from [log in to unmask] Subject: Use of social media (w. success data)? Date: December 22, 2011 2:00:42 PM EST There are two web-based tools that I use that are similar to social networking sites, but may be allowed for use.... I use www.edmodo.com which is specifically for use in educational settings. It is easy to set up, easy to use, and my students enjoy it. It looks and works similar to facebook. I post announcements about their assignments. I also assign topics for them to discuss in Spanish through their posts. I can also post videos which I use to "pre-teach" topics and they can post videos that they have made for assignments. I also use pbworks.com which is a wikispace. Students can do assignments on their own pages and maintain a "porfolio" of their work. It reduces the amount of copies I have to make and allows students to comment on each other's work. The students use these to communicate with me outside of class -- and with each other for help on assignments. They check edmodo for reminders about assignments more often than they ever checked the traditional homework hotline or the school's web homeowrk calendar. It gives them a non-threatening way to participate in a disucssion in the TL and as a result, they have started to participate more in class. It also allows me to give assignments on topics that we may not have time to cover in class. ?Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs? Nelson Mandela Brandi K. Lasnick Spanish teacher Bolivar-Richburg MS / HS 100 School St. Bolivar, NY 14715 (585) 928-2561 - school (585) 610-7408 - home ************************************************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technologies (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) **************************************************************************