Day two, June 2, 2015. We started the second day of GAETI in the library getting familiar with Google Earth and Google Maps. There are fabulous resources for foreign language teachers using maps. We can see anywhere in the world at map level, street level, etc. We can navigate and the distances and travel time are automatically figured. We devised the idea of having students 'map' their route from home to school, home to the movies, home to friend's house, or any point A and B. They would then prepare directions in Spanish to present as they show the map on the Promethean board. To check classmates' comprehension - they could have a classmate point out (follow) their directions on an unmarked map on the Promethean Board.
After the map training - we viewed the impressive Kinsey collection of African American art and artifacts on loan to the library. In the afternoon this was followed by a presentation on Civil Rights, which is saved on my flash drive.
Nancy and I ate lunch with Laura, our afternoon presenter. She attended GAETI last year and she talked to us about creating IPAs as part of our experience here. We reviewed the ACTFL standards and discussed Quizlet as a way to assess students. Nancy shared a website maintained by Donna Paget at Forrest High School.
We had a brief geography lesson with Dr. Sherman-Morris. The presentation is saved on my flash drive. She also taught us a 'seasons' lesson before lunch in which students act out rotation and revolution by moving around the 'sun' (a selected student). At various stops the teacher discusses the seasons and equinoxes based on the slant of the earth. These vary by hemisphere. I can envision using this. I imagine clever students referring to their posteriors as the 'Southern Hemisphere' for the remainder of the term. A tout a l'heure. (rusty French)
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