4-Student-created+podcasts

These are some examples of student created podcasts. We started using different apps until finally we found screencast-o-matic, which I think is the easiest one to use and allows my students to create their own recordings independently , even at home. They find it easy to use, it is just a matter of practice.

This example shows a practice for the //Spanish Performance Tasks//. These are provincial exams for Spanish language that takes place each year.

Besides the individual practice, this kind of activity can be used as a listening exercise.One of the advantages are:


 * The material is authentic
 * They are interested in knowing what is the listening about.
 * It motivates students since they can see what they are able to produce in the target language

After all the students created their recording we made a listening and writing exercise as follows:


 * 1) They took notes of every other student's hobbies
 * 2) They chose one of the recordings and wrote about this classmate's favorite activities. This was also part of the assessment piece.

They had to practice verbs in the first person to create their favorite hobbies recording, then they had to write in the third person about other student.

SPANISH PERFORMANCE TASKS

In this example a group of students create their own dialogue and make a podcast with the role-play.

Jaidyn's Spanish Practice





MATH FAIR In our school we teach math in spanish. Last year we worked with Galileo Educational network Association, specially with Phd Paulino Preciado to develop deep mathematical thinking in Spanish. The whole school participated eventually in a Math Fair. All students presented a problem where they were the experts. We took the opportunity to build spanish vocabulary and structures and they rehearsed their presentations in Spanish using the app "showme".

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