Project 2: Web Activity. The second project for FRE/SNH 5530 involves creating an activity with a focus on culture that incorporates at least one authentic target-language web site, text or artifact found on the internet (or mobile technologies if you're feeling adventurous). You have many options in terms of designing this activity: it can be an instructor-led activity that the entire class will participate in together, or it can be an activity that students can work on individually or in groups.

Some guidelines:
1. Think about your students. What is their proficiency level, both linguistic and cultural? What motivates them (or might motivate them?) If you don't have any actual students at the moment, think about the level and age of students you would like to teach and plan accordingly.
2. Choose a target-language site(s)/text(s)/artifact(s) carefully. Remember that "text" does not have to mean paragraph-length discourse, and does not have to be written. Not all vocabulary and structures used have to be ones that your students would already know, but do think about their level and what kind of help (scaffolding) they will need to complete the activity.
3. Design an activity that would last a minimum of 10-15 minutes. This can include various types of interactions with a single site or text – in other words, it doesn't have to be a single sustained activity lasting 10-15 minutes. If you are feeling ambitious it is fine to come up with an activity or a series of activities that would last longer than this, even an entire class period.
4. Your activity should focus on getting students to interact with and reflect on Francophone or Spanish-speaking cultures. They should also be using the target language for all or most of the activity, but the intent should not necessarily be to practice specific target-language structures.

Project 3: Audio/Video or Collaborative Student Assignment. Write up a description of a video, audio or collaborative-type assignment for students, including a rubric for evaluation. You should design a realistic assignment that you could give to your students (either current or future), perhaps as an end-of-unit or end-of-course type assessment. This assignment should either have students creating their own target-language video or audio OR should have them working on some sort of technology-based collaborative project (e.g. a wiki or a chat/language exchange project). You should include a 2-3 page* description of the assignment, including your educational goals, and also a 1-page rubric describing how you will evaluate the assignment (3-4 pages in all). Be sure to specify which class or level this assignment is designed for. Your description can include the instructions you would provide to students but should not only consist of material you would give to students; you should also include at least a brief narrative explaining how you think this assignment would engage and motivate your students and how it would encourage their productive language skills.

*Note: This assumes double spacing and a standard 12 pt. font

When you are done, upload your activities and assignments to our AsULearn site as HTML, PDF, or Word files; you should see an area under our virtual classes that says "Upload Projects Here!". If you added the correct URL of your web site to our AsULearn discussion the first week, then there's no need to send it again; just update it if it changes.

All projects need to be finished, updated and uploaded by Friday, August 3rd.