Media+Resources

=** NOVASTARTALK Week Two **= = =

** Resources Day One: **
Social media wiki on wikispaces: http://socialmedia.wikispaces.com/
 * 1) **Wikis**
 * Definitions, glossary of terms, abundant examples contained in a wiki**


 * Exemplary Wikis: http://languageandculturetraining.wikispaces.com/**
 * ACTFL Teacher of the Year Toni Theisen's Class Wiki:http://lhsfrenchclasses.wikispaces.com/**


 * 2. Blogs**
 * Exemplary Language Blog: []**
 * Exemplary Language Blog: []**
 * Exemplary Language Blog: []**


 * 3. Rich Internet Applications: []**
 * Podcasting example, Chinese:** [|**http://chinesepod.com/tour/demo**]
 * Podcasting example, Arabic: [|Frog Prince] **
 * We wrote and edited podcasts in class using CLEAR's Rich Internet Applications**

Resources Day Two: **An Introduction to Social Media: A YouTube Video by Michael Wesch**
View minutes 20:20-30:20 Discussion Questions:
 * A Portal to Media Literacy- Dr. Michael Wesch (KSU) [] **

1.How can we **create** students who can **create** meaningful connections? Understanding by design, Meaningful connection, Cultural relevance, Roots 2. How do our activities help us to make connections ourselves? 3. How do we create significance? How do we provide relevance? 4. How do we create a learning environment that harnesses student potential? Push beyond You Tube and Facebook for social purposes these days? 5. How are we on the same footing as our students?

Homework: Students should spend more time in Professor Wesch's YouTube Channel for homework, finishing this video and sampling some others.Discussion to follow.

What is it? [] [|Help from Delicious/] Finding Chinese and Arabic links through delicious. We can use any computer!
 * 4. Social Bookmarking** [|Delicious]
 * We learned how to bookmark the tools to make our courses better and how to share our finds with others**.


 * 5.Twitter**[|Twitter] **Microblogging**
 * Yes Twitter is all the rage, but how to use it for teaching?** We can subscribe to other STARTALK groups on Twitter. (CAIS)
 * [|**How to Use Twitter**]
 * []
 * [|Arabic Language on Twitter:] [] (Word of the Day)
 * [|Mohamed Esa on Twitter]: http://twitter.com/mohamedesa
 * [|Chinese Language on Twitter] [] (Word of the Day)
 * [|Mashable Guide to Twitter]

[] World Language Teachers on Twitter (from Toni Theisen- ACTFL Teacher of the Year)
 * 6. Twitter for FL Teachers**

[|Google] [|Google docs.] [|GoogleDocs Community's Channel] [|Teachers and Principals Talk about Google Docs] [|Watershed School sixth graders talk about using Google Apps] [|Google Docs Quick Source Guide] Google Docs "[|Our Photo Album]"
 * 7. Collaboration Tools**
 * We learned how a group can work together on their own time and in different places. Peer editing, group projects.**

[|Google Groups] [|Google Groups examples]

[|Wordle] We were able to use Wordle in CHINESE and Arabic!

 * [|Example> >]
 * **[|Forty-three Interesting Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom] (Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported)**

__ [] __ [] [|Animoto]
 * 9**. **Animoto Videos**
 * Chinese and Arabic instructors both made Animoto videos**
 * [|Animoto Features]
 * [|Use Animoto in Language Teaching]

[|Live Mocha] Learn a new language
 * [|Demo]

[|Mixxer] Language exchanges for you and your students

[|MERLOT Voices]
 * MERLOT VOICES**
 * A NING, a community where the MERLOT World Languages community can meet, chat and post videos.**

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

Resources Day Four:
[|Google timeline] [|Webheads in Action] [|Toondoo] media type="custom" key="4081343" media type="custom" key="4083067" media type="custom" key="4083077"
 * See news about your target culture using Google News timeline. Go back in time or cover today's news. How to use in classes??**
 * The WebHeads in Action are language teachers worldwide. They have many presentations and webinars online of a how-to nature available to us for free.**
 * Chinese and Arabic teachers both made cartoons in the target language with Toondoo.**
 * [|Toondoo as an educational tool]
 * [|Toondoo Features]

Web 2.0: Cool tools for schools

What is Social Media? media type="youtube" key="MpIOClX1jPE" height="344" width="425"

[|Ning] [|Ning in Education] [|Sites for Teachers] [|Netvibes]
 * [|How to use Netvibes]
 * [|Netvibes Tour]

[[file:Dr Chi's Notes.doc]]

 * Day 5**
 * Presentation Day**