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Jenn Mowry

Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling / Boing Boing - 0 views

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DigitalStorytelling

shared by Jenn Mowry on 11 Jun 17 - No Cached
  • Jenn Mowry on 05 Aug 17
     
    Rules and suggestions for developing great stories. This site is useful as a resource for students creating digital stories.
Jenn Mowry

The science of resilience: how to teach students to persevere | Teacher Network | The G... - 1 views

www.theguardian.com/...ow-to-teach-students-persevere

CALL TESOL PD growth-mindset development reslience

shared by Jenn Mowry on 11 Jun 17 - No Cached
  • overcome that mindset by building their confidence through experiences that develop their competence.
  • Competence builds resilience
  • build their resilience to feeling overwhelmed by letting them discover, on their own, how complex things can be broken into parts.
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  • questions and instructions
  • Look at your object and discuss how it might work.
  • Now take it apart and look at what makes it work.
  • Write down what you recognise, such as springs, screws, coils, gears, batteries or wiring
  • When finished, write down any ideas about how the parts might work together.
  • Dividing big assignments or jobs into small tasks will give them the confidence to get started and the resilience to persevere
  • put their new awareness into mottos
  • Learning from failure
  • opportunities for the brain to build a bridge that will bring them success in future.
  • experience mistakes as an expected part of learning, you build their resilience to setbacks.
  • when you correct an error, your brain builds new wiring to guide you to make a better choice next time.
  • replacing misinformation with firm experience.
  • strongest understandings we have do not come from what we’ve memorised but rather from what we’ve learned from failure.
  • Discussing common errors
  • Pointing out your own mistakes and acknowledging how you felt
  • class to share their past mistakes and recognising they lived through them
  • Personal meaning builds persistence
  • personally relevant tasks.
Jenn Mowry

Developing Effective ESL Classroom Activities for Elementary School Students - 2 views

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CALL TESOL

shared by Jenn Mowry on 11 Jun 17 - No Cached
  • A framework for understanding school and the learning experience
  • Lessons that make sense to them in the classroom and in real life
  • Caring teachers who are dedicated to the students' success
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  • Experiences that enrich their understanding of reading, writing, mathematics, and other disciplines
  • gain a firmer understanding of the English language earlier in their lives when ESL teaching strategies are implemented into the lesson plans.
  • Make your lessons short
  • Diversify the lesson
  • Create an environment that builds confidence
  • Keep an open-mind
  • Ask questions
  • Use visuals
  • Group murals give elementary students a fun way to express their feelings and show what they have learned.
  • group of ESL readers helps them to build confidence and to mingle with other ESL students who share their struggles.
  • Jenn Mowry on 05 Aug 17
     
    A timely and necessary reminder of how similar ESL students and their needs are to general ed students. This article emphasizes the point that what is good for ESL students will probably also be good for all students or at least students with other specific needs.
Jenn Mowry

Helping English Language Learners Who Struggle in School | Parenting - 2 views

www.greatschools.org/...language-learners-who-struggle

CALL TESOL

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  • Jenn Mowry on 05 Aug 17
     
    A resource to encourage and remind teachers and parents that ELL students may also have other challenges that need to be addressed in addition to their language needs.
Jenn Mowry

We Need More Stinkin' Badges | Schoology - 1 views

www.schoology.com/...inkin-badges-by-keith-sorensen

digital-badging growth-mindset

shared by Jenn Mowry on 10 Jun 17 - No Cached
  • Some of the achievements are very specific.
  • Some achievements are really random, though.
  • Achievements can also be extremely challenging or encourage people to try things totally out of the ordinary.
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  • (1) a list of targets
  • a way to give out badges.
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How to Use Technology Effectively to Transform Your ESL Classroom | FluentU English Edu... - 0 views

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CALL blended_learning Web2.0

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  • Jenn Mowry on 05 Aug 17
     
    Professional resources and blog site for teaching in an ESL clasroom.
Jenn Mowry

More than 1,000 English Learners in Utah Using Supplemental Online and Blended Learning... - 0 views

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development CALL blended_learning

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  • Jenn Mowry on 05 Aug 17
     
    Making a case for digital badging and blended learning opportunities to support ELL students.
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Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues - 0 views

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development StandardsFramework CALL

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  • Jenn Mowry on 07 Jun 17
     
    Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching assessment (CEFR)
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The Pros and Cons of Digital Badging | Middlebury Interactive Languages - 0 views

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digital-badging development CALL

shared by Jenn Mowry on 07 Jun 17 - No Cached
  • Finally, the longevity of badges must be contemplated. Can a person qualify for a badge and then not use the language and lose the mastery? How would that possibility translate into a badging system?
  • Jenn Mowry on 05 Aug 17
     
    Digital badging in the context of online language learning.
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Use of the CEFR - 0 views

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digital-badging development CALL

shared by Jenn Mowry on 07 Jun 17 - No Cached
  • what language learners have to learn to do in order to use a language for communication and what knowledge and skills they have to develop so as to be able to act effectively.  The description also covers the cultural context in which language is set. 
Jenn Mowry

What is Badges4languages? - Badges for Languages - 0 views

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CALL digital-badging StandardsFramework CEFR

shared by Jenn Mowry on 07 Jun 17 - No Cached
  • provide an international forum for the exchange and development of expertise in the field of language education
  • promote and guarantee high quality in language teaching and learning
  • sharing knowledge without restrictions
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  • The Common European Framework provides a common basis for the elaboration of language syllabuses, curriculum guidelines, examinations, textbooks, etc. across Europe
  • what language learners have to learn to do in order to use a language for communication and what knowledge and skills they have to develop
  • cultural context in which language is set
  • defines levels of proficiency
  • Jenn Mowry on 05 Aug 17
     
    A developing site for managing and maintaining digital badges specifically designed for language learners.
Jenn Mowry

Micro-Credentials and College Admissions: Enhancing Access and Supporting Learning | Te... - 0 views

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blogging digital-badging

shared by Jenn Mowry on 31 May 17 - No Cached
  • Jenn Mowry on 05 Aug 17
     
    Support for digital badging in life after primary/secondary school and beyond primary ELL instruction.
Jenn Mowry

The Podcasting Playbook: A Typology of Evidence-Based Podagogy for PreK-12 Classrooms w... - 0 views

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ESL509 Web2.0 blogging

shared by Jenn Mowry on 29 May 17 - No Cached
  • Podagogy, a fusion of podcasting and pedagogy
  • , is evidence-based educational podcasting for teaching and learning.
  • Podcasting, not to be confused with standalone MP3 or MP4 file consumption, is characterized by four primary components: media-audio or visual file formats; downloading-non-streamed and asynchronous; player devices-computers, iPods, MP3 players, mobile phones, iPads, and digital televisions with Internet capabilities; and syndication-subscription-based individual episode or series downloaded manually or automatically
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  • podcasting as "the creation and serial distribution of media through the Internet" (
  • podagogy as evidence-based educational podcasting for teaching and learning in PreK-12.
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