Span+378-Fall+2008

toc//This page contains links to weekly agendas, assignment sheets, and other materials for Cherice Montgomery's Spanish 378 Methods & Spanish 380 Practicum in Teaching Spanish courses.//

= = =Agendas=

 Sept. 3 - Syllabus, overview of the wiki Sept. 5 - True Colors, search, tabbed browsing   Sept. 8 - 21st Century Literacy presentation Sept. 10 - Headers/footers, Google Docs/Forms/Notebook/Spreadsheets, Survey Monkey, //The Machine is Us/ing Us// Sept. 12 - Downloading & embedding videos, Web 2.0 tools (Literacy Exploration Stations), Voicethread Sept. 15 - Audacity, blogs, RSS, Skype, social bookmarking, wikis Sept. 17 - Mashups Sept. 19 - Oral Proficiency Exam, Zotero Sept. 22 - Intro. to Issues of Assessment & Understanding Sept. 24 - Kiva.org (service learning for mejora de la lengua), purposes of assessment, considerations when writing a test Sept. 26 - Characteristics of experts v. novices, unit tests, projects Sept. 29 - Lisa Christensen from Career Placement Services Oct. 1 - Analyzing and providing feedback on student work Oct. 3 - Layers of assessment, rubrics, Spanish for Heritage speakers Oct. 6 - Review of assessment, synthesis of culture reading, culture rubric for Culture Capsule, exploration of Smartboard, mid-term course evaluation, individual conferences with Cherice re: student teaching placements  Oct. 8 - From facts to expertise Oct. 10 - Explanation of class assignments, scaffolding, project development Oct. 13 - Scaffolding student work; Teaching grammar in English Oct. 15 - Contextualizing grammar (stories, culturally authentic realia) Oct. 17 - Heritage Language Learners (w/ Dr. Knapp) Oct. 20 - Selecting "texts" for reading, reading with expression, cooperative learning strategies Oct. 22 - During reading activities Oct. 24 - During reading, and post-reading activities Oct. 27 - During reading and post-reading activities Oct. 29 - Pre-reading activities, post-reading activities Oct. 31 - Teaching writing, grounding units in culturally-authentic materials, teaching literature in advanced classes Nov. 3 - Literacy Development Activity Presentations Nov. 5 - Professional Conferences, Networking, Literacy Development Activity Presentation Nov. 7 - Debrief of UFLA Conference, Professional Communities of Practice Nov. 10 - Literacy Development Activity Presentations Nov. 12 - Literacy Development Activity Presentations Nov. 14 - Literacy Development Activity Presentations, Brief conversation re: placements Nov. 17 - Classroom management Nov. 19 - Connecting communication, culture, & writing (heads, hearts, hands) Nov. 21 - Preparing for your placements Nov. 24 - FLTEACH projects, students' culturally grounded projects Nov. 25 (FI) - Questions about assignments, placements, listening grids Dec. 1 - Teacher Work Sample (Majors only) Dec. 3 - Children's Literature Presentations Dec. 5 - Dr. Knapp's presentation on FLES Dec. 8 - Dr. Knapp's presentation on extracurricular activities Dec. 10 - Resource file presentations Dec. 17 (2:30 - 5:30 p.m.) - Final Exam (Meet in JFSB B160 to finish course business, then walk over to 180 MCKB for Technology Assessment.)

 =Assignment Sheets & Information=



September

 * Course Information Survey
 * [|True Colors Quiz] - This quiz, based on the True Colors personality assessment, will give you some insight into your preferences for relating with others.
 * Reading List - Technology
 * Taylor, Chapter 13 (Technology)
 * Reading List - Technology
 * Professional Communication Project
 * Cover Letter (or Letter of Inquiry)
 * [[file:Cover Letter Assignment Sheet-BYU.doc]]
 * [[file:Cover Letter Evaluation Checklist-BYU.doc]]
 * Course Syllabus
 * [[file:Course Syllabus Assignment Sheet-BYU.doc]]
 * [[file:Syllabus Creation Rubric-BYU.xls]]
 * Field Trip Plan & Waiver
 * Philosophy of Teaching & Learning
 * [[file:Teaching Philosophy Assignment-BYU.doc]]
 * [[file:Teaching Philosophy Brainstorming Template-BYU.doc]]
 * Professional Biography
 * [[file:Professional Biography Assignment-BYU.pdf]]
 * [[file:Professional Biography Checklist-BYU.pdf]]
 * [[file:Professional Biography Rubric-BYU.pdf]]
 * Resume
 * [[file:Resume Assignment-BYU.doc]]
 * [[file:Resume Evaluation Checklist-BYU.doc]]
 * [[file:Resume Quickscan Questions-BYU.doc]]
 * [[file:Resume Evaluation Rubric-BYU.doc]]
 * Substitute Lesson Plan
 *  [[file:Substitute Lesson Plan Template-BYU.doc]]
 * Taylor, Chapter 12 (Assessment)
 * Reading List - Assessment
 * [[file:Unit Test Assignment-BYU.pdf]]
 * Mejora de la lengua

October

 * [[file:Analysis of Student Work Assignment-BYU.pdf]]
 * Taylor, Chapter 11 (Culture)
 * Reading List - Culture
 * [[file:Culture Capsule Rubric Template-BYU.doc]]
 * Taylor, Chapter 8 (Reading)
 * Taylor, Chapter 9 (Writing)
 * Mejora de la lengua
 * Reading List - Children's Literature

**November**

 * [[file:Literacy Development Activity-BYU.pdf]]
 * Taylor, Chapter 18
 * Professional Conference Assignment
 * Exploration of Classroom Management
 * [[file:Cultural Investigation Project-BYU.doc]]
 * [|Rubistar]
 * [[file:Rubric Creation Assignment Evaluation Criteria-BYU.pdf]]
 * Taylor, Chapter 14
 * Taylor, Chapter 15
 * Taylor, Chapter 17
 * Cyberlesson
 * [[file:Lesson Planning Process Template-BYU.pdf]]
 * [[file:Lesson Planning Grid-BYU.pdf]]
 * Video-based Microlesson
 * [[file:Lesson Planning Process Template-BYU.pdf]]
 * [[file:Lesson Planning Grid-BYU.pdf]]
 * FLTEACH Assignment
 * [[file:FLTEACH Assignment-BYU.doc]]
 * [|FLTEACH FAQs]
 * [|FLTEACH Archives]
 * [|Educación Bilingüe] (Ning - Group of teachers from Spain interested in content-based instruction in English)
 * [|MACUL Space] (Ning - Edtech social networking)
 * [|Technolanguages] (Ning - FL social networking - just getting started)
 * [|Twitter] - See me if you decide to use this option for your project
 * [[file:Using the FLTEACH Archives-BYU.doc]]
 * Taylor, Chapter 16

December

 * [[file:Story-based Instruction Assignment-BYU.pdf]]
 * [[file:Story-based Instruction Checklist-BYU.pdf]]
 * [[file:Story-based Instruction Rubric-BYU.pdf]]
 * Mejora de la lengua
 * Teacher Work Sample - First 2 parts[[file:Teacher Work Sample Checklist-BYU.pdf]]
 * [[file:Oral Assessment Assignment-BYU.pdf]]
 * [[file:Prof Resource Library Assignment-BYU.doc]]
 * [[file:Prof Resource Library Rubric-BYU.doc]]
 * [[file:Professional Inquiry Project Assignment-BYU.pdf]]
 * [[file:Professional Inquiry Project Presentation Template-BYU.pdf]]
 * [[file:Professional Inquiry Project Evaluation Sheet-BYU.pdf]]
 * [[file:Professional Inquiry Project Presentation Evaluation-BYU.pdf]] - (Self/Peer Evaluation)
 * Mejora de la lengua

=Helpful Links=

[|BYU Education Placement Services] - Information about your career placement file, the teacher fair, and other job-related opportunities

[|BYU Field Experience Demographics Worksheet] - Use this worksheet to help you gather demographic data for your Teacher Work Sample before recording it in LiveText. You can obtain the information you need in order to complete the worksheet from the [|Utah Performance & Assessment System for Students]. (As you make your selections, additional selection options will appear.)

[|BYU Field Services] - Links to student teaching applications, placement information, policies, and procedures

[|BYU Praxis Testing Dates] & [|Spanish Praxis Test-at-a-Glance] (BYU will pay for one, you pay for the one in your minor if you want to take it) Also helpful was this "[|Reducing Test Anxiety]" guide. It has good ideas of how to organize before the test and make a study plan. user:ErinMB

[|National Standards for Foreign Language Learning (Executive Summary)]

[|Utah Core Curriculum (World Languages)]

=Helpful Tools=


 * [|Applian FLV Player]
 * [|Audacity] - Excellent, free audio recording & editing software
 * [|Bubbleply] - Add pop-up speech bubbles and effects to online videos
 * [|Buzzword] - Free, online, collaborative word processing (requires that you set up a free, Adobe password)
 * [|del.icio.us] - Free social bookmarking service, with an emphasis on the bookmarking
 * [|Diigo] - Free social bookmarking service, with an emphasis on the social
 * [|Cmap] - Free social concept mapping tools that allow you to collaborate, attach documents and images, etc. (requires registration)
 * [|CutePDF Writer] - Free PDF maker (won't preserve hyperlinks, but [|YouConvertIt.com] will).
 * [|Flock] - Free social web browser
 * [|Foxit Reader] - Free PDF reader that allows you to save annotations, and print documents with or without your saved annotations
 * [|Google Alerts] - It will notify you of news re: the topics of your choice
 * [|Google Earth] - Free program that allows you to see 3-dimensional views of the earth, cities, etc.
 * [|Google Language Tools] - Allows you to translate webpages, select the language you wish to use to interface with your browser, or search country-specific pages using Google's country specific search engines
 * [|Google Notebook] - Free, online, collaborative notebook
 * [|Google Talk] - Free chat program
 * [|iTunes] - Free multimedia player
 * [|Jing] - Free screencapture from TechSmith
 * [|Letterpop] - Free online newsletter creation
 * [|My Brochure Maker] - Free online brochure creation
 * [|Picnik] - Free, online photo editing software
 * [|Reqall] - Free service that transcribes the 60-second voice messages you leave and e-mails them to you in text w/ an audio file attachment
 * [|Rubistar]
 * [|Second Life] - Free virtual world software
 * [|Skype] - Free voice over IP (VOIP) software - allows you to voice chat with others (with or without webcam)
 * [|Sputtr] - Free, customizable search page (uses visual icons)
 * [|Survey Monkey] - Free, online surveys, quizzes, etc.
 * 21st Century Technologies - Links to handouts, information, and tools for language teachers
 * [|Voicethread] - Free software for creating multimedia presentations online
 * [|Weebly] - Free, online website creation
 * Wikispaces - Free online spaces for collaborative authoring and discussion
 * [|YouConvertIt.com] - Convert documents to PDFs while maintaining hyperlinks
 * [|Yugma] - Free videoconferencing and desktop sharing software - interfaces well with Skype, requires Java
 * [|Zamzar] - Convert files, download YouTube videos, etc.
 * [|Zotero] - Create libraries of citations for free, interfaces well with Word

More Cool Tech Tools

=[|Important Dates]=

Sept. 3 - First Day of Student Teaching Sept. 30 - Student teaching applications for Winter Semester Due Nov. 6 - //[|Utah Foreign Language Association (UFLA) Conference]// at Weber State, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (you are allowed to miss a day of student teaching to attend) Nov. 15 - Application for Exit Interview for April Graduation Due Nov. 27-28 - Thanksgiving Break Nov. 30 - [|Secondary Teaching Placements] Posted Jan. 5 - First Day of Student Teaching Mar. 1 - Application for [|Scholarships] (available January 1) Due Mar. 18, 2009 - [|BYU Teacher Fair] Apr. 2-4, 2009 - //[|Southwest Conference on Language Teaching]// in Norman, OK Apr. 16 - BYU Foreign Language Fair (you are expected to participate) Apr. 17 - Last Day of Student Teaching

=Syllabus=





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