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Practical Lessons for the Classroom using television!

2007-08-01T10:03:00.000-07:00

Kinder-2nd grade

Activity: Creating a sing-a-long to watch and
following along on the TV. “Same Language Subtitles”
or SLS can be used to help the kids follow the lyrics.
The song will help them be engaged and the subtitles
will give them a visual on what they are actually
singing.

The SLS can help in word identification and the music
itself will help with fluency, because just like echo
reading, they are able to hear proper intonations,
rhythms, and pronunciations.

4th grade and up

Activity: Use School House Rock to aid in teaching
grammar. For example, if the students are watching a
video about conjunctions, they can, as they are
watching the video write down as many conjunctions
they can hear and see on the screen. After the video
is over, have them write down any other conjunctions
that they know (unmentioned in the video) and then get
together with a partner and come up with 3-5 sentences
using their conjunctions.

The writing while watching the video will help them to
stay focused and not doze off in the dark. Having
follow up work is important because it will show you
who understood the assignment and having a partner to
complete the assignment with allows some of the
confusion to lessen from peer-teaching.

MySpace and Language Development

2007-08-01T09:55:00.000-07:00

Most of us are familiar with MySpace. A great feature that authors have begun to capitalize on is the connection that can be made with their intended audience. For security reasons, access to MySpace at an elementary school will most likely be restricted, but you could have your class think of questions or write letters to an author of a class book and then post on the author's page. I have had great success in contacting authors with questions. They all reported that MySpace was a great way to reach their readers and break down the barriers of disconnect.

Amazing Reference

2007-08-01T00:15:00.000-07:00

So it is midnight and some change, time for bed. but i just found this insance page of references on my topic....double super triple uggg.....while i feel confident they will only reinforce my current research, i thought i would post the link from u of a for anyone interested in furthur studying the relationship of second language acquisition and chatting:

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~xuyi/cmc.html

The funniest thing a Star Wars fan will ever see!!!

2007-07-31T23:56:00.000-07:00

http://youtube.com/watch?v=52b5xTy44x4

School House Rock!!!!

2007-07-31T23:52:00.000-07:00

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7TQByv_xkuc

Chatting Lingo

2007-07-31T23:51:00.001-07:00

Chat Lingo

404……I have no clue (what you get when you enter a wrong URL)
^5…….High 5
and……Any day now
afaics……As far as I can See
afaik …….As far as I know
beg….Big evil grin
cmiiw…..Correct me if I'm wrong
csg…..Chuckle snicker grin
egbok…..Everything going to be O.K.
gmta……Great minds think alike
gi………..google it
hos…..Husband over shoulder
htgelb……Have to go eat lunch, bye
iyss……If you say so
mtf…..More to follow
n2n…..Nice to know
nadt…..Not a darn thing
sete…..Smiling ear to ear
shid……Slaps head in disgust
spoz2b……Supposed to be
wdp……..Well done partner

The Chatting Evolution

2007-07-31T22:50:00.000-07:00

This commercial highlights the crossover of chatting/txting lingo when combined with oral production.

My bff Jill...

can you figure out this famous quotes?

1. 2b or nt 2b that’s ?

2. rm rm w4ru rm?

3. Lemntry, my dEr wtson.

4. <> <> <> r 4fr

5. 4scr + 7y ugo r 4fthrs brt 4th on dis cn10nt a nu nAshn
cnCvd n lbRT + ddc8d 2 th prop tht (evRE1) r crE8d =

chatting and the language classroom

2007-07-31T22:00:00.000-07:00

levels the participation and contributions between teacher/student and student/student
lowers affective filter through a less threatening environment that encourages written language in the mode of oral discourse
allows for self-correction (remember Melissa yesterday)
allows for peer correction (Jonathan correcting my pizz_)
becomes a fun activity where students forget language is the goal

Blogs in the classroom

2007-07-31T21:41:00.000-07:00

A great way to encourage students to write is publishing their work. Low-tech ways include class newspapers or handmade books. For the techy few of us out there like movie guru's Vicki and Eunji (Britney and Kristin are geeks-in-training), a great way to publish and save the environment is through blogging. With commenting features enabled, peer reviews can take place and provide scaffolding between advanced and struggling students in a non-traditional way so the smart kids like Sarah A. won't feel like they are doing all the work, but instead provide support in an "on my own terms" type way.

This method utilitizes constructivism in that active social engagement facilitates learning, allowing the strengths of the students a moment to shine and the added bonus comes in the form of reduced anxiety for students who are less vocal. Of course, practicing peer review in the real world is also beneficial and should not be ignored, we cannot always hide behind our computer screens.

Welcome to Team Media's blog

2007-07-31T21:37:00.000-07:00

So the last day of school is upon us. It is hard to believe eight weeks have gone by, but the eye twitches and complete aversion of all things technological are proof. Well, before we end, it seems only appropriate to introduce some more technology but this won't require an new account to add the seventy passwords swirling through our heads.