Celebración: Spanish Videoconferences: Wikispaces Archive

Since Wikispaces is closing down, I’m moving my collaborative videoconference projects over to my blog for archiving. Great project formats can still be used and adapted!

Welcome to Celebración!

Celebrate a holiday with your Spanish class. This project partners Spanish classes with bilingual classes. Each class leads an interactive activity with the other class. Practice your Spanish while learning about a Mexican holiday.

  • Día de los Muertos (VCs during October 26-29)
  • Cinco de Mayo (VCs during May 5-13)

Berrien RESA’s Spanish classes will be partnered with bilingual classes in Dallas ISD, TX or Broward County, FL.

VC Agenda:

  • Introductions
  • Each class takes a turn (or more) leading the interaction
  • Question & answer time

How To Create Posters for Videoconferencing

This VC Poster Handout for students gives simple tips for clear presentations via posters.

Preparation

Each class should prepare to lead an interaction and present to the other class. Here are some ideas to get you started. Try to:

  • Involve all your students
  • Interact with the other class: ask them questions, get them to respond with motions, etc.

Share Artwork
Have students create art such as drawings, salt dough skull sculptures, or other art projects.

Share Writing or Poetry
Prepare a class recitation of the traditional Calaveras poem for your partner class.

Skits
Create a skit for students to act out while practicing the language. Add some interaction by have the other students give a signal (stand up, thumbs up, etc) if the language use was correct.

Stories
Have students read a story in Spanish for the partner class.

Games
Have students lead a game show activity that reviews Spanish vocabulary or quizzes the other students.

Resources

(Note: These are here for archiving purposes. I am not maintaining these links.)

Dia de los Muertos

Cinco de Mayo

Evaluation

This project used this Google Spreadsheet evaluation form for feedback.

Facilitator Confirmation Email Template

Day of the Dead Confirmation

To: Teachers & techs on both sides, cc [coordinator]
Subject: Day of the Dead VC Project Confirmation: [date]

Greetings and welcome to our Day of the Dead Videoconference Project. The goal of this project is to practice Spanish skills and to learn more about this cultural celebration.

Dates & Times
[date & time in both time zones]

Technical Information:
[who] will dial.
[IP address]
If there are problems, please call [phone].

Introductions
The lead teacher for this project is [local teacher name, email, phone, school name, city, state, country].

The other participating school is:
[local teacher name, email, phone, school name, city, state, country].

Preparation
Preparation materials and resources are online:

Format
For the actual connection, I recommend this format as a rough guideline:
5 min. Introductions (be sure to prepare a map for each other)
5-10 min. One class leads the interaction
5-10 min. The other class leads the interaction.
5-10 min. Ask each other questions.

Action Items
Here’s what needs to happen next.

  • Teachers: Please email each other to discuss further.
  • Techs: Dallas and Berrien schools do not need to test. Otherwise, please sign up for a test call with Berrien RESA’s bridge here: ADD LINK

Let me know if you have any questions along the way. We really appreciate you participating in this project with us!

Janine

Cinco de Mayo Confirmation

To: Teachers & techs on both sides, cc [coordinator
Subject: Cinco de Mayo VC Project Confirmation: [date]

Greetings and welcome to our Cinco de Mayo Videoconference Project. The goal of this project is to practice Spanish skills and to learn more about this cultural celebration.

Dates & Times
[date & time in both time zones]

Technical Information:
[who] will dial.
[IP address]
If there are problems, please call [phone].

Introductions
The lead teacher for this project is [local teacher name, email, phone, school name, city, state, country].

The other participating school is:
[local teacher name, email, phone, school name, city, state, country].

Preparation
Preparation materials and resources are online:

Format
For the actual connection, I recommend this format as a rough guideline:
5 min. Introductions (be sure to prepare a map for each other)
5-10 min. One class leads the interaction
5-10 min. The other class leads the interaction.
5-10 min. Ask each other questions.

Action Items
Here’s what needs to happen next.

  • Teachers: Please email each other to discuss further.
  • Techs: Dallas and Berrien schools do not need to test. Otherwise, please sign up for a test call with Berrien RESA’s bridge here: ADD LINK

Let me know if you have any questions along the way. We really appreciate you participating in this project with us!

Janine

Wikispaces to Blog Conversion Feedback

Thoughts on the conversion of wikispaces videoconference projects to this blog format? This conversion is a summer project for me, and feedback is welcome.

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