Welcome to a Prezi!

Here's a fun technology to become acquainted with if you're tired of having your kids create PowerPoints or posters.

I created one in 10 minutes that gives you a little insight to my professional background, check it out here:

My History

Hit the arrows on the bottom to guide you through.

Why I love it:

• really easy to learn- don't give up!
• has a 1 minute teaching demo
• you can search many topics and see some great Prezis already created
• Fun and engaging!

Engaging Your Students with Technology!

Technology! If you're not embracing it, what are you waiting for?! Don't let budget restraints get in the way of tapping into resources that are readily available. Whether you're fortunate enough to have a whole classroom of Ipads or not, there are ways to be creative and engaging.

We know our ELL students benefit from repetition, and we also know we sometimes can get frustrated by having to repeat the same lesson over and over! So why not let someone else teach that lesson a 2nd, 3rd or 24th time?

http://www.schooltube.com/

Has a wealth of lessons that are filmed, uploaded and viewed by schools from all over. Check out their Oral Histories- beautiful research projects done by students on their family's history.

http://esl-lab.com/

Let them listen to someone else talk. This site has an assortment of pre-recorded discussions, complete with multiple choice questions to test your student's listening skills (all without making you lose your voice!)

http://matteson317.blogspot.com/

Love blogs? (you know I do!) Create your very own one for your group of kids. Here's an example of one I used with a group of ELL students in New York.

Other tried and true options:

Take pictures of your students demonstrating verbs- create a personal picture dictionary.

Grab a hand-held camera and record your kids reading or acting.

Sign out the computer lab for extra research time/English interactives

Do read alounds with books on CD