Literacy in the World
Languages Classroom
A 21st Century Toolkit
Presented by Elizabeth Helfant and Patrick Woessner
Technology as Passport
There will be a day, not far distant, when you will be able to conduct business,
study, explore the world and its cultures, call up any great entertainment, make
friends, attend neighborhood markets, and show pictures to distant relativeswithout leaving your armchair. It will be more than an object that you carry or an
appliance that you purchase. It will be your passport into a new mediated way of
life.
Bill Gates 1995
TPCK - Technological Pedagogical
Content Knowledge
From- http://www.tpck.org
Requirements to Teach with Tech
Teaching successfully with emerging
technologies requires:
• A spirit of experimentation
• Willingness to engage learners in the
creation of learning resources (co-creation of
content)
• Willingness to “let go” of control and content
presentation approaches to teaching
• Tolerance of failure
From Handbook or Emerging Technologies for Learning- Siemens and Tittenberger
New Literacies
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
ISTE Nets
NCREL-Metri Group
New Literacies
Basic Literacy
Information Literacy
Visual Medial Literacy
Intercultural Literacy
Network Literacy
Digital Citizenship/Ethical Literacy
Traditional Skills
Vocabulary
Grammar
Speaking
Listening
Writing
Communicating/Creating/Collaborating
Vocabulary Tools
Quizlet
TabletFlash
TabletFlash is a flashcard program for
Tablet PCs.
Handwrite anything you like on a series
of blank cards, record audio hints or
answers for each card, and then step
through the cards either sequentially or
randomly.
Flash Card Machine
Flash Card Machine enables users to
create interactive web-based study
flash cards and share them with others.
Search the database for existing sets or
create your own.
Content options include text, images,
and audio.
Knowtes
PowerPoint with Audio
Cell Phones and Flickr Groups
Grammar Tools
Online Practice
Quia Create games and quizzes
LangoLAB “Authentic” video and text
My Language Exchange Interact with a
native speaker
LiveMocha Self-study approach that
includes courses, flashcards, and
submitting work for review
OneNote Grammar Notebooks
Create Original Workbooks
Students can add audio
Students can clip screenshots
Students can share notebooks
Zoho Shared Notebook
Exercise Workbook wih
Audio and Video
Ability to Share
Also good for Research
Notebook
Listening
Podcasting
Resource Page
Podcast Tools
Audacity
Garage Band or TrakAxPC
Drop.io
FeedforAll
Gabcast
Podcasting with Gabcast
Gabcast.com is a podcasting platform
that offers an easy way to create and
distribute audio content.
Record using your phone (.10/min),
VoIP (free), or upload files (free)
200 MB with automatic RSS feeds and
blog integration
Podcasting with FirstClass
Podcasts can be created using Audacity
and FirstClass email
Record the audio in Audacity and save
as an .mp3 file
Use the Web Publishing feature in
FirstClass to create the podcast
VoiceThread
Annotated Video Examples
Subtitles
Speaking
Audio DropBox
Wiki
Vaestro
Message Board (and More)
Voxopop
Vocaroo
Video Comments
Learnosity
Writing
Blogging
Photo Essay
Photo Essays (digital storytelling)
combine images, audio, and text
Photostory 3 for Windows Free tool for
creating essays and stories
Sharing Culture Through Digital Stories
Includes a unit plan with lessons
Creating
Comic Life and ArtRage
Glogster.edu
Glogster.edu easily allows users to
upload photos, videos, text, and audio
to create an online, interactive poster.
With an EDU account, you can create a
virtual classroom for up to 200 students
Only members of your classroom can
view class content
Glogster.edu
MixBook
Google Earth Tour
Google Earth 5.0 allows users to create
tours with motion and audio
Tours can be created with or without
placemarks
Placemarks can include text, images,
and embedded audio
Connecting and
Collaborating
Wikispaces
Wikispaces provides ad-free space for
K-12 educators
Wikis can be public-protected-private
Classes/accounts can be bulk uploaded
Wiki pages can contain nearly any type
of media from numerous Web 2.0 tools
Skype: VoIP
Skype is a popular and simple tool for
making free VoIP calls and chats
Conversations can be recorded using
tools like Pamela and the Skype Call
Recorder
Ning
Wimba
Creating a Classroom Space
to Use these Tools
Additional Resources
Visit the MICDS Summer Teacher Institute 2009 Wikispace
for more information and resources