I designed my final project with my Spanish III students in mind. One of the main goals in foreign language learning is to develop speaking and comprehension skills. Immediately at the beginning of this course I knew that one of the greatest benefits is the ability to meet in a synchronous environment. The virtual world would allow me to communicate in the target language with students that are in geographically different locations. Another great benefit is student-choice! In this project students CHOOSE what they want to create, look like, wear, visit etc.
Attached is my lesson outline which identifies the performance-based indicators for my students Spanish skills as well as immersive learning competencies. The red is so everyone can understand what is being said in English.
Each shape holds a script that corresponds to the mission above. All notecards by students should be placed in orange bin. (Ooooops I made it after the picture)
Mission 1: My students had to follow my directions in Spanish in order to obtain a new AVATAR or OUTFIT. DIRECTIONS are located in a script in the PURPLE BOX
Mission 2: DIRECTIONS ARE LOCATED IN BLACK CIRCLE. My students had to describe their new look on a notecard. An example of what I would be looking for in Spanish would be...
Yo soy una mujer. Soy una fantasma blanca y flaca. Yo tengo ojos verdes y pelo canoso. Yo llevo un vestido blanco. No llevo zapatos.
I'm a woman. I'm a skinny, white ghost. I have green eyes and gray hair. I'm wearing a white dress. I'm not wearing shoes.
Mission 3: DIRECTIONS ARE IN BLUE TRIANGLE. I went to where else but the Caribbean- the first one! It was beautiful and I wish I was there NOW!
Fui a Virtual Caribbeana. Es una isla dedicada al caribe. Yo vi arboles grandes, algunas casas pequenas, un insecto grande y una tortuga.Yo oi pajaros. Me gustaba los bosques, los animales y el oceano pero no hay mucho para hacer.
I went to the Virtual Caribbean. It's an island dedicated to the Caribbean. I saw big trees, some small houses, a big insect and a turtle. I heard birds. I liked the jungle, animals and ocean but there is not a lot to do there.
Mission 4: Directions found in RED RING! Manipulate the weather and climate.
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Estaba nevando y era muy tarde. Eran once de la noche.
It was snowing and very late. It was 11 at night.
Fui a Tranquil Cove durante la noche.
I went to Tranquil Cove during the evening.
In the final mission, students needed to build a Prestomatic which is a machine that holds each a picture of each of their photos. I did have trouble when I was trying to manipulate this script. I'm not sure why...Hopefully it works.
My Final Thought: I was pleased with my project and my level of knowledge of JOKAYDIA. I again would use this as a way to collaborate and interact with my students which seems to be quite difficult to do in distance learning!
