Tecnologa para

Hispanohablantes:
Share Spanish-language
Resources and Apps
Dr. Rita Oates, Oates Associates
Dr. Leonid Rabinovich, Broward County Schools, FL
Dwight Hutson, Atlanta Public Schools, GA
Session Description
Sample sites, apps, strategies and technology-
based assignments for teaching in Spanish to
native speakers or second-language learners.
Learn about resources in Spanish (NASA en
espaol), online Spanish teacher communities
(Aula 2.0, Eduteka) and worldwide resources for
your Spanish-speaking classroom (International
Children's Digital Library, Tumblebooks, Iguana
digital magazine, BrainPOP en espaol, ePals).
Come prepared to share YOUR favorite resource
in this crowd-sourced session, delivered in both
English and Spanish.

Ground rules for this session
Lets introduce ourselves briefly.
Name, where you work, what you do

Lets share great resources in Spanish
Some folks signed up to speak first
Then well open up to the audience
Speak in English or Spanish
3-5 minutes per person
Commercial presentations allowed (low-key)

What are your
favorites?
Share your
favorites in a
Google Doc:
http://bit.ly/2014ISTE

Tell us what you think!
There are two ways to provide
feedback on this session:
ISTE 2014 mobile app
isteconference.org/feedback

Broward Schools Favorites

Look at resources your district has already licensed
and see whether there is a Spanish-language
subset of resources
Discovery Education
Search for Spanish resources
Nettreker
Many Spanish-language resources
Exprsate!
Accompanies textbook with lots of practice exercises;
recommended in Broward
Online Newspapers.com
Digital versions of newspapers from Latin America,
Spain



Discovery Education
Exprsate! From Holt Textbooks
http://go.hrw.com/gopages/wl-sp.html

Atlanta Public Schools Favorites
Online portfolios Monitor student
progress without all the paper
Interactive Websites- Sites that are
made for Smartboards (not really)
Authentic materials Resources for
target language materials
Web 2.0 Tools Create, share & be
more productive using online tools
Advanced Placement Content
Resources for higher level classes
Live Binders
Evernote
Sporcle
Sporcle
Destinos (http://www.learner.org/series/destinos/)
Quizlet
Quizlet
Audio-Lingua (audio-lingua.eu)
Zachary Jones
BrainPOP en espaol
Some of the movies on
each topic are free
Developed in Mexico City
Focus on Latin American
schools and content
Correlations to Mexico
and Chile Min. of Ed.
BrainPOPjr and BrainPOP
en espaol included in
some U.S. licenses
http://esp.brainpop.com
xxxxx

Types of materials here
Connect, Communicate, Collaborate
Create
Content to read, view or listen to
Critical Thinking/Activities
Connect, Communicate, Collaborate
Social media
Online communities in Spanish, for
teachers of Spanish-speakers

Online teacher community in Spanish U.S.
http://www.aula20.com
Online K-12 teacher community
from Colombia in Spanish


www.eduteka.org
www.ePals.com
K12 teachers from Latin America and
Spain, and in France, China, S. Korea
Partner with Eduteka on projects,
localization
Place to publish student work, get pen
pals for student communication
Online teacher community in Spanish
AP Spanish practice through ePals
Michele
Dobrin,
AP
Spanish,
Tallahassee
Pinterest
Pin websites, resources to your page
Spanish, teaching Spanish, culture, Spanish
Realia (menus, signs)
worldlangtech
By Michelle Olah, classroom teacher in
Seminole County, FL
Also French language has 6,000 pins


http://www.pinterest.com/worldlangtech/
Create
Make PPT, video, podcast
Create comics, ebook
Post student work for others to see
Blabberize.com
Add own
dialog to
pictures to
practice
speaking
Free, use
own photo

Makebeliefscomix.com
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/
Students can
write own comic
strips using
Spanish dialog

Voki
http://www.voki.com
Students can add own voices to online
character and practice Spanish, listen
to others

Mexican elementary students made videos, posted in ePals

La Panadera de Don J avier
(Don Javiers Bakery)
Mexican Student Reporters Made Movies and PPTs of
Their Community
The Day of the Dead: PPT
Content to read, view or listen to

View work from other classrooms
Authentic media in Spanish
Newspapers online
Videos online
Radio
Telenovelas (with closed captioning on!)
Media designed for K12 students

Spanish-language media in USA
El Nuevo Herald (Miami): http://www.elnuevoherald.com

Videos and multimedia: El Nuevo Herald
Media from Spain, Latin America
El Pas (Madrid): http://www.elpais.com


Video from El Pas
BBC in Spanish: Media
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/

http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/
CNN en espaol

Listen to Radio from Spain
Mac app:
Radio
Espaola
Iguana, ages 7-14
Print or digital versions
Focus on American students
speaking Spanish, ages 7-14

Sample issue:
http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f050f37c

Childrens Magazines (U.S.)
Revistas en espaol
Digital
or
print

Diccionario de la lengua espaola
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/

http://www.rae.es/
Palabra Virtual recordings of poetry
http://www.palabravirtual.com/
Smithsonian has Spanish content (and music)

http://amhistory.si.edu/celiacruz/main.asp?lang=uMr42430355
8wsApB
International Children's Digital Library
http://en.childrenslibrary.org in English
http://es.childrenslibrary.org in
Spanish
Search in English or Spanish
161 Spanish-language books
Picture books, no audio
Ask students to write own story to go with
illustrations
Project on whiteboard and share the story


I nternational Children's Digital Library

Critical Thinking/Activities
Activities
Supplemental to textbook

Tumblebooks
http://www.tumblebooks.com
About 50
books in
Spanish
Quiz at end
Audio
Ask public
library to
license
The Space Place en espaol
Ages 8-
13
Space
Sun
Earth
Solar
System
People
and Tech

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/espanol/ @NASA_es
More Spanish-language NASA sites
http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/En_Espanol.html
NASA y T -- Un portal educativo en espaol del
proyecto conjunto de la NASA y Univision
Communications, para alumnos hispanos donde
pueden aprender sobre las misiones ms recientes
e innovadoras de la NASA y su comunidad hispana
British site, 99 pounds/year license for 20
users
Vocabulary lists
300+ songs, stories and activities in French
and Spanish
Downloadable mp3 soundbites in the target
language with transcripts
IWB compatible, SMART

approved
Covers all 24 units of the QCA scheme of work for KS2
Babelzone

Leon Co. teachers website
Quia
Quia to construct
quizzes
www.quia.com
Fee to use
Results of our Google doc sharing
Please share
your ideas
in our Google doc:
http://bit.ly/2014ISTE


http://www.duolingo.com
/es
http://goanimate.com/

http://www.newsinslowspanish.com/
Toggle between Castilian and Latin
American Spanish
Transcript of all spoken language


www.newsinslowspanish.com
http://radioambulante.org/
Like All Things Considered
Voice of America (in Spanish)
http://www.voanoticias.com
Lists of Recommended Apps
http://eduwithtechn.wordpress.com/20
11/05/26/android-apps-for-spanish-
categorized-for-your-use
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2012/08/
01/top-25-smartphone-apps-for-
spanish-language-learners
Tell us what you think!
There are two ways to provide
feedback on this session:
ISTE 2014 mobile app
isteconference.org/feedback

Contact info
Dr. Rita Oates
President, Oates Associates
ritaoates@aol.com
305 788 4302
@ritaoates www.ritaoates.com
Dr. Leonid Rabinovich
Training Analyst, STEM and
Instructional Resources, Broward Co. Public Schools
lrabinovich14@gmail.com
Dwight Hutson
Assistant Principal, Atlanta Public Schools
dwighthutson@gmail.com


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