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Presentation at FETC 2013 on Jan. 30, 2013. Sample sites, strategies and technology-based assignments for teaching in Spanish to native speakers or second language learners. What Spanish websites and collaborations with non-U.S. students have worked? Learn about resources in Spanish (NASA en español), online Spanish teacher communities (Aula 2.0, Eduteka, ePals), publications in Spanish (Iguana) and worldwide resources for your Spanish-speaking classroom (International Children's Digital Library, Tumblebooks, BrainPop en español, ePals).
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Tecnología para Hispanohablantes: Share Spanish-language Resources
Dr. Rita Oates, ePals and Oates Associates
Dr. Leonid Rabinovich, Broward County Schools
Edmodo code: CS1506
Session Description
• Sample sites, strategies and technology-based assignments for teaching in Spanish to native speakers or second language learners.
• What Spanish websites and collaborations with non-U.S. students have worked?
• Learn about resources in Spanish (NASA en español), online Spanish teacher communities (Aula 2.0, Eduteka) and worldwide resources for your Spanish-speaking classroom (International Children's Digital Library, Tumblebooks, BrainPop en español, ePals).
BrainPOP en españolhttp://esp.brainpop.com
Some of the movies on
each topic are free
Developed in Mexico City, focused on Latin American schools and content
BrainPOPjr and BrainPOP en español are included in some licenses
• K12 teachers from across Latin America, Spain
• Teachers of Spanish in France, China, South Korea, Oman
• Free to join: http://www.epals.com/join
• Partner with Eduteka
Online teacher community in Spanish - global www.ePals.com
Spanish Language Practice: ePals
Videos made by Mexican elementary students and posted in ePals
Mexican Student Reporters Made Movies and PPTs of Their Community
FL teacher Angelica Cruikshank finds class through ePals Teacher Forum
AP Spanish practice through ePals
Michele Dobrin, AP Spanish, Tallahassee
International Children's Digital Library
http://en.childrenslibrary.org in English
http://es.childrenslibrary.org in Spanish• Search in English or Spanish• 175 Spanish-language books• Picture books, no audio• Ask students to write own story to go with
illustrations of book in French, German, etc.
International Children's Digital Library
Tumblebookshttp://www.tumblebooks.com
• About 50 books in Spanish
• Ask public library to license
• Quiz at end• Audio
Spanish-language media in USA
El Nuevo Herald (Miami): http://www.elnuevoherald.com (videos and multimedia)
Spanish-language media from Spain and Latin America
El País (Madrid): http://www.elpais.com
Use audio, movies on news sites
BBC in Spanish http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/
CNN en español
Spanish-language Children’s Magazine: Iguana
Print (digital too)Focus on American students speaking Spanish
Sample issue:http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f050f37c
Broward Favorites
• Discovery Education
• Nettreker– Licensed by Broward for their schools and
have many Spanish-language resources
• ¡Exprésate!– Accompanies textbook with lots of practice
exercises; recommended in Broward
¡Exprésate! with Holt Textbooks
Diccionario de la lengua española
• http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/
Makebeliefscomix.com
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/
Students can
write own comic
strips using
Spanish dialog
Vokihttp://www.voki.com
Students can add own voices to online “character” and practice Spanish, listen to others
Wikispaces
http://diariosdemotocicleta3.wikispaces.com/message/view/home/46164918
Example from Gainesville media specialist of working with a teacher to create a wiki for the Spanish class
How can you and your students participate in ePals Global
Community?• Join global community of teachers in 200
countries• Use SchoolMail for communication between
classes• Use projects from Smithsonian, National
Geographic, and other teachers• View student work• Post your students’ work• All these are free at http://www.epals.com
Contributed from Audience
• The following slides have sites and apps contributed from the FETC audience.
• Quia to construct quizzes.
Use Pinterest
• Spanish, teaching Spanish, culture– worldlangtech
• From Michelle Olah, classroom teacher
• Also French language has 6,000 pins
Oleo Apps
• Oleoapps.com
• Seeking Spanish teachers to be involved in development of game to teach language
Blabberize.com
• Add own dialog to pictures to practice speaking
• Free, use own photo
Babelzone
• British site
• 99 pounds for year license for 20 users
• Nursery rhymes, songs for younger students, videos
• Can use with Smartboard, build units
• Vocabulary lists
Audiofile
• http://lab.chass.utoronto.ca/rescentre/spanish/MP3/02-Rita-FestivalLatinoamericano.mp3
Contact info
• Dr. Rita OatesPresident, Oates Associates
[email protected] or 305 669 9090
VP, education markets, ePals
• Dr. Leonid Rabinovich754 321 2638 office
Evaluation
• www.edmodo.com/fetcevals• CS1506 -> six-digit event code needed to complete
the online survey. This code is in the printed program, signage, mobile app and other locations
• The evaluation website will be open from Jan. 28-Feb. 8 to collect all evaluations.
