March 21, 2009 at 2:58 pm (Resources, Teachers)
Tags: blog, links, online, Resources, website
I wanted to share a blog that I follow. Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/. I like that Larry posts multiple websites relevant to current events, holidays, celebrations, and other miscellaneous and useful websites. These websites facilitate planning, provide background information, are educational in nature, or just resourceful when navigating the web. Because Mr. Ferlazzo teaches English language learners he always evaluates the sites that he references according to useability by ELLs.
I would like to know what blogs or websites you find helpful and informative.
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October 30, 2008 at 10:11 am (Teachers)
Tags: academic vocabulary, classroom procedures, Colorado, Conference, content vocabulary, Denver, Discipline, ELL, English Language Learners, foldables, Graphic Organizers, handouts, Methods, modifications, modified lesson, National Middle School Association, NMSA, Performance, Resources, Strategies, Understanding, wiki, wikispaces
We are off to the National Middle School Association’s 35th Annual Conference in Denver. How exciting!! The last time I went to the NMSA conference was in 2001 as a college senior. Having been in the classroom now, I am looking forward to all of the great things that will be presented such as technology, strategies, methods, resources, and freebies from the exhibit hall of course.
Tomorrow afternoon, Jennifer and I will be presenting in one of the concurrent sessions. The title for our session is Strategies, Methods, and Resources for Increasing ELL Student Understanding and Performance. Some of the things we will cover during the 75 minute session are Who are English language learners?, Characteristics?, Structure- discipline, classroom procedures, graphic organizers, Academic vs. Content Vocabulary, Foldables, and Example of a modified lesson. Believe me, we have tons more that we could talk about but this was all that we could fit into the time. If you would like a copy of our handouts, visit our wiki (some pages are still a work in progress) at http://ellclassroom.wikispaces.com/NMSAhandouts.
I look forward to reporting back on all that I learn over the next few days!
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October 28, 2008 at 3:09 pm (Resources, Teachers, Technology)
Tags: instruction, interactive, Resources, smartboards, Teachers, Technology, whiteboards
Interactive whiteboards, electronic whiteboards, smartboards, whatever they may be called, they have been a huge hit with teachers across every grade level and content area. Display your computer screen on your whiteboard, show a video/ multimedia presentation, create a graphic organizer or fill one in as a class, manipulate virtual manipulatives in math, create words or sentences with letter and word tiles, demonstrate how to ______ (you fill in the blank), save, cut, copy, paste, and print notes from class, etc. Think outside of the box and the options are endless.
Please share your ideas and experiences, we would love to hear how you have incorporated this multifaceted tool in your classroom.
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