Final Grades

Final grades have been calculated and have been submitted to the university via ASAP. You should be able to check your grade there shortly. The Grade Book on Blackboard won't be updated, as I copied all the information from there into Excel and then used Excel to calculate the total points. But if you have any questions or concerns, you can contact me and I'll be happy to provide with a breakdown of your grade.

I greatly enjoyed our class together, and was deeply impressed with all of your work. I can honestly say that looking through your blogs and projects is the most enjoyable grading experience I think I've ever had. Your blogs are fantastic ePortfolios showing how much you have learned this past semester, from summarizing and critically reflecting on theories and practice in CALL, to demonstrating your skills with a wide range of tools and programs -- blogs, wikis, rss feeds, Google Docs, Voice Thread, Inspiration, Hot Potatoes, HTML, digital video, Windows Movie Maker, and Glogster, and more.

Now that the semester is over, you can decide what to do with your blog. You can delete it if you like, or better yet, keep revising and adding to it, or at least let it stand as is, and keep it as a resource to go back to.

Blogger allows you to create as many blogs as you like under your same account. So I hope you'll take advantage of your new skills to create new blogs for your classes you'll teach, and/or for yourself to blog about your passions you started to address on your class blogs.

Good luck! I hope to have all you in another class! Have a great summer.

A Vision of K-12 Students Today

I stole this from Suzanne's blog, as it's a great summation of the importance of the course you have just completed. Good luck with your teaching of ELL digital natives! I hope this course has made you feel more prepared to meet their needs!

Video Podcasts

Thanks everyone for your hard work on your video podcasts. I have posted them all below. You all did a fantastic job with them. Very creative. I know the children will enjoy them very much!

I have also began reviewing your blogs. I am so impressed by what I see. Your blogs provide great evidence of your learning and hard work this past semester. I hope you'll not only keep your blogs, but will add to them, or create new ones for yourselves, and for use with your current or future students.

Remember, all remaining projects and blog postings are due Saturday night. I'll start reviewing them Sunday morning. Please check the Grade Book on Blackboard for your total points and final grade. I hope to finish grading and have everything posted there by Wednesday next week.

I greatly enjoyed having all of you in the class. Have a great summer!

Video Podcast - The Yellow House

Here is Ling and Xiaoling's Video Podcast

This video accompanies the book, The Yellow House, by Blake Morrison and Helen Craig

Video Podcast - Tar Beach

Here is James, Haifa, and Manal's Video Podcast:

This video accompanies the book, Tar Beach, by Faith Ringgold

Video Podcast - I Am the Peach

Here is Fanyi and Jia's Video Podcast:

This video accompanies the book, I Am the Peach, by Louisa de Noriega

Video Podcast - My Family

Here is Chris, Josh, and Scott's Video Podcast:

The video accompanies the book, In My Family, by Carmen Lomas Garza