Wicked Good Sites and Activities for ABE/ESOL Classrooms

Presented by Patty Ball

Northeast SABES

Plethora of Tools

There are many tools on the Internet that teachers and staff can use in their

classrooms and programs

Figuring out which to use can be daunting and time-

consuming

Considerations:

• Integration - usefulness • free or low-cost• low learning curve for both

teachers and students

Teachers might…

Try to use 'learning technologies' in classroom whenever they can, to make the learning experience relevant to students

Show students how to find and access information and opportunities through technology

Focus on developing students’ networking skills (both online and face-to-face) so that the students become 'connected' to people who can give them information, help them learn and keep the learning experience relevant to the student’s life

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Desired Outcomes of Presentation

Awareness of new and useful tools for ABE/ESL

programs and classrooms

Develop willingness to explore new tools – (tools and their usages change)

Use some of these tools on a regular basis for either

the program, the classroom or personal & professional

development

“Become comfortable enough with technologies so that you can recognize them for what they really

are - Get past the hype and to the possibilities” (Jane

Bozarth)

A QuoteThe internet is now much more than

an information source, it is a vast social network of people

communicating and collaborating, so what better place could there be to learn, practice and use language

There are even some dedicated networks set up so that language

students can share and exchange both their culture and their language and

enjoy communicating with each other 

Some examples are:

http://www.livemocha.com/ http://www.babbel.com/ http://www.palabea.net/

If …, people learn best with friends and within social environments, then I think the internet really is providing

places where students can learn for themselves and perhaps we can just help them to consolidate those skills.

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*Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, TrainerTeacher Development: http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/

Tech Integration Online tools for:

Creating Docs, Presentations, Spreadsheets• *Google Docs, Zoho, *Animoto, Prezi

Collaboration Tools (with students, educators, staff)

Tools for Math, Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening

Educational Games/fun, music, soundtracks

My current overall favorite – how to use for awesome results

Document Creation & Collaboration

Google Docs – Patty’s fav

Google apps

Free online software - teachers & students collaborate on projects, assignments, & professional development

allows more than 1 person to work on same doc at a time

Students no longer need to e-mail files to other group members and deal with the confusion that often occurs regarding software compatibility issues

Also Zoho

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Google Docs

Google Docs Templates=

Google Apps for Education

Students can use these to:

Work on files anywhere, anytime

Get quick feedback from multiple people

Make the full writing process visible

Demonstrate their mastery of editing skills

Quickly analyze and organize data

Easily share data

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What to do with them?

Google Docs and Zoho Writer - the simplest tools for publishing written work to the web

Create & share all of your works without leaving the program

Google Docs allows to publish your documents as a webpage - then email url or post on your blog or website

Zoho Writer provides extra option which generates an embed code for your documents

Using the embed code will allow people to read your documents without having to leave your blog or website

Teachers can use to:

Organize group work in their classes

Make exercises they give students fun, since students are motivated when they are having fun

Give students work to do outside of the formal setting of the classroom

Take on the role of 'facilitator' rather than the role of 'giver-of-knowledge'.

Collaborate with other educators

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Presentation Creation & Embellishment

*Animoto - Animoto for Education

Prezi

280 slides

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Best Collaboration Tools

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• Classroom 2.0• Eflclassroom• My Ning• EduBlogs• Google sites

How to Use – class websites, sharing, collaboration

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Classroom 2.0

EFL Classroom

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My Ning Site

Google Sites

Math

*Math Movies

*XP Math

*MathPlayground

*Wolfram Alpha

thirteenEdOnline

Math in Daily Life

Change Maker

Math Lesson Plans

Practical Money SkillsBBC Skillwise Numbers

Math

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XP MathMath Movies

Math Playground

Wolfram Alpha

Wolfram AlphaEnter any date (birthdate, June 23, 1988)

Enter any city

Enter any two stocks – IBM Apple

Enter any calculation - $250 + 15%\

Enter any math formula –

3x2+x–7=4x

WolframAlpha

Enter any two first names- andrew, barbara

enter any food1 apple + 2 oranges

enter any measurement45 mph

enter any chemical formulaH2SO4

enter any musical notesC Eb G C

Step-by-Step Math

Ever given up working on a math problem because

you couldn’t figure out the next step?

Wolfram|Alpha can guide you step by step through the

process of solving many mathematical

problems

When trying to find solutions, Wolfram Alpha can break

down the steps for you if you click the

“Show steps” button in the Result pod

Reading

English Learner

English with cartoons

*Wordle

*English for My Job

Guide to Grammar and Writing - Powerpoint Lessons

Reading/Language Arts Powerpoint lessons

InfoSquares

English for My Job

Wordle

How to Use?

*Have students create text about themselves and turn it into a Wordle-put the clouds up and see if students can identify each other

See CD for many more Wordle activities

*Nik Peachy Web2.0 Tools for Teachers

Writing

*Penzu

*Word Magnets

Business English – beginners

Many Things Many Things - videos

A4ESL

Elllo

News English Lessons

Virtual Traveler - BBC – Writing -Bit size writing

WordSift

ESL Independent Study Lab

Writing Activities

Create online materials using text & images & share w/ students

Writing portfolio – set written homework tasks for students, store, review, share

PD Journal – reflect on your teaching Lesson summary – record what you did with the classes and send as summary or reminder

Create models for writing activities – use a new entry each time you redraft to show how text changes through process steps of brainstorming…

Learner diaries

Ask students to reflect on aspects of lesson and send responses using anonymous message feature

Upload images ask them to create story based on them

Speaking/Listening

*rong-chang Listening & speaking

VoiceThread

Voxopop

listen-and-write

Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab

Howjsay

*ESL Go

*Conversation questions for esl classroom

*ESLfast • ESL fast dialogues

*Real English

English Central Videos

ESL Go

Conversation questions for esl classroom

Educational Games/Fun

*Xtranormal – Make movies

Parade of PowerPoint Games

ClassTools

MoMupl

A to Z Wordfinder Scrabble

Big Huge Labs

Let them sing it for you

Blip

last.fm

35 Educational games

Guess the Wordle

xtranormal

Parade of PowerPoint Games

All Resources

Top ESL websites

*nikpeachey Technology• Nik

Peachy links and Activities• Nik

Peachy Quick Shout Activities

ESL activities for adults

USALearns

Literacy Support Center

ESL worksheets and Lesson Plans

Larry Ferlazzo Best of Series

Many Things

All Resources (2)

*English for Everybody

*Teacher Training Videos

Free Audio & Video ESL Resources (found through Twitter btw)

Daily English Activities for ESL

ESL Activities online

Teacher Planet

**jfynetworks.edublogs

Super Teacher Tools

Video training for Eng. Lang. educators

Patty's bookmarks• It’s overwhelming• Use search

Breaking News English• News English Lessons (easier)

Labor Market Info

MA Career Information System

Occupational Outlook Handbook

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