Technology on a Budget Aaron McGrath Marshfield High School Saturday, March 13, 2010 Ozarks Foreign Language Association

Link to video Why technology?

Dollars and Sense?

Grammar Reinforcement YouTube/TeacherTube Grammar Reinforcement Standard Deviants School, Sr. Mara (Conjugations Back • Reflex Your Verby • Cry Me a Verb) TV shows Telenovelas, Mr. Bean Goes To the Dentist Game shows Russian Roulette in Spain Commercials Five Dollar Footlong Music/Karaoke Manos Al Aire by Nelly Furtado Cultural Clips Fernando Botero

YouTube/TeacherTube www.zamzar.com Converts any YouTube video to any file format you need. Convert videos to MP3 audio files

Presentations What for? Bell ringers Lecture/Grammar notes (Many presentation software applications associated with textbook you can access and edit in PowerPoint) Vocab. Flash Cards Search for already-created PowerPoints for your textbook series Review Games markerboards game templates

Beyond PowerPoint Presentations Prezi.com Animoto.com Glogster.com Create a presentation on a blank canvas Sample Free (can pay for advanced features) Animoto.com Takes photos and puts them into a creative movie with music FREE — 30-second video $30/year — unlimited full-length Glogster.com Create electronic posters

flickr.com Finding Photos creativecommons.com Advanced search and select “Creative Commons-licensed content

Music Grooveshark.com Last.fm iTunes Free MP3 streaming Recommends music based on artists you currently enjoy iTunes Find top music downloads in specific countries

Web sites/Wikis Homework calendars with links to docs and media Purpose: Homework calendars with links to docs and media Supplemental materials like study guides, PowerPoints, or notes from class Assignment Calendar

Polleverywhere.com Students respond with text messaging on their cell phones to a question you create Free — limited to 32 participants per poll $129/year— 40 participants per poll with advanced polling (so you can identify and grade responses) More pricing information Sample Poll

Gabcast.com & Gcast.com Students call a toll-free number to record voicemails that can be downloaded by the teacher Free registration Assign speaking assessments for homework Students can call from any phone — not just a cell

iPods Listening activities Textbook listening activities Sign out and take home Tests – listening to do at own pace Oral activities – using microphone attachments

Wiimote Whiteboard Explanation What you need: Wii remote ($40) LED pen ($5-10 or make your own) LCD projector computer with bluetooth (USB adapters available $30-40) software (free download) Johnny Lee’s how-to Web site Penteractive

Voki.com Allows you to create an avatar and have it speak — either with text-to-speech or you can record your own voice. Sample

Blabberize.com Upload any picture and make it talk with your voice or text-to-speech Sample

Wordle.net Allows you create a word cloud from a text in the target language Good to use as a pre-reading strategy to predict what text could be about

Bubbleply.com You can add a transparent layer to any video on which you can add text/graphics to the video.

Comic Strips Make Beliefs Comix — http://makebeliefscomix.com/ Comic strips with predesigned characters Pikistrips — http://www.pikistrips.com/ Create comic strips from your photos

Top-notch Tech Resources http://www.nohosteachers.info/breynolds Brian Reynolds http://ckendall.wikispaces.com Cindy Kendall