(Blog post prepared in part for TESOL 6510, Second Language Acquisition at the University of Northern Iowa)
If you feel adventuresome, you can smash together more that one tech tool. That's called AppSmashing.
I combined Art and Geography of the Spanish-speaking world and jigsaw puzzles with two apps: Thinglink and Jigsaw planet to create a website where students can find art from a country of their choosing, then assemble a jigsaw puzzle to see the artist's work.
Younger students can take turns at a Smart Board assembling a puzzle wile their classmates count to 10 or 15 in Spanish. Every time the assembling students connects two pieces, the counters start over.
Here is the website.
I combined Art and Geography of the Spanish-speaking world and jigsaw puzzles with two apps: Thinglink and Jigsaw planet to create a website where students can find art from a country of their choosing, then assemble a jigsaw puzzle to see the artist's work.
Younger students can take turns at a Smart Board assembling a puzzle wile their classmates count to 10 or 15 in Spanish. Every time the assembling students connects two pieces, the counters start over.
Here is the website.