Using Technology with Stations in the Foreign Language Classroom Jessica Garner http://ncteachers.pbworks.com jessicacgarner@gmail.com

Rationale Why use stations in the high school classroom? Engagement 21st century skills

John Wilson, Executive Director, NEA “To relegate today’s students to rows of desks, a teacher at the front of the classroom espousing content, and a textbook with paper and pencil is to guarantee that our students will be left with the lowest skills and the lowest-paying jobs."

Rationale Why use stations in the high school classroom? Engagement 21st century skills Classroom management Gardner’s multiple intelligences 15 minutes to here

Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Verbal-linguistic Intrapersonal Interpersonal Naturalist Bodily-Kinesthetic Musical-Rhythmic Visual-Spatial Logical-Mathematical

Think about the senses… Sight Touch Taste Hear Smell What activities can you do to arouse each of these senses?

Think about 21st century skills… Communication Collaboration Cooperation Cultural competence Technology

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Smooth transitions Group ahead of time! Clearly label tables Use clear, concise directions Lower grades – recording or picture Upper grades – recording or written out Have 2 or 3 good transition signals Clean up Begin to move to next station Teacher monitoring Give kids jobs!

Let’s dig in! 6 stations - Fall: Use counting bears to create number sentences – create as many as you can. Counting bears Chart paper Markers Listen to this story clip (Audacity or on CD) and add your own ending. Each student records at least 1 sentence. Laptop with clip ready to play – Windows Media Player Microphone and audacity open Pass around papers with story and add to it. Change papers every minute. Papers with a story starter Timer Dice game – Make sentences from words on cubes. You get points for using them. Keep score. 3 dice with subjects, verbs, predicates Score card Scrabble board – list as many words as you can that have to do with fall. Sentence “Pumpkins are a part of fall!” Drawing – Draw a scene that reminds you of fall. Construction paper

Technology How could you use technology in your class with small groups of students? Flip cameras Digital cameras SMART board Laptops Digital voice recorders CD player Online activities

Other comments? What are some other considerations when using stations in the high school classroom?

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