Podcast: Las Vocales

Podcast's Purpose: To teach Las Vocales.

Podcast Audience: High School Spanish students

Tools Used to Create and Present this Podcast: I used music and sounds from Jamendo and SoundzAbound; Audacity for audio editing; VLC Player for conversion from WAV to MP3; and Internet Archive to upload and create an embeddable podcast player.  Finally, I am using this Blogger page to host the final product.

Brief Reflection: I can use this tool to create lecture and review podcasts for my students.  I can also teach my students to use this as a part of their communications toolkit in the Spanish classes I teach.

Project 2: Screencast

Title: No Me Gusta el Sábado

Audience: Peer-students in a high school Spanish class

Purpose: For a Spanish student to use images, text (written and oral); and music to demonstrate the proper usage of a range of Spanish expressions.

My Uses: Vestibulum ac tellus vel ex lobortis elementum eu sed ipsum. Etiam sollicitudin vulputate turpis, in fermentum nisl tincidunt sit amet. Curabitur eget nisi ac turpis pharetra aliquam sit amet eget risus.

My Learners’ Uses: Donec porta ac dolor in lobortis. Nunc lacinia hendrerit elementum. Curabitur aliquam quam velit, vel suscipit velit lacinia non. Sed convallis lacus eu facilisis lobortis.

Link to My Storyboard

No Me Gusta el Sábado from Kim Huett on Vimeo.

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Personalization Principle #1

What It Is

According to Clark and Mayer (2011), research supports Personalization Principle #1, or, the use of "conversational rather than formal style" (Clark & Mayer, 2011, p. 182) in the delivery of e-learning.  While use of a more formal style has some benefits, research suggests that conversational style can be more effective.  Voice quality and the use of polite speech can support the creation of a personalized style.

How the Example Shows (or Doesn't) It

The screenshot below shows an example from K. Huett's spring 2016 web design course where she uses 2nd person and 1st-person plural to create a personal note with students who are just starting out in web design.

Reference

Clark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2011). E-learning and the science of instruction: Proven guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia learning. San Francisco: Pfeiffer.