Empower English Language Learners With Tools From the Web

Designed for teachers of English Language Learners, Empower English Language Learners With Tools From the Web demonstrates how to use the powerful tools of Web 2.0 to motivate students and increase student learning.

Focusing largely on Web 2.0 tools such as wikis, social networking spaces, and blogs, Lori Langer de Ramirez grounds her discussion in the framework of second language acquisition theory, constructivist learning theory, and the acquisition of 21st century skills. The book explains how technology tools can support learning goals while meeting TESOL standards and offers clear examples of how teachers can integrate these technologies into the classroom.

This research-based guide is filled with samples of student work, helpful strategies, and sample activities, projects, and lessons to help primary and secondary ELL teachers maximize technology with ELL students, not only for language, but also for improvement in other subjects and acquisition of 21st century skills.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Author
1. Why Use Web 2.0 Technologies with ELLs?
ELLs in Schools ? Some Challenges to Consider
Why Web 2.0 with ELLs?
Safety Concerns and the Web
How to Use This Book
References, Suggested Readings, and Helpful Websites
2. Blogs: Virtual Language Portfolios
What is a blog?
Why Read/Write a Blog with ELLs?
How to Use Blogs with ELLs ? A Sample Blog Project
When to Use Blogs with ELLs
Who is Using Blogs with ELLs?: ?Thinking and Writing Wrinkles Bloggers?
Make Your Own Blog
References, Suggested Readings, and Helpful Websites
3. Wikis: Collaboration in a Virtual Space
What is a Wiki?
Why Read/Write a Wiki with ELLs?
How to Use Wikis with ELLs ? A Sample Wiki Project
When to Use Wikis with ELLs
4. Podcasts: Get them Talking!
What is a Podcast?
Why Listen to and create podcasts with ELLs?
How to use Podcasts with ELLs ? A Sample Podcast Project
When to Use Podcasts with ELLs
Who is Using Podcasts with ELLs?: ?An Analysis of ESL Pod?
Make Your Own Podcast
5. Viewing, Creating and Sharing Video: YouTube and TeacherTube
What are YouTube and TeacherTube?
Why View, Create and Share Videos with ELLs?
ELLs as Users and Producers on YouTube -Sample YouTube Activities
When to Use YouTube and TeacherTube with ELLs
Who is Using YouTube and TeacherTube with ELLs?: "Lights, Camera, Action!"
Make Your Own Video
References, Suggested Readings, and Helpful Websites
6. Sharing Visual Media: VoiceThread and Flick
What is Visual Media?
Why Create and Share Visual Media with ELLs?
How to Use VoiceThread and Flickr with ELLs - Digital Storytelling with VoiceThread
When to Use VoiceThread and Flickr with ELLs?
Who is Using VoiceThread with ELLs?: "Lights, Camera, ACTION"
Make Your Own VoiceThread
References, Suggested Readings, and Helpful Websites
7. Social Networking: Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter
What is a Social Networking?
Why Participate in Social Networking Sites with ELLs?
How to Use Social Networking Sites with ELLs - A Sample Facebook Lesson
When to Use Social Networking with ELLs?
Who is Using Social Networking with ELLs?: "Using Facebook in the ESOL Classroom"
Join a Social Networking Site
References, Suggested Readings, and Helpful Websites
8. Social Bookmarking: Diigo and del.icio.us
What is Social Bookmarking?
Why Participate in Social Bookmarking with ELLs?
How to Use Social Bookmarking with ELLs - "Using the Best Social Bookmarking Applications"
When to Use Social Bookmarking with ELLs?
Who is Using Social Bookmarking with ELLs?: "Social Bookmarking that Works"
Setting up a Social Bookmarking Page
References, Suggested Readings, and Helpful Websites
9. Virtual Worlds: Panwapa and Teen Second Life
What is a Virtual World?
Why Participate in Virtual Worlds with ELLs?
How to Use Virtual Worlds with ELLs - "Looking Critically at Virtual Worlds" Lesson
When to Visit Virtual Worlds with ELLs?
Who is Visiting Virtual Worlds with ELLs?: "Get a Second Life!"
Join the Virtual World
References, Suggested Readings, and Helpful Websites
Index

About the author

Lori Langer de Ramirez began her career as a teacher of Spanish, French, and ESL. She is currently the chairperson of the ESL and World Language Department for Herricks Public Schools.

Langer de Ramirez is the author of Take Action: Lesson Plans for the Multicultural Classroom and Voices of Diversity: Stories, Activities and Resources for the Multicultural Classroom (Pearson), as well as several Spanish-language books and texts (Cuéntame - Folklore y Fábulas and Mi abuela ya no está). She has contributed to many textbooks and written numerous articles about second-language pedagogy and methodology. Her interactive Web site (www.miscositas.com) offers teachers over 40 virtual picturebooks, videos, wiki and blog links, and other curricular materials for teaching Chinese, English, French, Indonesian, Italian, Spanish, and Thai.

In the past decade, Langer de Ramirez has presented over 50 workshops, staff development trainings, and addresses at local, regional, and national conferences and in schools throughout the United States (Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC) and abroad (Puerto Rico, Thailand, Venezuela).

She is the recipient of the Nelson Brooks Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Culture; several National Endowment for the Humanities grants for study in Mexico, Colombia, and Senegal; and a Fulbright Award to India and Nepal. Her areas of research and curriculum development are multicultural and diversity education, folktales in the language classroom, and technology in language teaching. She holds a master's degree in applied linguistics and a doctorate in curriculum and teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Product details

• Authors: Lori Langer De Ramirez, Lori Langer de Ramirez
• Assisted by: Lori Langer De Ramirez (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 0
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.03.2010
• EAN: 9781412972420
• ISBN: 978-1-4129-7242-0
• No. of pages: 184
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries