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Can You Read This? Digital Native Test

Or this? All students speak a second language It isn’t French or Spanish either Can you read it?

All students speak a second language

It isn’t French or Spanish either

Can you read it?

If not, try transl8it!

How does this make you feel? Granted you won’t need this phrase often But are you “lost in translation”? Not your second language?

Granted you won’t need this phrase often

But are you “lost in translation”?

Not your second language?

What language do you speak…what language do your students speak… All students today are bilingual and d 4n tongue dey knO so weL L%kz fune & cn b kind of hard 2 rED, @ lEst 4 adults. So how do we meet the needs of our students when we’re the second language learners in the classroom?

All students today are bilingual and d 4n tongue dey knO so weL L%kz fune & cn b kind of hard 2 rED, @ lEst 4 adults. So how do we meet the needs of our students when we’re the second language learners in the classroom?

The Answer: They speak digitally E moticons as a S econd L anguage

E moticons as a

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Think Pink + ESL Communication, Connectedness, Creativity define the Conceptual Age Students are digital consumers and creators How do we meet the needs of our ESL students?

Communication, Connectedness, Creativity define the Conceptual Age

Students are digital consumers and creators

How do we meet the needs of our ESL students?

By tapping into great resources creatively

What are students’ #1 technology request at school?

Students create media and consume it

Ways to Engage (not enrage)

Media-Rich Library, Formative Assessments, Best in the Business

So, if our students speak a second language, then…

As Second Language Learners, we need TIME, PROFESSINAL DEVELOPMENT, and our own IEP

What students read…

What we read… ? As teachers educating in the shift, how do we meet the needs of our ESL students touch the future, tap into the power of Discovery

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As teachers educating in the shift, how do we meet the needs of our ESL students

touch the future, tap into the power of Discovery

Today…