ELT Conference: Motivating Learning

ABEL GALVEZ BENITOBARCELONA

SEPTEMBER 2013

• TEENS TODAY• SOME BACKGROUND

IDEAS• WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES

HAVE TO OFFER• USEFUL TEENS

• CREATIVE HERITAGE• URBAN ART PROJECT• A HISTORICAL NOVEL

• A HALLOWEEN STORY IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD

• TIME FOR QUESTIONS

http://www.onlineeducation.net/students-love-tech

• HOW CAN WE CONNECT THEM TO – OUR SCHOOL?– OUR SUBJECT?– OUR COMMUNITIES?– OUR WORLD?

• http://www.edutopia.org/ikid-digital-learner-technology-2008

• DON’T LET THE TEXTBOOK DICTATE YOUR SYLLABUS

• INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK

• COLLABORATION IS THE KEY

• BUILD STRONG PEOPLE

• “My challenge to teachers is to create assignments, projects and techniques to capture your students' attention.

• Projects should be technology-rich, highly engaging, and fun learning experiences that reflect real-world skills.”

Engaging Students on Their Own Terms

http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/01/20/omg-engaging-students-on-their-own-terms.aspx

By Anthony A. Luscre

• HERITAGE• FOLKORE

• CHARITIES AND • GROUPS

• FIRMS AND TECHNOLOGY

• CELEBRITIES• EXPERT RELATIVES

• NOT ALONE• CONNECTED

• WITH AN ACTIVE ROLE TO PLAY

• RELEVANT LEARNING• “KIDS CAN RELATE

SOMETHING YOU ARE TEACHING TO SOMETHING THEY KNOW”

• REAL LEARNING

• “IT MEANS THAT THERE’S A PERCEIVED CONNECTION BY THE STUDENTS, AT EVERY MOMENT BETWEEN WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING AND THEIR ABILITY TO USE THAT LEARNING TO DO SOMETHING USEFUL IN THE WORLD”

TEACHING DIGITAL NATIVESMARC PRENSKY

• MNACTEC NEEDS:

CAN YOUR STUDENTS

HELP US?

http://www.mnactec.cat/

• THE PROJECT

• MNACTEC NEEDED

CONNECTED TEENS – TO HELP DEVELOP AN APP– TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON

NEW MUSEUM EXHIBITS

• THE VISIT

• THE VISIT

• THE PROCESS– LOOKING FOR

INFORMATION– WRITING SHORT

SUMMARIES IN 3 LANGUAGES

– COLLABORATIVE WRITING USING GOOGLE DRIVE

– RECORDING THE FINAL VERSION WITH WWW.SOUNDCLOUD.COM

– http://aumentala.blogspot.com.es/

• ART IN MY CITY?• http://publicart.iearn.cat/

http://woices.com

http://woices.com/echo/14188

URBAN ART PROJECT

http://woices.com/explore/map#coords=(41.56254567414487, 2.0096397399902344)&z=13

• HISTORY AND LANGUAGE COME TOGETHER

• A VISIT TO THE MEDIEVAL HERITAGE IN TERRASSA– SCHOOL TRIP WITH THE HISTORY TEACHER AFTER

COVERING THE MIDDLE AGES

– NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES WITH THE SPANISH TEACHER

• OUTCOME:• A HISTORICAL NOVEL

TAKING PLACE IN YOUR CITY– FIELD TRIP– WRITING– ONLINE PUBLISHING AT

WWW.ISSUU.COM– SHARING IN SCHOOL

MAGAZINE.

• LEARN• CREATE

• PUBLISH• SHARE

• http://issuu.com/carleshipi/docs/novela_final_carles_hidalgo_buena?e=3134284/4972958

Everyone loves a ghost story!

Celebrate Halloween season with Augmented Reality

SKILLS

-Writing

-Speaking

-ICT skills: Geotagginghttp://woices.com/walk/4049

CHOOSE A SPOOKY LANDMARK OF YOUR CITY

TAKE PICTURES OF 3 OR 4 SETTINGS

WRITE THE GHOST STORY IN 4 PARTS, EACH RELATED TO EVERY SETTING.

CREATE AND ECHO WITH EVERY PART

CREATE A WALKING GHOST STORY WITH THE 4 ECHOES.

SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS AN D THE CITY WEBSITE

http://woices.com/walk/4049

SUGGESTED FOLLOW-UP

HAVE STUDENTS VISIT THE LANDMARK AND FOLLOW THE HALLOWEEN WALK WITH THEIR MOBILE PHONES FOR HOMEWORK.

COMMENT ON THE STORY AFTER YOU LISTEN TO IT.

HAVE A CLASS CONTEST AND CHOOSE THE SCARIEST STORY!

http://woices.com/walk/4049

http://marcprensky.com