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A great little article to help you visualize the benefits of a technologically-fit English classroom.

The new Pearson ELL tablet-based assessment looks to target all four areas of the English providing a thorough breakdown of the students progress at the end of their semester.

The new Pearson ELL tablet-based assessment looks to target all four areas of the English providing a thorough breakdown of the students progress at the end of their semester.

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English Language Learners: Incorporating Technology into the Academic Achievement Strategy

Advice from three ESL teachers on the things regular classroom teachers can do to help English language learners thrive in mainstream classrooms.

Advice from three ESL teachers on the things regular classroom teachers can do to help English language learners thrive in mainstream classrooms.

Curriculum Express for Parents provide a short explanation of school and what students learn - for parents who are English language learners.

This web site offers books in various languages (English, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Chinese, etc.). A great resource for teachers with English Language Learners.

This site is designed to support teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to elementary school students. On this site you will find fun and exciting resources to help keep your students motivated to learn, without sacrificing the learning experience. This site is especially great for classrooms with multimedia capabilities. Introduce new vocabulary with the vocabulary viewer, play fun flash games for the classroom, and print your own customized worksheets and flashcards. You can also download PowerPoint presentations and use fun teaching tools.

"'Animated Educational Video Clips"

This is an animated site for kids. Sight contains information in all subject areas. There is a fee to use all of the site but they provide some free material as well. I like the clear explanations they have on the topics.

An awesome website for elementary students! The videos can also be added to Nearpod lessons and viewed with headsets.

A search of digo groups interested in sharing resources on Connectivism produced 165 results. Some are not in English.

This book is introducing integrating educational technology in to teaching.

YouTube Video by LearningHood explaining Blended Learning.

Tameika, It's funny how we tagged the same Video; but I shared it through Hootcourse though :) Interesting video about blended learning. Hasnaa

NoRedInk.com is a web-based learning platform that helps students improve their grammar and writing skills. It includes content that is interesting to students, differentiated instruction, tutorials, exercises/quizzes/assignments, and progress tracking all in one place!

Free grammar lessons and quizzes for teachers to use in the classroom.

I have used this website in Kindergarten and am excited to see that there are plenty of resources I can use for second grade. The NCTE is composed off dedicated teachers who share their resources, strategies, and best practices with others. You can enjoy the benefits of being a NCTE member by enrolling in the membership. Many of the resources are free and can be used in the classroom. There are lesson plans and student interactives to use for any subject on a computer or smart board. The great thing about this website is that parents and children can access it at home for after school resources. There is community involvement and professional developments that one can attend.

This is a visual thesaurus in which students can enter a word and immediately find dozens of synonyms...which then give even more. No longer will you have reports handed in with the same drab vocabulary. Encourage the use of this in your class!

Teacher videos, resources and lesson plans. Discover great ideas and strategies to use as a teacher with this collection of videos covering Math, Science, English, History and more.

This is the Teaching Channel's website filled with educator resources.  I have found several Science lab ideas from this site.  Many resources are standards based and grounded in STEM research, but there are resources for all subject areas.  There are also videos available that show lessons in practice.  

Visual thesaurus -- especially good with Smartboards when students struggle with words during a lesson.

Graph Words is a free visualization tool to explore English dictionary and thesaurus, helps you to search the meaning of words and other associated words.

The site presents the challenges faced by educators when teaching technology to ESL students.

This site offers teachers resources aligned with NETS-T as well as students resources in the English Language Proficiency Standards as defined by TESOL.