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| Title | January 2008 Issue of T.ELL.E-GRAM |
| Body | From http://www.colorincolorado.org/newsletters/tellegram/current T.ELL.E-GRAM is a monthly bilingual (available in Spanish and English) newsletter full of resources for ELL teachers. This month’s issue includes the following articles and information: -In Interactivity Seen as Key, Mary Ann Zehr from Education Week reports on how teachers are using both general-education technologies and technologies designed specifically for ELLs in classroom instruction. -Cooperative Learning Strategies have proven effective for all types of students, including academically gifted students, mainstream students, and ELLs. -Media Infusion is a PBS blog for educators about the use of multimedia resources in instruction. December's entry features Justin Minkel, Arkansas' 2007 Teacher of the Year, who writes about using technology to help ELLs thrive in 21st-century America. -For ideas about ways to use children's television programming as part of ELL instruction, take a look at Using Children's Television to Learn Literacy and Language. -Critical Issue: Using Technology to Support Limited- English-Proficient (LEP) Students' Learning Experiences, a publication of the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, explores the effective use of technology to enrich classroom instruction for English language learners. -In Using Technology to Help ESL/EFL Students Develop Language Skills, researchers Renee Ybarra and Tim Green discuss practical ways in which technology can be used to help English language learners learn verbal skills, vocabulary, reading, and writing. -21st Century Learners: ELL Students and Technology offers some classroom strategies for bridging the digital divide in the ELL classroom, including the instruction of vocabulary related to technology, the use of visual aids and demonstrations, and suggestions about how to teach students to evaluate online sources. Access the latest issue of T.ELL.E-GRAM at http://www.colorincolorado.org/newsletters/tellegram/current . |
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