This presentation explores how we can use communicative, collaborative, interactive web environments to advance our students linguistic and intercultural skills.

1. Courtesy of Librarian by Day http://www.flickr.com/photos/librarianbyday/2852896795/
A Pedagogy for the Digital Age
Barbara Lindsey, Startalk Program, Glastonbury 09
lindseybp@gmail.com http://www.worldatways.com http://twitter.com/lindseybp
http://www.worldatways.com http://twitter.com/lindseybp

2. •Authentic
•Engaging
•Differentiated
•Standards-based

5. Welcome to Their World…
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-project-overview-video

6. ACTFL Standards
http://nflrc.iastate.edu/pubs/standards/fllStd.htm
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7. Which standards are the most difficult to meet?
Communities Comparisons
Communication
Cultures Connections

8. Which standards are the most difficult to meet?
Communities Comparisons
Communication
Cultures Connections
Communities & Connections: Hardest Standards to Meet or Greatest
Opportunities by Anna Chamot and Sheila W. Cockey, NCLRC
http://www.nclrc.org/profdev/nclrc_inst_pres/nectfl.html

9. http://www.whatkidscando.org/specialcollections/a
dobeyouthvoices/index.html
http://www.whatkidscando.org/china_site/
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/philanthropy/y
outhvoices/
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/

10. What questions come to mind as you reflect on these sites?

11. Digital Students:
make connections
Communicate easily & often
practice comparisons
form fluid communities
learn about cultures —first hand
Courtesy of Paul Doherty:
http://flickr.com/photos/dinwoodie_pics/2090123891/

12. Kids & Social Media
Pew Internet & American Life Project
12/19/2007
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/230/repor
t_display.asp
935 U.S. twelve to seventeen year
olds surveyed in 2006
Online Communities Cartoon by Randall Munroe of xkcd:A
Webcomic of Romance, Sarcasm, Math, and Language

13. 93% of teens surveyed
‣ use the Internet
Courtesy of Jenn Vargas:
http://flickr.com/photos/foreverdigital/2240673803/

14. 64% of online teens
‣ participate in one
or more content-
creating activities
http://www.youthtwitter.com/

15. of teens who post photos
89% online
‣ say people comment
at least sometimes on
the photos they
post
Courtesy of vanessaeducation:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanessaeducation/231
4163158/

16. 57% of online teens
‣ visit video sharing sites such as
and

17. 55% of online teens
‣ use social network sites like
or
MySpace research: Social Networking ‘becoming
entertainment of choice’: http://tinyurl.com/2cunmm

19. Let’s check out Ning!

20. Goals:
•Invite colleagues
•Sign up
•Contribute 1activity
http://chinesestartalk.ning.com

21. Let’s check out Animoto!
http://glastonburyflpd.wikispaces.com/Animoto

22. It does not matter how slowly you go
as long as you do not stop!
~ Confucius
http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/06/30/video-interview-w-kathy-schrock/
http://kathyschrock.net/score/