Ashley+Polk

Ashley Polk

I am currently a senior at Clemson University. My major is Secondary Education French. Ideally I would like to eventually teach French 1 and French 2 to middle school students. I had a great French teacher in middle school who gave me a passion for learning French. I am from Charleston and have lived there my whole life.

I believe technology can be a good thing when used in the classroom. There will sometimes be some problems with technology. I think that different types of technology can help engage the students and encourage them to do further research on their own. I do not think that I will rely solely on technology though. I have had assignments disappear and had to start over so I will always have a backup plan. Using technology in the classroom is a good way for students to get involved and helps the teacher also. I want to learn more about different technologies that I can use in the classroom.




 * Quizlet**

I made ten flashcards of animals in French. I think these would be helpful along with the pictures to help the students remember their vocabulary. Quizlet is very easy to use and upload pictures. There are many different activities that can be done with the flashcards that were made. Different students can come up to the board and participate in these activities. The activities can be done as a class too. There are some limitations to Quizlet but if you buy the package you can do some of these activities. My flashcards can be found on Quizlet under the username alpolk. The title of the cards is Les Animaux. It is necessary to type in Clemson as the password to see my flashcards.

The other website I found is []. I did not create an account but I could see all of the different things that can be done with this program. I think this page is interesting because teachers can make specific flashcards for students in different classes for them to access. When the students create their own account they can create their own flashcards. This program is free. The cards can be set up to automatically flip. If you want to print the flashcards you can.

Quizlet and flashcardmachine are both very helpful websites for creating flashcards. They both have databases for existing flashcards. You can make your own flashcards on both sites. Flashcard machine is different than Quizlet because there is a new tool called iStudyGo which allows students to use the flashcards on their iPods. On Flashcardmachine you can also tell what kind of level you are wanting to teach and it will show you the flashcards for it.


 * Posters**

 This clock is very helpful when teaching students how to tell time in French. The hands of the clock move making it easy to change the time. I could even give a time and then the students must come to the board and make the clock tell that time. I think it is a very interactive tool that can be used in many different ways.



This dice is very useful because when someone clicks on it, it rolls and says the time in French. This can be useful when adding numbers or simply playing a game. The students not only see the numbers but also hear the numbers in French. This is a very useful, interactive tool.  smartexchange This lesson is very helpful when teaching students how to tell time. It is interactive because there are sentences of time in which you touch and the time will come up. This helps the students learn the time themselves while being able to personally touch the board. The clock can be changed to make new times. I think smartexchange is very helpful and I will use lessons from it a lot.



This is also from smartexchange. It is very helpful when showing and learning french foods or meals. One of the slides takes the students to different websites to see how different meals are in France. The interactive game is that the students have to put the food in the basket in the order that is given.


 * My Acrostic Poem**



Agreable- kind Sympathique-nice Heureuse- happy Loyale- loyal Elegante- elegant Yeux bleus- blue eyes