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Three Tools Three WaysTo Use with EL Students
Alice Mercer - Teacher Sacramento City Unified School
DistrictFall CUE 2011
http://bit.ly/p5M52W
Will have links, and other materials
Who is Alice Mercer?
• Elementary Teacher for over 10 years;
• All of that has been with significant numbers of English Learner students;
• District and regional expert on using Web 2.0 and other tech tools
• http://mizmercer.edublogs.org
Rationale:
Why use these tools?
Recording Tools:
• Audacityhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audio recording software for PC, Mac, etc.
• Aviary on Mynahttp://www.aviary.com/tools/audio-editorOnline audio recording
• English Centralhttp://www.englishcentral.com/ Students can record themselves reading transcripts and get graded on pronunciation.
Visual tools:
• PhotoStory/iPhoto
• Movie Maker/iMovie
• VoiceThreadhttp://voicethread.com
Skype and video conferencing:
Buddy classes http://education.skype.com/ – Paired speaking, – Whole class presentations/singing
• Bringing in experts to ask questions– Skype Author Network
http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/
My findings...
• A good teacher is more important than getting a tech-guru, you just need to be flexible;
• Have a plan, don’t just let them “talk”;• Plan for conversations, and prepare
the kids for them;• Set up norms for behavior;• Small groups are easier to manage;
Questions and concerns
2 steps:
• Navigate to the session(s) you attended and click the ‘Evaluation’ link to begin.
• Answer the questions on the evaluation and hit submit!
That’s it!
Online Session Evaluations fall.CUE.org
Suggestions from audience
BONUS TOOLS! Flickr
Flickr is a photo sharing service that your students can use to search for pictures.
http://flickr.comHere are some great tools to use with it:• fd's Flickr Toys: Do fun stuff with your
photos http://bighugelabs.com/flickr• PimPamPum: http://www.pimpampum.net/
• Flickr Apps: http://www.flickr.com/services/