In Ms. Maione’s Spanish 6 classroom, students are encouraged and expected to personalize their learning. For Cindi and Elena, this often means using Wixie.
As a former Warren Elementary student, Cindi had many opportunities to learn and practice Wixie. For Elena, who came to Cockeysville Middle from a private school, that wasn’t the case. Both girls, however, are big fans of the program.
“I think it’s easy to use,” says Cindi. She adds, “Some people get pretty shy saying things out loud and Wixie helps you write it the way you want to say it.”
Elena, who taught herself how to use Wixie, shares, “It’s easy to use and makes learning more fun, like making shapes and writing things your own way.”
As a former Warren Elementary student, Cindi had many opportunities to learn and practice Wixie. For Elena, who came to Cockeysville Middle from a private school, that wasn’t the case. Both girls, however, are big fans of the program.
“I think it’s easy to use,” says Cindi. She adds, “Some people get pretty shy saying things out loud and Wixie helps you write it the way you want to say it.”
Elena, who taught herself how to use Wixie, shares, “It’s easy to use and makes learning more fun, like making shapes and writing things your own way.”
Both girls agree that the Wixie feature they most like is the voice recorder. “It really helps when you’re a shy student,” they both expressed. They also enjoy the variety of images that are available, as well as the drawing features and the stickers. “Wixie is really good for creative things!”
While they’ve both used other web tools for some Spanish assignments, two of their favorites are Wixie projects; All About Me and Lunches Around the World.
Elena enjoyed putting her information all onto one page, while Cindi preferred to use many pages, each with a different fact. They liked having the choice to demonstrate their learning in the way that made the most sense to them and allowed them to show their creative sides.
For the Lunches Around the World assignment, students were asked to compare their lunch here in the United States with student lunches in Spanish speaking countries. Cindi compared her typical lunch to kids in Brasil.
Elena enjoyed putting her information all onto one page, while Cindi preferred to use many pages, each with a different fact. They liked having the choice to demonstrate their learning in the way that made the most sense to them and allowed them to show their creative sides.
For the Lunches Around the World assignment, students were asked to compare their lunch here in the United States with student lunches in Spanish speaking countries. Cindi compared her typical lunch to kids in Brasil.
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Elena, on the other hand, was given the opportunity to personalize hers even further. With both of her parents born in Germany, and having made many trips there to visit family, Ms. Maione allowed Elena to compare her lunch to the typical lunch of students in Germany.
Having the freedom to make many choices about their learning, including which tool is best, is just one of the many things both students love about their Spanish 6 class.
Having the freedom to make many choices about their learning, including which tool is best, is just one of the many things both students love about their Spanish 6 class.
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