Technology To Build Language Development In En

Technology to Build Language Development in English Language Learners ILC Fall 2008 - Alice Mercer - cc license

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Agenda

Theoretical underpinnings of English Language Development

English Language Development Standards

Instructional methods and the tools to make it happen

Visual and Vocabulary support

Multi-media projects to support writing and oral language development

Projects that show how it's done

Where are you? I know about tech, I don’t know ELD I know ELD, I want to learn about tech I know about tech and ELD, I want to go to the next level 1 2 3

Lesson Elements…

Building schema or background

Comprehensible input

Vocabulary development

Visual and concrete examples

Scaffolding to support learning

Concept development

Participate in social conversations with peers and adults on familiar topics by asking and answering questions and soliciting information. Use expanded vocabulary and descriptive words in paraphrasing oral and written responses to texts. Apply knowledge of language to derive meaning from literary texts and comprehend them.

Where to infuse technology…

Record pair shares and oral responses

Use online visual tools

Scan and post student drawings

Photograph realia and post them

Post student writing with voice over and images to support

Record readers theater

Do reports on subjects online

Building Background

Visual: What does it look like?

Oral/Auditory: What does it sound like?

Thinking and sharing: Asking questions

Vocabulary for Advanced learners: Visual Thesaurus

Unit Projects for Learning and Assessment

Building background when students don’t have it.

Models to show what you’ve learned

Formal oral reports

- Scripting for writing

- Reading aloud for oral language practice

What we learned about the Earth The Earth is our environment

Things we studied… Volcanoes Earth’s Structure Earthquakes Creation Stories

Earth’s Structure

The earth has layers

Core - Inner core (solid metal) - Outer core (liquid metal)

Mantle (semi-liquid rock)

Crust (solid rock)

Here is our model of the Earth:

Volcano Parts

Where plates come together or move apart, there are volcanoes

Plates make a mountain.

Magma comes up from the mantle

It becomes lava when it is outside the mantle.

Our model of a volcano:

Extending the story to show understanding and analysis, not just recall

What about copyright?

Use Creative Commons

Learn about Fair Use

Learn about Transformative Use

Understand the risks

Transformative Use

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Concurrent Session 8 Wednesday, October 15 1:00 – 2:00 P.M.