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Title: Grading English Learners Equitably
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Recently two complementary articles were written regarding grading English learners. One, "Grading English Language Learners – A Perspective from Two Teachers," by Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski, is available at http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/02/20/grading-english-language-learners-a-perspective-from-two-teachers/. The other, "The Five Pillars of Equitably Grading ELLs,", by Diane Staehr Fenner, Jill Kester, and Sydney Snyder, is available at http://www.colorincolorado.org/blog/five-pillars-equitably-grading-ells.
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Title: Information about English Learners for Administrators
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Here are two short articles about best serving English learners for principals and other administrators:
Six Things Principals Can Do to Support Their English Language Learners from Education Northwest, available at http://educationnorthwest.org/northwest-matters/six-things-principals-can-do-support-their-english-language-learners
Eight English Learner Myths for Administrators from ¡Colorín Colorado!, available at http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/eight-english-learner-myths-administrators
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Title: Radio Feature: Curriculum Helps Immigrants Who Are Blind Learn English
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From http://kjzz.org
Listen to a 10-minute radio feature about Alison Ambroso's development of an English curriculum for immigrants who are blind or visually impaired: http://kjzz.org/content/614526/curriculum-helps-immigrants-who-are-blind-learn-english
Source: KJZZ
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Title: "What's Going on in This Picture?" Activity for English Learners
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Claudia Leon and Margaret Montemagno describe how their weekly "What's Going on in This Picture?" activity, which makes use of an interesting photo from the New York Times and asks students to guess what's happening and to provide evidence supporting their guess.
Read their description of the activity at https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/learning/lesson-plans/reader-idea-how-to-use-interesting-photos-to-help-students-become-better-writers.html
Source: New York Times
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Title: Gamified Imagined Community Simulations (ImSims) for Language Learning
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From http://fltmag.com/gamified-imagined-community-simulations-imsims-language-learning/
In this fascinating article, Felix Kronenberg describes the use of an Imagined Community Simulation (ImSim) among German learners at Rhodes College. Here is an excerpt:
"At Rhodes, the growth within the community follows the progress in the program’s textbook. Students develop their identity in the first semester, “being born” and learning about numbers, colors, people, and the immediate environment. Then they “grow up,” learning about food, customs, holidays, geography, and history. Their alter egos, or avatars, go to school, later to college, and then work on their CVs and open a business in the city of Pfefferhausen. During this process, each professor involves a shifting array of face-to-face teaching and communicative technologies. For example, students create an alter ego Twitter account, describe their development, and follow each other and actual German speakers. They may create a business or “Wohngemeinschaft”(WG) website, they may participate in a shark tank or elevator pitch activity, which can take place in a physical location or through a digital platform, such as Voicethread or Flipgrid. They may create digital or physical promotional materials for their business, a video for their WG, or participate in a business mixer."
Read the full article at http://fltmag.com/gamified-imagined-community-simulations-imsims-language-learning/ and learn more about the Pfefferhausen project at http://www.pfefferhausen.org/projectinformation/
Source: FLTMAG
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Title: A Diversity and Cultural Literacy Toolkit for Librarians
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From https://www.slj.com/2018/03/diversity/diversity-cultural-literacy-toolkit/
Here is a curated collection of recommended resources from the School Library Journal's training sessions and workshops on diversity and cultural literacy for librarians. The list represents a starting place for further exploration, reflection, and discussion. While some of the resources are geared specifically to folks selecting or evaluating material for children and teens, the vast majority of the content is applicable to librarians or educators working with students or patrons of any age—from birth to senior citizens.
Access the list and add your own resources in the comments at https://www.slj.com/2018/03/diversity/diversity-cultural-literacy-toolkit/
Source: School Library Journal
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Title: Project-Based Learning in Colombia
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From http://fltmag.com/project-based-learning-colombia/
Emily Beeman, a Spanish teacher in Massachusetts, traveled to Gimnasio Los Caobos, a project-based learning (PBL) school in Colombia, and observed PBL across grade levels and content areas. Read her reflection at http://fltmag.com/project-based-learning-colombia/
Source: FLTMAG
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Title: Dollar Street: What Do Homes Look Like All Over the World?
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What happens when photographers go all over the world and photograph the exact same things (for example, front doors, kitchens, pets, and toilets), and then arrange the photos based on monthly income? People all over the world look like regular people, but we also see the impact of income on lifestyle everywhere.
Explore the Dollar Street website at https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street/matrix?thing=Families&countries=World®ions=World&zoom=4&row=1&lowIncome=26&highIncome=15000&lang=en
Watch a TED Talk by Dollar Street's creator to learn more about it: https://www.ted.com/talks/anna_rosling_ronnlund_see_how_the_rest_of_the_world_lives_organized_by_income
Source: Dollar Street
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Title: Four Myths about Struggling Students and Immersion Programs
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From https://addalinguablog.com
In this blog post, Stephanie Irizarry tackles four myths about struggling students and immersion programs, suggesting that immersion can work for all students, not just those without struggles: https://addalinguablog.com/2018/03/13/4-myths-about-struggling-students-and-immersion-programs/
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Title: Celebrating Open Educational Resources
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From https://coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/
Open Education Week took place March 5-9 this year. With perfect timing, our sister LRC the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning launched a new website, the Language OER Network or (LOERN) to showcase the work on open educators in the field of language learning and teaching.
Visit the new LOERN website at https://community.coerll.utexas.edu/
Read about how educators are using open educational resources in these recent blog posts:
Turkish: https://blog.coerll.utexas.edu/creating-oer-for-turkish/
Heritage Spanish: http://blog.coerll.utexas.edu/oer-for-a-common-goal-shl/
Portuguese: http://blog.coerll.utexas.edu/oa-materials-development-lctls/
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