The document discusses three tools that can be used with English language learners: Audacity for audio recording, Aviary and English Central for students to record themselves and get feedback on pronunciation, and PhotoStory/iMovie and VoiceThread for creating visual presentations. It also mentions using Skype for paired speaking activities, presentations, and bringing in experts. The document provides the rationale for using these tools and suggestions for effective implementation, such as having a plan, preparing students, and setting behavioral norms.

1. Three Tools Three Ways To Use with EL Students Alice Mercer - Teacher Sacramento City Unified School District Fall CUE 2011

2. http://bit.ly/p5M52W Will have links, and other materials

3. Who is Alice Mercer? Elementary Teacher for over 10 years; All of that has been with significant numbers of English Learner students; District and regional expert on using Web 2.0 and other tech tools http://mizmercer.edublogs.org

4. Rationale: Why use these tools?

8. Recording Tools: Audacity http:// audacity .sourceforge.net/ Audio recording software for PC, Mac, etc. Aviary on Myna http://www.aviary.com/tools/audio-editor Online audio recording English Central http://www.englishcentral.com/ Students can record themselves reading transcripts and get graded on pronunciation.

9. Visual tools: PhotoStory/iPhoto Movie Maker/iMovie VoiceThread http://voicethread.com

10. Skype and video conferencing: Buddy classes http://education.skype.com/ Paired speaking, Whole class presentations/singing Bringing in experts to ask questions Skype Author Network http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/

11. My findings... A good teacher is more important than getting a tech-guru, you just need to be flexible; Have a plan, don’t just let them “talk”; Plan for conversations, and prepare the kids for them; Set up norms for behavior; Small groups are easier to manage;

12. Questions and concerns

13. 2 steps: Navigate to the session(s) you attended and click the ‘Evaluation’ link to begin. Answer the questions on the evaluation and hit submit! That’s it! Online Session Evaluations fall.CUE.org

15. Suggestions from audience

16. BONUS TOOLS! Flickr Flickr is a photo sharing service that your students can use to search for pictures. http://flickr.com Here are some great tools to use with it: fd's Flickr Toys: Do fun stuff with your photos http://bighugelabs.com/flickr PimPamPum: http://www.pimpampum.net/ Flickr Apps: http://www.flickr.com/services/