M learning final task eberle vernet march 6th

Mobile learning project

Nice to meet you!

Kindergarten families say “Hello!�

Monica Eberle Mercedes Vernet Moderators: Ana Maria Menezes Jennifer Verschoor

Nice to meet you!

Kindergarten families say “Hello!”

2. Type of mLearning: Language: introducing myself

3. Project goals: 

To involve children in the two five-year-old classes at school and their families in the exchange of personal information. Topics included: My family, my pets, things I do with my family.

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To get children become familiar with the use of technology in the classroom and at home.

4. Target audience: The project is addressed to five-year-old children attending kindergarten. Taking into account that it will be difficult for them to work on their own, parents will necessarily be involved in the project.

5. Technology and infrastructure: The following devices will be needed for the development of the project: mobile phones, ipads or tablets. All the apps that will be used should be downloaded: Youtube, Blogger, Mingoville Preschool, a camera, Animoto, Popplet. As some of them require internet connection, access should be granted both at home and at school.

6. Stakeholders: School directors, parents, kindergarten teachers and teachers of English, of course.

7. Timeline: about two months

8. A broader description of the project:

Learning communicative objectives:

By the end of the project, students will be able to introduce their families and pets, talk about activities they do together, create a video with Animoto and share it with students from another class.

In this plan, we will first provide a brief description of the tasks that will help students and their families get ready for the final task. We will later expand on the characteristics of the final task and reflect on the significance it will have for children. Finally, we will suggest a follow up activity

Prep stage The aims of this stage are to revise vocabulary items related to family and pets and to introduce activities that a family shares.

Students will be able to achieve this through a selection of videos from the youtube app which includes “This is my family”, which revises members of the family and introduces the names of some activities families do together. This video can show children and parents what they are expected to create.

Other videos from youtube to revise family members and pets: Song: “My Family and Me!” Video: “Pets Video - Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read Pre-K ”

We will first watch the videos in class so that children can learn the songs. Then, we will share these videos in the class’s blog so that parents can also familiarize with the language required for the final task. At home, parents and children can enjoy watching and singing together.

In addition, we will use Mingoville Preschool Animals that teaches and practises pig, fox. bat, dog, bird, fly, cat, cow and they could classify the animals and decide which are pets and which aren’t There, children can play memory games, repeat words while being recorded, listen and catch or colour the animal mentioned.

They can work as a whole class, the teacher will call them, one by one, to do an activity on one device while the rest can follow if a projector is being used. Then, children will work in groups of three, while being monitored by the teacher for about five minutes. The rest can draw a picture of their pets at their tables.

Core-tasks:

1. At home: students will take a picture of all the members of the families and pets together. Parents will share them in the class’s blog in the post “This is my family”.

2. In class: as teachers receive the pictures shared in our blog, students will comment on them by saying: S: This is my family. This is my mum. This is my dad. Etc.

3. In class, teachers will talk about and brainstorm activities students like doing with their families using Popplet:. A projector will be used. Images from the internet will be used to trigger the discussion. The aim of this stage is to encourage students to take their own pictures of things they do with their families.

4. At home, students will ask someone to take pictures of them sharing activities with their families. Parents share the pictures in our blog under the label “Things we do together”

5. In class: as we receive the pictures shared by families showing things they do together, students will comment on them by saying: S: We eat together. We play together. We go to the zoo together. Etc.

At this stage, both children and their families will be ready to concentrate on the final product of this project. 

At home, students start creating their video with the guidance of adults in the family. Adults must allow students to choose frames, music, pictures and videos.

They assist on typing captions.

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At school, we will record the voice of the students when they feel confident enough to make comments on their pictures and we share it with parents so that

they can add this audio to the video. The following is an example Students are expected to say:

S: This is my family. This is my mother, this is my father, this is my brother, this is my cat and this is me. We have dinner together. We go to the cinema together. We play cards together. I love my family.

If necessary, teachers will be able to delete a few mistakes and hesitations by using a tool like audacity or similar.

As families finish their videos, they share the links in our blog under the label “Nice to meet you�

Follow up: Once the two classes have shared the links to their videos, teachers will invite parents to a final meeting to watch them and comment. Families from both classes will be able to get to know each other and enjoy some time together. This meeting could coincide with the day the school celebrates Families Day in October.

If the exchange is as successful as we expect it to be, we could be more ambitious and use the same videos to introduce ourselves to families in other schools or even in other countries. We could share this plan with other schools and invite them to put it into practice and exchange videos with us.