Introduction
to Integrating Technology in the Language Curriculum:
Classroom
Activities and Proficiency Goals
Consultancy with Dr. Joel
Goldfield.
See #8 below for advanced
workshop topics.
Sample setup and workshop times; sample goals:
Workshop
times, with breaks:
Components:
· Set up of equipment and
software (before
· Introduction of colleagues
· Introduction to proficiency
principles applied to computer-assisted language learning (CALL)
· Textbook-specific software
and third-party software we can correlate to our textbooks (curricular
integration and proficiency goals)
· "Filling in the
gaps": multimedia handouts for
student & teacher archives
MORNING: Explanations, demonstrations, activities
1. Introduction: Why we use
technology. “The baby or the bathwater”
decision.
2. Building on proficiency and
achievement (“prochievement”) guidelines and goals, ACTFL 1999 Guidelines, Articulation & Achievement and A Challenge to Change.
3. What you have, what it does
and how we can use them in the classroom as well as the overall
curriculum. Demonstration and
exploration.
4. Comparing software features
for classroom use. The Rosetta Stone. Hands-on practice. Sample lesson plans. Articulating TRS with the curriculum.
AFTERNOON: Curricular development, exploration,
tutorials
5. Bridging the gap from
language acquisition to literature: Transparent Language and similar
products, including web-based materials.
Correlating textbook materials with the software.
6. Crucial teacher tools: referencing and archiving key software
instructions and screen navigation or “semiotics.” Free screen capture software at:
http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/info/labs/lab85/download.htm.
7. Final discussion: What else is there? (A bibliography is included at the
workshop.) Announcements. End of workshop:
8. Other possible workshop
components: Web-based sites for culture,
grammar review, etc.;
converting tapes and documents:
creating digital audio, stills and video materials for multimedia
compositions, classroom teaching and language lab access; videoconferencing; criteria for language lab design and
integration into the curricula.
Empowering foreign language
educators with technology. Some scenes from recent workshops at other sites.
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