How to Design Learner-Centered Activities for the 21st Century Classroom
This presentation was given by Laura Franklin at the 2012 NOVASTARTALK Summer Institute.
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Developing Multicultural Perspectives
This presentation was given by Ruihua Dong at the 2012 NOVASTARTALK Summer Institute on how culture can be integrated in the world languages classroom.
Post Assignments from NOVASTARTALK 2012 Week Two
Post the URLs to any of the materials that you have created throughout the week into this forum. Tell us a little bit about how you would use these tech tools in the classroom.
2012 Participant Introductions
For those that are registered for the NOVASTARTALK 2012 Summer Institute, please introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about what you would like to do during the workshop. In a perfect world, where will you be with technology by the end of the session?
Before you begin, listen to an introduction from the Program Director of NOVASTARTALK, Dr. Laura Franklin, using the program Vocaroo.
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Post Assignments from NOVASTARTALK 2012 Week One
Post the URLs to any of the materials that you have created throughout the week into this forum. Tell us a little bit about how you would use these tech tools in the classroom.
NOVASTARTALK Morning Assignment for Monday, July 2, 2012
Leave your student assignment in the comments box below on how you will use the photos/videos collected at the Freer or online in a task for your students to complete that highlights the culture of your target region or country.
– Find photos/video online or in the Freer Gallery of culturally rich art and artifacts
– Create a short assignment for your students that would utilize these photos or video
– Post your short assignment here on this gallery
General Questions
For general questions about how to use the site, post your questions and comments below. The instructors of NOVASTARTALK will regularly check this forum throughout the year, so please feel free to leave us questions at any time.
Dynamic Slideshows with Animoto
This short video created by NOVASTARTALK participant, Fadwa Hussein, demonstrates use of Animoto, a web application that, with the click of a button, produces videos using images and music that a user selects. Language teachers and students can choose culturally-appropriate images and audio to produce short movies that can be used in language presentations.
Threaded Audio Discussions with Voxopop
The participants of NOVASTARTALK 2010 all joined in to create an online discussion using Voxopop. This asynchronous tool is great for taking the conversation into an online environment, and is great for practice speaking and for storytelling.
Creating Engaging Class Websites
As part of the NOVASTARTALK Summer Institutes, participants create web portfolios to house the materials that they create over the course of the week. In completing this task, they both learn how to create class websites and also learn applications that they can give their students to create e-portfolios. The following sites were created by[…]