Web+2.0+Meets+Interpersonal,+Interpretive+and+Presentational+Communication


 * Description:** Bring your wireless internet-enabled laptop to explore new technologies that enable world language learners to experience the three modes of communication online. Learn new ways to interact with others, to interpret and provide feedback, and to present new information to others. Web 2.0 tools provide the platform so come explore the possibilities!

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 * Logistics and Introduction**

Challenge - Use the [|Creative Commons] search and find a visual representation of your object. Did you know? In Firefox 3.0, Creative Commons search is one of the toolbar search options.


 * 21st century learners and 21st century learning**
 * What kinds of communication spaces have existed through time?
 * How has knowledge and information been shared?
 * How has schooling changed?







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 * Who are our students?**

=**Modes of Communication: Interpersonal, Interpretive, and Presentational**=

**What can we ask students to create to show what they know and are able to do?**
On the American Psychological Association website there is [|a brief article] about Bloom’s taxonomy. The website briefly discusses the original Bloom’s as well as recent iterations of the past 8 years. An interesting diagram is the Cognitive Taxonomy Circle developed by Clark (2002). This visual can provide ideas on products students can create and produce.
 * Cognitive Taxonomy Circle**




 * Gathering Information**

[|Who are you?] Ever need to gather information about your students AND have it at your digital fingertips? Collect it through either a [|Google Docs Form (and spreadsheet)] or a [|Survey Monkey] free survey. Let's collect a little information about our group!

This French teacher uses a Google Form to collect data from students watching a film and this German teacher collected information about her students. If your students are going to collect and analyze data, here is a possible [| survey checklist.doc] to evaluate their work.

Looking for an easy scheduling tool? Check out [|Doodle]. Doodle allows you to easily set up meetings, create sign-up slots, quickly gather simple data, etc. Participate in this [|sample]!

[|VoiceThread] allows you to upload graphics, photos, video and add text, audio, and/or video commentary. 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. You may find this [|VoiceThread Tutorial] movie informative to get started also. Read more about how educators are using VoiceThread.
 * Digital Storytelling**

Embedded example: During the workshop we listened to the story (comprehensible input, with personalizing questions, retelling the story, etc). Then, participants practiced retelling the story by adding comments to the VoiceThread: media type="custom" key="2246155"

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Check out this [|day in a thread project.] Here is a [|student example in Chinese] and 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]. A simple use for [|French vocabulary on professions] and [|a story in Spanish about a horse]. Or, use VoiceThread to introduce yourself to your parents and students as this French teacher did.

[|Comiqs] allows you to create comic strips using your own photos which you can then embed into websites, wikis, blogs or social networking sites. Comiqs can easily pull in your [|flickr] photos. [|Pikistrips] allow you to create comic strips from your photos. [|Toondoo]allows you to create your own comic characters and comic strips.
 * [|Spanish Cooking Project]
 * [|Spanish 2 Project]

[|Voki] creates an avatar to which the individual gives voice. Here is a [|French example] and a [|German example].

[|BubblePLY] - Allows you to add speech and thought bubbles to any online video. Great for drawing students' attention to specific features of a video clip, for encouraging them to use their language skills to comment on the content of the video by having them insert them

[|Scrapblog] takes scrapbooking online. [|Spanish example].

[|Brochuremaker] doesn't have an especially pretty interface, but you can replace the generic photos and it is easy to add and edit text.

[|Poll Everywhere] - vote or provide input via cell phone text messaging [|Gcast] - creating audio files via cell phone. Files can be listened to on the gcast website or embedded in other websites (like a blog or this wiki). [|Tatango] - text messaging to a group - Go to [|this url], add your phone number, and we will try it!
 * Cell Phone**

[|Jott]- respond to email via cell phone, creates lists and memos, reminders, and more

[|Utterz]- mobile post from your cell phone to your blog


 * Audio and Video Conferencing**

[|Skype] allows you to make free calls over the internet to anyone else who also has Skype. It's free,easy to download and use, and it works with most computers. You have the options of a text chat, an audio chat, a video chat, or all of the options at one time. You can record your chats, expand the conversations with extra tools, and more. You also have the option to have group conversations with up to 20 participants. Note - you cannot have video during a conference call. Here is one teacher's experience using [|Skype with a school in Caracas].

Read [|Cool Cat Teacher Tips for Skype in the Classroom] for one teacher's experience getting started with Skype and Wesley Fryer's [|Tools for the Teks] for a more technical article if you happen to be having technical difficulties (this article is a bit dated, but the info is still applicable). School Library Journal has a nice article in [|See me, Hear me: Skype in the Classroom].

[|Elluminate] has free conferencing for up to 3 users, and you can purchase the product for larger numbers.

[|MyStudiyo] enables you to create online quizzes [|Rubistar] allows you to create rubrics as well as search their database of existing rubrics
 * Assessment** (general)

[|ustream.tv] provides one way streaming video (from you to the world), with protected private rooms and public channels, and a chat area for backchannel conversation.
 * Video Streaming**

Finding projects to join can be challenging. At the following websites you will find a variety of projects. If you are new to collaborative projects, join a simple project. After experiencing a few projects perhaps you can become an organizer and create one for others to join!
 * Collaborative Projects**
 * [|elanguages]
 * [|epals]
 * [|Global Education Collaborative] (Ning)
 * [|Global Nomads Group]
 * [|Global Schoolhouse]
 * [|JenuineTech]

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.
 * Collaborative Space: Wikis**

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 LanguageLinks2006 and specifically the Intern Level Methods shows how wikis can be an interactive tool for World Language Methods courses Latin wiki - high school Mme Mina Kim, French Teacher, has a fantastic wiki. Mme Thomas French class wiki Youth Wiki is a collaborative project across several schools

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].

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.

A blog is simply a website that has an author(s) who publishes some content, then has a place where others can comment on the content. Posts are on one page, appearing in reverse chronological order. A blog website may have additional pages as well.
 * Blogs**

//classroom-focused blogs// [|K-107 Internet Classroom] - Chinese classroom blog [|deutschlernen] - a unversity level German class blog [|How Beautiful You Are] - a first grade classroom in California (caution - sound automatically plays) [|Kinderkids Classroom] - kindergarten blog in a New Hampshire school [|Kirklandneuk Primary Blog] - French class in a UK primary school [|Las Palabras Son Poder] - a high school Spanish teacher blog [|Mr. Mayo Student Weblogs] - each student has his or her own blog [|Songhai Concepts] - a Philadelphia information technology class blog [|Two Stars and a Wish] - French class blog from Newport, Isle of Wright, middle school level (more or less) [|TGS MFL Resource and Homework Blog] - French and German class blog

//education-focused blogs// [|Moving at the Speed of Creativity] [|Cool Cat Teacher] [|David Warlick's $.02 worth] [|The Fischbowl] [|Mr. P's Blog] - a principal's blog [|Weblogged]

Establish classroom blogs and blogs for students at [|Class Blogmeister] (created and maintainted by [|David Warlick]) or [|Edublogs].

Podcasts are simply audio files published online. They have to be published to somewhere - a blog, a wiki, a webpage. Podcasts can be listened to online or downloaded to a computer and/or mp3 player.
 * Podcasts**

[|K12 Online Conference 2008 with Laurie Fowler] is actually a conference presentation where she explains how she uses podcasts on gcast and has some suggestions on getting started with podcasts, and here is her [|podcast for her 2nd grade class called Ready, Set, Think!]. [|GroveFM] is an elementary podcast at gcast.

Edorigami has rubrics for a variety of digital technologies, including wikis.

**Copyright Information** Fair use, photos, publishing, distance networks - there are many ways to create and publish content, as well as remix or mashup existing content. As educators, we are responsible to demonstrate appropriate copyright.

Here are two interactive copyright activities: [|JISC] uses scenarios and is more relevant to post-secondary; [|Cyberbee] uses simple questions and answers.

[|Technology & Learning Magazine] has a great article about copyright and a [|handy chart] (PDF).

Where can you find materials to use? [|Creative Commons] - an excellent starting point, where you can search popular sites for items that give permission for use. [|Library of Congress] - has terrific collections of artifacts

Need an easy way to create citations? Use [|Citation Machine].

Visit this page for additional copyright safe materials.

[|Jumpcut] - Allows free, online video editing [|Picnik] and [|SnipShot] provide free photo editing
 * Web-based Video and Photo Editing**

[|Jing] will enable you to capture all or part of your screen in a still shot, or capture you screen in action (thereby creating a brief video). It is free!
 * Screen Capture**

