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Teaching Technology to ESL Students

Teaching Technology to ESL Students. By: Whitehorse High Class Linda Whitehead Patricia Benally Curtis Nielson. Elementary Strategies. Technology Recognition Computer Usage (Mouse/Power/Keyboard) Keyboarding Common Programs Computer Safety. Technology Recognition.

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Teaching Technology to ESL Students

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  1. Teaching Technology to ESL Students By: Whitehorse High Class Linda Whitehead Patricia Benally Curtis Nielson

  2. Elementary Strategies • Technology Recognition • Computer Usage (Mouse/Power/Keyboard) • Keyboarding • Common Programs • Computer Safety

  3. Technology Recognition • Teach the computer parts using pictures and proper vocabulary: • Good website http://www.growing.course.com/level_K/index.html • Teach the inside of the computer using pictures and proper vocabulary: • Good website http://www.kids-online.net/learn/click/table.html

  4. Computer Usage • Teach through example: • How to turn on a computer. • How to use a mouse • How to open a program • How to navigate programs • How to navigate the internet

  5. Keyboarding Standards • The student will demonstrate correct keyboarding techniques and know the purpose of correct keyboarding techniques. • The student will use correct fingering while keying the introduced keys. • The students will key accurately from dictation and printed copy.

  6. Keyboarding cont. • The student will demonstrate correct keyboarding techniques with minimum speed and accuracy on 30-second timed writings. • The student will demonstrate correct keyboarding techniques while increasing speed and maintaining accuracy. (4th & 5th)

  7. Keyboarding cont. • There are many free websites to teach keyboarding: • This is great because it ties typing to music. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ Similar to Guitar Hero with typing • http://www.auntlee.com/crazytyping.html Many different typing games. • http://www.freetypinggame.net/

  8. Common Programs • Teach students common programs through experience • Teachers can learn using online programs • http://office.microsoft.com/training/

  9. Computer Safety • Teach students the safety rules for computers and especially the internet: • http://www.ikeepsafe.org/ • http://www.netsmartz.org/index.aspx

  10. Secondary Technology • Identify capabilities and limitations of technology • Make informed choices among technology systems, resources, and services • Demonstrate and advocate legal and ethical behaviors • Use technology tools to manage and communicate information • Evaluate Technology-based options • Use online resources to meet needs • Select and apply technology tools • Collaborate with others to use technology to make projects.

  11. Identify capabilities and limitations of technology • My Access—tools available on this program, what the scoring means, how the tutor and editor programs work • Search Engines– what kind of info they do/don’t provide • Types of technology—when do you use a computer, blackberry, computer camera, etc,

  12. Make informed choices among technology systems, resources, and services • How to analyze a website—Checklist for determining value of information • Choosing systems or programs—Office, Clipart, Charts, differences in computers and computer programs: which ones to use for different types of tasks

  13. Demonstrate and advocate legal and ethical behavior • Direct instruction for: • Cell phone etiquette, safety, legal issues • Chat room etiquette, safety, legal issues • Internet safety, legal issues

  14. Use technology tools to manage and communicate information • Resume which is saved in a database their 9th grade year and is modified as they add experience • AGAIN: direct instruction in what kinds of information is safe to share • Files: how to create and manage them—how to search files

  15. Evaluate Technology-based options • On line tutors • On line classes • On line degrees • Credit recovery • Scholarship opportunities

  16. Use online resources to meet needs • Research Paper on a historical event • My Access-research to formulate persuasive essay • Holocaust Museum website for projects related to novels and picture books on the Holocaust • Careers research—from education, salaries, virtual surgeries, etc.

  17. Select and apply technology tools • Flash cards for vocabulary terms • Graphic organizers • Games • Smart Board • Power points • Movies • Animation • Clip art

  18. Collaborate with others to use technology to make projects. • Senior Presentation • Science PowerPoint • Fractured fairytales w/ graphics • Surveys and graphs of the collected data

  19. Preparing ELLs to be 21st-Century Learners by Kristina Robertson

  20. Challenges for ELL Teachers • Language • Limited Access • Different Levels of Experience • School Infrastructure • Keeping Up

  21. Visilearn Findings and Results • Effective instructional techniques: • Hands-on labs • Simple, step-by-step instructions • Lots of large graphics • Information presented in small chunks • Real-world exercises

  22. Teaching Strategies for Using Technology in the ELL Classroom • Build Vocabulary • Find out what students know • Review the basics • Use props and demonstrations • Check Comprehension • Use handouts • Demonstrate using Smart Board • Extend practice time • Use pair and group work • Establish meaningful goals • Teach students to consider the source

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