KEYPALS for communication

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KEYPALSfor communication
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CLÉAMISdans la comunicacion
TECLAMIGOS en la comunicación
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Collaborative curriculum development

• Palo Alto High School
• Challenge 2000

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PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL

• Academic orientation
• Proximity to Stanford University
• 90 college-bound
• Over 90 of students enroll in a foreign
  language, even through it is not required.

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CHALLENGE 2000

• Joint venture between schools and industry in Bay
  Area.
• Project-based learning
• Alternative assessment
• Multimedia as a performance assessment tool.

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Project-Based Learningwith Multimedia

• Content competencies
• Collaboration on design
• Multimedia exhibition

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Content
Listening Reading Speaking Writing Culture
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Collaboration
Content
Planning Use of tech. Design Presentation
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Collaboration
Content
Multimedia
PowerPoint, Web page, Movie
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Topic
Topic Planning Questions to ask the Keypals to
learn about their lives.
Message
Revision
Design
Delivery
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Topic
Message Exchange Students use language to query
their Keypals and answer their questions
Message
Revision
Design
Delivery
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Topic
Topic Revision Students revise the focus of
their questions based on the responses they
receive.
Message
Revision
Design
Delivery
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Topic
Presentation Design Students prepare a group oral
report/reflection with a multimedia component.
Message
Revision
Design
Delivery
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Topic
Presentation Delivery Students use language to
tell about their Keypals and reflect on the
experience.
Message
Revision
Design
Delivery
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Our 98-99 Keypals, Collège Lorrez le Bocage,
80km. south of Paris, France.
Còllege Lorrez le Bocage
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Palo Alto High School, California. Our students
will be asking their French colleagues for their
opinions on a variety of topics.
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Please visit us fromtime to time at

• Collège Lorrez le Bocage
• http//www.mygale.org/clorrez
• Palo Alto High School
• http//www.paly.net/cmerritt/Keypals.htm