1. Technology Ramonita Rodriguez EDU 183 Technology in the ESL Classroom June 11, 2005

2. What is technology? Useful tool for the classroom teacher Tool to support Enhance learning experience Can facilitate second language instruction Provides students interactive learning experiences Ways to make life easier

3. How we can use technology? Interactive smart board Cassette with headphone Computers / Laptop Audio tapes and videotapes Language labs Leap pad Overhead Digital camera

4. Why technology is beneficial? Motivate to learn More efficient Share information up-date Cover topics in more detail Engages interactive learning Allows for self-correction Communication (learning with others)

5. Lesson Plan Subject – Science Topic – Seeds and Plants Grade – First Grade Objectives: Students will understand how the seed starts a new plant, stages, parts of the plant and their jobs, kinds of plants, and what we can eat.

6. Teaching the lesson Teach new vocabulary using words and pictures’ flash cards Ask students what they know about the seeds and plants Incorporate technology: PowerPoint, Digital camera, Digital images from Internet and Google images

7. PowerPoint Plant stages Plant parts Roots, stems, leaves, and flower Kinds of Plants Trees Flowers Bushes Plant parts that we eat Visual activity Assist with comprehension Click to see “Seeds and Plants” presentationSeeds and Plants

8. Digital Camera Take pictures of the students planting the seed and each stage Review what students have already learned Create a class book about planting a seed using the pictures and students’ sentences Help ESL student to communicate Sequence the pictures for the book Take turns taking the class book home to read with their families (practice reading)

9. Digital images Practice parts of the plant http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/vegquiz/plantparts. html http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/vegquiz/plantparts. html Google Images Find pictures of children’s feet and hands to make a tree Hands for the branches Hands Feet for the roots Feet Human Tree Project Grading Rubric Prepare 4-in-a-Row with pictures from Google Images 4-in-a-Row

10. Conclusion Technology must be used only when it enhances the language learning experience. Can be truly be useful tool for a classroom teacher. It is a bit scary Make life easier It is exciting It is a challenge

11. Bibliography Jo Ellen Moore, “Plants” http://www.evan-moor.com Plants www.edhelper.com/plants.htm http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/vegquiz/plantparts.html http://www.pfizer.co.uk/images/ty3_kids_hands.jpg http://www.artzphoto.com/images/Children/Clhoe_feet_Sepia_72s.jpg