Free Your Mind And Your Class Will Follow : Using Blogs And Podcasts In The MFL Classroom

“ “Creative adaptation” is also a crucial aspect of teaching.The ability to mediate policy through a clear understanding of learning is what often sets good teachers apart form those others who consistently resist or passively adopt new initiatives.” Debbie Myhill, University of Exeter, Jan 2008 1

Blogs and Podcasts Free your mind and your class will follow 2

WA(n)LT • what are blogs and podcasts • not how to blog and how to podcast • reasons to use blogs and make podcasts • some resources available to help you blog and podcast • some examples 3

WI(n)LF • your curiosity to be piqued • go away and look into some of the ideas • try...and possibly fail • thinking that blogs and podcasts are some kind of panacea 4

“The new KS3 Curriculum is an invitation to be bold” Kathy Wicksteed, Language World 2008 “If you are not prepared to be wrong you will never produce anything original.” Sir Ken Robinson 5

Blogs Literacy outcomes for Scottish A Curriculum for Excellence: Definition of “texts” novels, short stories, plays, poems, reference texts, the spoken word, charts, maps, graphs and timetables, advertisements, promotional leaflets, comics, newspapers and magazines, CVs, letters and email , films, games and TV programmes, labels, signs and posters, recipes, manuals and instructions, reports and reviews,text messages , blogs andsocial networking sites , web sites, catalogues and directories 6

Audience 7

Purpose 8

Motivation 9

Communication 10

Reﬂection 11

Safe 12

Literacy 13

Share 14

Collaborate 15

Resource 16

Tool (for reﬂection) 17

Formative Assessment 18

Blogging Platforms 19

? internet audio broadcast personal audio PODCAST video player download digital recording 20

podcast iPod broadcast 21

“Why (Worry)?” - Rebecca (Becky/Bex) 22

Target Language 24

Access for all 25

Engage 26

21st Century Communication 27

Creativity 28

Four Skills 29

Ownership 30

Authentic Audience 31

Higher Level Thinking 32

Cooperative Work 33

21st Century Communication 34

Breakdown Classroom Walls 35

Formative Assessment 36

A Curriculum for Excellence 37

KS3 National Curriculum 38

Successful learners 39

Conﬁdent Individuals 40

Responsible Citizens 41

Effective Contributors 42

Audio Creation 44

Audacity 45

Mixcraft 46

Utterli 47

gcast / gabcast 48

podomatic 49

voicethread 50

voki 51

Read The Words 52

Listen and Write 53

“Luminous Idea” - Tiago Daniel Ideas 54

Vocabulary Guide 55

Verb Drill 56

Pronunciation Practice 57

Grammar Explanations 58

Songs / Poems 59

Exam Practice 60

Guided Tour 61

Radio Show 62

Conversations with FLA 63

“Creativity is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” - Sir Ken Robinson - 64

To download the pdf / powerpoint version and listen to me again via a slidecast visit: http://thegordonschools.typepad.co.uk/asu This presentation (including audio and video recordings but excluding photographs) has been produced under Creative Commons License: attribution-non-commercial 2.5 UK: Scotland 65

Photo Credits All photos found on Flickr with a Creative Commons Licence ❖Audience - “Human Texture 2” - by Iguana Jo ❖Purpose - “Moleskine” - by Biché© ❖Motivation - “Company Vision” - by mondopiccolo ❖Communication - “Day 3” - by viernullvier ❖Reﬂection - “Melancholyʼs Warm Embrace” - by Andrew Mason ❖Literacy - “Infant Literacy” - by Pig Sty Avenue ❖Safe - “HHM Safe Co.” - by sigma. ❖Share - “Sharing Secrets” - by Kevin Steele ❖Collaborate - “STOP Collaborate and Listen” - by matt.ohara ❖Resource - “Ride to the Windmills” - by Harshad Sharma ❖Tool - “Screwdriver” - by baboon™ 66

❖Why? - “Why (Worry)?” - Rebecca (Becky/Bex) ❖Communicate - “Communicate” - ob1left ❖Target Language - “Passing Target” - pbo31 ❖Access for All “Wheelchair Access Nightlife” - hfabulous ❖Engaged - “So Engaged” - Timoni ❖21st Century Communication - “Naranbat & Nomingoo” - DickStock ❖Creativity - “16/04/2007: Is Education Crippling Creativity?” - Djenan ❖Four Skills - “Listen to ME!” - Orange Beard ❖Ownership - “Mine” - Jim Frazier ❖Audience - “Human Texture 2” - Iguana Jo ❖Higher Level Thinking - “Thinking” - johnathan.gill ❖Cooperative Work - “Collaboration” - yuan2003 ❖ Breakdown the Classroom Walls - “Classroom” - Inx ❖Formative Assessment - “Formative Assessment through Blogging” - edublogger 67

❖A Curriculum for Excellence - “Curriculum for Excellence” - Scran ❖Successful Learners - “Your Success, Our Committment” - Pierofix ❖Confident Individuals - “Cocky or Confident” - PhotoFusion ❖Responsible Citizens - “Responsibility” - Nosha ❖Effective Contributors - “Effective Contributors” - edublogger ❖Tick Button” - Webdesign-guru.co.uk 68

❖Audio Creation - “Tractor DJ setup” - by sonicwalker ❖Ideas - “Luminous Ideas” - by Tiago Daniel ❖Vocabulary Guides - “Playing Cards for learning German Vocabulary” - by Kaleissin ❖Verb Drills - “Verbs” - by Worldmegan ❖Pronunciation Practice - “Pronunciation Guide” - by super-structure ❖Grammar Explanations“Bad Grammar = No Girlfriend” - by Gez D ❖Songs / Poems - “Song Sparrow” - by Doug Greenberg ❖Exam Practice - “Day 23 - Exam Hall” - by Jackhynes ❖Guided Tour - “Tour Guide” - by tavallai ❖Radio Shows - “ipod radio” - by fatcontroller ❖Conversations with FLA - “conversations_silhouettes_id228513_size450 - by b_d_solis 69

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