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=Biography= Contact Information: Lindsey_Elizabeth84@hotmail.com Level of experience with Technology: Moderate I graduated from KU in 2006 with a B.A. in Spanish. I decided that I wanted to be a teacher, so I am currently in the Graduate Licensure Program. I will be teaching Spanish and ESL in 7th grade. So much of everything young kids do today is based around technology. Teachers can use technology to reach the students in ways that are interesting and fun. The students will be so much more engaged in the class when they can see how the technology they use everyday can be related to he subject being studied. Also, technology can provide the teacher and student with access to valuable information as well as keeping them up to date with the world around them. I work at a clothing store part time and about 30% of the business comes from internet orders. We were about to receive a new shipment of clothes. My boss told me to take the label "new" off the clothes on the internet because when the new shipment arrived they would not be new anymore. I thought I was doing it correctly and went through everything and took off the label. I came to work the next day and my boss informed me that I had pushed the wrong button and totally erased everything from the store's web page. She was really nice about it even though she had to stay up the whole night correcting my error. Pod Casting. I don't really know much about it at all, but I have heard of all kinds of great uses for it in the classroom.
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Web Exemplars
[|http://www.geocities.com/columbus_website/[[http://www.pampetty.com/seasonal.htm]|]] I chose this page as my bad choice. To find this page I went to Google and typed in "Christopher Columbus Websites". This page is titled "Christopher Columbus Website". The first thing I noticed was that to see the full title page/picture you have to scroll down. You don't really get anything out of scrolling down except to see the whole picture. The reason for this is simply beacuse the designer took up a lot of space at the top with a big blue strip. The right side of the page is dedicated to adds that you can take off if you choose. With the ads present the title section is cramped. The left side of the page was the only part I thought might be good, but I was disappointed. When you click on the links it takes you to advertisements or bullsearch.org, textlinks.com, or something totally unrelated and not useful. Even worse, when you try to hit the back button to get back to the Christopher Columbus Website, it won't let you. You have to re-type the web address or start your search over on Google. Basically, this webiste is not well designed and the links take you nowhere. I would not use this in my classroom.

http://www.columbusnavigation.com/ I chose this page as my good example. I first noticed that there are no flashy ads or other distractions along the side of the page that could lead students to other places they are not supposed to be going. I also like the layout of the page. Next to the pictures it has links that students can click on to take them to the part of the page they want to see. It is also easy to see what links you have already clicked on because they turn a different color. I just feel like its a clean layout and easy to navigate. Additionally, I am a person that really enjoys seeing pictures of the person or objects related to him/her. This webiste has two pictures of paintings of Columbus as well as a picture of a cryptic signature he used. I tfind those things intriguing and I believe students would as well. To find this web page I searched Google for lesson plans on Christopher Columbus. It took me to a website for teachers. That website ahd a list of links to other websites about Columbus. All of the websites listed on this page were meant to be helpful specifically for teachers and classrooms.

Good Wiki Policy
The reason I chose to change my Good Wiki is because I felt it was kind of disorganized and did not clearly outline the policies. Now, I have 3 categories which are more clearly defined for students. It outlines their expectations, purpose for using the wiki, and responsibilities. I fell this much better communicates these three categories than the jumbled way I had it the first time. I really feel this is a much more organized and efficient Good Wiki policy than the one I showed the first time.

Inspiration




Wiki Page
http://lindseyjones7thspanish.wikispaces.com

Communities

 * 1) 1 Skype Project

You Tube Project
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I use this You Tube video in class and on my wiki site because it shows my students something that they might not be able to see otherwise. The students are asked to answer questions that make them think about what they see in the video and forces them to think about the differences and similarities between cultures. I chose this tool because I thought it was a good way to let me students see something that they have not seen before. Also, I do not have video of this so using other people's videos and experiences is very helpful. Additionally, I chose to use a video rather than pictures, book, articles, etc. because I think it has much more of an impact than just reading about the Camino de Santiago. This benefits the students because it is available to them to watch over and over and also could be a link to other similar videos for further study. Also, I think real pictures/video is much more interesting to a student of this age rather than an article or book. Also, I like the idea of a first hand account...much more interesting.

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Question 1: List and define at least 5 words in Spanish you would use to describe this video. 1. mágico - magical 2. bello - beautiful 3. increíble - incredible 4.espiritual - spiritual 5. exigente - challenging

Question 2: What did you see/hear in the video that you have never seen/heard before? How is is similar/different? Before watching this vide, I had never seen the Spanish towns. The towns in the video seem small and the houses look like they are made of stone. They are not large and spread out like out cities are.

Question 3: Did you see or hear anything that reminds you of where you live? How is it similar? The landscape reminds me of the landscape of Kansas. Sometime I saw some wheat fields like we have here. Some of the areas that did not have mountains looked relatively flat like in Kansas. It is amazing that landscapes across the ocean can look similar to landscapes here.

Question 4: What do you think is the actual "gift" of the Camino de Santiago? the journey or finishing? Why? The think the gift of the Camino is the journey. It seems very spiritual and quite challenging. I think that you would have lots of time to think about your life and also have many opportunities that teach you a new outlook on life. I can imagine that when you are finished with this you can look back and see how much it has changed your life.

Media
http://lindseyjones7thspanish.wikispaces.com/Power Point

I chose to talk about my Power Point Project for the media assignment. My students will be learning about the Camino de Santiago - a pilgrimage across Spain to Santiago de Compostela where the Apostle John is believed to be burried in the cathedral. Each student is assigned a city along a chosen route and make a power point to show the class. On of the strengths for this media is that it is an easy way for real pictures and sounds from the particular area can be brought into class. Realia is very useful in language classes, and these real images/sounds can be classified as this. Also, it will help the students with their presentation skills. They will have short points on their power point and be able to show their knowledge while making eye contact with the class. I feel that for a research type presentation, power point makes it easy to show your facts and information to the class. Additionally, they are able to use a little bit of creativity in their creation of their power point. A weakness can be found in the fact that sometimes power points can be a little boring sometimes. Especially when people have tons of information and just read directly from their power point. Power Point is easy to use because most computers have this feature included on it. Also, it is not too difficult for students to learn how to use..especially these technology saavy ones. It is an easy resource to use in the classroom that will not creat a necessity to bring in several different gadgets to make it run. Lastly, it is easy to go from presentation to presentation with the clik of a mouse. Little set up required.

HTML page
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