Francys Machado
Embrace change; It's a path to growth and new opportunities!
Media Project
This video podcast is designed to educate and persuade education stakeholders, administrators, and incumbents about the enormous benefits of incorporating blended learning approaches into the foreign language teaching process. Blended learning merges traditional face-to-face learning with online learning components in meaningful ways.
*This can help increase student interest since different learning styles will be accommodated.
*A balanced blend of engaging and flexible learning activities for developing enhanced language competence.
*The learning process must be individualized, fitting all kinds of students.
The pitch will explain how such blended learning has the potential to enhance educational outcomes and allow better linguistic development in students, hence offering a valuable approach to modern language education.
Publication Rough Draft Curious about how Blended Learning enhances language education? Click the link below to read the rough draft of my article and explore the innovative insights shaping the future of education.
Connecting Ideas
Innovation Plan: My innovation plan proposed an online course concerning Spanish for sixth-grade students at Krimmel Intermediate School using the COVA approach: Choice, Ownership, Voice, Authenticity. That is giving options to the students in their learning, taking ownership of their progress, expressing opinions, and learning in authentic contexts. This work expects to make the learning experience as personalized as possible while allowing students to developmentally become much more autonomous and responsible for the education process.
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Eportfolio: In my ePortfolio, you will find details and videos on how blended learning enhances foreign language acquisition and instruction. Best practices, such as Google Classroom, Kahoot, Canva, Quizlet, and the COVA model that have been suggested in that context align with my innovation plan for educating.
Connection: The points in my electronic portfolio in the innovation plan presented, and all the components of applied learning respond to the principles of contextualization, personalization, responsibility, and digital citizenship as learning. Therefore, the interaction of these elements has kept me committed to advocating for progressive changes in student education.
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Digital Resources
In this draft of my article, I focus on some digital resource jewels at one's disposal in making education more enriching and engaging. Among them are places like Google Classroom, for the creation of personalized, controllable learning experiences; Kahoot, with tools that allow one to put interactive quizzes into assessment to make them fun and engaging; and Canva, a platform where students can create visual presentations and graphics, which aids creativity and effective visual communication. Another critical resource is Quizlet, which makes it possible to generate digital flashcards and practice tests based on the spaced repetition technique for effective dynamic enhancement of Spanish vocabulary learning. All these digital resources complement traditional teachings, motivating interactivity and engagement in students as they go through the learning process.
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