Over the course of the past week, our Spanish 2 class participated in a project in which we created an online poster called a “Glog”. Within This “Glog” we were required to incorporate all of our knowledge over reflexive verbs and grammar usage, as well as a personal recording created through “Voki” in which we explained our routine to get ready for particular events in Spanish. The final product was then counted as a major test grade, providing a very nice alternative to a typical handwritten test. I particularly enjoyed this project for it allowed the expansion of learning in a more modern day style, overall making the project more interesting and a chance to express creativity, all while learning.

Glogster

Ian Kinsler es de Tucson, AZ y es americano. Él juega al béisbol y tiene veinte y nueve años. Ian es muy guapo y es amable y bueno. Él es mi jugador favorito.

Photo courtesy of: theoffthebenchworld.wordpress.com

In Spanish, I am participating in an assignment in which I have to create and publish a paragraph in Spanish about Mrs. Hugghins favorite baseball player, Nelly Cruz. I believe this assignment will have value to me for describing people has become apart of everyday society, thus making the mastering of this concept a necessity.In the corporate world, in everyday society, and even in school, it is crucial to be able to communicate with those of a different language, and this project applies to both concepts.

Nelly Cruz es de Dominican Republic y es dominicano. Nelly Cruz juega al béisbol y tiene trenta y uno años. Él es atlético, grande y fuerte. Cruz es trabajador, confiado y bueno. Él es favoito de Señora Hugghins.

Me llamo Madison.

No soy ni mala ni antipática.

Soy atlética, musical y trabajadora.

Mi mejor amiga  es cómica y atlética.

Cada día yo practico deportes, paso tiempo con mis amigos, eschuco música y miro la tele.

Nunca estudio ni leo.

¡Así soy yo!

Over the past week, our Spanish II class participated in the creation of a Voki web account. After signing up, we were to create an avatar and personaly customize it to our own likeing. Once the avatar was completed, the next objective was to give our avatar our very own voice. To do this, we had to call a specified number, read a written introduction in Spanish, and then save it to our specified avatar so when people visit our page, they can hear our own greeting in Spanish. Once all these steps were completed, we had created our very own online learning Voki account.

I really enjoyed this project for it took a much different approach to learning Spanish than what I have ever been introduced to before, for it not only contributed to the education of languages and also education of technology as well. In my personal opinion,  the fact that technology was incorporated made the project much more enjoyable as opposed to regular book work, and I hope to use technology again to learn the aspects of Spanish II.