Marisela Ferrer. Sample. Learning Technologies for the Classroom Course. Third Cohort. October- December. 2011

1. A BURST FROM TRADITIONAL TEACHING
By Marisela Ferrer

3. Portable Media Players

4. Lesson Plan
Podcast – Luxury in Venezuela
Objective:
Students will produce a podcast promoting a
touristic place in Venezuela to a group of
people from another English speaking
country.

5. Grammar: descriptive adjectives, present tense.
Pre-teaching (before listening) Activate schema by
showing a video about different famous touristic places
around the world to later engage in a socialize discussion;
describing, giving opinions, comparing and asking
questions about these places.
Teaching (while listening) Have students listen to some
podcasts about some landmarks around the world. Ask
them to take notes as they listen to it; paying attention to
the adjectives used to describe the places and to the
intonation they use when describing them. Students will
write a podcast following the examples they heard about
Venezuela.
After Listening: Students will create their own digital audio
file using podomatic or Audacity and post it on their blogs.
The teacher will facilitate some e-mail addresses of some
people who live in the United States (friends of mine) and