http://beyondwebct.wordpress.com/2007/11/24/session-thirteen%e2%80%94mashups/ Integrating Social Networking Tools Into Language & Culture Courses Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:55:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://beyondwebct.wordpress.com/2007/11/24/session-thirteen%e2%80%94mashups/#comment-87 felicebeneduce Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:20:39 +0000 http://beyondwebct.wordpress.com/2007/11/24/session-thirteen%e2%80%94mashups/#comment-87 My classroom project: In my LTL class connected to ILCS 101 - Italian Humanism - I had my students act out on Voicethread a novella by Boccaccio, specifically the Madonna Oretta novella (Day VI, Tale I). It is a very short piece about a knight who recounts a tale to a lady - Madonna Oretta - so badly that she begins to feel ill. There are four narrative voices in novella: Boccaccio's, the narrator's (Filomena), and the two characters. I paired the eight students of the class into 4 groups and we began the project which encompassed the four skills of the communicative approach. First, we had an in-class project of reading the original which had to be re-written into modern Italian. Then one of each pair read the piece they had rewritten into the Voicethread page I had previously prepared: the pieces were read in order - Boccaccio, Filomena, the knight and then Madonna Oretta - with each pair having to listen to the previous entry before making their own. In order to allay their initial misgivings, I had to assure the students that only they, Barbara and myself would ever hear their project. My classroom project:
In my LTL class connected to ILCS 101 – Italian Humanism – I had my students act out on Voicethread a novella by Boccaccio, specifically the Madonna Oretta novella (Day VI, Tale I). It is a very short piece about a knight who recounts a tale to a lady – Madonna Oretta – so badly that she begins to feel ill. There are four narrative voices in novella: Boccaccio’s, the narrator’s (Filomena), and the two characters. I paired the eight students of the class into 4 groups and we began the project which encompassed the four skills of the communicative approach. First, we had an in-class project of reading the original which had to be re-written into modern Italian. Then one of each pair read the piece they had rewritten into the Voicethread page I had previously prepared: the pieces were read in order – Boccaccio, Filomena, the knight and then Madonna Oretta – with each pair having to listen to the previous entry before making their own. In order to allay their initial misgivings, I had to assure the students that only they, Barbara and myself would ever hear their project.

]]> http://beyondwebct.wordpress.com/2007/11/24/session-thirteen%e2%80%94mashups/#comment-77 rventura Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:50:59 +0000 http://beyondwebct.wordpress.com/2007/11/24/session-thirteen%e2%80%94mashups/#comment-77 I find mashups extremely useful for a language class environment. It is the first step toward a virtual world that fully interacts with the target language, allowing the students to apply what they learn in class. I was thinking about a tour of a city where the university is planning a study abroad program. A couple of classes exploring interactively the city itself will reach two objective: practicing the language and let the students familiarize with the city they will study in. "Due piccioni con una fava" as we say it in Italy. Renato I find mashups extremely useful for a language class environment. It is the first step toward a virtual world that fully interacts with the target language, allowing the students to apply what they learn in class. I was thinking about a tour of a city where the university is planning a study abroad program. A couple of classes exploring interactively the city itself will reach two objective: practicing the language and let the students familiarize with the city they will study in. “Due piccioni con una fava” as we say it in Italy.
Renato

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