iTELL

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iTELL

• integrating Technology for
• English Language Learners

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Outcomes

• Participants will be prepared to use technology
  to implement research-based strategies to support
  ELLs
• Image bank to support specific standard
• Expanded content dictionary
• Photo Story slideshow narrative
• Interwrite Workspace activity
• Inspiration graphic organizer to organize unit
• Implementation Plan

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Research Base

• Gardners theory of multiple intelligences
• Piaget developmental theory
• Marzanos analysis of classroom instructional
  strategies that affect student achievement

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Why Technology?

• Active engagement
• Participation in groups
• Frequent interaction and feedback
• Connections to real-world experts

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From the Research

• Students learn better from words and pictures
  than from words alone
• Students learn better when extraneous words,
  pictures, and sounds are excluded
• Design strategies target specific populations
• Learners with low knowledge of the content
• Visual learners

Doolittle, 2001
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Vocabulary

• High level vocabulary for ALL learners
• Multiple review modalities
• Text
• Visual
• Auditory
• Focus on comprehension

Brechtel, M. Bringing it All Together
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Chants, Songs, and Raps

• Important principle or generalization
• High level vocabulary
• Accurate representation of concepts

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Motivation Research

• Novelty
• Cultural significance
• Personal relevance or passion
• Emotional connection
• Product focus
• Choice
• The potential to make a contribution

Ginsberg Wlodkowski (2000)
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Comprehension Hypothesis

• Meaningful and comprehensible input
• Interesting input
• Slightly above learners current competence
• Zone of Proximal Development
• Low anxiety setting

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Making Meaning

• Building background knowledge
• Content knowledge
• Personal experience
• Misconceptions
• Filter unnecessary information
• Focus on important, not unusual

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Active Learning

• More opportunities for success
• Kinesthetic involvement
• High level questions
• More than one correct answer
• Individualized sharing

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Sharing

• How did students respond to the technology
  enhanced lesson?
• How did you (or might you) adapt the project to
  meet the needs of different levels of ELLs?
• What were some of the obstacles you faced during
  implementation?
• What might you do differently next time you
  implement this project?