Saturday, March 14, 2009

Digital Media Tools for Bilingual or English Language Learners - ASCD Conference

5:15-6:15
"Must Have" Hardware Tools - Computers, Projectors, Digital Cameras, Web Cams, Document Camera (Lumens), Ipods, Digital Voice Recorder

Comprehinsible Input - Ipod - exposure to "taped" text - lots of free content on Itunes

--------FREE-------
http://www.storynory.com/ : free audio stories.
http://www.oup.com/elt/students/?cc=global
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/ : Classic literature in audio
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ : Lesson Plans for Current Events (check this before sending students - just to be safe)
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish : News stories
http://www.english-trailers.com/ : Trailers of movies with attached activities

-------Some FREE Some NOT--------

Older students:
http://www.librivox.org/ : free audio books - all public domain - FREE
http://www.gutenberg.com/ : eBooks - text - often scans of 1st editions

Video:
http://www.discoverystreaming.com/ : also has songs, speeches, etc. 100 in Spanish (NOT FREE)

Images:
http://www.flickr.com/ : search terms (may be safer than google)

Background Knowledge - virtual experiences

http://www.brainpop.com/ : 3-4 minute videos that cover a variety of topics (high elementary)
http://www.archive.org/ : public domain videos - "duck and cover" videos - news reels (WW2)

Academic Vocabulary - create nonlinguistic representations

Digital pictures representing vocabulary - especially when students are involved picture creation
http://www.picnik.com/ : photo editing
http://www.mywebspiration.com/ - Online version of Inspiration and Kidspiration
http://www.bubbl.us/ - simple graphic organizer
Comic Life - comic book creation program plesq.com
http://www.kerpoof.com/ : comic like creation - no frames
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ : simple comic creation with frames

Audio:
Audacity - free sound recorder for the computer
http://www.gcast.com/ : free podcast server
http://www.voicethread.com/ : voice collaboration over video, document, powerpoint, etc.

MORE HERE - http://eduese.com/links/

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