Using digital tools and project work in the world language classroom
Using creative tools that allow students to write, illustrate, narrate, and publish provides many opportunities to practice the skills necessary for successful language acquisition. Use these examples of projects created by students to inspire your work to support language acquisition and cultural awareness in your classroom.
Whether you have Chromebooks, iPads, PCs, or Macs in your classroom, you can use digital tools to help your students practice reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
Practicing Dialogue
Have students write and record dialogue to practice situations such as introducting themselves, meeting a friend, giving and receiving direstions, ordering food and more.
Wixie Dialogue template
Digital Storytelling
Have students write and record digital stories in the language you are studying to practice presentational communication.
Constructing Comics
Have students create comics to share content in the language they are learning. The conscise nature of comics lends itself to simple answers and conversational dialogue.
Host a Tourism Trade Show
Have students research locations that speak the target language and create resources to raise awareness and promote tourism in these areas.
More ways teachers are using Wixie
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Practicing Fluency
My student narrating his bear video in Spanish on WIXIE. He was imitating a Happy Learning Video! https://t.co/SgPHhedxeP #wixie, #tech4learning pic.twitter.com/7qXaS7Plpi
— Melinda Rose (@melrules61) May 8, 2019 -
Weather Brochures
Future graphic designers working on their weather brochure in Spanish using Wixie @LakeAnneES @Tech4Learning pic.twitter.com/TLKQWKOsHI
— LAES_Sra. Bachelet (@LAES_2ndGrade) February 28, 2019 -
Anti-Bullying Posters
4th grdr designed this anti-bullying ad in spanish #wixie on their ipads. Go here 2 see more https://t.co/YThP2gvjz7 pic.twitter.com/CZj2x8PlEI
— Miriam Cutelis, NBCT (@Cutelisart) April 5, 2016 -
Publishing Original Fables
5th Grade #CIS_APS students publish Spanish fables w/voice & text using their new Wixie accounts! @Tech4Learning pic.twitter.com/cvfvsR2gzn
— Educaci�n CNIIE (@educaCNIIE) January 30, 2015 -
French Reader's Theater
Ss recording a Reader's Theater in French on Wixie. @WellwoodIntlES @jodiloneill pic.twitter.com/e8ZAp83TkM
— Sara Lee (@SaraLeeTeacher) November 18, 2016 -
Country Reports
We had so much fun sharing our Wixie presentations on our Country in South America we have been researching. @WarrenES_BCPS #kidslearningfromkids #literacyinsocialstudies pic.twitter.com/Vj561fCXKF
— Christine Lutz (@MrsC_Lutz) December 15, 2017
