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March: one of the activities from "Me duele... ¡TODO!", our first Smart Lesson Plan. You can also preview the video included in the Lesson Plan in our new section.
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Smart Lesson Plans: use technology in the classroom without getting a headache
Posted by Alvaro
We’re very glad to launch a new section in our website, the Smart Lesson Plans, a new step in our goal to provide additional teaching materials for the Spanish class.
- What’s exactly a Smart Lesson Plan? A Smart Lesson Plan is a complete unit that tries to take advantage of the new technology available in many classrooms, without driving the teacher crazy. All you need to use it is a computer, loudspeakers and a projector or digital board. In our opinion, the use of this technology allows us to bring more variety into the classroom, and it therefore helps us reach students who have different learning styles.
- The main features of Smart Lesson Plans are:
- Listening comprehension: it’s important to be familiar with the vocabulary to understand the video and audio files. We learn vocabulary…
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1) They contain a .doc file (in English and Spanish) with all the information you need to use the different files of the package. The document starts with the level, objectives and time of the lesson, and then it describes in clear steps how to get the most of the different Power Point files, the video and the rest of the activities. Since it’s a .doc file, it’ll be easy for you to modify it if you’d like to add activities or to delete some. You can also change the order of the exercises, adapting them to the length of your classes.
2) Once you download the Lesson Plan, you’ll be ready to go. No installation is required, and because of the extensions of the files (.doc, .ppt,. mp4, .jpg), you’ll be able to open any of them with just a click. Even if your computer doesn’t have the basic and most common software, such as a media player or a document editor, there are free programs you can use to open all of our files (VLC for video and Open Office for presentations and documents).
3) The Smart lesson plan focuses on verbal communication, trying to improve the listening comprehension and the speaking skills of the students: