technology

=**NOVASTARTALK Week One **=

Audacity voice thread [] Voice Thread [] MERLOT [] movie maker wordle[] slide show Center for Language Education And Research [] cool tools for schools [|flash cards and games] quizlet
 * Video Chop** [|video chop]
 * record students oral work** []
 * social book mark[|delicious] (user: mengfei, password meng717)**


 * story book maker** [|toondoo]

=**NOVASTARTALK Week Two **= = =

**Resources Day One: **
Social media wiki on wikispaces: http://socialmedia.wikispaces.com/
 * 1) **Wikis**

ACTFL Teacher of the Year Toni Theisen's Class Wiki:http://lhsfrenchclasses.wikispaces.com/
 * Exemplary Wikis: http://languageandculturetraining.wikispaces.com/

2. Blogs Exemplary Language Blog: [] Exemplary Language Blog: [] Exemplary Language Blog: []

3. Rich Internet Applications: []** 
 * Podcasting example, Chinese:** [|**http://chinesepod.com/tour/demo**]
 * Podcasting example, Arabic: [|Frog Prince] **
 * Writing a Podcast Script

Resources Day Two: **An Introduction to Social Media: A YouTube Video by Michael Wesch**
20:20-30:20 Questions to consider: 1.How can we **create** students who can **create** meaningful connections? Understanding by design, Meaningful connection, Cultural relevance, Roots 2. How do our activities help us to make connections ourselves? 3. How do we create significance? How do we provide relevance? 4. How do we create a learning enviroment that harnesses student potential? Push beyond You Tube and Facebook for social purposes these days? 5. How are we on the same footing as our students?
 * A Portal to Media Literacy- Dr. Michael Wesch (KSU) [] **

What is it? [] [|Help from Delicious/] Finding Chinese and Arabic links through delicious
 * 4. Social Bookmarking** [|Delicious]


 * 5.Twitter**[|Twitter] **Microblogging**
 * [|**How to Use Twitter**]
 * []
 * [|Arabic Language on Twitter:] [] (Word of the Day)
 * [|Mohamed Esa on Twitter]: []
 * [|Chinese Language on Twitter] [] (Word of the Day)

[] World Language Teachers on Twitter (from Toni Theisen- ACTFL Teacher of the Year)
 * 6. Twitter for FL Teachers**

We learned how a group can work together on their own time and in different places. Peer editing, group projects.** [|Google] [|Google docs.] [|GoogleDocs Community's Channel] [|Teachers and Principals Talk about Google Docs] [|Watershed School sixth graders talk about using Google Apps] [|Google Docs Quick Source Guide] Google Docs "[|Our Photo Album]"
 * 7. Collaboration Tools

[|Google Groups] [|Google Groups examples]

[|Wordle] We were able to use Wordle in CHINESE and Arabic!
__[] __ [] [|Animoto]
 * [|Example> >]
 * 9**. **Animoto Videos**
 * [|Animoto Features]
 * [|Use Animoto in Language Teaching]

[|Live Mocha] Learn a new language
 * [|Demo]

[|Mixxer] Language exchanges for you and your students


 * MERLOT VOICES**

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ 

Resources Day Four:
[|Google timeline] [|Webheads in Action] [|Toondoo]
 * [|Toondoo as an educational tool]
 * [|Toondoo Features]