Overview This course is offered through the Continuing Education department at Broward College. The purpose of this course is to share technologies and techniques that have worked in the ESOL classroom. Many teachers outside the ESOL environment need to know these ESOL techniques so that this course is really for EVERYONE who teaches a student who is not a native English speaker. ESOL techniques are good teaching techniques in general. You will learn more if you demonstrate something that you learned and if you work with other people in the class. Feel free to bring your own camera to class and record anything. Some examples of "technology on the web" Youtube: youtube.com/freeenglishlessons Products: 201 Ebooks on one CD, Speeches from the Internet, Put Something Useful on that iPod, the "Everything" DVD for ESOL students, and more. Assumptions 1. We know that young students learn more from their peers than from adults. 2. Howard Garnder has pointed out that there are at least 8 ways of learning, so there must be at least 8 ways of teaching and testing (evaluating the learning). 3. Many students learn faster from computers adn websites (especially with self-checking quizzes) How can we use technology to make the classroom more desirable? | RETURN TO Broward College Broward.edu Fun Technology for ESOL teachers (Internet, Youtube and Facebook) Video Training for Teachers List of Videos Readings Course Description: Many ESOL teachers are hesitant to bring the Internet into the classroom. This course gives the teacher time-tested lists of robust websites and materials on CD and DVD so that the material on the Internet can be reached even if the classroom is not connected to the world wide web. Curriculum Hour 1: Creative uses of Email for Grammar and Vocabulary checks
Links The Readings on VisualandActive.com Skype.com Learn about this software. How could you use it in your class? Zamzar.com Learn how to get materials off youtube.com Facebook.com what applications could be useful for your class? Find a penpal on TeachersToTeachers.com and start an exchange... TheStudentIsTheClass.com look for the blog item about "Time is a Variable" Youtube.com/visualandactive espeically the ten talks by Dennis Yuzenas (the first talk is the most important) ============================== Draft Poster: Fun Technology for Teachers Free Audio CD and DVD on the first day Young students learn more from other students. 8 ways of learning = at least 8 ways of teaching and testing. How can we use technology to make the classroom more "edu-taining"? The techniques are aimed at ESOL teachers, but almost any teacher can use these methods. |
