LATIN AMERICAN MAGIC

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LATIN AMERICAN MAGIC
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A project created for
Junior high or high school students taking
Spanish for Native Speakers or Advanced Spanish
or World Cultures by Susan Massey e-mail
spmassey_at_quix.net
Website http//berners.bcoe.butte.k12.ca.us/smass
ey/
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Lesson Description
Using the Internet, students will prepare
presentations on individual Latin American
countries, focusing on high interest aspects of
culture such as popular music, sports and food as
well as geography and history.
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Spanish Standards

• Students present information, concepts and ideas
  to an audience of listeners.
• Students reinforce and further their knowledge of
  other disciplines through the foreign language.
• History Standards
• Describe the recent history of the regions
  South America including political divisions and
  systems, key leaders, religious issues, natural
  features, resources and population patterns.

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Instructional Objectives

• Identify all countries on map of Latin America
• Explain demographics and recent history of a
  selected country
• Share music, art, food, writing and sports
  figures of selected country using appropriate
  audio-visual aids.
• Be able to locate information on the Internet,
  take notes and copy pictures to project to class

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Student Activities

• Surf Internet to see pictures of many Latin
  American countries
• Research many aspects of selected country
• Prepare to speak from notes about selected
  country using appropriate audio-visual aids.
• Take notes on classmates presentations.
• Take test on information from all presentations.

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Successes of student project

• High degree of student involvement.
• High percentage of on-task time.
• Students demonstrated knowledge of their country
  and enthusiasm for using technology

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Pre/Post Test Results
Minimal knowledge of subject before project. High
scores on post testtoo high
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Problems and Revisions

• Didnt take enough notes on classmates
  presentations
• Students slowed down by lack of technology
  know-how.

• More specific outline for taking notes.
• More typed instructions for procedures linked to
  website.

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More Problems and Revisions

• Not all students brought cultural displays
• Not all students demonstrated good presentation
  skills.

• Website instructions have been made more specific
• Must give more direct instruction on making a
  speech.

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Will reluctant students achieve more by doing a
project?
High correlation between project grade and
previous semester grade.
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The CTAP Experience

• Expectations Learn to do a website, Power-point
  presentation, spreadsheet and graphs.
• Results I learned to do a website, Power-point
  presentation, spreadsheet and graphs.
• Bonus The teaching methods of the learning
  technology staff and the step-by-step
  instructions in the modules served as an example
  for teaching my students how to use technology.

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I feel empowered, thanks to Borderlink and the
Learning Technology crew!
Alan
Kevin
Cindy
Linda
Mike
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PS. I had a great time!