https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi Websites to aid instruction, planning, and assessment en-us 2017-04-11 02:31:38 UTC 2026-02-18 19:18:44 UTC hello@padlet.com hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/165803169 ESL Games]]> 2017-04-11 02:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/165803169 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/165803485 2017-04-11 02:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/165803485 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167638713
Knowing the English version's value, the Spanish version would be a good classroom equivalent for monolingual or beginning ELLs]]> 2017-04-22 17:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167638713 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167639000 Google search site that brings you to sites in two different languages on the same topic.  For example, type in "biographies for kids" and the search engine will direct you to sites students can use for research in English, Spanish, or whatever language you choose.  Type in "geosphere videos for kids" or "adding fractions videos for kids" and you will be directed to short educational youtube clips. Google also allows you to translate the sites back and forth between languages so you, the teacher, can evaluate the usefulness of the site even if you do not speak the other language. ]]> 2017-04-22 18:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167639000 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167640300 Games and Science Diagrams available In English and Spanish]]> 2017-04-22 18:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167640300 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167641476 Building academic language, vocabulary, opinion writing, and productive discourse for more fluent English Learners (BizTown, Colonial, Water Scarcity]]> 2017-04-22 18:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167641476 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167648753 Assessing student language learning using observation rubrics.]]> 2017-04-22 20:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167648753 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167648979 These sites are helpful for a variety of purposes. The ESL games site and Maggie's Leaning Adventure site can be used to help beginning English speakers learn basic vocabulary and grammar concepts. BrainPop, Maggie's Learning Adventure, and 2Lingual Google Search can be used to make grade-level content accessible to students in their own language (mostly for Spanish Speakers, but Google search works for any major language). WordGen is better for bridging the academic language gap through repetition using activities, videos, stories, and cognates to teach concepts through using multiple approaches to a theme.]]> 2017-04-22 21:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167648979 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167649261 2017-04-22 21:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167649261 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167649283 Site with resources, tools, and graphic organizers focused on getting students talking - making claims, justifying positions, etc. and recording thinking]]> 2017-04-22 21:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167649283 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167650610 Publications describing researched best practices for language learners]]> 2017-04-22 21:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167650610 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167650867 Videos on quality teaching ideas and other education issues]]> 2017-04-22 21:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167650867 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167650908 Huge information and resource website on all things ELL related]]> 2017-04-22 22:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167650908 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167650964 Blog collecting inspirational and motivational education ideas]]> 2017-04-22 22:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167650964 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167651074 It is imperative to keep up with the latest theory and practices in education. Technology makes doing this so much simpler in the past. However, I think there is also a danger in that some teachers (myself) are hoarders -- it used to be that I would gather up all the discarded materials my colleagues didn't want. Now I find, with the collection of resources and ideas so easily at my fingertips, it is easy to get lost in an information glut and not put a few things in to practice well. Selective research into best practices is helpful.]]> 2017-04-22 22:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167651074 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167651330 2017-04-22 22:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167651330 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167651340 Dictionary on steroids
USE FOR NIFTY FIFTY!]]> 2017-04-22 22:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167651340 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167651753 Could use to paste in text either for whole class articles or for a specific student to help focus teacher attention on which words would be helpful to teach prior to reading]]> 2017-04-22 22:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167651753 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167655902 Similar to ESL games ; also contains whole class games like Jeopardy and a picture dictionary.]]> 2017-04-23 01:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167655902 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167656177 Visual math problem solving tools.]]> 2017-04-23 02:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167656177 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167656314 Presentation software with templates to help students easily write and present book reports, science projects, and other presentations. Very similar to having students create a power point, but even easier.]]> 2017-04-23 02:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167656314 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167657547 Creative teaching ideas for almost anything - ways to engage and motivate all students to participate.]]> 2017-04-23 03:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167657547 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167657715 Huge variety of tech tools to use in the classroom.]]> 2017-04-23 03:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167657715 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167658404 Use to help students organize research (use free form for notes and then make columns for paragraph categories) or for planning writing pieces.

]]> 2017-04-23 03:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167658404 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167658489 Class can play game on teams for concept review, or create own jeopardy game for a unit of study. Then class can play created games for even more learning.]]> 2017-04-23 03:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167658489 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167658632 Contains graphic organizer, online writing templates, lots of rubrics for student self-assessment.]]> 2017-04-23 04:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167658632 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167658674 2017-04-23 04:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167658674 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167658733 There are so many available tools on the internet to help students access content and give students ways to display learning. Technology gives a visual element to learning and has functions to help students think critically about what they read and write.  There are endless varieties of sites that have applications in the classroom. Technology is one way to move the learning from being teacher-centered to being student-centered. It allows students to be creative. When I use GoogleSlides and GoogleDocs in my classroom, it is pin-drop silent unless students need to ask a classmate for tech help -- they are that into the technology piece.  However, collaboration and oral communication are, of course, also crucial components to developing language.  As technology use becomes widespread students must still be given many opportunities to collaborate and communicate.  Technology certainly can be a vehicle to foster all of the four C's - it just has to be used judiciously.]]> 2017-04-23 04:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167658733 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167658910 Create games to check learning -- similar to the clicker method of inputting choices, but much simpler.]]> 2017-04-23 04:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167658910 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659030 Format for students to display learning visually]]> 2017-04-23 04:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659030 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659066 Technology presentation platforms and game creation gives students a chance to show what they've learned and share it with others. Having students work with the content to determine what is critical requires analysis and synthesizing learning. This takes the assessment deeper than students merely responding to show knowledge or comprehension, and requires them to apply what they have learned.]]> 2017-04-23 04:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659066 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659512 Posts about educational sites and tech tools.]]> 2017-04-23 04:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659512 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659589 2017-04-23 04:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659589 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659622 Educational videos and clips ]]> 2017-04-23 04:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659622 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659766 Math how-to videos]]> 2017-04-23 04:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659766 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659788 Fiction and Non-fiction articles to teach reading comprehension skills]]> 2017-04-23 04:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659788 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659938 Sites that review and describe other education sites and technology are useful. Sites used to supplement content information are also helpful. Whether the content is delivered through articles or videos it needs to be carefully evaluated for the how well the content supports ELLs language  development and what types of scaffold and supports are needed for all students to access the content provided. ]]> 2017-04-23 05:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167659938 hazeltok https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167660191 The SAMR Model is a lens through which to evaluate the use of technology in the classroom. Many substitutions of tasks can be shifted to technology. What really needs to be evaluated is the rigor and quality of the task itself. If the task is to read a passage and answer questions, the task is at a very low level on the DOK wheel or on Bloom's pyramid. Whether done paper/pencil or on a computer, the task is still shallow.  Many of these activities now are augmented by programs that provide more individualization, adaptive features, and immediate feedback that helps to target student learning according to individual needs, but the tasks are still not building critical thinking and problem-solving skills. That doesn't mean there is no place for tasks like this. All students need to build up a knowledge base to delve deeply into various tasks; it is important, however, that these tasks have a purpose. Writing an essay is a higher level task. Again, technology can substitute for paper and pencil, and it can enhance the task through spell check and editing and collaborative features. The real test of whether technology is being used well is if it is being used to engage students at higher depths of knowledge, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating what is learned, and using what is learned to create and communicate with others.  As technology use increases, one major area for educators to keep in the center of their focus is language learning. This was not on the TPCK wheel, except at the point where pedagogical decisions examine both content and language skills needed to perform a task. As technology individualizes education to some extent, teachers must be even more aware and committed to ensuring that ELLs have the skills to meet the language demands of the task.  In addition, the tasks must scaffold language development and help students grow and develop both greater content knowledge and language proficiency as a result.]]> 2017-04-23 05:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hazeltok/prlokfez9adi/wish/167660191