ESOL Emergent Bilinguals by vincent samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484 Scavenger Hunt: Technology 2 en-us 2018-04-13 19:33:14 UTC 2025-11-06 01:32:17 UTC hello@padlet.com Colorin' Colorado vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254080411 http://www.colorincolorado.org
Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org
Visual Dictionary:  http:blachan.com/shahi
English Linx:  http://englishlinx.com
Kidz Search:  http://kidzsearch.com


]]> 2018-04-21 20:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254080411 Teacher's Toolkit: Videos vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254080705 http://www.theteachertoolkit.com
Jeff Zwiers: http://jeffzwiers.org/tools
Vocabulary Development
https://www.Vocabulary.com

]]> 2018-04-21 20:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254080705 Refugee Stories (from UN) vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254080931 http://stories.unchr.org

]]> 2018-04-21 20:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254080931 Padlet: https://padlet.com vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254080996 2018-04-21 20:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254080996 Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/ vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254081071 Handwriting Practice: http://]]> 2018-04-21 20:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254081071 We Are Teachers: https://www.weareteachers.com vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254081639 Dave's ESL Cafe: http://www.eslcafe.com/teachers/]]> 2018-04-21 20:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254081639 Larry Ferlazzao's ESL websites of the day vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254081921 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org]]> 2018-04-21 20:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254081921 ESL Bits: http://esl-bits.net/ vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254082067 2018-04-21 20:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254082067 Read Works: https://www.readworks.org/ vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254082180 2018-04-21 21:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254082180 BrainPopELL Junior: https://jr.brainpop.com/ vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254082263 Songs For Grammar:  https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/learn-english-grammar/]]> 2018-04-21 21:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254082263 Tan Huynh's Blog: https://www.empoweringells.com/ vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254082411 2018-04-21 21:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254082411 Some of these sites motivate and inspire while providing resources for educational, cultural, social, and academic learning opportunities. They help emerging bilinguals build community and learn from each other. They often foster a "growth mindset" that encourages students of all ages to make mistakes and learn important academic, personal, interpersonal, and professional lessons in the process. Dave's ESL Cafe is a treasure chest of academic and professional resources for students and for teachers. Everything from ESL grammar lessons to international teaching opportunities and certification programs for teachers await. Songs For Grammar provides ESL students catchy and/or popular tunes from theater or television to learn academic vocabulary for SAT test preparation, parts of speech, and casual conversation phrases vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254215395 2018-04-23 01:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254215395 Read Works reminds me of NEWSELA. It has engaging and relevant articles with a wide variety of topics, lexiles, grade levels, academic vocabulary, and Common Cores Standards represented. Larry Ferlazzo's site has videos, teaching instruction, articles from a host of other educational sites. He shares best practices from many sources and recommends books and articles. Dave's ESL Cafe is useful for both teachers and students for enhancing extensive ESL personal, academic, and professional opportunities. All of these professional development sites are filled with grammar, articles, videos, and explicit instruction that can be utilized to help ELL students access the core curriculum. vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254218051 2018-04-23 01:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254218051 The resources listed provide useful resources for students, their families, and are designed for practical application and real-life experiences. A wide array of academic resources including handwriting, dictionary, thesaurus, core curriculum, visual representations, drawing tools (to connect words with images), math, science articles and practice lessons are included in the sites listed above. Writing prompts, graphic organizers, and academic vocabulary are all available and free for teachers and students to use. Many of them allow the user to conduct a search to be able to more easily access the wide array of topics that are available vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254220451 2018-04-23 02:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/254220451 NEWSELA vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/256374626 https://newsela.com/
The current, high interest, relevant articles are written at a variety of reading levels to enhance students' ability to comfortably read at their instructional level. The writing/discussion activities are thought-provoking and incorporate compare/contrast, sequencing, identifying main ideas and supporting details. The quizzes check for comprehension.

Flocaubulary: https://www.flocabulary.com/
The math and reading lessons provide a structured step-by-step progression of skills. Gaps in stude

]]> 2018-04-30 01:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/256374626 Flocabulary: https://www.flocabulary.com/ vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/256376080 This site allows for easy scaffolding and differentiation to address a progression of individual skills and to address gaps in skills.]]> 2018-04-30 01:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/256376080 Word Hippo vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/256376485 2018-04-30 01:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/256376485 We are in an ever-expanding gl vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/256377145 global community. Our students will have increasing opportunities to integrate technology into their educational, personal, and professional aspects of their lives. Many family members are using facebook to stay connected with friends/family/ colleagues all over the world. The internet has reached communities in even the most remote areas of the world. Cell phones are mini-computers that many students from age 12 or 13 and older have access to using on a daily basis. Integrating technology can enhance the following:
- Access to educational websites
- Ability to connect with family members near and far
- Exploring career interests
- Applying for trade schools, college, jobs
- Researching areas of interest
- Refining skills
- Filling in educational gaps
- Benefiting from online classes in every imaginable topic
- Playing leisure or educational games
- Learning a new skill by using youtube or google
- Expanding collaborative skills with peers or while on the job
- Teachers can assist students in expanding their abilities to develop critical thinking
- The youtube video Did You Know? describes that teachers are attempting to prepare students for careers today that don't even exist yet. (Cyber Security is an example of a career that has become critical to world wide election processes.)
- Technology for professional and creative endeavors continues to grow
- Part of our role as educators is to remove obstacles for our students to succeed as global citizens
- The internet and its myriad of apps has drastically altered the educational landscape for personal and professional development
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]]> 2018-04-30 02:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/256377145 ASSESSMENTS vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/256380078 i Ready: https://www.curriculumassociates.com/products/iready/diagnostic-instruction.aspx
Provides reading and math assessments to determine the educational gaps that a student has in their skill development. Allows self-paced student skill development and progresses at the appropriate pace for each student.

Dreambox: http://www.dreambox.com/
This math skill development is self-paced, interactive, engaging, and fun for students. It's algorithms are allow the scaffolding and an assessment before progressing to the next concept.

Read Write Think: http://www.readwritethink.org/
This tool offers a wide variety of strategies for comprehension and making connections ((text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world).

Kahoot: https://kahoot.it/
This site can be used to assess, reinforce, encourage collaboration and math skills and vocabulary development. Students can complete the Kahoot individually, as pairs, or teams for friendly collaboration and competition]]> 2018-04-30 02:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/256380078 RETURN TO TOOLBOX vincent_samatowic https://padlet.com/vincent_samatowic/psul7bb4m484/wish/256383971 Thinglink: https://www.thinglink.com/
This site is easy to use, self-paced, provides a wide variety of ways to create a presentation. It allows students to use videos, audio recordings, images, drawing, photos, URLs, and more. It is fun, engaging, and an outstanding way to enhance technology skills for students.
Blendspace: https://www.teachthought.com/technology/what-is-blendspace-use-in-the-classroom/
Relatively simple to use tool for creating mini-lessons. It allows for adding videos, text, quizzes. It provides a good way to search for educational resources to enhance the lessons.

PBS LEARNING MEDIA: https://opb.pbslearningmedia.org/
This site provides timely, engaging, relevant lessons and learning opportunities for teachers, students, and their families. The lessons are aligned with state standards.

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