Transcript
of My Podcast:
I
first researched tools that could increase oral proficiency by giving
students more opportunities to speak outside of the classroom. I wanted to try
to re-create opportunities that would allow for the teacher to access the
assignment and tools that would save the assignment so the teacher could review it and the student could
reflect on it. During my research I
found that the following tools would be suitable for the solution to my
problem: VoiceThread, Lingt
Language, Audio
Dropbox, Conversations, Voki, Blabberize and Vocaroo
I then decided that to implement my WPP, I
would create a wikispace that would house all of the information about the
resources. I shared the wikispace with
world language teachers and friends who went to school to be a world language
teacher. For each resource I wrote a brief description about the resources,
gave some ideas on how world language teachers could use the resource in their
classroom, created a start-up sheet which was a “how to use the resource” ,
(Screenshot of Start-Up Sheet)
gave an example, if it was possible, about how
to use the resource in the world language classroom and gave links to any other
helpful resources about the tool, if I found it suitable. I thought that
creating a wikispace was a good idea because it would allow me to have a good
foundation of tools to share and would give me a starting point to add more
tools.
(Screenshot of VoiceThread page on Wikispace)
There were also a few more surprises. It was
difficult at times to create start-up sheets for all of the tools because tools
like VoiceThread have many different components. I tried to create start-up
sheets that would allow any content area teacher to be able to use the
resource.
There were also some things that I would revise. While
I thought that the survey was a good idea to get feedback and have the teachers
rate the tools on their friendliness, I think that it would be beneficial to
also have teachers fill out a google doc about their likes and dislikes in
regards to specific tools. I would also ask them how they would use the tools
in their classroom so I would be able to acquire more ideas. If a teacher had a
strong opinion about a tool or a lot of experience with a tool, I would be
made aware of it through the use of a google doc.
While I would revise this part of my Wicked Problem Project, I do think
that there were some things that went well.
I think that creating a wikispace was a good idea. The wikispace helped
me to better organize the information for myself as well as the teachers. It
allowed the teachers to easily navigate through the pages and it is compatible
with embedding, adding links and pictures. The wikispace allowed me to better organize
the information for myself as well as the teachers. The teachers knew what to
expect: a description, ways to use the tool in the world language classroom, an
example (if applicable and possible) and a start-up sheet that teaches the
basics about how to use the resource for any teacher.
I think that the project would have been better
for me if I had a teaching job and my own classroom. While it was good to be
exposed to and to learn about many resources that I could share, I think I would
have benefited more if I could have seen some of these tools to put into action
with students. I would also be able to experiment with the resources with my colleagues
and share the sources with them. It would have been more meaningful to implement
the resources with actual students and see how it helped their confidence in
the target language as well as oral proficiency.
Link to podcast: https://www.msu.edu/~slifersa/partcwpp.mp3
Link to survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/L35QVD3
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