Fran Spaltro, YuperStar Debut
Filed Under Latin, YuperStars
Ms. Spaltro had her Latin class into the lab for the first time yesterday to do an iFlash project. I was really pleased to see her incorporating a lot of the things we had talked about prior to class, like using images from the Creative Commons. [Search ‘creative commons’ on this site to learn more about what it is.] Ms. Spaltro gave each student and separate vocab list to input with audio and images, with the original intent that we would combine everyone’s decks into one large mega deck at the end. But we learned that each student had their own way of designing their deck of cards (with a different number of card sides, for example) to better reflect the way that they studied. So, she’s decided to let them all create decks their own way and not worry about continuity for now. The same class will return today to review each other’s decks in a common file area and talk about the different ways of building decks of verbs, adjectives, nouns, etc.
I especially want to highlight Ms. Spaltro because she confessed after class that she was a little nervous going into this. She’d never taught iFlash before nor had she used the lab. So this was a double first and I’m very proud of her for taking the plunge!
The following is text from the worksheet Ms. Spaltro’s classes used to evaluate the iFlash decks.
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IFLASH PROJECT 2008
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I expect each review to be professional, thoughtful, kind, and constructive. Your review sheets are due on Tuesday, June 10 for Latin I and Monday, June 9 for Latin II.
1. Your Name:
2. iFlash Deck(s) for Stage #____ (note: there may be several decks for one stage, so you must review them all).
3. # cards in the Stage (include all sub-decks)_____
4. Rate this iFlash deck in the categories below, using a scale of 1 to 5, five being the highest and 1 being the lowest.
A. Correctness of forms
B. Thouroughness
C. Audio/pronunciation
D. Visuals
E. Overall functionality usefulness
F. Overall creativity and originality
G. Overall enjoyability factor
5. Please comment thoughtfully on the strengths of this particular deck:
6. What suggestions do you have for making this deck more enjoyable or effective to use for future students?
