Technology Applications for Spanish Instruction 

Francys Herrera

Our kids are digital natives

Traditional teaching

instant access

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Students go Viral

Viral

The Networked Teacher

Colleagues

Family/ Local Community

Print & Digital Resources

Conferences

Curriculum Documents

Social Book- marking

Video Conferencing

Blogs

Wikis

Podcasts

Twitter

Social Network Sites

Photo Sharing

Popular Media

Networked

Waterloo School District

Promethean Board

Participation Points Games (templates) Interactive activities

Facebook

Posting under “My Notes”

No Facebook? No problem!

Flashcards

How they work and sound

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And More

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Students’ reactions

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Transparent

More things to keep them engaged in listening

Voki P4

Our role as users and creators of technology

Skype

virtuallythere

online conferences

Storage

Rubrics

Made online i.e. Teacher Planet

Crosswords, Word Finds

a moment forself reflection

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