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Wiki and Podcasting

At Dixie Elementary Magnet School, educators can enrich their teaching with thematic units that connect topics to broader themes, creating deeper learning experiences for students. This guide by Yan Wang explores the essence of thematic units, contrasting them with mere topic-based instruction. It outlines planning steps and emphasizes incorporating real-life situations, collaborative learning, and project-based methods. Utilizing authentic texts and multimedia enhances language skills and student engagement. Discover how to create meaningful and purposeful units that culminate in impactful learning activities.

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Wiki and Podcasting

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  1. Wiki and Podcasting Yan Wang Dixie Elementary Magnet School, FCPS yan.wang@fayette.kyschools.us Sharing Expertise of Designing Standard-Based Thematic Units

  2. Topics vs. Themes Food How so I stay Healthy School Who are my friends at school Transportation My trip to China

  3. Move from a topic to Theme • A theme is a richer basis for a unit, one that has greater potential for meaning and purpose. • While a topic usually involves just a loose collection of ideas, a theme suggests a “big idea” and a focused collection of ideas. • It provides a goal or a destination • for the learning, resulting in a planned culminating activity.

  4. Thematic Units

  5. Please talk with someone beside you : What unit or lesson do you teach this week? Is it a thematic unit ? Why it is or why it is not?

  6. Thematic Center Planning a Thematic Unit

  7. Planning a Thematic Unit

  8. Steps of planning a thematic unit

  9. Characteristics of thematic units incorporate real life situations in instruction. integrate all four language skills communicatively. provide opportunities for students to use the target language in meaningful contexts and in new and complex ways 4. use corporative learning. apply project-based learning. Easy to apply 5 C’s.

  10. Wiki and Podcasting Thematic Units employ authentic video, audio, and written texts related to a theme-level topic to place learners in an interactive virtual environment that not only teaches and evaluates but also reproduces situations and activities that will enhance their ability to utilize language skills related to relevant, contemporary issues. Wiki is a place to gather all materials in a website as a storage.

  11. Websites http://wanglaoshi.wikispaces.com http://staff.fcps.net/yxwang http://ischool.fcps.net

  12. Questions?

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