As presented at the NATG and AGTV State Conference

1. Why technology is worth your while ICT Show and Tell in the Secondary German Classroom Belinda Flint Bendigo South East College Calder AGTV Network belindaflint@hotmail.com twitter: @belindaflint Presentation available at: www.slideshare.net/belindaflint

3. Engaging

4. Revision

5. ICT becoming increasingly available

6. Personalised learning opportunities

8. My PLN Personal Learning Network Vital for exploring ICT possibilities BRILLIAN T for ICT help and advice Fellow staff members Twitter – find like-minded educators online Diigo – join/create groups for online bookmarking

9. Twitter Revolutionary for me! Educational use only Follow other teachers (especially language teachers) ‘Tweet’ about online finds, things that worked in your classes, ideas, questions, anything! “Educators are connecting with each other on Twitter and using it like a big teachers’ lunch room that’s open 24/7 whenever they need help, assistance or just want to connect with others.” Sue Waters (Edublogs Community Facilitator) on using Twitter

10. http://www.youtube.com/user/edtechie#p/u/6/OSHvikBuv3Y From: http://www.youtube.com/user/edtechie

11. Twitter: a basic guide Create a username that is easy to search for Add your ‘bio’ and a picture (can use an avatar) Follow at least 50 people  Add some tweets Ask for help to gain followers @belindaflint

12. Some great Twitter links: A Twitteraholic’s Guide to tweets, hashtags, and all things Twitter: http://theedublogger.com/2010/07/08/a-twitteraholics-guide-to-tweets-hashtags-and-all-things-twitter/@suewaters 30 Interesting Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom: http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_118cfb8msf8@tombarrett

13. Twitter lists A great way to find people to follow, e.g.: @josepicardo/mfl-uk@landeskunde/daf

14. Diigo – social bookmarking Diigovs Delicious? Excellent way of saving websites for future reference Diigo ‘how to’ guide: http://www.larkin.net.au/resources/diigo.pdf

15. Diigo – social bookmarking Best feature: Diigo groups ‘German teachers only’ group: http://groups.diigo.com/group/bse-german-teachers

16. Diigo – social bookmarking Receive group updates via email daily, weekly etc

17. PLN summary Start slowly and find mentor(s) to help you Use the same username across tools Share as much as you take Ask as much as you answer Comment on other people's blogs Life long learning is the key! Adapted from: ‘PLN Yourself!’ http://suewaters.wikispaces.com/

18. ICT to enhance language learning Where to begin?!

19. Wikispaces.com Versatile – add as you go and when the need arises Browse other wikis for ideas Teacher-created and student-created Embed anything! Pictures, audio, videos, word documents, PDFs, maps, slideshows etc. Perfect for personalising learning Excellent for student revision Focus on speaking, listening, reading, writing Collaborate with other students/classes/schools Replacement for nings?

20. My current wikis Klasse 10 Deutsch 2010 German help 7L Deutsch and 7L Deutsch schwer Reise um Deutschland Member of many others such as Language Links, Cool Tools for Schools, Do Once and Share, Web 2.0 Guru, MFL Storybirds plus more! You can also save other wikis to your ‘dashboard’ for future reference

21. Klasse 10 Deutsch 2010 http://bseklasse10deutsch2010.wikispaces.com/ Contains: Grammar explanations (YouTube clips and PowerPoint presentations) – student and teacher created Worksheets (embedded and downloadable) Links to online grammar explanations Links to online grammar games Extension activities

22. Embed on wiki: slideshows Online PowerPoint presentations etc. Slideshare.net Upload your presentations Search for other presentations – can usually be downloaded Use for student catch up/revision Slidecast – presentation with audio Copy the embed code to embed into your wiki http://www.slideshare.net/belindaflint/slideshare-intro-by-belinda-flint

23. Embed on wiki: YouTube clips Again, copy the embed code and paste into the appropriate widget box. Do the same process for TeacherTube and any other video sharing website – all you need is the embed code. Making your own YouTube clips to embed on your wiki is fantastic for your students http://www.youtube.com/user/belindaflint

24. Embed on wiki: Documents Helpful: if students don’t have Microsoft Word on their home computer or they have an old version of Word Also makes viewing documents much faster Scribd.com and slideshare.net (amongst others) enable embedding of word, PDF and other docs.

25. Embed on wiki: Podcasts Podomatic.com or posterous.com Students can also add your podcasts to their iTunes to listen to on their iPod etc. Create weekly ‘listening vocab’ lists for verbal tests and speaking practice.

26. Embed on wiki: Voki Voki.com Avatar program Creative and engaging Add text which is then read to you in various accents (including German) Record your voice and your voki will mouth your words Has embed code

27. Embed on wiki: Glogs Glogster.com Creative way to present information and it can be embedded onto your wiki Caters for all aspects of language learning as you can add video, audio, text and images A very engaging site for students – use it and claim it as a‘LOTE only’ site before another Learning Area does!

28. More ICT ideas Wallwisher.com – fantastic for online collaboration (students love it) Storybird.com – create gorgeous online books (amazing illustrations to choose from) Quizlet.com – flash card sets and online quizzes Wordle.com – create interesting vocab lists or copy and paste students’ work into the site and see which words they use most iPod touches...I could go on all day!!!

29. Further reading... Technology in Modern Foreign Languages: A practitioner’s perspective. Edited by José Picardo (google it and download a copy – it’s brilliant!) Any good language blog such as: germanheit.com www.boxoftricks.net joedale.typepad.com

30. Contact me! belindaflint@hotmail.com flint.belinda.s@edumail.vic.gov.au twitter: @belindaflint slideshare: belindaflint wikispaces: belindaflint This presentation, along with many German grammar and other ICT presentations, can be found at: www.slideshare.net/belindaflint TECHNOLOGY! I