Based

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• EdPuzzle: Add questions to videos

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• PlayPosit: Add questions to videos
• PlayPosit 2

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Interactive listening and speaking activities

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Enhanced Google Forms (blog post)

Forms with Autocrat Add-on

• “Mad Libs” Au zoo / Mes vacances d’été (Novice)
• “Mad Lib Composition” Health Living Choices (Novice-High/Intermediate-Low)
• School Schedule / Classes ( Novice-mid / Intermediate-low)
• Food ads / habits / (Novice-low / Novice-high)
• Let's visit Paris! (Intermediate-low +)

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Interactive listening and speaking activities

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More information on Enhanced Google forms:

• AATF Blog post on using Google Forms and Autocrat

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• Google Hangout: Creating Enriched Google Forms

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• Google Hangout: MadLibs with Google Forms

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Formative and Summative

Assessment Activities / Quiz generators

• Socrative - Formative/Summative: Variety of assessment types

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• GoFormative - Formative/Summative: Multiple assessments types, teacher comments to students.

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• Kahoot - Formative: Multiple choice assessment

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Formative and Summative

Assessment Activities & Quiz generators

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• Quizalize - Formative / Summative: Multiple choice only

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• Quizizz - Formative / Summative: Multiple choice only

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• A Web Whiteboard - Formative: Drawing tool

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Questions? Issues? Ideas?

• Stay in contact! Twitter - Facebook - Email
• Experiment and share your failures and successes.
• Work with a colleague to share your activities.
• Find work-arounds - Not excuses.
• Be creative - But thoughtful!

Assessment and activities

Teacher-created assessments

From: Thinking About Syncing? Assessment / Games

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Apps for World Language Aligned with Common Core and National World Language (ACTFL+) Standards

AATF Technology Commission blog post and

Symbaloo Chart

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Sample Unit with Common Core / National Standards for Learning Languages

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Student digital device contract - My version based on Amy Lenord’s idea.

Digital Storytelling: iOS apps

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iOS / Android

• Tellagami
• Puppet/Puppet-Edu
• Little Bird Tales
• 30 Hands
• Fotobabble / My School Avatar
• Sock Puppets

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Web-based/Computer Digital Storytelling

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• Animoto (Teacher account) / Example : Engaging short videos with text and music

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• Thinglink (Free) / Example: Add rich media (video, links, pictures, audio, text) to an image

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• Wideo / Example : Create engaging videos with text, pictures, music

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• Glogster Edu (Free and paid) / Example
• Haiku Deck (Free)

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Web-based Digital Storytelling Examples

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• PhotoPeach - Describing people

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• Narrable - School lunch description

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• ToonDo - Create panel comic strips with props and text.

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• Make Belief Comix - Create short stories with comic strip elements.

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• Pixton for Schools - Paris and the historical axis

Web-based Digital Storytelling Examples

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• Mixbook - My clothing styles and preferences

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• EduGlogster - Le Tour de France / Regions of France

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• Wideo - Discuss your food habits

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• Thinglink - Describe an animal with various media

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• Haiku Deck for Web - Paris and the historical axis

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• Animoto for Education - Now FREE for teachers!

Digital Storytelling Resources

• Thinking About Syncing? Apps for Storytelling / Web - Catherine Ousselin

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• Mount Vernon French Blog with student projects

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• 50+ Ways to Tell a Web Story - Alan Levine

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• Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything - Kathy Schrock

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• Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling - Bernard Robin, Ph.D
• iPad Multiple Media Tools for Creativity - Karen Bosch

Digital Storytelling: Bloom’s Taxonomy

of Cognitive Levels

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iOS App Digital Storytelling Examples

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iOS App Digital Storytelling Examples

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iPods as Mobile Language Labs

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iPods as Mobile Language Labs

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Digital Storytelling Examples

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• Shadow Puppet: Food I like / don’t like and why (Fr2)

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• Shadow Puppet: Animal descriptions (Fr1)

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• Handwritten poems / recorded versions: Invented animals

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Shadow Puppet Edu - Free

Tools: Narration, Pictures, Videos, Text, Drawing

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Comments: Easy to use! Share with link or embed code or download (with watermark).

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Student examples:

Le Yak - French 1

Les aliments - French 2

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• Seesaw Web
• Class blogs
• iOS app
• Android app

30Hands - Free

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Tools: Narration, Pictures, Videos (for purchase), Text, Drawing

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Access images from Dropbox or Google Drive.

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Save videos to the camera roll or to 30Hands Cloud space.

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Comments: Not as complex, but fun for a first project. Share with link or embed code or download (with watermark).

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Teacher example:

Cat description

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Videolicious - Free

Tools: Narration over video

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Comments: Students can create high quality productions with this app. They may add a front facing camera shot over a pre-recorded video or choose to remain “behind the scenes.”

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Videolicious example:

Tutorial

Sock Puppets - Free

Tools: Narration with various puppets

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Comments: Students appreciate the ability to mask their voices as they practice conversations. Sock Puppets can be shared by email, social media connections, and uploaded to YouTube.

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Student example:

Invitation conversation

Toontastic - Edu - $9.99

Free version (cannot upload/save)

Tools: Narration with various props and backgrounds.

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Comments: Initial project takes some practice on how to move the props, but it is intuitive!

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Free version: Although you can’t save to the camera roll, you can register for a ToonTube account.

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Student example:

Gallery example

Haiku Deck for iPad - Free

Tools: Pictures and (some!) Text

Comments: Haiku Deck provides a small space for text and a large area for the picture.

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Encourage your students to use this presentation style to move away from text-heavy PowerPoints. No embedded narration! Students present for the class.

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Gallery example:

Why Study Spanish

Flipped classroom apps

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EduCreations - Free

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Prepare lessons or tutorials for students for them to watch in class or at home.

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Flipped lesson example:

Animal body parts - video

Animal body parts - handout

Flipped classroom apps

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Explain Everything - $2.99

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Add narration, video, text, and drawings to slides to be shared on YouTube or by link.

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Explain Everything Tutorial

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