From Textbook to Technology Lesson

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From Textbook to Technology Lesson Connecting
Technology to the Curriculum
CUE 2008
Barry Bakin ESL Teacher Adviser Division of
Adult and Career Education, LAUSD barry.bakin_at_laus
d.net 213-241-3705 (afternoons only)
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when I came the first time in this classroom
...I opened the door and I saw the computers!!
And the teacher was speaking only in English! I
thought Im in wrong classroomBecause in that
time I didnt know nothing about computers
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February 2007
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Reinforce Vocabulary lesson found in textbook
using a technology lesson
New Interchange (the older edition) Unit 5 p. 28
Cambridge University Press
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Students create their own family tree using
Microsoft Publisher to be used as the basis for
more meaningful conversations.
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Provide more practice in a CASAS competency such
as reading and understanding graphs.
New Interchange Unit 7 p. 40
This chart is used as the introductory activity
to the unit.
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Reinforce chart-related competencies by having
students complete an easy research project and
then use the chart wizard in Excel to create a
simple chart.
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Click above to open the movie, then click on the
play button! Click on Pause before exiting. (Stop
at 140)
Finish the project with student presentations to
the class accompanied by a simple PowerPoint
slideshow. (View an actual clip of a
presentation-note authentic Q A)
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Provide further practice using grammar introduced
in a lesson
Ready to Go, Book 2 Unit 3 page 35
Pearson Education
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Use Word and ClipArt to write sentences
demonstrating the same grammar point.
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Intermediate and Advanced students can take the
same idea and convert it to a PowerPoint
presentation.
He was taking a bath
when the telephone rang.
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Yet one more example of using an exercise from
the book as the springboard to a computer-based
activity or activities.
Ready to Go, Book 2 Unit 4 page 46
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Students use Paint to draw three pictures and
then compare them after copying the drawing into
a word document.
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They can also simply insert three ClipArt or
other images...
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or be sent to the Internet via email
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February 14, 2008 http//www.msnbc.msn.com
the best and the brightest
to read about superlatives in an authentic news
report and answer questions about what theyve
read
the oldest person
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http//www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
or be sent to the Internet to read about
superlatives from the Guinness Book of World
Records!
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A writing strategy suggested by a book exercise
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is easily re-created using PowerPoint or
Publisher.
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After the students create their cluster diagrams,
they compose, revise, and complete the essay in
Word.
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Develop activities using other technologies such
as the overhead projector and card readers from
exercises in the book in addition to a computer
project.
Ready to Go, Book 2 Unit 2 page 20 21
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Students cut out pieces to represent various
objects in the neighborhood, and then manipulate
them in response to partner or teacher
instruction, at their tables or on the overhead
projector.
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Developing the exercise further, students listen
to directions using a card reader and complete a
worksheet (the goal is to arrive at the correct
location as dictated). They finish the exercise
by recording their own set of directions to a
location of their choosing.
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Introduce an online component by having students
go to the local transit agency website to plan a
trip from one location to another. In Los
Angeles we can use www.mta.net
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To finish the project, students convert the
data into a paragraph or list of sentences.
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And then use Google Maps to print out
easy-to-read maps of the start and end points
of the trip. To be evaluated, they can present
the directions to the class or to the instructor.
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Supplement a reading text
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with an online quiz...
http//thestudyplace.org
The Study Place was produced by the Instructional
Technology and Learning Resources Division of the
Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE).
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or mp3 files of the story being read aloud.
(post the mp3 files on a wiki page for easy
access) Click icon to hear sample
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Spice up a boring handout-based lesson
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Actual Recipients Subject 13 Seat Belt Safety
Date Tue 20 Feb 2007 125531 PM -0800 View
Header Find out more about seat belt safety by
visiting http//www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/research/se
atbelt/index.html Watch two real videos showing
what happens when you dont wear seatbelts. In
the first video, you can watch the driver falling
asleep.  See what happens next.
http//www.safeprogram.com/video7.htm
By sending students to an authentic website
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Clip plays by itself
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Use video clips for supplementing grammar or
conversation practice. For example, watch this
next clip and try to predict what will happen
next.
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Clip plays by itself. Click off of clip to advance
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What do you think will happen next?Discuss with
your partner/group etc.
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Clip plays by itself. Click off of clip to advance
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NOW what do you think will happen next?
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Clip plays by itself. Click off of clip to advance
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Connect the technology you select to your
lessons, and students will learn both the topic
and the technology itself.For more of my
experiments with integrating technology youre
invited to visit my blog at http//www.tech4esl.bl
ogspot.com