School is getting close to starting if it hasn't already. School supplies, school clothes for the kids and for the teachers, it's time to think about this year's lessons, students and all the myriad of details that goes into a school day.
If you haven't already incorporated new technologies into your lessons, now is the time to start. Review my Website at http://sites.google.com/site/bevseducationalwebsite/ and take a look at my book Using Web 2.0 Tools in the K-12 Classroom at the Neal-Schuman Website http://www.neal-schuman.com/bdetail.php?isbn=9781555706531.
Check the blog and Website often for new ideas for using technology in science, social studies, language arts and with second language students.
Good luck in the new school year!
Showing posts with label tips for educators. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tips for educators. Show all posts
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Improve your English: An ESL tip
If your native language is not English, the easiest way to improve your speaking and listening skills is to practice every day. Perhaps you don’t have a partner to speak to every day. At Elllo you can listen to videos recorded by speakers from all over the world on topics of interest, for example, what is my favorite pizza or is your country multicultural? In addition, a written transcript can help you improve your reading skills and learn vocabulary you may not know. A quiz tests your knowledge of grammar requiring you to put in the correct form of a word. Other videos emphasize vocabulary—do you know what the “crust” of a pizza is?
You can find more tips and suggested projects to use with ESL students in my books Using Web 2.0 Tools in the K-12 Classroom (Chapter 7) and Internet Workshops: 10 Ready-to-do Workshops for K-12 Educators (Workshop 8).
You can find more tips and suggested projects to use with ESL students in my books Using Web 2.0 Tools in the K-12 Classroom (Chapter 7) and Internet Workshops: 10 Ready-to-do Workshops for K-12 Educators (Workshop 8).
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Watch for a new book!
My third book--Using Web 2.0 Tools in the K-12 Classroom--designed for K-12 educators will be published by Neal-Schuman this Fall. Bev's Website will accompany the book with a link to my blog.
I have created this blog so that K-12 librarians and teachers can find tips and tricks related to the Web 2.0 technologies in my book--podcasts, wikis, blogs, VoiceThread, Google Tools, digital storytelling, and social bookmarking. I want you to send your comments so that all educators can benefit from the experiences of others.
Share your ideas with your colleagues and I'll try to find educational sites where teachers and library media specialists are using technology to improve student learning to give you new ideas too.
For example, have you gone to Teacher Tube? http://www.teachertube.com/ Here you can find videos on a variety of subjects from Marco Polo or Ben Franklin Flies His Kites to the transcontinental railroad. Check out this site to see if there is a video that your students might find interesting.
I have created this blog so that K-12 librarians and teachers can find tips and tricks related to the Web 2.0 technologies in my book--podcasts, wikis, blogs, VoiceThread, Google Tools, digital storytelling, and social bookmarking. I want you to send your comments so that all educators can benefit from the experiences of others.
Share your ideas with your colleagues and I'll try to find educational sites where teachers and library media specialists are using technology to improve student learning to give you new ideas too.
For example, have you gone to Teacher Tube? http://www.teachertube.com/ Here you can find videos on a variety of subjects from Marco Polo or Ben Franklin Flies His Kites to the transcontinental railroad. Check out this site to see if there is a video that your students might find interesting.
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