This past July, I was in Washington D.C. and met my co-host Laurah, from Tools for Teachers by Laurah J, in person for the first time! Up until then, we’d collaborated (a 4C skill that we’ll be discussing soon) only remotely. We got together for a lovely dinner at a Japanese restaurant and spent a few hours, um, chatting. It was great to finally communicate (the first 4C skill we discussed back in June!) face-to-face. Below is a photo Laurah took of the two of us in the DC Metro afterwards.
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| That’s Laurah on the left, me on the right; photo by Laurah |
So I am happy to let you know now that the 2018 – 2019 #ELLEdTech series kicks off this Sunday, August 19th, for another school year’s worth of Twitter chats! Laurah and I look forward to discussing with you all manner of using technology with English Language Learners over the next several months. The chats start at 4:00pm Pacific, 7:00pm Eastern, and 11:00pm UTC time on the third Sunday of each month.
Our August chat will be about Using Tech Tools for Creation. This is Part 2 of our series exploring how to use education technology within the 4C Framework with ELLs. To read more about Creativity, please click HERE.
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| Join us — All educators are welcome! Source: The ESL Nexus |
Schedule and Questions
7:00 = Introduction: Tell us your name, location, level/grade and subject taught. #ELLEdTech
7:05 = Q1: Which tech tools do you use to help your students engage in Creation? #ELLEdTech
7:13 = Q2: How does providing opportunities to Create support ELLs in language growth? #ELLEdTech
7:21 = Q3: What are the advantages & benefits of using your favorite Creation tools? #ELLEdTech
7:29 = Q4: Are there any cons or drawbacks teachers or students might have when using these tools? #ELLEdTech
7:37 = Q5: What advice do you have for teachers who want to use technology to support Creation with ELLs? #ELLEdTech
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.
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.
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.)
welcome to let your teacher friends who might be interested in
joining us know about this Twitter chat. We look forward to chatting with you on Sunday!
