Choose at least three different technology tools listed in the module and apply them to evaluate their application for instructional use with EL students. For example, you can take a paragraph of complex text and use Rewordify (http://rewordify.com/index.php) to deconstruct the text and/or use Storyline (https://www.storylineonline.net/) etc. Discuss the tools that you worked with or evaluated for your EL students and how well it worked (or didn’t). Support your response with information from the module page and outside reference(s) as needed.
From the module:
Technology can be a great tool for teachers in ESL classrooms. It offers many opportunities for authentic writing activities and endless resources on grammar instruction, lesson plans and ways to differentiate instruction.
Here are a few applications that a teacher can incorporate teaching into the teaching of ELs.
Digital word walls
Digital word walls foster vocabulary acquisition and provide native language and visual support for ELs. Using sites such as PBWorks or Popplet, students can collaborate, connect, and share keywords and online references on a digital word wall. Students can also create graphic organizers that map root words and associated meanings, images, sentence examples, and more. The study of Greek and Latin roots is particularly useful for ELs, as a single root can often be applied to determine the meaning of multiple words.
Digital storytelling
Digital storytelling enhances second language acquisition through the integration of reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Digital tools such as VoiceThread, Puppet Pals, and Book Creator allow students to create and share material using text, visual, and audio formats. One first-grade EL read and recorded his written page from a coauthored book using VoiceThread, and then listened to and rerecorded it multiple times to enhance his pronunciation.
Padlet
30 WAYS TO USE PADLET IN ESL CLASSROOM
https://padlet.com/Tsisana/4i7g7j9qaoh3
Read Aloud
Storyline Online features actors who creatively read books aloud. https://www.storylineonline.net/
https://www.pebblego.com/modules/1/categories/0
Duolingo, which enables students to learn over 20 languages through gamification,
Voice Thread, a web-based application that helps students produce interactive, multimedia video conversations.
PebbleGo offers read-aloud audio and word-by-word highlighting. https://www.pebblego.com/modules/1/categories/0 (requires sign in with Free trial)
Text Deconstruction
http://rewordify.com/index.php
Vocabulary Games
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/10-ways-use-technology-build-vocabulary
- https://www.vocabulary.co.il/
- https://www.nasa.gov/topics/humans-in-space
- Students create captions to illustrate their understanding of contribute
- In my classroom I would probably use the vocabulary games and the read aloud technology. I use vocabulary.com for the most part.