Tuesday, 11 February 2014
#ililc4 Amanda Salt A level and new technologies
Here is my talk from #ililc4 on A level and new technologies:
Monday, 10 February 2014
#ililc4 @valleseco Keynote
From Queen to Sinatra
Under pressure
Need for teacher personality, technology shouldn't kill this (The Buggles Video killed the radio star)
Play Pointless or Family Fortunes
Pupils will take repeated negative comments from a computer but not a teacher
Use technology to enhance our skills and activities not replace them
Songsmith to make up songs
Delicious to bookmark sites
"I can" statements to assess what kids can do - see Claire's spreadsheet
I started off making the notes above but then put the iPad down, sat back and let Clare's words flow over me. She was an excellent keynote speaker, capturing the mood and pushing most of us to the point of tears with her concluding song My Way. So that's that, #ililc4 is over and we leave inspired, enthused, full of friendship and love for these friends we only maybe see once or twice a year, or have only met this year for the first time at #ililc4. We stand tall and we move on with the love, humour, support and inspiration of the #mfltwitterati
#ililc4 @spanishsam Speaking
Speaking
Weighting in GCSE
Prepare them for KS5 and beyond
Communication vs grammar
Pupil desire to communicate
Krashen
LAD language acquisition device within us
Comprehensible input
Acquired not learned
Think about language we want them to acquire eg it's your turn
Chomsky
Can't just learn by rote
Importance of grammatical and linguistic competence
How do we teach languages?
Grammar - translation
audio-visual
Communicative approach
St Martins
Accuracy at the same time as fluency - mimes, song, team competitions, visual support, high levels of interaction and classroom routines
Drip feeding language in routines & team competitions
SOWs developed with full activites in mind
Allow for spontaneous speech James Stubbs
TL as much as you can and as much as they are able
¿Cómo se dice.. en español / inglés?
¿Puedo ..?
¿Puedo hablar en inglés?
Mimes to help them
Phrases on the board
Jesús , mentiroso, perdóname por haber llegado tarde
Spontaneous speech helps in the oral exam especially the borderline students
Encourage and reward TL with team points
TL OPPORTUNITIES
Forfeits eg hopping on one leg, conjugate a verb etc
objective setting
Asking for stuff
Register
Team points
Homework setting
Setting up pair work activites
Mimes and actions
Mime for each word eg sign language thumb and fingers
Encore une fois
Colour coding for a reason
Activities bag
WC is whole class
Repetition
Repeat if correct
Encore une fois - trapdoor
Pass the telephone
Mime to practise
Speed reading
Songs
Version with blanks, more blanks each time
Planning a SOW
End activity
- pupil language
- Interaction language
- Content language
Drip feed language all the way through
Use the structure do you prefer ..or.. ? I prefer .. because..
#ililc4 @lancslassrach Do you flubaroo?
Rachel has a closed Google site, pupils watch video, Google form to fill in and flubaroo marks it.
Must keep answers short.
Go to Google Drive
Create a form
Theme and title
Question title eg cat
Question type
Must select required question and then click done
Add item allows you to add a question
Must include name
Share form by emailing
You must submit a response, call it teacher or your name
Responses form - insert script
Search for flubaroo, select and install
Select flubaroo and select 'Grade assignment'
Assign points
Select teacher responses as Answer Key
This was such a good session, the buzz was palpable at the potential for this to cut down on marking at the same time as assessing pupil learning and progress. Hurrah!
#ililc4 @dominic_mcg Make a difference by differentiating differently
A brilliant talk on differentiation, thanks Dom! Here are my notes...
Make a difference by differentiating differently
To keep pupils motivated and engaged
Who do we differentiate for?
Different levels of skill
Ability and proficiency
Experience
Motivation
Attendance
Social background
Social development
Emotional development
Physical needs
Types
By task
By outcome (this is lazy)
By support
By resources eg reading comprehension at differing levels of complexity
By interest
By variety
For ability by ability
Listening
Underlining the correct answer (shouldn't test their reading/writing too, shouldn't penalise someone because they can't write in the language)
Multiple choice
Put phrases in correct order
Smileys for positive / negative reactions (listen for tone of emotion first time round, do they sound happy, etc)
Video clips to offer clues (more like real life)
Give out the script
Hold up picture cards (eg weather forecast, hold up their card if hear their weather)
Speaking activities
Quiz quiz trade Q&A with model answers
Completing a survey with all answers where student has to tick boxes, not write stuff down
Allow cue cards - they can have these at GCSE and A level
Give out a list of "must includes" - train them eg fabby phrases
Speaking frames
Allow students to improvise
Use ICT (Dominic's talk yesterday)
Reading activities
Different or modified texts
Different presentations eg comics, websites, handwritten text, authentic pages eg www.le-sac-des-files.net
Different questions
Matching eg Tarsia http://changing-phase.blogspot.co.uk
Textivate
Questions in English
Multiple choice answers
Number the lines in a text and tell the students which line the answers are on
Writing activities
Writing frames - MFL Sunderland
Add a question at the bottom eg How could you personalise this?
Vocabulary and grammar lists
Vocabulary games eg wordsearches (differentiate by not giving words) extend by 10 subjects and 10 opinions then write sentences after done, crosswords
Write a poem, it must rhyme can make it funnier 
Mini whiteboards
Lego blocks - use this for Spanish colours? http://domsmflpage.blogspot.com
T1- Top and Tail Sue Cowley's Seven T's of Differentiation
Get students to use an exact number of words then build up a couple of words each time
Give students words to include (random or key words)
Student as teacher to group
Share good work and get others to explain whey
Level their own work and say why
Group student by mixed ability
T2 Time
Timers
Countdown timer eg Sandfields Benny Hill timer
T3 targets
Differentiate for one group of students per lesson - realistic, no time to do for all
Student of the week
Rewards - Classdojo
Some, most, all
T4 teamwork
Ability, friends, skills,
T5 thinking skills
Poster, paragraph, podcast
"HOTS not MOTS" Peter Anstee 2010 higher order thinking skills not more of the same
SNOT Self, neighbour, other, teacher (see three before me)
T6 texts
Use authentic texts - magazines, newspapers, comics (real, not off internet)
Handwritten texts
Songs
T7 technology
iPads, voice recorders, IWB, YouTube, QRcodes, Zondle, linguascope, Sutton High MFL Fun with Languages site (check this out!)
See Dom's last slide re links for further reading
#ililc4 Show and Tell
End of Day 1 and we all came to the Show and Tell at Highfield House armed with at least 1000 calories each as Zena has suggested we bring snacks so we took her at her word (and then some) An excellent night was had by all. Here are my scribbled notes:
Isabelle Jones @icpjones "Any excuse for a song!"
iPod roulette in the car driving to work, Isabelle has a list of questions to decide if she will the song with a class or not
Helen Myers talked about ALL webinar and events
Lisa Stevens
Stamp clap click activity using one two three in the language between partners (A says 1, B says 2, A says 3, B says 1, etc) then they start replacing the numbers little by little with a stamp for 1, then a clap for 2 and finally a click for 3. A great brain gym activity and I don't think @missmclachan and I were the only two who struggled....
Rachel Smith The 20 day challenge
Rachel watched Matt Cutte Try something new for 30 days TED talk video
Talked to pupils about dead time in the day (bus, etc)
What could we do for 10 mins every day? Duolingo etc.
Display with ideas
Twitter: 5 words a day, video, retweets, Peppa Pig
The idea is that doing something for that length of time is habit-forming
Joe Dale song by John Connor. Brilliant. Enough said.
Clare Seccombe post-its
Speech bubble post-its and normal ones
Grid 8/16 stimuli, stick on post-its
Translation either way
Sherlock Guess Who type game
Instant feedback
Padlet and Linoit
Silent feedback while kids work
Question wall
Venn diagrams or sorting activity
Vote
Two, one with question and one with answer
Question in book for teacher
Question on board - pupil response
Sam Broom Songs
Numbers, restaurante, el rap de los verbos
Preterite song
Slideshare for songs Spanish Sam
Ricky Martin song for arriving late.
I wish I could sing!!
Simone Haughey
Confucius classroom year of the horse has included bringing two horses in, choir, panda mosaic etc. Fabulous!
Garry Mills
sporcle.com Spanish then loads of choices
Movie titles en español translation game or box options
Eleanor Abrahams
Physical response to text eg Mexican wave for capital letter, finger click for comma, two claps for full stop, finger click for apostrophe, panic expression for exclamation mark, one clap for accent. Love it though hurts my head!
Nina Elliott
Hip Hop Phonics
Ti etc phonemes 
2nd time = stand up! 3rd time = Physical reaction as well as stand up eg rapper move
How much did we love this?! The batman videoed it, he thought it was so fab lol.
Chris Fuller
Steps to TeachMeet MFL
1 find a collaborator to help share the workload and the fun
2 find a venue and choose a date
3 find a sponsor
4 create a TM wiki sign up page
5 spread the word then nag
6 keep it simple
Time to do an MFL TeachMeet in Northern Ireland then...
Glennis Pye
Tellagami
Getting pupils to speak
Intensive courses, need pupils to work more on stuff at home
Listening
Predicted the vocab in advance
Sent home to listen to video. Edmodo quiz that accompanied listening
Transcription of listening set as HW or weaker could ask for blankfill
Translation of the transcript
Extra = spot the mistake
Duet John Connor and Simone Haughey. Brilliance again :-)
Dominic McGladdery
Mot de passe (password) game.
Word association
One word clues for Alex who has back to board as words flash up.
Off to make some myself..
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