home





Students in all levels of Spanish at Mount Saint Joseph Academy utilize blogs to express personal opinions and to reflect upon various topics in the target language. By integrating technology into this type of journal-writing activity, students seem more engaged in the task, since they can modify the blog template to depict their own personal style and they can choose to include an image or audio file with their written blog posts. Furthermore, both teachers and classmates have the option of providing immediate feedback by adding written commentaries to one another’s blogs. Aside from using this web tool as an interactive space for creative writing, the language teachers also use blogs as a forum for posting other projects that students create using cloud applications, such as Glogs, Wikis, ToonDoos, ZooBurst and Voki avatars. These projects, in addition to the written and audio blog posts, serve as an electronic portfolio for students’ work as they advance through the various levels of Spanish at the Mount. Overall, blogs are a versatile and innovative way for language students to express themselves creatively in the target language, while adding another dimension to teachers’ pedagogical techniques.

Class Blogs can be found at: DiCocco Spanish I: __[]__

DiCocco Spanish II: __[]__

DiCocco Spanish IV Conversation: __[]__

Acevedo Spanish I: __[]__

Acevedo Spanish II: __[]__

Gnall-Harrison Spanish AP:[| http://pensamientosap.blogspot.com/]

Deshagette French I : @http://toutbeautoutnouveau.blogspot.com/

Deshagette French II: @http://madamednouvellesfraiches.blogspot.com/

Eakins Spanish III: @http://elblogsuperextraordinariodeespanol3.blogspot.com/

Eakins Spanish II: @http://elblogmaravillosodeespanol2.blogspot.com/

Gill Spanish II: @http://elblogmonumentaldeespanol2.blogspot.com/ Gill Spanish I: @http://elblogimpresionantedeespanol1.blogspot.com/


 * 1) Each student will log into their email and create a blog using the blogger app available through Google for Education.
 * 2) The most difficult part of creating your blog is giving it a unique title.
 * 3) You most remember your user name and password associated with this blog since you will be posting to it for the next four years. I recommend that you use your smart phone to keep track of allyouruser names and passwords for any cloud tools you will use.
 * 4) You need to add a link to each of your classmates' blog and to your teachers blog. To accomplish this you need to send the URL of your blog to each of your classmates. Go to Blackboard and select this class. Under the communication tab select **email.** Send to all pasting the URL in the body of the message.
 * 5) Now go to your blog, select **layout,** add a link on the right side of the blog layout, select **link list,** give it a title and proceed to add the URL int hr address area and the name of your peeer in the name area and save. Do this over for each student you add.
 * 6) You are now ready to begin blogging. rom the home page of your blog go to the very top right and select, **new post**. Add your text in the body area, use the links for photos to upload a photo.