2009+Connect+to+Tech

//The assignments on this page will help you connect to colleagues, content, and communities that may be helpful to Chinese teachers.//

Be sure to check out the copyright page for many resources!

Thursday's Technology Stations Handouts (in binder, electronically for your clicking convenience). (Binder section 7, pages 11-13) (Binder section 7, pages 14-18) media type="custom" key="3999179" (Binder section 7, pages 19-21)

Already familiar with one of the above? Then explore VoiceThread (Binder section 7, page 9) - see the examples further down on this page to better understand what a Voicethread is!

**Wikis**
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers

A wiki is a type of website where multiple authors can be designated to edit and create content. Wikis have discussion pages, history to view previous edits, and can be public, semi-private, or private.
 * What's a wiki?**

[|CommonCraft] created a video that explains how a wiki works: media type="youtube" key="-dnL00TdmLY" height="344" width="425" Ah-Bon French middle school wiki Bishop Blog Wiki is a high school Spanish teacher's wiki [|David Warlick's CoLearners] shows how a presenter can put presentations, notes, handouts, and invite participants. Dorman Data Digest is a history or social studies teacher's wiki FrauLyon high school German wiki LanguageLinks2006 and specifically the Intern Level Methods shows how wikis can be an interactive tool for World Language Methods courses Mme Mina Kim, French Teacher, has a fantastic wiki. Mme Thomas French class wiki Youth Wiki is a collaborative project across several schools Wanglaoshi Wiki Chinese K-1 wiki
 * Examples**

So if students are creating wikis, how can you assess them? [|Vicki Davis] has a [|wiki grading rubric] and [|Read*Write*Think] has a [|wiki rubric and interesting lesson on protest songs.]

Ready to start your own wiki? [|Visit this page to get the advertisement-free wikispace or click the image below].

And, **need help**? Check out the [|video tours] of Wikispaces to learn how to begin editing your page, add images and media, and personalize your space.

The main page of the Wikispaces Help has quite an array of help topics to chose from. For more specific information that has been asked for by teachers, it can be found in the Teachers Section of the Wikispaces help. There are a few more resources about halfway down the page under heading number 8 (a couple PDFs and PowerPoints)

The game Clue explained in Chinese: []user:GaoLaoshi

A. **[|Voki]**
Allows you to create an avatar and give it voice!


 * [|French example]
 * [|German example]
 * [|A French Voki Poems Group on Ning]

**B.** [|VOICETHREAD]
Instruction for

media type="custom" key="3992221" Digital storytelling with the ability to have text, audio, video, or doodle commentary on each slide. You must have a VoiceThread account in order to create or comment.

And how do you make a VoiceThread? media type="custom" key="3998697"

You can set preferences to allow others to comment as well. [|VoiceThread] is an interesting, easy to use web-based environment for digital storytelling and there is an [|education portal].

[|Langwitches]describes how she used it with her students and how to get started. Read more about how educators are using VoiceThread.

(//Linked examples:)//
 * Spanish example - [|La familia] and [|a story about a horse].
 * Chinese - [|student example in Chinese,] a [|student sample about the zodiac animals], this [|example] has a teacher record a speech sample and the students repeat and record and here students can hear [|colors].
 * French - a simple use for [|French vocabulary on professions]
 * Even Kindergarten students can use VoiceThread

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C. Other Storytelling tools
[|GoAnimate] allows multi-character animations. Make 3-D movies at [|Xtranormal]

See also: Technology