Christina+Devon

Christina Devon



Hi, my name is Christina. I'm a senior Secondary Education (Spanish) major at Clemson University. I have a wonderful dog named Greg. He likes to go on lots of walks. I really enjoy traveling to other places and experiencing new cultures and languages. I hope one day that I can get my Masters in Speech Pathology.

My relationship with technology is pretty good. I enjoy finding ways to make my life easier with technology, but I also recognize that there is more to life than my cellphone and computer. I only use technology when it is necessary or when it will truly make my life easier.

Given my current views about technology, I would like to learn about technology that can help me in the classroom and that can engage my students in whatever activities we're doing. I want them to see that technology is not just for Facebook, but that it can showcase their work or help them learn something new.



FLASHCARD ACTIVITY:

When I think about a flashcard generator, I think that it could possibly be useful, but also that it could maybe waste a lot of time. I liked using Quizlet because it was very simple to use. I think that the games you can do on it could be useful in the classroom. I also like that you can add images and search for them through flickr, except that I wish that it had more pictures you could use. In order to see my flashcards, go to quizlet.com and login under your username. My flashcards are called cdevon - LA ROPA and are visible to people with the password "cdevon." You simply search for cdevon - LA ROPA and it should give you the option of entering a password to get to them.

The other flashcard generator I found was called Flashcard Machine. Here is the URL for it: http://www.flashcardmachine.com/

After looking at both the flashcard generators, I think that I like Quizlet better because it was simpler to use. However, I like the fact that I can upload my own pictures for free and put them on the cards on Flashcard Machine.

POSTERS:





SMARTBOARD 1:

This is a screenshot of a table. I like this because making the table was a lot easier than in Microsoft Word or in Excel. I liked how simple it was to choose the number of columns and rows and then to just type in the headings. Also, it is really useful because you can write in the answers as the students go along in class. Finally, I love how you can have the answers already written and then just cover them with the table shade, which is like the screen shade, except it only covers each little block in the table. Then, you just click on each block to uncover it!

This is a screenshot of a map of South America. I used the purple arrow line to show the directions of immigration and conquering peoples that came to South America over the years. You can see that there is Asian, European, and North American influence on all the South American countries. I think this is nice because you could also add other pictures and link them to the arrows, or even use a world map to show immigration and the different ways that people have come to South America. I feel like geography is really hard for a lot of students, and through this technique you could demonstrate it in a very concrete and interactive way, rather than a simple poster or map.

SMARTBOARD 2: Title: Me gusta, me gustan... URL: @http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?&sbj=mfl&p=4 Description: This is a lesson that teaches the verb gustar. This lesson uses inductive learning to help the students figure out how to conjugate the verb gustar. It also reviews plural and singular nouns and what a verb looks like in the infinitive. I would use this in my class to teach the verb gustar. I like it so much because it teaches grammar inductively and uses very little English.

Title: Palabras opuestas URL: @http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?&sbj=mfl&p=4 Description: This is a lesson that works with opposite words. I like how it teaches the students in Spanish. There is nearly no English. I could use this a lot. I also like how it has funny pictures for filling in the blanks.

My Acrostic Poem Translation: colors, ice cream, laughing, interesting, nice, also, intelligent, novels, kind