Using Technology to Create Authentic Task-based Curriculum

Liz MillerRoxana Han

HOW do we change?And WHY?

PastPresentFuture

Q & A

Where we wereOld SchoolI took 4 years of Spanish in high school. Dont remember any of it! --??

Lessons: vocabulary practicegrammar notesmaterials created for learners (Communicative activities)

Testing: grammatical knowledgevocabulary recall

"If we always do what we've always done, we will get what we've always got." -Adam Urbanski

Where we are nowCurrent stateI liked the hotel project where we emailed an actual hotel manager about rooms during our festival month. I felt that it was really cool to use Spanish in a real life situation and prove that my Spanish was indeed improving. It was especially cool that I received an email back in Spanish.--Current student

Lessons: vocabulary practicegrammar discoverymaterials created for native speakers communicative tasks

Testing: real-world tasks w/rubric

A form of assessment in which students are asked to perform real-world tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of essential knowledge and skills. -- Jon Mueller

The tasks are either replicas of or analogous to the kinds of problems faced by adult citizens and consumers or professionals in the field." -- Grant Wiggins

Authentic Assessment1. A school's mission is to develop productive citizens.2. To be a productive citizen, an individual must be capable of performing meaningful tasks in the real world.3. Therefore, schools must help students become proficient at performing the tasks they will encounter when they graduate.4. To determine if it is successful, the school must then ask students to perform meaningful tasks that replicate real world challenges to see if students are capable of doing so. (Mueller)

Thus, in AA, assessment drives the curriculum. That is, teachers first determine the tasks that students will perform to demonstrate their mastery, and then a curriculum is developed that will enable students to perform those tasks well, which would include the acquisition of essential knowledge and skills. This has been referred to as planning backwards. (Mueller)

ACTFLMI WL StandardsCommon CoreIBAP

Where we want to beFuture stateWe have to go from what is essentially an industrial model of education, a manufacturing model, which is based on linearity and conformity and batching people. Ken RobinsonChanging Education Paradigms

Lessons:learner centered inquiry or project-based lessons

Testing: proficiency & standards-based periodic assessment of progress

How can we use technology to revolutionize our curriculum and our practiceChoose taskHow to assessFind authentic resourcesTools needed Guide learner

Task: Make a reservation for lodging in the target cultureHotel reservationCall or emailHotel websites, travel review sites, guidebooks, etc.Inquiries & polite requestsPractice w/resources

www.huilohuilo.comHotel in Chilean PatagoniaIdeas:-Explore and identify cognates-Explore & choose which lodge you prefer and explain why-Compare & contrast 2 of the lodging types described on the site-Compare & contrast with a hotel youve been to in the U.S.-Call your teachers Google Voice & leave a message for the hotel manager requesting more information

What kind of curriculum is relevant for our learners?

Real world tasksInterdisciplinary connectionsACTFL 21st Century Skillshttp://youtu.be/CXurDF0IbuQAuthentic audienceGlobalcultural issues (even at Novice Level!!)

Connect w/the target cultureAsk yourself where youd find the task in real life & look thereYoutubeTwitterFacebookInfographicsMobile appsPinterestYelpWikipediaCompany websites

Sources of authentic material

Sources of authentic material

Songs

Introducing yourself to others

Sources of authentic materialEXAMPLE

Sources of authentic material

Sources of authentic materialWeather forecast

Sources of authentic materialNews

Sources of authentic materialKiosko.net

Sources of authentic materialwww.languageguide.org

Sources of authentic materialwww.quick.fr

Sources of authentic materialEXAMPLE

Sources of authentic material

Sources of authentic materialEXAMPLE

Connect w/other classroomsEdmodo http://www.edmodo.com

Epals http://www.epals.com

Skype https://education.skype.com

Authentic audience!!

Connect w/other educatorsThis is not new!! Remember FLTEACH??Twitter (#Langchat, #flteach)Blogs Edmodo groupsPinterestInternational organization of teachers of your language (ELE)

Blogueros unite!Click Here To Add Text. Create your own:-Pinterest board for language teaching sites and resources-Edmodo support group-Twitter account for language teacher networking-Blog

Blogueros unite!Click Here To Add Text. Create your own:-Pinterest board for language teaching sites and resources-Edmodo support group-Twitter account for language teacher networking-Blog

https://sites.google.comsitetaskbasedspanishresource/

Click Here To Add Text.

Training needsHow to use authentic sources w/novice learnershttp://lauraterrill.wikispaces.com/Presentations

How to add cultural depth w/novice learnershttp://wendybrownell.wikispaces.com/Conference+Presentation+Handouts

Training needs

Project/inquiry-based designhttp://www.edutopia.org/blog/world-language-project-based-learning-education-curriculum-don-doehlahttp://lisalilley.wikispaces.com

Proficiency assessmenthttp://larc.sdsu.edu/malonewebinar/

Training needs

Task designhttp://books.google.com/books/about/Designing_Tasks_for_the_Communicative_Cl.html?id=NSlMZp9XkHoC

Webinars (ACTFL, Edmodo, etc.)

Additional resources

Language Resource Centers (LRCs)

CARLA http://www.carla.umn.edu/about/lrc/index.html

Curriculum: Deciding on the tasksMany already available onlinehttps://skydrive.live.com/?cid=28f7c805d5a3213d&id=28F7C805D5A3213D%21154http://www2.ku.edu/~spanish/acceso/Use your traditional textbooks themes as a guideAsk the learners!Create as a department

What does this change entail?Desire to do whats best for the learnerVisionFearlessnessTIME!!!!!

BibliographyAmerican Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012. Pdf. 26 Jan. 2013. Brownell, Wendy. Conference Presentation Handouts. Wiki. 26 Jan. 2013. Cottrell, Sara-Elizabeth. Musicuentos. Website. 26 Jan. 2013.

Doehla, Don. Using Project-based Learning to Teach World Languages. Online article. 26 Jan. 2013. Johnston, Megan. The Creative Language Class. Blog. 26 Jan. 2013. Miller, Elizabeth. Task-based Spanish Resource. Wiki. 26 Jan. 2103. Mueller, Jon. Authentic Assessment. North Central College. Website. 26 Jan. 2013.Terrill, Laura. Presentations. Wiki. 26 Jan. 2013.

Contact information:Liz MillerHarrison High Schoolelizabeth.miller@farmington.k12.mi.usRoxana HanNorth Farmington High Schoolroxana.han@farmington.k12.mi.us