Anderson Union High School, Anderson, CA Un Jour à Paris Alice Bell Anderson Union High School, Anderson, CA FINAL PRESENTATION CTAP 295 Teaching with Technology

Introduction This is a French 1 lesson focusing on Paris. Students will each research 3 sites in Paris and create a PowerPoint presentation in French about these 3 sites. They will also complete a written report in English on the 3 sites. This lesson addresses the following National Standards for Foreign Language Education: 1.1 Students obtain information. 1.2 Students understand and interpret written language. 1.3 Students present information to an audience of listeners. 3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines (history) through the foreign language.

My name is Alice Bell and I teach French and Spanish at Anderson Union High School in Anderson, California. My student website URL is: http://ctap295.online.org/~abell/student/home.html My teacher website is: http://ctap295.online.org/~abell/index.html My e-mail is: abell@shastalink.k12.ca.us

Expectations Learn how create a web-based lesson Collaborate with other teachers Create a lesson to be used in my classroom Create a lesson incorporating PowerPoint Create a fun lesson which would enhance student learning and knowledge.

Outcomes I learned how to Create a hyperlink in PowerPoint to my website Download and upload files to a server Create graphs using Excel and incorporate them into a website and a PowerPoint presentation I also accomplished the following: Created a web-based lesson for French 1 Shared many ideas and learned new things from my colleagues in the workshops.

Successes Students: Used Internet to gain new knowledge Used PowerPoint to present information Students helped classmates with PowerPoint High level of motivation and interest I was pleased that the students were able to access French websites to locate specific information and to reinforce skills and concepts they had learned in class using French time, reading maps, summarizing information for the PowerPoint presentation). I was also pleased to see students helping other students with PowerPoint. This made it easier for me to help some students. In general I felt that using technology in this lesson enhanced the lesson and improved student learning.

Successes (cont.) Teacher: Uploaded and downloaded lesson to server Created a lesson incorporating PowerPoint Created a web-based lesson to use in class Incorporated standards into lesson I was happy to learn how to upload and download files to a server and how to create a website. I especially appreciated having time to do so and the time to collaborate with others in the class.

Shortcomings Students: Seemed to take longer with the technology component than expected (some students) More class time devoted to technology concerns than learning/using French (may diminish as more students know how to use PowerPoint) Some students seemed to spend too much time on the bells and whistles of PowerPoint instead of focusing on the conten. I think in my rubric I'll need to limit the number of "special effects" they include in their slide show. Also, it seems that we spent an inordinated amount of class time on the technology part rather than the content. I do feel that using Internet was very appropriate to this project and enhanced the results.

Shortcomings Teacher: Spent more time on technology issues than on language issues The whole project took longer (more instructional time) than perhaps it would have if students had not incorporated PowerPoint.

Student Data - slide 1 One interesting outcome was that, in general, the females did slightly better on most assessments except on the written project where the males did slightly better (92% vs. 89.2%).

Student Data - slide 2 The overall results show a marked improvement from the pre-test to the post-test. Also the average (which includes the post-test, the written project and the PowerPoint presentation) shows a high level of achievement (86%).

Summary This project enabled me to more fully explore the incorporation of technology and standards into a lesson for classroom use and to evaluate the results. As I developed the lesson I revised my timetable since, based on past experience, I felt that I had not allotted enough class time for most students to successfully complete the project. I also kept revising my rubric to clarify what I expected of my students. Hopefully in the future my students will be able to complete the project in one or two fewer days as I become more adept in using and assisting student using technology.

Summary of Revisions

Un Jour à Paris La Fin!