How does your school district define newcomer students? Are they immigrants who don’t know any English? Are they students from foreign countries who know some English already but are not yet proficient? Do SLIFE (students with limited formal education) fit in this category or are they a separate group of learners? How about students who are born in the U.S. but grow up speaking a different language than English — would you classify them as newcomers?
Schedule and Questions
7:00 = Introductions: Tell us your name, location, level and subject taught #ELLEdTech
7:05 = Q1: How does your district define a newcomer ELL & are there special programs for them? #ELLEdTech?
7:13 = Q2: What tools do you recommend for teaching newcomers? #ELLEdTech
7:21 = Q3: How do these tools help newcomers? #ELLEdTech
7:29 = Q4: Are there any disadvantages to using these tools with newcomers? #ELLEdTech
7:37 = Q5: What advice do you have for teachers using technology with newcomers? ELLEdTech
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| Join us on April 23rd to discuss your favorite tech tools! |
Directions for Joining the Chat
1. Log into Twitter on Sunday; the chat runs from 7:00 – 7:45pm Eastern.
2. Search for tweets with the hashtag #ELLEdTech in the search bar. Make sure to click “All tweets.”
3. The first five minutes will be spent introducing ourselves.
4.
Starting at 7:05 @ESOL_Odyssey or @The_ESL_Nexus will post questions
every 8 minutes using Q1, Q2, Q3, etc. to identify the questions and the
hashtag #ELLEdTech.
5. Answer the questions by prefacing them with A1, A2, A3, etc. and use the hashtag #ELLEdTech.
6. Follow any teachers who respond and are also using #ELLEdTech.
7. Like (click the heart icon) and post responses to other teachers’ tweets.
You can schedule your answers to the questions in advance by using an online scheduler such as TweetDeck or HootSuite (and remember to use A1, A2, etc. and #ELLEdTech). Links are encouraged, but use tinyurl, bitly, goo.gl or ow.ly
to shorten your link so it can be included in your tweet. Just click
one of those links, paste the longer link in the app’s box to shorten it
for Twitter, then paste the shortened link into your tweet. If you
have relevant images, we encourage you to post them, too.
Is this your first Twitter chat? Here are our rules:
1. Please stay on topic.
2. Please do not post about paid products unless explicitly asked.
3. If you arrive after the chat has started, please try to read the previous tweets before joining in.
4. Feel free to just read, like, and/or retweet if you prefer — we know the first time can be a little overwhelming!
5. Always use the hashtag #ELLEdTech when tweeting.
6.
Make sure your twitter feed is set to “public.” (And do remember that
Twitter is completely public; that means anyone–students, parents,
administrators–may see what you tweet.)
You are
welcome to let any of your teacher friends who might be interested in
joining us as well know about it. We look forward to chatting with you
on Sunday evening!
