Amalia Lopez

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Applications of the Technology in the Spanish
Classroom
AS 586 Amália López
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Goals

• Integrating technology into the Spanish classroom
• Provide resources for the Spanish teacher
• Surf the net in the target language
• Improve language accuracy
• Visit culturally authentic documents that provide
  a better appreciation of the Spanish culture
• Enjoy the class in a different environment

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Level

• All levels
• Beginning
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• Bilingual

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Standards

• Communication
• Culture
• Connections
• Communities 
• Comparison

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About Technology Use

• Start simple
• Clearly state objectives
• Structure the assignment
• Borrow from the others (with care)
• Assess outcomes

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Different Technology Uses in the Spanish Classroom

• Scavenger hunt
• IPOD download of Alphabet
• On-line quizes
• On-line textbooks

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• Self learning and self check
• Grammar becomes more inter-active
• Practice and Review
• Provides Feedback for the teacher

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Web Quest Definition

• A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in
  which most or all of the information used by
  learners is drawn from the web. The model was
  developed in early 1995 at San Diego State
  University by Bernie Dodge with Tom March, and
  was outlined then in some thoughts about
  WebQuests.

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Web Quest Characteristics

• Role play activities.
• Access and analysis of specific information from
  various sources.
• Application of the new knowledge in various ways
  through individualized research as well as team
  interaction.
• Learner autonomy.

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• Sample Web Quest Sites
• Treasure Hunt in Costa Rica
• Puerto Rico as the 51st state
• or
• Spanish history and culture
• Bienvenidos a una Aventura Española!
• http//www.hobart.k12.in.us/webquests/shinovich/in
  dex.html

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How To Write Activities For The Web/Smart Board

• 1- Select a topic from the textbook.
• 2- Choose tasks that integrate language and
  culture in a natural way.
• 3- Search the Internet for a web site to match
  your tasks.
• 4- Do a search by country and keyword(s)
  associated with the topic selected.
• 5- Browse around different sites to find a good
  match for the tasks. If you are not satisfied,
  keep searching or adapt your tasks to the
  information provided at the site.
• WARNING web sites can disappear without notice.
  Choose a site that is connected to a government
  agency, a university, a large corporation. This
  type of sites tends to be more reliable.
• 6- When you write the activity, give clear and
  specific instructions.

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• 7- Write the activity in the target language. Use
  the language learners know, yet go a bit beyond
  their proficiency level. If the language employed
  is too challenging, they will be inclined to give
  up on the task.
• 8- When writing the activity, take advantage of
  the multimedia dimensions of the medium. Use
  pictures, graphics, movies, music, etc. Think
  about what can be accomplished by using a
  computer as opposed to using a textbook. If
  possible, write the activity to integrate all
  language skills.
• 9- Consider the length of the activity. One hour
  is a good amount of time.
• 10- If your activity is curriculum-based and
  integrates language with culture, your students
  will experience linguistic growth, enriched
  cultural knowledge, and increased motivation.
• Language Learning Technology. Vol. 1, No. 2,
  January 1998, pp. 71-92. Using The World Wide
  Webto Integrate Spanish Language And Culture A
  Pilot Study Maritza M. Osuna University at
  AlbanyCarla Meskill State University of New
  York.

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I find using the internet very useful. It ads to
the class and its helpful when we do Spanish
exercises on it (like vocabulary, and present and
past tense and stuff).
It was helpful and fun. We should go more often.
Technology in the classroom is great!
Fue divertido y mejor que estar en la clase
sentado.
Fue estupendo!
I feel that it helped me to see the different
conjugations better. I think we should use those
exercises more.
The internet was helpful when it actually would
connect to sight.
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Spanish Teacher Online Resources

• La página del idioma español.
• http//www.el-castellano.com/
• Spanish Embassy
• http//www.spainembedu.org/materiales/home.html
• Centro Virtual Cervantes (CVC).
• http//cvc.cervantes.es/portada.htm
• Proyecto Sherezade. Universidad de Manitoba.
• http//home.cc.umanitoba.ca/fernand4/index.html
• About Homework Help. Spanish Language.
• http//spanish.about.com/

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More Interesting sites

• Teaching with the web links
• http//polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/teach.html
• Listen to music in Spanish in
• http//www.musicalspanish.com/Links.htm
• Lingua Web
• http//www.linguaweb.ndirect.co.uk/
• Information on Spain
• http//www.donquijote.org/spain/
• Museo del Prado
• http//museoprado.mcu.es/

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Benefits of Using the Technology in the
Classroom

• Real world examples of integrated knowledge
• Rich source of authentic language cultural
  material
• Collaborative learning
• Retrieval of timely and abundant information
• Appeals to learners with visual/tactile learning
  styles
• Opportunity to write with purpose for an
  authentic audience
• Builds critical thinking skills

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Summary

• Supplemental Use exploration of specific sites
  as part of an assignment (self learning
  self-check)
• Informational Use
• Get information found on a specific site
  (scavenger hunt)
• Course information available over the web (Web
  quests, sample test questions)
• Dependant Use research paper using web-based
  sources, presentations using web sources.

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How to Contact Me

• Señorita Amália López
• AS 586
• DePaul University
• Chicago, IL 60614
• E-mail alopez13_at_cps.k12.il.us
• Website
• www.students.depaul.edu/alopez