1. ESL and Technology: Strategies and Resources for ESL in a Changing World R. L. Erion (South Dakota State University) Marcia Thompson (Sioux Falls School District) PowerPoint Available at http://learn.sdstate.edu/erionr/eslweb/http://learn.sdstate.edu/erionr/eslweb/

2. Introduction Technology as:  Content (reasonable to teach for its own sake)  Means (delivering content)  Context (providing an environment in which teaching and learning occurs) This is an overview. Many of the things mentioned could serve as the basis for a workshop or presentation. There is also no reason to believe that anyone should go out and try everything mentioned.

3. Technology as Needed Content Very much part of culture Limited availability to many ELLs We have not comfortably figured out the technology equivalents to teaching kids to cross the street. Support for 1-1 initiatives Not the emphasis for this presentation

4. Technology as a Means Using technology to aid in doing the things we normally do. Judie Haynes: “Schools are starting to worry about the No Child Left Behind testing. In my view, the money should go to technology, not more textbooks. I push a lot of buttons when I say things like that, even among my friends and colleagues who are more computer savvy than I am. But the truth is, you could run an ESL class today without textbooks if you had the right technology.” (p. 40) from Waters (http://www.pearsondigital.com/pdfs/news/0107the_ESL.pdf)http://www.pearsondigital.com/pdfs/news/0107the_ESL.pdf

5. Teaching Activities and Resources/Materials ESLoop: http://linguistic-funland.com/esloop/esloop.html Portal to many sites.http://linguistic-funland.com/esloop/esloop.html Judie Haynes: everyThing ESL: http://www.everythingesl.net/http://www.everythingesl.net/ The Internet TESL Journal: http://iteslj.org/http://iteslj.org/ Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers: http://www.caslt.org/resources/english-sl/index_en.php http://www.caslt.org/resources/english-sl/index_en.php English Grammar Online: http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/ Online Library American Literature: http://www.americanliterature.com/http://www.americanliterature.com/ See also Bartleby.com which includes lots of online versions of books including encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc: http://www.bartleby.com

6. Designated Software Packages See http://oregonstate.edu/dept/eli/softlist/islist06.html (somewhat dated)http://oregonstate.edu/dept/eli/softlist/islist06.html More recent list of commercial software at http://iteslj.org/links/Various/Commercial_Sites/Software/ http://iteslj.org/links/Various/Commercial_Sites/Software/ Includes things like Rosetta Stone See also ESL Readingsmart (http://www.eslreadingsmart.com/welcome/default.aspx)http://www.eslreadingsmart.com/welcome/default.aspx A few reviews: http://esl-software- review.toptenreviews.com/http://esl-software- review.toptenreviews.com/

7. Video to Supplement Teaching See www.teachertube.comwww.teachertube.com More at http://learn.sdstate.edu/erionr/video/http://learn.sdstate.edu/erionr/video/ Great speeches, real and dramatic. See American Rhetoric: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/http://www.americanrhetoric.com/ Also a multimedia resource for teaching about English. See figures of speech at http://www.americanrhetoric.com/rhetoricaldevices insound.htm for example http://www.americanrhetoric.com/rhetoricaldevices insound.htm

8. iPod and PodCasts From the Internet TESL Journal: http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/Podcasts/ http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/Podcasts/ Part of a much larger set of links to resources: http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/ NPR: http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.phphttp://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php See http://cfbstaff.cfbisd.edu/beyond4walls/ for details on a language acquisition effort centered on iPods.http://cfbstaff.cfbisd.edu/beyond4walls/ Many resources and ideas from Cindy Grabe at http://web.me.com/cgrabe/Site/iPod.html http://web.me.com/cgrabe/Site/iPod.html

9. Reading/Language Arts Lots of edutainment examples such as The Learning Company’s Reading Rabbit and ACHIEVEMENT! tm Writing and Language ArtsThe Learning Company’s Earobics: http://www.earobics.com/solutions/programs.php http://www.earobics.com/solutions/programs.php Includes an online game for listening/spelling called GameGoo at http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html Tumblebooks (http://www.tumblebooks.com): Read alouds. Subscription service. Offered online at http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/kids/tumblebooks.h tmlhttp://www.tumblebooks.com http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/kids/tumblebooks.h tml

10. Reading/Language Arts Vocabulary –Online Picture Dictionary: http://www.pdictionary.comhttp://www.pdictionary.com –Lingonets http://www.lingonet.com/web/eng/products/lpe/sample s/index.html http://www.lingonet.com/web/eng/products/lpe/sample s/index.html http://www.quia.com - web hosting with lots of good featureshttp://www.quia.com ESL Independent Study Lab http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.html http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.html Opportunities for Leveled Practice Promising stuff to keep an eye on includes Project Listen http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~listen/

11. Technology as Context Online Activities –Virtual field trips Software to produce: http://www.field-trips.org/vft/index.htmhttp://www.field-trips.org/vft/index.htm Information and links: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/vft.htmhttp://www.internet4classrooms.com/vft.htm –WebQuests: See http://www.webquest.org/search/index.phphttp://www.webquest.org/search/index.php –Social Networking such as MySpace, FaceBook MySpace miniblogs,MySpace –Wikis: See http://educators.pbwiki.com/ for exampleshttp://educators.pbwiki.com/ –Games: Many require interaction within context of game

12. Examples Social Interaction in a Virtual Environment: Sims http://llt.msu.edu/vol9num1/purushotma/ Kidllinks "Participants meet in KidSpace to publish and review student works, in KidCom to discuss, in KidArt for children’s art projects and competitions, Kidlinks web.”

13. The End Questions? Comments? Advice? Obviously this is incomplete and as always with technology there will be more.