1. Vocabulary Development Technology Paired with Instructional Strategies to Increase Academic Language Use Laura Kieran Melinda Grimm

2. Increasing Students’ Vocabulary Increased engagement = increased comprehension and retention See it Hear it…modeling Use it In writing In speaking

3. Vocabulary & Academic Language Selecting the words The language of directions Words with multiple meanings Content-specific language

4. Technology-enhancements Could range from Elmo and projection systems To SMART or Promethean Boards To a set of devices (if not enough devices for 1:1) To 1:1 devices Laptops iPads Tablets

5. Seeing Vocabulary Padlet Word Clouds Wordsift…much more than just a wordle Visual Thesaurus (app and web $) Lexipedia (web-free) Semantic webbing, semantic gradients Skitch, comic strips

6. Listening and Speaking Garage Band Newscasts Podcasts Publishing podcasts Interactive white boards Educreations Knowmia Teach

7. Writing Authentic Audiences Teen Ink magazine Blogs…edublogs, blogspot, kidblog, weebly Word Hippo and Rhyme Zone (web) Vocabulary Squares, Frayer Model Skitch Evernote Graphic organizers Vocabulary Trading Cards

8. Other favorite vocabulary resources Academic Language Toolkit from Stillwater Schools FreeRice.Com

9. Thank you! Laura Kieran, laura.kieran@drake.edu Melinda Grimm, mj-grimm@wiu.edu