1. Using Technology with Stations in the Foreign Language Classroom
Jessica Garner

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

4. 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."

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

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

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

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

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17. Microsoft PhotoStory 3

23. 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!

24. 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

25. 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

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

27. THANK
YOU!!