Digital Media Tools for English Language Learners

Arturo Guajardo, Austin Independent School District with Susan Monahan

Tuesday, 6/26/2007, 11:00am–12:00pm; GWCC B306

Learn how to maximize learning for ELL students using the digital media tools available on your computer and online.

Purpose & Objectives

This presentation will highlight some promising applications of digital media in effective teaching practices for Bilingual/ELL classrooms. These digital media applications have been chosen because of their potential to enhance instruction, improve language development and deepen student understanding. This session will increase awareness of the ready availability of online resources for Bilingual/ELL students and will present various ways to use the powerful technology tools that are already on most classroom computers.

Participants will view examples of digital media products that can be replicated in all classrooms. These digital media examples will include teacher and student created videos, audio recordings and digital photo books. We will share ways that educators can take advantage of technology tools like video cameras, digital cameras, and iPods to improve Bilingual/ELL instruction. Current research on the use of technology with ELL students will be summarized. The final focus of the presentation will be on the integration of emerging technologies such as blogging, podcasting and wikis with ELL/Bilingual instruction.

Outline

5 minutes - Introductions

5 minutes - What is effective pedagogy for Bilingual/ELL students?

10 minutes - Digital media applications for the Bilingual/ELL Classroom– Video

10 minutes - Digital media applications for the Bilingual/ELL Classroom – Images

10 minutes - Digital media applications for the Bilingual/ELL Classroom – Audio

10 minutes – Online Resources for the Bilingual/ELL Classroom

5 minutes – Web 2.0/Emerging Technologies for the Bilingual/ELL Classroom

5 minutes – Q and A

Supporting Research

How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School

by John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, editors

National Academy Press, 2000

http://fermat.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/

Technology, Literacy, and Young Second Language Learners: Designing Educational Futures , by Jim Cummins

http://www.ucop.edu/elltech/cumminspaper012005.pdf

CREDE - Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence

The Five Standards for Effective Pedagogy

http://crede.berkeley.edu/standards/standards.html