Integrating Technology
- Roblyer, MD. Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching Enhanced Pearson Etext Access Card. 7th ed. Nova Southeastern University: Pearson College Div, 2015. Web.
- Edutopia. "What Is Successful Technology Integration?" Edutopia. George Lucas Educational Foundation, 05 Nov. 2007. Web. 24 Jan. 2016.
Module 1: Software Support Tools
Module 2: Basic Suite
Module 3: Integrating Videos
Module 4: Integrating the Internet
Module 5: Social Networking
Module 6: Games
Module 7: Content Area Technology
Module 8: Assistive Technology
- University of Iowa Spanish Phonetics - This fantastic website teaches perfect pronunciation of all of the sounds in the Spanish language by showing the mouth movement necessary to produce each sound.
- Screencast-o-matic - An online screencast video creator ideal for teaching students how to access or complete an assignment on the computer
Module 2: Basic Suite
- Formative - Similar to Google Forms but many more capabilities, including having students submit sketches
- PearDeck - Create interactive presentations to more completely engage students
Module 3: Integrating Videos
- Zaption - An online tool and app that allows teachers to turn YouTube videos into lessons
- Padlet - An online board for students to post everything from messages to pictures to videos
Module 4: Integrating the Internet
- Mystery Skype - "The global guessing game that gets kids learning about geography, culture, and the similarities and differences of how children live all over the world."
- Google My Maps - Customizable maps allows teachers and students to identify key points on the map and overlay pictures, videos and other information
Module 5: Social Networking
- LiveMocha - A free online conversation partner tool that allows for cultural interchange for language learning.
- ePals - An online classroom connection service that allows teachers to facilitate safe and lesson-based student exchange.
Module 6: Games
- Duolingo - An online self-paced language learning software
- Memrise - An online tool for general or user-generated vocabulary
Module 7: Content Area Technology
- Snapguide - An online template for How-To guides that is quick, easy and beautiful
- Showbie - An iPad app that is principally a paperless inbox for students to turn in work. Teachers can correct the work directly in the app and can write directly on the student’s work. App also includes an audio upload and recording function that is essential for Modern Language teachers.
- LearnALanguage.com - A comprehensive and free online language-learning program
- Google Tour Builder - Create a totally customized interactive tour on Google Maps that allows includes the option of street view, pictures, videos and, other information
- Podcasts in Spanish - Website with podcasts produced in Spanish, each with a transcript, worksheet, and vocabulary list. Available for three levels.
- News in Slow Spanish - Website that provides audio newscasts spoken in a slow, dialect-free Spanish easy for learners to understand
Module 8: Assistive Technology
- PollEverywhere - An online polling software that allows you to quickly and easy poll students and display their results anonymously in a variety of ways including graphs and word clouds. This is great to help kids with learning challenges visualize the information differently.
- Nearpod - An interactive presentational app for iPads. This is great for students with some sight problems since it gives them the ability to control the presentation and see it on their iPad.