IPod

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Here is the listening comprehension and speaking proficiency Podcast activity that my 5th hour class made. media type="file" key="complete-5th.mp3" Here is the podcast that I created to teach the sounds of the Spanish alphabet.

media type="file" key="Spanish Alphabet.mp3"

[|http://cit.duke.edu/showcase/2006/posters.html](This site summarizes what several departments at Duke University are doing with IPods. I read the Spanish and French links but did not find anything too creative here. Both departments note that IPods are excellent for listening activities in the target language. They also use them for recording speaking activities.) http://mydailyphrase.com/ (This is a site specific for foreign languages.I subscribed to this one. It offers short mini lessons. Subscribers can choose a specific situation that they would like to learn vocabulary for. For example, airport vocabulary. The narrators are from Great Britain so their accent would be a little different for the students to get used to. The topics that are covered are really relevant and the narrators incorporate quite a bit of humor so I think that this would appeal to my upper level Spanish students.) http://thetrc.org/Podcast_Ed/THE_Journal.pdf (This site embraces IPods in the classroom. The authors recognize that students are "naturals" at working with the IPods but that lots of staff development is crucial. I found it really interesting that in some districts such as Orange County IPods are readily available to staff and students through the district. I was most inspired by the idea of a grandchild recording memories of a grandparent. I tried to do this wiht my grandparents before they died but at the time, it was a lot of equipment to set up and my grandparents were kind of hesitant to be recorded. I think that technology has come a long way. What an awesome thought that my kids will be able to record memories with something as small as an IPod and with something that they usually always carry with them. No set-up needed. Furthermore, pictures and voices are their grandparents will be right on their IPod.) http://technology.solveyourproblem.com/ipod/ipod-in-classroom-school.shtml (This article introduces some of the basic uses of IPod in the classroom. It also has links for lesson plans One of the links is for Hot Chalk which is a site that I've used for ideas before.) http://e2t2.binghamton.edu/pdfs/iPod_Lang_Acquisition_whitepaper.pdf (This is specific to foreign languages. It begins with a lot of research regarding language acquisition and best practices for teaching foreign languages. Then it provides significant support for IPods as an effective technique in teaching and learning foreign languages. It also lists applications for IPods in a foreign language classroom. If I ever decide to write a grant to fund IPods in my Spanish classroom I would definitely refer to this site for research to justify IPods as an effective teaching tool for foreign languages.) http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=49 (The author of this site is a Spanish teacher so I found this pretty interesting. I listened to the podcast on this site. She speaks about multi-cultural and global teaching as well as the need for early education in foreign language and technology. She notes the advantage of IPods in making materials culturally authentic. Just ten years ago it was a challenge to find culturally authentic materials without traveling abroad. Now it is just a click away. She also sites the benefits of reading, writing and critical thinking skills in lesson plans that use podcasts.) http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0709/upfront13.html (This is a really brief article. It mentions some effective lessons that are done using IPods but also mentions controlling the negative affects of ipods and how they can be used for cheating in schools.) http://www.schoolcio.com/showArticle.php?articleID=196604276 (The author of this article interviewed Robert Craver of the Orange County Department of Education. Mr. Craver is very supportive of IPods in the classroom. As a matter of fact, he suggests that schools acquire sets IPods for students to use. Schools owning the IPods prevents students from listening to their own music during lessons. Some of the suggested uses for IPods in the classroom included young students practicing reading, calorie tracking, and recording oral history.) http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/evalpodcast.html (This is Kathy Schrock's rubric for grading a podcast. This looks really useful to use with our podcasting lesson plan.) http://www.apple.com/au/education/ipod/lessons/ (This site has several ready-to-go lesson plans with podcasts. The plans are for a variety of subject areas as well as age groups.)