Trial BUBBLR post

On the Bubblr website you can create a conversation using photos from flickr and add bubbles with conversations.  Here is an example.  



It is easy to use and free!  Oh the possibilities for Spanish class!


Click on BUBBLR to go directly to the website.

Voice Thread Example w/ Audio explanation

Sample of what I want to embed in my other website for the 2nd semester of the school year.

Listen to the audio below for more information.

Embed Quicktime recording Trial

Instructions for:  How to Embed Quicktime Audio Recording that I make into BLOGGER

1.  Open Quicktime - File - New Audio Recording
2.  Save with Title of File
3.  Drag recording onto desktop or save directly into Drop Box Folder
4.  In Drop Box Folder, move recording to Public Folder
5.  Right Click on the file, on menu find Drop box - public URL, copy it
6.  Go to Boomp3.com and paste link into step 5.
7.  Copy new embed code and put it on Blogger.

Below is an example of a recording of a listening activity that I made for Spanish 1.

Cecilia #2

Put up to 5 URLs on 1 URL

I can use the website http://hiperurl.com/ to combine up to 5 URLs into 1URL.  This will be useful in Twitter with the 140 character limit.

Here is an example of 5 TPRS websites that I have listed on my other blog:
 http://hiperurl.com/?s=4gf

Una Foca en el Sofa

Embed video from BBC Mundo - checking to see if the transcript also appears.


Hay una foca en el sofá

Test Embed of "How to use Brainshark"

Well....this link did work but today, 12/27/11, I posted something else on this blog and saw that this link doesn't work.  Not only that, but I went to the brainshark website to check the videos that I made and two of them are still listed but the screen is blank.  It appears as my HARD WORK is gone...DELETED.   I'll contact them to see what happened.   - author of blog

If I get approval from Ms. Campbell, author of "Cuentos de Ensalada", I plan to embed this recording on my other blog.

Embed Photo or Image from other site

Right click on image
if properties is an option, click on that and you'll get the url
if properties is not an option, click on View image information and find url
HERE
OR
click on "Copy Image Location" (for my example it was: http://www.pasd.us/lunchmenus.gif)

Practice with Embed Plus website

Start and stop videos at predetermined spots. Add annotations.

Angry Bird Cupcakes

If you want to make these cupcakes, plan to set aside a lot of time.  

Diego y los tres elefantes verdes y pequeños

On Friday, the Spanish 1 students started a story about a guy named Diego that needed money because he wanted to go to Field of Screams.  His job was to take care of three green little elephants.  Find out why Diego had problems getting enough money to go to PA.

 

trial

teach languages at age five

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purpose games Cajas de cart=F3n

Typing Test

How's this for a typing score? Give it a try and see if you can hit 92.

91 words

typing test

A Talking Squirrel?

This is from the website: http://www.fodey.com/

Any use for this in the world language classes?

Map of Twitter Followers

The website, Map My Followers, allows you to make a map of your Twitter Followers.  First you need to allow the website to access your Twitter account so it can plot your followers on a map.   Give it a try
 

Embedding Podcasts

I found this site and now want to test embedding it in Blogger.  If it works, I could use embedded podcasts like this for extra credit on my school blog or embed the podcasts from this series that pertain to what we are studying in Spanish 4 in KidBlog for the students to listen to and answer questions about the information.

Elvira:  Mi Horario

(This link takes you to the recording in the actual website so you can click on other recordings.  This was the URL listed on the podcast, below the information.)

or a different URL

Elvira:  Mi Horario (copied URL from actual page)
(This links you to only the podcast with no option to listen to other podcasts. This was the URL at the top of the page when listening to the podcast.) 

Trial to Post Published Spanish Storybird

This is a Storybird I made to review the verb GUSTAR.

¿Qué le gusta a Tomi? by srahitz on Storybird

My storybird: ¿Qué le gusta a Tomi?

Spanish Nicknames

I found this list of Spanish nicknames on Slideshare (a great place to find materials and other resources).  
 

List of spanish_nicknames

View more documents from Blaineray

TPR word list from Blaine Ray:

Tpr list for the year

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Further explanation and examples of TPRS

Span group 1 with latest pobre ana

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Horse Races ON THE BEACH!

Alonso Suárez    http://flic.kr/p/5dAwEx

If you love horse races, then here is one that has a twist to it.  Instead of racing the horses on a racetrack, the race is held on the beach.  Yes, on the beach.  This event takes place the 2nd and 4th week in August every year.  This year it takes places on August 10-12 and again on August 25-27.  It kind of makes me want to book a flight to Spain and check it out!

Alonso Suárez    http://flic.kr/p/5dAxae

Wilde Oscar   http://flic.kr/p/8uaQpx

Oscar Puigdevail  http://flic.kr/p/5g6AcG

Silent Movie

I found this video at EFL Classroom and plan to use it with one of the upper Spanish levels. 


Find more videos like this on EFL CLASSROOM 2.0

I may use it for simple describing activities, or imperfect vs. preterit, have students add scenes, etc. How would you use it?

How Many Languages can a Person Learn?

The blog "The Linguist Blogger" has THIS ARTICLE that explains the answer. It's more than you may think.

Or find the post at: http://awurl.com/pqjtvhVWs

Typography

example of Typography

Who's on first?

Using TodaysMeet

I haven't used this in class yet so I'm experimenting. I made a room available for 2 hours. It can be found HERE

If I can add the link to my teaching blog or to kidblog then my students should not have problems finding it. Possibly could use it as an outside class assignment in which they need to get on x number of times per marking period to discuss things online in Spanish.

Can you name the irregular Yo form verbs (present tense)? | Online Games & Trivia by Sporcle

Can you name the irregular Yo form verbs (present tense)? | Online Games & Trivia by Sporcle

working with embed codes

new way to embed slidshare

below- using the regular embed code:

Paraguay

View more presentations from Mirta Irrazabal

new way to embed prezi
new way to embed prezi with shortened code

Common Mistakes

Here is an excellent presentation about the common errors in Spanish from the blog "Una clase con clase".

Errores comunes

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E-book from Jose Picardo

Thanks to José Picardo for putting together this great resource.

Technology in Modern Foreign Languages - A Practitioner's Perspective

Trial - Embed video from Flickr

I wanted to try different ways to make videos available to others without putting the video on Youtube or Facebook. I found this option at Flickr.

Embed as thumbprint

Podcast with Vocaroo

Working on adding podcasts as part of the verbal and listening activities for students in levels 3, 4, & 5.

blogger problems

WHY CAN"T I SIGN OUT OF THIS ACCOUNT?????
I use this account for test posts and then I put them on my real blog...which is impossible tonight because I can't log out of this one.

time to move over to wordpress or wiki or something more reliable.

Does anyone else feel that way?

What do I need to do to sign out?  I've tried signing out from the dashboard, shutting down my internet browser and restarting firefox, etc. ---no luck.  HELP!

Test - Lingro and Spanish news website

Test to see if one can post a link into Lingro, and then post the new lingro with newslink within ion a website for students to read.

Lee este ARTÍCULO sobre el internet.

test quiA quiz

QUIA practice quiz

New templates

Fonts found at:  http://www.fontself.com/

Este semana vamos a celebrar el Cinco de Mayo. ¿Sabes tú la historia de esta celebración?

Google SearchStory experiment

First attempt at making a SearchStory with Google.  Since youtube is blocked at school, if the students make one of these at home and if I want to use them as conversation starters or writing prompts, how can they save the videos so they can be shown at school?

trying hide text

If you want to know what I'm doing tomorrow, check the link.

[img]http://www.hidetext.net/hide/15JVFt0znY.gif[/img]


ok...obviously I still haven't learned how to use the hidetext website.  some day....

How to Use a Bilingual Dictionary

See below for detailed instructions on how to use a bilingual dictionary.



(by David Thompson from Classroom2.0)

another test

Below is a podcast from n.i.s.

Podcast

Instructions: on how to embed it in a blog for students to hear:

for n.i.s. inspired beginners go to: http://learnrealspanish.libsyn.com/rss
for n.i.s. intermediate go to: http://intnotesinspanish.libsyn.com/rss
for n.i.s. advanced go to: http://notesinspanish.libsyn.com/rss

click on media files, when podcast audio strip begins, stop and copy URL and then paste it in as a link

Test to link url of NIS int. podcast

Escucha al podcast "EL AMOR" y luego contesta las preguntas y haz los ejercicios en el papel que la señora te ha dado.

La Conciencia

He encontrado este grabación del próximo cuento que vamos a leer en la clase de español 5. Disfrútalo.

MisterThread

El Serrano - 2010

¿Quieres ir a El Serrano con la clase de español 5?  Haz clic en el link abajo y dime cuál fecha prefieres.

Dinner at El Serrano for Spanish 5

Chat with 99Chats

Spanish 4 GLOGS

GLOG de Nacho

GLOG de Julio

GLOG de Margarita

GLOG de Madrid

GLOG de Taco

GLOG de Verónica

GLOG de Miguel

GLOG de Mario  - none

GLOG de Andalucía

GLOG de Josefina

GLOG de Esperanza

GLOG de Pablo

GLOG de Pedro

Unidad sobre los trabajadores migrantes

Este es un video de Dateline en lo cual se investiga las vidas de los niños que trabajan en el campo con sus padres.
Episodio 1

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Episodio 2

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Episodio 3

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Episodio 4

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Episodio 5

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Episodio 6

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Amazing Statistics

Test to embed Glogster

Example of a Glogster completed by students in Spanish 4 on the Geography of Spain unit.

Why?

Click here, view the photo, and then write why you think someone would use a car at this location.

iphone generator

I saw this iphone generator on Lee Kolbert's presentation on Classroom 2.0.  Another new image to put on my blog for next semester.

El fin del semestre

Solo les quedan 2 días de clases este semestre.  Habrá otra oportunidad para puntos extras?  Mira el video corto para la respuesta.

Looking forward to a new semester...

ImageChef.com Poetry Blender

Another Generator

Do you think ALICIA will like this one?

Digital Storytelling with Mixbook

Our trip to El Serrano documented with photos in Mixbook.

| View Sample Photo Books | Create your own Photo Book

La Importancia de Ser Bilingüe

Is being bilingual really necessary in today's world where we have online translators at our fingertips?  ¡Claro que sí!


Justo Lamas gives his opinion about being bilingual.

MixBooks

An example of a mixbook in Spanish.  My students could write a story, illustrate it, and then publish it in a mixbook to share with others in the class, at home, or family and friends that live in other parts of the state, U.S. or world.

 

| View Sample Photo Books | Create your own Photo Book

Sketchcast

Thanks to webinar from Saturday from Class2.0, I found another site. This would be much easier to use if I had a graphic tablet. May have to look into getting one or maybe I could experiment with the one at work first to see how well it works.

E-Books

I recently found a source for e-books written in Spanish that I could use in class. This is a trial to see how to post them, how user-friendly they are, and if it is available at school or if it is blocked.

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Self Publishing with YUDU

¿Nieve?

Web 2.0

Tools I found on SlideShare:

70 Tools 70 Minutes

View more presentations from Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano.

test with videos

Trial of shortening a video for classroom use.
Used: http://snipsnip.it/

cropped with SnipSnip

Comida - SURVEY

Answer the question on the survey about your favorite Spanish food.  Your response is limited to 20 characters.

Some ideas are tacos, burritos, fried rice, flautas, tortilla española, gazpacho, quesadillas, etc.

¿Cuál es tu favorita comida mexicana?... at AnswerGarden.ch.

Where would you prefer to live?

Twist our Words

Website where you choose the words to make a sentence. The news staff of Channel 4 say the words.



This may be handy for an ESL class. The teacher could give the list of words to the students and they could make sentences and then choose the best ones to make into videos. Not very useful for a foreign language class.

VoiceThread Test

First try at making a voicethread...

Click HERE to see if it worked.