Utah+Foreign+Language+Association+(UFLA)+Weber+State+University,+Nov.+5,+2009

=Utah Foreign Language Association Conference-Nov. 5, 2009=

Toni Theisen Contact me
Connect with me on Twitter: [|tonitheisen] [|Linkedin profile page] My French classes wikispace: LHSFrenchclasses
 * Connect me -**Toni Theisen: theisent@gmail.com

21st Century Tools to Support and Challenge our 21st Century Learners session handout: Session handout:

21st Century Tools to Support and Challenge our 21st Century Learners session powerpoint:

A Vision: 21st Century: Teach, Learn, Collaborate and Advocate for Languages Keynote ppt:

Bloom's Taxonomy: [|Bloom questioning 2009.pdf]

[|ISTE] (International society for Technology in Education) standards for 21st century learning and tech.
These standards include 21st century skills such as finding and managing resources, publishing on the web, and connecting with colleagues, students, parents, and local and global communities.

=[|ISTE: International Society for Technology in Education]= ISTE Standards for Teachers: [|NETS_TeacherStandards_Final.pdf] ISTE Standards for Adminstrators: [|ISTE Standards for Administrators_2009.pdf] ISTE Standards for Students: [|NETS_for_Students_2007_Standards.pdf]

See all three ISTE standards documents on one page [|21st Century Skills for Teachers:] This site, which encourages others to join and contribute, has many activities and link that will give you a chance to actively participate in using some of the web-based tools that are commonly used in classrooms and to discuss authentic ideas for using these tools. [|101 Tools to Learn any Language for Free]


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WorldLanguages21stcentury: a collaborative wiki-join and add resources World Languages and Tech Tools 2009 (Theisen wikispace) LHSFrench classes Wikispace (Theisen's class wiki) Reading Resources 4 French Teachers: a collaborative wiki (join and add resources) Le Petit Prince: a collaborative wiki with Theisen's French class and a French class in New Zealand LHS German Ms. Dykstra's Spanish classes Chinese School of Delaware Chinese Classes Wikispace/Kentucky [|FifthGradeFrench] Franklin HS Japanese Class WaterfordSchoolJapanese OnlinePLNS
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Create your Personal Learning Network-Follow these teachers on Twitter Teachers to follow from around the world [|Modern Foreign Language Teachers in Great Britain] ||

__Surveys/Polls__
[|Polleverywhere] :uses cell phone to survey

__Backchannels__
[|TinyChat]: With TinyChat you can create your own chatroom and invite people through one simple link.

[|Today'sMeet:] **Use** the [|backchannel] and connect with your audience in realtime. Encourage the room to use the live stream to make comments, ask questions, and use that feedback to tailor your presentation, sharpen your points, and address audience.

__Cellphones__
[|Cellphones in school-slowly becoming acceptable]

[|Ideas for Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Cell Phones Even in Districts that Ban Them]

[|The bottom line is cell phones are the most affordable, accessible way to provide access to technology and narrow the digital divide.]

==[|Yodio]: Use Yodio to add your stories to your photos or presentations by recording to your phone and then uploading pictures. Record from your phone -FREE TO RECORD, FREE TO PUBLISH , FREE TO SHARE ==

[|Wordle]:make word clouds
[|38 ways to use Wordle in the classroom] [|Wordle]: //As long as you always save your wordles to the gallery with the same username you can search for them by entering the following into your// //browser address bar: [] adding your username after the =//


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 * [|Voki:]: [[file:How to make a Voki.doc]] Make your own talking avatar in many languages for your blog or wikispace. media type="custom" key="4418969"


 * [|PicLits]: [[file:PicLits How to for presentation.doc]] Write a poem, use an existing one, do creative writing, add picture

[| Want more detail explanations to making an][|XtraNormal, then watch this YouTube video] Here is Mme. T movie:[|Le déjeuner]
 * [|Xtranormal-text to movie]
 * [|Xtranormal:]Text to speech movie making. You can also watch, share or embed other movies already made. Choose set, characters and a voice from a range of international accents.

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Another MmeT. production:[|Le Petit Prince]
 * [|Animoto]music-use pictures to create a story or share information. Get [|Animoto Education Edition]: unlimited videos for you and your students

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 * [|Slide.com] -Use pictures and add captions.
 * Another MmeT. production: **UNC 2009**


 * [|One True Media] helps you turn your photos and video into slideshows and video montages for free. There is a 100 mg free upload per month. Can only upload pictures with free account. But if you change a powerpoint to (save as : jpg), then slides become photos and can be used.

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 * another MmeT. production: **Les Va****cances**
 * (change a powerpoint to a series of jpg photos)**

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Resources
World Languages and Tech Tools 2009 (Theisen wikispace) LHSFrrench classes Wikispace (Theisen's class wiki)

How to make guides-Use them so you can learn or edit them so students can follow the directions.
How to make a Wordle: How to make a Piclits: How to make a Wikispace: How to make a Voki: How to make a Toondoo:

[|Create your own wikispace]
Give it a try. Try new ideas with your students. Share global media with your students. The list goes on...

[|SKYPE-Free Internet Calls-from local to worldwide]


= PLN-Personal Learning Network =

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Connect to and Collaborate with World Languages Teachers all over the World.
Join the new **[|ACTFL Online Community]**, our personal "Twitter" with opportunities to collaborate, share info, find handouts from the conference and much more

Sign up NOW for ** [|ACTFL SmartBrief] ** a weekly e-mail compiling language education news, technology and trends, and regulatory affairs information. The newsletter will contain a brief summary of the article with links to the full original source article. Members will receive the first six (6) issues automatically, but after that will need to sign up to continue receiving ACTFL Smartbrief. Subscribers will also be able to share and post the articles to their online networks.

** [|Twitter] ** A must for your PLN. Follow World Language Teachers from all over the World as they post links to enhance student learning, etc. Peruse the lists below and follows teachers and techies to enhance your own learning.

Follow me ([|tonitheisen]) and I will follow you: don't forget to add your bio. []

[|Twitter Help for Teachers]

Teachers on Twitter: teachers that have enhanced my PLN. Most of these tweeters are wild about tech. It is not just about language learning, it is about discovering new way to connect.

[|Twitter for Foreign Language Teachers:] an extensive list. Search and start following your favorites.

=American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Group= There are many more state organizations that have Facebook pages.
 * Join [|Facebook] **
 * Find: **




 * [|The Educator's PLN] **


 * [|Linkedin] **


 * [|Slideshare] **


 * [|Delicious Bookmarks] **

** __Social bookmarking: Join__ **



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[|Diigo Group: Resources for Languages] Diigo Group:[|Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0] [|Diigo Groups: technoLanguages] A group for resources about world languages, language teaching, language learning, technology in language classrooms [|Diigo Group: BSEC German Teachers]-Resources for teachers of German

Blocked sites and filter information for teachers:
(CIPA does require that school districts filter the internet to protect students from content that is “harmful to minors” (and the primary concern is porn). The key is that schools need to show due dilligence in blocking sites they know are “harmful.” There is no expectation that schools will block “anything that could possiblly or potentially be inappropriate.” CIPA (and the related FCC regulations) do require that there is a process in place for adults to unblock legitimately educational sites… and one of the only reasons that CIPA has not been struck down in the courts is due to the ease of unblocking a site using filtering software. Ideally, teachers will have access to an individual password for bypassing a school web filter. However, many school districts make this process anything but easy – and in many cases it is effectively unavailable to teachers. This is a legal problem (and in terms IT would understand, I believe this is a liability). You’d be well within your rights to request (and expect) Google Docs to be unblocked. ease of unblocking a site using filtering software. Ideally, teachers will have access to an individual password for bypassing a school web filter. However, many school districts make this process anything but easy – and in many cases it is effectively unavailable to teachers. This is a legal problem (and in terms IT would understand, I believe this is a liability). You’d be well within your rights to request (and expect) Google Docs, YouTube, etc to be unblocked. http://edtechlife.com/?p=2236)