iPods & Podcasting for Whole Language Instruction

iPods & Podcasting
for Whole Language Instruction

Grace Poli
Media Specialist

José Martí Middle School
Union City Board of Education
Union City, New Jersey

Sunday, March 22, 2009

iPods are one of the most
popular forms of technology


Critical Components...

Writing - Vocabulary and grammatical structures

Listening - Audio books, poems, and songs

Speaking - Voice Recorder, verbal quizzes, and class
discussions

Reading - Podcasting


Musical Lesson Ideas


Sample Lessons
You’re Beautiful Adjectives & Nouns
James Blunt Open Ended Questions

Tom’s Diner Progressive Form of the Verb
Suzanne Vega Reading Comprehension

Say Spelling
John Mayer Reading Comprehension

Bad Day
Sequencing
Daniel Powter


Student Assessment

Complete grammar activity

Read lyrics, without listening
to the music

Reading comprehension

Oral assessment


Creating Lessons

1. Find a song, artist and the lyrics

2. Determine language patterns, vocabulary and
syntax in the lyrics

3. Create lessons by removing the key words and
phrases to be learned from the lyrics


Example Lessons

Lesson 1: Advanced Students

Write complete words, phrases and open-ended questions

Lesson 2: Intermediate Students

Complete sentence syntax (nouns, verbs, etc.) when
provided with context clues, and include word bank

Lesson 3: Severely-Limited English Students

Identify words provided using a translation dictionary


Free Foreign Language Lyrics

Spanish

http://spanishlyrics.org
http://donquijote.org/spanishlanguage/lyrics/

Italian

http://www.a-z-music-lyrics.com/

French, German, Italian, Spanish, World

http://onlylyrics.com


Music Downloads

iTunes Store ➔ Free Latin
downloads weekly (iTunes Latino)

Amazon ➔ Latin & World Music
(Check out Free MP3 downloads)


Audiobooks


Beneﬁts of Audiobooks
Proper word pronunciation

Improves listening and comprehension skills

Engage students in active reading

Increases vocabulary comprehension

Students can follow along with printed text

Listen and learn at your own pace: slow down, fast
forward, go back or bookmark a section


Importing Audiobooks

1. Purchasing audiobooks in the iTunes Store

2. Audible.com - Language Instruction
French (108), German (53), Italian (74), Spanish (120)

3. AudioBook Builder http://www.splasm.com/

audiobookbuilder/ - $10.00 cost


Ebooks at Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org


Voice Recorder


Beneﬁts of iPod Voice Recorders


Beneﬁts of iPod Voice Recorders

Improves English Fluency

Improves word pronunciation

Increases comprehension of words and phrases

Student learn to speak more clearly

The iPod becomes a portable recorder

Once recorded on the iPod, audio can be used
anywhere (Podcast, iMovie, PowerPoint, etc.)


Conversational Questions
http://iteslj.org/questions/

1.
What is your name? My name is Joel.
2. How old are you? I am 13 years old.
3.
What country are you from? I am from Dominician
Republic.
4.
How long have you been in the United State? I
have been in the United States for one year.
5. Do you have brothers and sisters? I have two
sisters and one brother.
6. What is your favorite book? My favorite book is
Narnia.
7. Who is your best friend? My best friend is my
mother.


Rubric: iPod Voice Recorder
Oral Reading Evaluation

Oral Reading Evaluation Using the Voice Recorder

Name ________________ H.R. _______ Date _______

Excellent (5), Good (4), Average (3), Fair (2), Poor (1)

Fluency

5

4

3

2

1
Clarity

5

4

3

2

1
Pronunciation 5

4

3

2

1
Comprehension 5

4

3

2

1

Total ____________ Grade __________

Comments:

Student selected a magazine of their choice with the
purpose of reading an article using iPod voice recorder.


Conversation Questions
http://langmedia.ﬁvecolleges.edu/


Conversational Questions
http://langmedia.ﬁvecolleges.edu/

“Greetings a Relative”
Italian Transcript
Elena: Ciao zia!
Zia: Come stai?
Elena: Benissimo e tu?
Zia: Bene! Da quando sei arrivata?
Elena: Siamo arrivati la settimana scorsa! Grazie mille per
averci invitato! Cosa ci hai preparato stasera?
Zia: Ma, non so se vi piacciono le lasagne al pesto!
Elena: Ah, certo le lasagne al pesto! Son Bunoissime!
Zia: Che sono tipiche de Genova. Il coniglio e poi la crostata
Quicktime
v’ho fatto!
Elena: Allora due sono ancora a scuola, l’altra é andata a Real Video
goicare a pallone, ma tornerà per cena. E la mamma come sta?
Elena: La mama sta benissimo. E la tua mamma?
Italian Transcript
Zia: La mia mamma è un pó vecchietta ma sta bene peró, verrá
English Translation
presto a trovarci anche lei, speriamo stasera.
Elena: Bene bene!


Additional Resources
for Whole Language Instruction


Field Trip
iPod & Voice Recorder

El Museo del Barrio
New York, NY


Discovery Education
By Subject By Grade

Arabic (35) K - 2 (833)
Chinese (28)
3 - 5 (2046)
French (269)
6 - 8 (2189)
German (219)
9 - 12 (521)
Italian (63)
Japanese (13)
Section A: Gender
Russian (14)
Spanish (3455) Grades: Gr. 6 - 12


iTunes - Podcast
1. Learn Spanish with Coffee
Top Ten Free Downloads
2. Grammar Girl’s Quick Tips
3. Just Vocabulary
4. Learn French with Coffee
5. Learn Spanish - Survival Guide
6. One Minute Irish
7. Learn Italian 101
8. Learn Spanish 101
9. Learn Japanese 101
10. Learn French with daily podcast

Educational Apps for the iPod Touch

Pocket Chinese Spanish iTranslate Japanese Pocket
French Dictionary Tutor Spanish Phrases Italian

French German Chinese iTranslate WordPower iTranslate
FlashCards FlashCards FlashCards German Japanese Italian


Podcasting


Beneﬁts of Podcasting
Exciting new way to generate creative expression

Greatly enhances the learning process

Engages and motivates students to want to learn

Students are better able to visualize a speciﬁc topic

Student-created podcasts can be subscribed to and viewed by
parents and the community

Podcasts can be viewed on any computer, an iPod or a
television


iTunes U - Teacher Podcast

Union City iTunes U Site:

lesson plans
podcast of instructions
student handouts


Podcasting Template
Text to read (script) Image Sound Effect

insert reference link

insert reference link


Rubric: Podcasting Project

Introduces who is Needs to mention
Needs to add an
Introduction speaking and the both introduction
introduction
5 and scenario 3 1
scenario
Sources researched
Script/ Provided script, No script or
and correctly
but no citation citation
Resources 5 3 1
cited
Needs to be more
Is factual and Is not factual or
Information relevant and
relevant relevant
5 3 1
factual
Artwork relevant Artwork needs Needs to add
Artwork and synchronized resizing and/or artwork synced to
5 timing adjusted 3 1
to audio audio
Speech is clear Audio distracted
Re-record audio or
Audio/Music and music by background
adjust sound
appropriate 5 3 1
noises
Effective use of Text and visuals Lacks creative use
Creativity audio, text and are too simplistic of audio, text or
5 3 1
visuals or busy visuals

Student
Podcast
Example


Maintenance
Register iPods

Software updates

Sync and Charge - 40 iPods

Bretford iPod Cart


Resources
Apple Learning Interchange - http://edcommunity.apple.com/
ali/

Free Foreign Language Lessons - Free Foreign Language Lessons
(Download to MP3 Player, iPod or Computer) | Open Culture

iPod in education: The Potential of Language Acquisition -
http://e2t2.binghamton.edu/pdfs/
iPod_Lang_Acquisition_whitepaper.pdf

Learning in Hand: iPods - http://learninginhand.com


Thanks!
Grace Poli, Media Specialist
gpoli41@mac.com

www.teachwithgrace.com

To obtain a copy of this presentation visit
www.slideshare.net/gpoli

Please note videos and musical lessons will not be posted


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