By creating and collaborating allows students to use their imagination and bounce ideas off

each other. Peer collaboration is important in life. You can learn how to better communicate
and work with others.

Below are some examples on how the Standards of Learning (SOL) for the state of Virginia in
the Spanish language.

TPACK Template

Subject Spanish I
Grade Level 6th
Virginia Spanish Standards of Learning: The students will be able to exchange
simple spoken and written information in Spanish.

1. Use basic greetings, farewells, and expressions of courtesy both orally and
Learning
in writing.
Objective
2. Express likes and dislikes, requests, descriptions, and directions.
3. Ask and answer questions about familiar topics, such as family members,
personal belongings, school, and leisure activities, time, and weather.

The teacher will show several words with the English translation on the board.
The teacher will explain the context on how the words are used.

The teacher will then show how they are constructed in a sentence.
Activity
The student will be able to hold a brief oral and written exchange in Spanish,
using the learned words in a sentence. They will be able to place the words
properly to form a sentence in Spanish.

Pedagogy Content

Technology The student will be able to listen to what the teacher is saying as they are
looking at the words and sentences written on the screen.
https://app.animaker.com/moments/

EX: The student will then have a chance to repeat the words

  In some sentences the student will have to include their name.

  At the end the student will need to put it all together in a complete
sentence.
Link to the
example https://app.animaker.com/animo/smBQ9u8eq8f5LKJA/
product

Using Animaker, voice thread, and Piktochart are sites that are a great way fun way to have
students collaborate in Spanish.

Name of the tool Animaker

https://class.animaker.com

Where to access
this tool (web
address)

Brief Animaker is a website where the teacher can create computer animated
instructions of imagery videos to teach a lesson. The teacher can sign up for a free account.
how to use the There are pre-built templates & characters that you can use with your own
tool voice or pre-programed computer voices. Different sentences can also be
added to each slide. The teacher can email the site to the students in order for
 them to view the video for a particular lesson.
In grades PK-12 this tool:

Ideas for how 1. Can be used to promote learning.

the tool can be 2. Can be used to help students understand and remember information that
used in PK-12 they would need to know for that particular subject.
3. Students can create their own videos for a particular class subject.

Positive:

Positives and 1. Since the pandemic, this tool is a great way of learning asynchronously.
challenges of 2. The videos are short enough to keep the learners engaged.
using the tool 3. Since this site has been around for several years there are several
YouTube videos explaining how to proficiently use this site.

Challenges:

1. This tool is not as user friendly as they claim it to be. So, the younger
grades might have a little bit of trouble trying to figure out how to
make the videos.
2. The quick rundown of how the site works was not very helpful.
3. The site only gives 7 seconds of space to record your voice, per slide.
4. This site didn’t show how to sync the voice with the music and the
clips.
5. Teacher will not be able to tell if a student watched the video.

Name of the tool Voicethread

Where to access https://voicethread.com
this tool (web
address)
VoiceThread is a website where the teacher can make slideshows of the lecture
Brief instructions
that the students are supposed to be learning about. In each of the slides, the
of how to use the
students have the choice to write a comment about what the slide says, they
tool
can make a video talking, or they can just talk using the audio file.
An idea for how this tool can be used is when the students are not in school
because of COVID-19. This is a great way for the students to get their lectures
in, and also engagement as well. Another idea could be students getting into
groups to talk about a project that they were supposed to do together and
Ideas for how the
instead of using Google Slides, they use VoiceThread. This way when it is
tool can be used
time to work on it together, they can leave comments about what they think
in PK-12
about each slide. Another way that VoiceThread can be used in an elementary
class or any class that is, is to do class introductions. Each student can make a
slide about themselves and even add a picture if they want to and their
classmates can leave comments.
 A positive to using this tool is that the students can engage in conversation
about the lesson that is being talked about for the day. Another positive could
be that it is so much simpler to read about their lesson especially during
COVID-19 when some schools may not be open right now. Another positive is
that it could help the students’ social skills whenever they make videos of
Positives and
themselves talking and sending them in. One last positive could be that
challenges of
student’s parents can see what they are learning about as well because it is all
using the tool
on the computer along with all of the comments as well. A challenge could be
that students might feel that since they are working from home, they might not
have to do the work at all. Another challenge is that every student might want
to just leave comments on every slide. Not that this is a problem, but it might
be more engaging to leave videos or audio files.

Name of the tool Piktochart

Where to access https://piktochart.com/
this tool (web
address)
Piktochart is a tool that a teacher or administrator can use to help show steps
Brief instructions
or guidelines to a project for students. It can also be used to show different
of how to use the
rules that must be followed. The layout can be bright and vibrant to catch the
tool
eye of the intended reader.
With school systems trying to acclimate back to in person learning, there are a
Ideas for how the lot of rules that must be followed to ensure everyone’s health and safety.
tool can be used Piktochart can be used to make a step-by-step rule system just about anywhere
in PK-12 in the school. You could make one and hang it in the restroom about the steps
of properly washing hands. They could be hung in the

hallway and show how to properly walk down the hallway with social
distancing and mask wearing.
A positive to this tool is that it has many different layouts that can be used to
Positives and make the charts look appealing and easy to read. This makes it a good tool
challenges of during this time where rules are a lot stricter, and they must be followed for
using the tool public safety. A downside is that if you shove too much information into it,
someone might not want to read it if it looks too jumbled.