English Learners, ESOL Teachers

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Schools Face Shortage of Digital Curricula for English-Learners
Education Week News
... that helps teach ELL students about grammar and literacy using animation and games.

Calif. Neglecting Thousands of English-Learners, Lawsuit Claims Education Week News (blog) Among the allegations in the lawsuit, the ACLU says that some districts receive tens of millions of dollars in state aid, as well as federal Title III...

The following blog post is part of a blog series called "Comments on the Common Core," written by Eye On Education's Senior Editor, Lauren ...

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English-Learners and the New Science Standards Education Week News (blog) The final set of new science standards released to the public yesterday presents an unprecedented opportunity for English-language learners to learn rich, academic language...

The Wealth Gap Is an Opportunity Gap
Huffington Post
With nearly 149,000 students, 32 percent receive free and reduced-price meals (FARMS), an indicator of poverty, 13 percent receive ESOL, and 11.7 percent receive special education services.

The number of ELL students has more than doubled since 1989, with Hispanics as the fastest-growing segment of this population. This problem is often mischaracterized as an immigration one, Mathis argues, but ELL student ...

ELL Common Core Challenges & Recommendations - On the Road to Academic Success. Presented by Bernadette B. Musetti, Associate Professor and Director of Liberal Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los ...

It'd be difficult to suggest that public education is doing much of anything at breakneck speed, but the idea behind this presentation is to clarify how it has changed, and where it could be headed. Just as web 1.0 turned to 2.0, ...

Infographics are interesting–a mash of (hopefully) easily-consumed visuals (so, symbols, shapes, and images) and added relevant character-based data (so, numbers, words, and brief sentences).

The learning application for them is clear, with many academic standards–including the Common Core standards–requiring teachers to use a variety of media forms, charts, and other data for both information reading as well as general fluency. It’s curious they haven’t really “caught on” in schools considering how well they bridge both the old-form textbook habit of cramming tons of information into a small space, while also neatly overlapping with the dynamic and digital world.

So if you want to try to make infographics–or better yet have students make them–where do you start? The 46 tools below, curated by Faisal Khan, are a good place to start. And with the sheer quantity and variety–from sources of data and models to tools that create them (including our personal favorite, piktochart), you can almost certainly find something to use in your classroom that’s not too pricey, that works for your grade level, and that isn’t blacked by your district’s incredibly frustrating filter.

 

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/46-tools-to-make-infographics-in-the-classroom/

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Successful Strategies for English language Learners by Heidi Raki of Raki's Rad Resources Do you enjoy the weekly TESOL Teaching Tips? Would you like to view an hour long presentation on this topic? I recently presented ...

Screen Shot 2013-02-25 at 10.44.21 AM One of the true challenges for English language learners is understanding the meanings of phrasal verbs. The Phrasal Verbs Machine, developed by Cambridge University, is a free iPad app that aims ...

Blogger Todd Finley looks at Standard 9 of the CCSS and, with his usual flair, suggests an entertaining range of complex nonverbal texts for students to analyze.

English-Learner Achievement Mixed in Big City School Systems Education Week News (blog) The experiences of English-language learners in some of the nation's largest school systems vary widely when it comes to who teaches them, what types of...