World language teacher, Mary Walther, has used technology in her classroom for years. What Mary has found to be very enjoyable and effective with students is technology that makes learning interactive. She uses
Google Slides to provide and collect bell work assignments for an easy paperless approach. Additionally, Mary utilizes
Google Slides to teach vocabulary through a video series from Germany which contains many different 90 second episodes. She provides students with four vocabulary words as part of the bell work assignment in which students are directed to watch the corresponding 90 second episode and answer questions aligned to the video. It is great for them to hear authentic German on a daily basis. Mary has found the activities she completes with
Google Slides are meaningful and fun for the students, so much fun that sometimes they don't even realize they are learning!