{"id":1804,"date":"2019-09-24T20:02:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T20:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/languagepanda\/?page_id=1804"},"modified":"2020-10-22T21:42:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T21:42:16","slug":"get-started","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/languagepanda\/get-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>WHAT A PROJECT SUBMISSION SHOULD DO:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Generally speaking, Language Panda projects should\u00a0use a digital platform to teach language, literature, or a cultural lesson. The digital aspect of the project should either:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>use a digital platform to teach a skill<\/li>\n<li>transform an existing form of digital media to teach a skill or to check for student comprehension. For example, embed comprehension questions in a YouTube video.<\/li>\n<li>ask the students to create a digital project that demonstrates their mastery of a skill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>WHAT YOUR PROJECT WILL NEED:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To get you started, here is a list of materials that your completed project will need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Descriptive information<\/strong>: Title, language, level, and amount of time required for completing the task.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brief description:<\/strong>\u00a0A 650-character description of the project (language, skill practiced, tool used).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Long description:<\/strong>\u00a0Materials needed, instructions for students, lesson objectives, potential pitfalls, successes, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Video:\u00a0<\/strong>A screen-recording video that tells our users who you are, what you teach, what tool you have used, what modes of communication or ACTFL World-Readiness Standards your task engages, and what your project achieves. Please see our\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.languagepanda.org\/202-2\/\">tutorial page<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for help getting started on your screen-recording.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Completed Language Panda ACTFL Lesson Plan Template (optional)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Worksheets or handouts (optional)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>HOW TO PLAN YOUR ACTIVITY:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To help you in developing your activity, please use the<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/338\/2020\/10\/19225607\/Language-Panda-ACTFL-Lesson-Plan-Template.pdf\">Language Panda ACTFL Lesson Plan Template (PDF)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/338\/2020\/10\/19225607\/Language-Panda-ACTFL-Lesson-Plan-Template.docx\">Language Panda ACTFL Lesson Plan Template (Word)<\/a><\/strong>. These templates are designed to help you compile all of the necessary information about your\u00a0project, guide you in articulating your learning objectives, and assist you in describing your lesson\u2019s learning outcomes.\u00a0After you fill out the template, you will have everything you need to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/languagepanda\/submit\/\"><strong>submit your project<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT A PROJECT SUBMISSION SHOULD DO: Generally speaking, Language Panda projects should\u00a0use a digital platform to teach language, literature, or a cultural lesson. The digital aspect of the project should either: use a digital platform to teach a skill transform an existing form of digital media to teach a skill or to check for student&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2279,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/languagepanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/languagepanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/languagepanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/languagepanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/languagepanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1804"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/languagepanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2353,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/languagepanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1804\/revisions\/2353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/languagepanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/languagepanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}