Supporting ELs with Technology

Tech Tip Tuesday (April 16, 2024)

Forget a one-size-fits-all approach! English Learners (ELs) are a vibrant tapestry of students, each with unique backgrounds and needs for learning English. This diversity can be both a challenge and a rewarding opportunity for educators to tailor their instruction.

Try out a way to improve instruction for all students in your class, not just those learning the complex and (usually) nonsensical English language.

Content

Finding quality content with accurate and coherent translations can be difficult, but thankfully many primary and supplementary content providers have translations for many different languages to meet the growing needs of ELs.

Don't have one?
Use MagicSchool AI's Text Translator tool! It can help you retain meaning and a high level of academic complexity. Additionally, any response created by any of their tools can translated into any widely spoken language from Albanian to Vietnamese!

Text Translator Tool

Take any text and translate it into any language instantly.

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Champion

Life goes on after school. Some days I wish it wouldn't, and other days, the door can't close fast enough.

The same happens for ELs, and as teachers, preparing them to champion their own needs is one of the best ways we can empower them academically. Teach students explicitly how to use these skills to enable them for academic success!

Immersive Reader

Users that have access to the School Management - Features Options page in Schoology will see a new option that allows them to enable/disable Micro...

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Change Chrome languages & translate webpages

You can change your preferred language in Chrome. Chrome can also translate pages for you. Translate webpages in Chrome When you come across a page written in a language you don't understand

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Type text with your voice

You can speak to enter text in most places you type. You can even add common punctuation when you say "comma," "period," "question mark," "exclamation mark," or "exclamation point." Important: Sp

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Connect

Working on oracy matters for English learners, and you want to focus on engaging them physically, linguistically, cognitively and socially when planning instruction for inclusion.

Try out an activity from Flip or Seesaw with specific language skills to work on both language skills for ELs and for those crucial Speaking & Listening skills in CCSS!

Empowering English Learners: #Flipgrid4ELs and #Flip4ELs

The following post is written by Flip Educator Innovation Lead Jess Boyce and inspired by discussions with Katie Toppel and Sarah Said, creators of the #Flip4ELs X Chat. A few months ago we started...

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Classroom Activities for Multilingual Learners

Explore Multilingual Learners classroom activities to inspire and engage your students

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This week's resource comes from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Youth Financial Education!

They have over 100 prepared lesson resources designed to be completed in one class period or less, ranging from areas of paying taxes, investing, emergency savings, and even getting a loan!

Check out all of their lessons here with downloadable materials!

Free to use, adapt, and translate!