Creative MFL ideas for UK Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 (intermediate levels)

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Final Day of Class

I think that the most important thing that I learned this week was that adding a piece of technology to a lesson isn't creating a 21st century learning experience! I will need to add some web 2.0 tools to my lessons to accomplish this. (The challenge will be how to do this with 200+ students. I will be exploring blogs and wikis more fully in the next few weeks!) Also, through the reading and development of my project, I realized that I need to connect more of what I teach to the real world the children live in and give them more control of their learning.

Final Day of Class - Tuesday

What is the top concept or most relevant piece of information you are taking away from this week of class or online class discussions? Will anything you have learned this week, change your classroom and if so, what? Explain your thoughts on technology integration and how you plan to incorporate it into your classroom or learning environment.
Have a good remaining summer and feel free to contact Joanne and I if you have questions after class is out.
Thanks for a wonderful learning environment.
Lisa & Joanne

"Top Secret" Chocolate Chip Cookies

"Top Secret" Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 sticks butter (softened)
1 cup sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix ingredients together.
Add:
2 cups flour
2 1/2 cups oatmeal
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
Mix together.
Add:
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
4 ounces milk chocolate (chopped or chunks)
Bake@ 375 for 9-13 minutes. Do not overcook - just until beginning to brown.

Fair Use/Copyright

Somehow I haven't been able to post a comment -- it keeps telling me that it couldn't complete the request. Anyway, so here is my comment as a post... I've been thinking a lot about fair use/copyright issues, and have done some reading over the weekend to clarify things for myself. One of the cool lists I have found at the Center for Media Studies at Stanford contains lots of tools to help you with this question.

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/charts_tools/

Post for Monday - Day 4

Well, I can't believe that we only have one more day of class. Please share how the format the class has been for you? Has there been the right amount of instruction and time to work on your project? Do you feel you have had enough time to develop your project. How did the Wed-Th-Fri-Mon-Tue format work for you? Would you suggest keeping this type of schedule? Any other comments.... Thanks - Joanne and Lisa

wordle.net

Wordle is a way to create visual images of words. A piece of text is used to create the image.
It is possible to change fonts, colors, and placement of words (directions). The image can be changed quickly and words reorganized in a variety of ways. Within the wordle the words that are used most often in the text are larger. The "wordle" you create can be printed. It can also be posted online. Wordle is available at no cost. In the classroom wordles could be created to share political speeches, poetry, personal responses, and collective student descriptions in science, etc.