MONICA DOMINGUEZ MULHOLLAND

CULTURAL AWARENESS, CREATIVITY & TECHNOLOGY

IN CLASS

Overview

• Warm-up

• Why Global Learning?

• The 5 C’s

• Intro to Blogs

• Blog Themes through Narrative, Poetry, Art & Video

• Recap

• Q & A’s

GLOBAL LEARNING• GL TRANSCENDS TIME, SPACE

AND CULTURE

• VIRTUAL COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS THAT OPERATE VIA ELECTRONIC NETWORKS

• IN VOGUE WITHIN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT, EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS & SOCIAL INTERACTION

• REAL-LIFE LEARNING

• CREATIVE , TRANSFORMING & ENGAGING

• INCORPORATES THE 5 C’S OF LL.

The 5 C’s of Language Learning

Blog: Spanish is Fun!

Theme 1: Intro to the school year

Blog: Spanish is Fun!Theme 1 (Cont.)Show & Tell

Blog: Spanish is Fun!

Theme 2: Snow Storm Feb. 2010

Blog: Spanish is Fun!Theme 3: Intercultural Awareness

Chile

Peru

Blog: Spanish is Fun!

Santa FeSalta

Patagonia Misiones

Theme 3: Intercultural Awareness (Cont.)

Volunteer Student Contributor

Okie Dorian,Northern Virginia Community College

Blog contributor since 2007

Volunteer Student Contributor

Volunteer Student Contributor

Topics of her choice:

Family lifePets Visits to the museum and theaterPoem to her lost puppy New puppies Her first trip to Spain

Project Participants

• Catholic Univ. of America: Basic Spanish

• Northern Virginia Community College: Basic Spanish

• University of Mary Washington: Basic Spanish

• Universidad Union. Lima, Perú (ESL Program)

• Montville Township High School, Montville, NJ. AP Spanish

Project Participants

(cont.)• Teacher Training Institute,

Posadas, Misiones, Argentina

• Spanish 4 Foreigners, Salta, Argentina

• Instituto Politécnico, Santa Fe, Argentina

• Instituto Superior de Publicidad, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Prof. Sandra Goronas

Contributor since 2007

Blog: Spanish is Fun!

Video Studio

A Multi-media project

http://web.mac.com/mdmulholland/key2spanish/Lesson_Plans.html

The Fun Theory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw&hd

The Piano Stairs

66% more people chose the stairs

Can we get more people to learn languages by making it fun?

Further Info

• Spanish is Fun!

http://spanishisfun.wordpress.com/

Mónica Domínguez Mulholland’s URL

www.key2spanish.com

Recap & feedback

• Session Description:

• Integration of Technology into the Curriculum

• Cross-Cultural Interaction

• Engaged Learning

• Real-World Communication

Any questions or comments?