I chose to review this website: Chile.travel
I have used this one before in my Spanish II class this semester. I had a research assignment on Chile in which students had to plan their own trip to Chile, and research flights, hostels, climate, geography, and activities that they would do while they were there. This website is PERFECT because it has amazing graphics, interesting videos, and a lot of very accessible and well-labeled information. It also obviously connects to my content perfectly, as it portrays a particular hispanic culture that I would love for students to one day have a spark of interest to visit. I would love to use it for research with upper-level students as well, and they could switch the language of the site over to Spanish. That would make it more complicated for their level.
I would let some middle school and high school students use this website. I think all of the content is appropriate for young people, although it does talk about the wine on the website a bit. This site could be used in school. Ideally, I could take students to the computer lab and use our class time to let them do research and explore the site. Unfortunately, our computers at our school are very very slow, and one of the best things about this site is the amazing graphics and videos, which took FOREVER to load, so it was discouraging and I almost wish I had navigated the site on my faster computer in class and projected it on the smart board for us to look at it as a group.
This site is pretty interactive, as there are lots of videos and graphics to click on, but doesn't include activities or games, per se. I easily created a handout with guided questions to go along with it. The site is also fairly commercial because it's trying to get people to come visit Chile, but that is what makes it an authentic text, so I really like that about it.
Other than that, this website is great! There is no adult supervision required, and there is lots of authentic and applicable information in easy-to-access categories. No sign-up is required. I ended up having students complete the research "Travel to Chile" packet at home (all my students have internet access that I figured would be much faster than the computer lab computers) for extra credit. A lot of them mentioned how much they enjoyed it! Success!
I have used this one before in my Spanish II class this semester. I had a research assignment on Chile in which students had to plan their own trip to Chile, and research flights, hostels, climate, geography, and activities that they would do while they were there. This website is PERFECT because it has amazing graphics, interesting videos, and a lot of very accessible and well-labeled information. It also obviously connects to my content perfectly, as it portrays a particular hispanic culture that I would love for students to one day have a spark of interest to visit. I would love to use it for research with upper-level students as well, and they could switch the language of the site over to Spanish. That would make it more complicated for their level.
I would let some middle school and high school students use this website. I think all of the content is appropriate for young people, although it does talk about the wine on the website a bit. This site could be used in school. Ideally, I could take students to the computer lab and use our class time to let them do research and explore the site. Unfortunately, our computers at our school are very very slow, and one of the best things about this site is the amazing graphics and videos, which took FOREVER to load, so it was discouraging and I almost wish I had navigated the site on my faster computer in class and projected it on the smart board for us to look at it as a group.
This site is pretty interactive, as there are lots of videos and graphics to click on, but doesn't include activities or games, per se. I easily created a handout with guided questions to go along with it. The site is also fairly commercial because it's trying to get people to come visit Chile, but that is what makes it an authentic text, so I really like that about it.
Other than that, this website is great! There is no adult supervision required, and there is lots of authentic and applicable information in easy-to-access categories. No sign-up is required. I ended up having students complete the research "Travel to Chile" packet at home (all my students have internet access that I figured would be much faster than the computer lab computers) for extra credit. A lot of them mentioned how much they enjoyed it! Success!
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