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Alyssa Ruesch

The English Teacher's Companion: Who We Were, Who We Are, and Who We Teach - 0 views

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    potential reading about differences b/w gen x, gen y, and babyboomers and how different generations might respond to teaching styles.
Martha Borden

Twitter Lesson - Learning English on Twitter Lesson - 0 views

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    article also contains links to learning twitter and understand terminology
Desiree Belter

English for Academic Purposes - 0 views

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    Here are examples of blogs by post secondary EAP students
amykrowland

3 Strategies to Rock your ESL Class | eduCanon's blog - 0 views

  • #2 Bring in American/English TV Shows
    • amykrowland
       
      I think this is a great way to bring popular culture into the classroom.  TV shows provide a more authentic representation of language than educational videos. 
Alyssa Ruesch

The 5 Best Free Annotation Tools For Teachers - eLearning Industry - 7 views

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    I like the ideas offered on this site! I have never heard of web annotation before.
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    In the reading classes I teach in ESOL, we teach academic reading skills to non-native English speakers to get the students ready for college-level textbooks. These tools would be very useful for students if we ever have any digital texts we read for the class.
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    I had a hard time reading from the link! Once opened there were a ton of moving pop-ups that were very distracting. Did anyone else have that issue?
zhangxch2012

Funky Character Maps | The Creative Language Class - 30 views

    • kjjsk8
       
      I thought that this was a cool graphic organizer for character traits rather than doing a traditional way of listing/t-chart/ven-diagram/etc.
    • yflanders
       
      Very creative idea, I would love to try it out with my class. Thanks for sharing.
  • Furthermore, it connects to English Arts and my unit on describing people.
    • kjjsk8
       
      This connects to my Legends and Myths unit and helps me assess content and not just language.
    • srafuller
       
      I like this idea - I'd like to try this with my Level 1 students. We have a children's version of Don Quijote that might lend itself to this. Something else to plan!
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  • The sheet on the left is good, but a little “middle-school” looking.
    • zhangxch2012
       
      I like this tool. Helpful to create a community sharing things and creating things together.
barichetti

Guest Post: Tracking Novels Reading During FVR - Grant Boulanger - 3 views

  • I asked students if they notice any difference when they read now
    • vaguevara
       
      Great way to provide reflection on learning!
  • display in the room their big accomplishment.
    • vaguevara
       
      Love this! STEALING!!!
  • Occasionally, I ask them to write a report
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  • Bryce Hedstrom
  • too share about my book.
    • vaguevara
       
      Love that all share...including the teacher!
  • others who have shared that this year they have read more books in Spanish than in English – Awesome!
    • vaguevara
       
      This would be a great way to propel differentiated progress-- I wonder how students demonstrate understanding
  • They like to be able to choose what they read.
    • vaguevara
       
      Choice is key
  • FVR with novels in Spanish 1
    • vaguevara
       
      I wonder what FVR means...
    • barichetti
       
      Me too! :D
  • FVR with novels in Spanish 1
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    This is an annotation of a reading activity/ practice, from a guest blogger, Mónica Romero, to Grant Boulanger's Exploring the convergence of Language Acquisition and Arts. Like his CI suggestions and Freebies
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    Ooh, the internet tells me it's Free Voluntary Reading. This is an interesting article. I'm not sure it would be directly applicable to any of the classes I teach right now, but it's good food for thought.
vaguevara

Error correction and repair moves in synchronous learning activities | International Jo... - 2 views

  • This study explores the deployment of correction strategies and repair moves in synchronous learning activities in an online English course.
    • barichetti
       
      This article looks at the question from a more theoretical standpoint.
  • When asked to identify the benefits of the synchronous learning activities concerning the correction of errors, the participants point out that events and actions are unpredictable in the online lessons and the online interviews, which provide students with an opportunity to stretch their command of the language.
  • The results from the present study show that the preferred correction strategies are explicit corrections and recast.
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    • barichetti
       
      Recasting during synchronous activities as a way to correct errors or misunderstandings from asynchronous activities.
    • vaguevara
       
      Yes- the way it happens in the real world!
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    I appreciate the data around this-- Will be helpful with my student/ family communications about the 'how, why and when' of corrections.
norikofujiokaito

Mutually Beneficial Foreign Language Learning: Creating Meaningful Interactions Through... - 3 views

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    This empirical study indicates the positive effect on synchronous communication between students in Japan who learn English and students in US who learn Japanese, using Skype.
lars3969

When Not to Use Video Chat for Language Learning | | Academic Technology Specialists - 0 views

  • October 31, 2011
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      This article is not the most recent, but it's still an interesting read.
    • lars3969
       
      This is the most interesting point in the article. Even when speaking with another native English speaker on Skype or Google Hangouts, it can be hard to negotiate turn taking.
  • trying to have a conversation with someone you have never met, over a low quality video connection, in a language you don’t speak very well, is quite challenging socially as well as linguistically.
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  • Anyone who has used video chat for business purposes knows just how difficult it is to execute turn-taking, interrupting, and politeness.
danigeary

Padlet | The Digital Teacher | Cambridge English - 2 views

    • danigeary
       
      Very versatile. Good for recreating whiteboard assignments for an online environment.
  • any level of learner. As learners add their own posts, what skill they develop depends on what task given is to them. Learners can develop writing skills (e.g. write a short description of a person you admire) or speaking skills (record yourself telling an anecdote). They can also brainstorm vocabulary related to a topic to activate existing knowledge before a reading or listening text. As learners all type their ideas at the same time, it’s an inclusive and efficient way of collecting ideas.
  • Padlet allows for synchronous or asynchronous collaboration. Learners can share ideas, materials, audio and video.  They can then comment on these.
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    • danigeary
       
      This is huge! Students can see and comment, all on one page.
    • danigeary
       
      For big classes, the right padlet activities allow the instructor to "eyeball" the content for grading.
  • For the teacher, Padlet helps them to better assess the learning of everyone in the class, something that can be tricky even with medium-sized classes.
Erika Sass

Welcome to the ESL Cyber Safety Exhibition - ESL Student Page - 2 views

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    This Web page introduces a blended learning approach to learning about Internet safety for English Language Learners in Grades 4 & 5. Initially, this project began with a simple teacher guided collaborative lesson that explored building a class iGoogle site that students accessed online.
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    This is a good project to maintain the safety and security of our online learners.
leahmyott

New Teacher Boot Camp Week 2 - Using VoiceThread | Edutopia - 1 views

  • It is an easy way to differentiate instruction while providing engaging choices to "show" learning, engage in conversation, and think openly and critically about content.
    • leahmyott
       
      Differentiation is so important for English learners. They don't always get a chance to make their voices heard, and this way, they can do it in their own time and space.
  • the value of a Web 2.0 tool is in its ability to enhance the student's learning experience, and allows teachers to be inspired to cultivate learning in a purposeful, dynamic way.
    • leahmyott
       
      I have found that looking on examples and tutorials gives me inspiration on ways to use Voicethread. I can be purposeful and dynamic - I feel I am at the tip of the iceberg in terms of ways I could use it.
elenistef7

Música {and music videos} in the language classroom | Teaching a World Language - 10 views

    • ncsargo
       
      Using eduCanon to embed questions into music videos is far more convenient than answering questions with simple pen and paper. If you aren't an eduCanon fan at the very least these sites are great resources for Spanish language music for interpretive activities.
  • Next, my recent favorite, eduCanon.
    • ncsargo
       
      Silent videos can be used to create an interpretive activity for any language. Simon's cat is a good resource for silent videos, the following link also has many great silent videos that work with developing emotional intelligence and creative writing: http://ineverycrea.net/comunidad/ineverycrea/recurso/10-cortometrajes-para-trabajar-la-educacion-emocio/0f46341c-920e-48da-8147-0656407da4f1
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    • ncsargo
       
      Here is a great interpretive activity; having students use Twitter to convey how a song makes them feel or to write a ministory in 140 characters or less!
    • ncsargo
       
      I found this idea particularly insightful because I feel students must understand the main idea of the video fairly well to condense the theme into 140 characters!
  • First, let’s talk resources; here are some of my “go-to” music websites for Spanish. Feel free to add your own comments with additional sources that you like to use.
  • For #authres: Bilblioteca Musical: http://musicaenespanol.weebly.com/ LyricsTraining: http://lyricstraining.com/ Zambombazo {Cancionero}: http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/tag/cancionero/ TodoELE {Canciones}: http://www.todoele.net/canciones/Cancion_list.asp El Mundo Birch: http://elmundodebirch.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/spanish-music-database-updated/ Youtube {different channels}: https://www.youtube.com/ MTVTres: http://www.tr3s.com/ Los40: http://los40.com/ For non-natives/ELE: Rockalingua: http://www.rockalingua.com/ Senor Wooly: http://www.senorwooly.com/ Realidades I, II y III {Canciones de HipHop}
  • This tool can be used in any discipline, with any grade. What a neat way to begin class, end class or assign as an independent practice activity. By embedding music videos into eduCanon, the teacher can pose questions about the actual video or the music lyrics that may appear. Here is a sample video I created in English using a great silent film source: Simon’s Cat
    • annalisaandre
       
      I find this idea very interesting. I might use a collection of music videos in eduCanon to work with students about vocabulary related to emotional states.
    • elenistef7
       
      I like the idea about using silent films like Simon Cat. Another source for silent films could be Charlie Chaplin.
  • -Have students describe how they feel when listening to the music, in #140charactersorless: write a mini story to go with the music & emotions, post to Twitter or a learning management site used {Edmodo, Schoology, Canvas, etc}, share their stories in small groups, collaborate using Google Docs to create a unique tale based on the music they hear, present their stories to the class {act it out, swap stories with another group, re-enact silently: have classmates reinvent the original story}
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    Great resource for using Spanish language music videos and silent videos for interpretive activities, check out my sticky notes for more resources!
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    Great resource for using Spanish language music videos and silent videos in the classroom for interpretive activities with Twitter and eduCanon.
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    I like the idea of using Simon Cat videos. Another option: Charlie Chaplin films
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