"Yes - I have seen that. Thanks for asking. At one time Storybird did not accept stories in languages other than English but now they do, even though at times I find that one of my students' stories will not be…"
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C. Hitz replied to Tina Dahlby's discussion Storybird"Tina - I'm late to the discussion but I wanted to let you know that I just posted a comment on one of your students' stories from March. I used Storybird with my upper level Spanish students and they enjoyed it too."
C. Hitz replied to Renee Nicole Vinci's discussion favorite technology and worst technology anyone has used lately in their classroom"My favorites are KidBlog and Screencasts with Jing. Even though the interface for KidBlog is geared to the elementary age, I use with my upper level Spanish students. When the students write responses to questions I post on KidBLog, I use the…"
C. Hitz replied to C. Hitz's discussion Need Suggestions for Verbal Project in the group Classroom 2.0 Beginner Group!"Thanks Jessica and Kelly - Windows Movie Maker or iMovie sounds like a good choice. I have iMovie on my computer and the tech dept. told me they could update it to iMovie11. But I should familiarize myself with Windows Movie Maker…"
Kelly Ryan replied to C. Hitz's discussion Need Suggestions for Verbal Project in the group Classroom 2.0 Beginner Group!"ah jessica you beat me to it!"
Kelly Ryan replied to C. Hitz's discussion Need Suggestions for Verbal Project in the group Classroom 2.0 Beginner Group!"Hi Cynthia-
I work with Microsoft's Education public sector and pr and from what we hear...teachers love Windows Live Movie Maker. You can put video and photos together, use special effects and transitions, add sound to create a…"
Jessica Pilgreen replied to C. Hitz's discussion Need Suggestions for Verbal Project in the group Classroom 2.0 Beginner Group!"Cynthia,
I have students make movie trailers for books using Movie Maker. It's already installed on our computers as part of the Microsoft Office Suite. Not sure if your school's computers have it or not. If you are a Mac…"
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Need Suggestions for Verbal Project
My students are reading the Spanish version "The Widow of Montiel" written by Gabriel García Marquez. After they finish, I want them to make a mock movie trailer using voice recordings and photos. (They will complete it in Spanish.) VoiceThread is an option, but I'm looking for something that may look more real.Do you have any ideas or have you done something similar? CynthiaSee More
C. Hitz replied to Ginger Lewman's discussion When you first join, make sure... in the group Distance Collaborations"Hello I am a high school Spanish teacher and would like to find other classes to communicate in Spanish with my students. If you also teach Spanish, our classes could communicate in Spanish to improve their Spanish skills. If…"
C. Hitz replied to Mark Carls's discussion Welcome- Introduce Yourself in the group Voicethread"Hi David, I'm Cindy H. and I just viewed your tutorial on how to use a bilingual dictionary. As long as it is available for public use, I'd like to list it as a resource for my students, so they can view it to reinforce what I tell…"
C. Hitz replied to Fred Ravan's discussion Is there a free alternative to G-CAST?"I used Google voice for my upper level students last month. They called the number for my account and retold a story in Spanish. I like Google voice because I have access to their recordings on any computer. I also used it on my…"
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