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

2. Link to video
Why technology?

3. Dollars and Sense?

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

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

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

14. 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

15. 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

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

17. 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

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

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

20. Top-notch Tech Resources
Brian Reynolds
Cindy Kendall