English Learners, ESOL Teachers

Blogger Maurice Elias shares some simple tips for implementing SEL in elementary, middle and high school classes -- including a short quiet time at the beginning and end of the day, using transition circles, and reflective ...

Classroom educational technology for common core

Via Darren Burris

Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)

There are several mistakes that I hear all the time from English learners. Some of these are easy corrections to make that maybe you just weren't aware of and the others may take more time to work on and may give trouble to ...

My EDGD 824 English method students have been considering the question: how do I 'teach Shakespeare' and have students enjoy the experience? and I would value your input and advice. There are more resources for ...

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/

Via Cyndi Danner-Kuhn, Dovewhisper

More schools would be held accountable for the performance of English-learners under the provisions of a bill to reauthorize the federal education law.

I just came across this handy infographic and find it really worth sharing with you here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. This infographic illustrates what everyone needs to know about...

Via Jon Samuelson

The U.S. Department of Education is reviewing, for a second time, whether it followed federal contracting rules in a competition for a $1.5 million contract to manage the National Clearinghouse for English-Language ...

Middle school English language arts teacher Hassan Mansaray shares how he uses an individualized learning model, Readers and Writers Workshop, to reach his students in an expanded learning time program.

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Schools Face Shortage of Digital Curricula for English-Learners
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... 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...