Download or read book Meeting the Technology Standards for Language Teachers written by Cornelia Tschichold and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The starting point for this project was the question in how far a Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) module in a Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) course can bring the students up to the required level of being confident CALL users. The teachers' part of the TESOL Technology Standards Framework was chosen as evidence for the level of training required. Each standard was first matched against the components of an existing CALL module. Standards that were not met were then filtered for achievability in a preservice teacher training situation. Next, all remaining standards were examined to find out whether they could be incorporated into the module, either by modification of an existing element or the introduction of new elements. A second step involved the evaluation of components of the CALL course that did not seem to contribute to helping the students reach any of the technology standards. One of the goals of this procedure was to give more structure to the process of regular updates of the module content, beyond simply updating the software used in the module, and to allow for a more principled improvement of the module over the years. [For the complete volume of short papers, see ED572005.].
Download or read book TESOL Technology Standards written by Deborah Healey and published by Teachers of English to. This book was released on 2011 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The TESOL Technology Standards are applicable in a wide range of contexts: foreign language, second language, child, teen, adult, higher education, vocational education, language for specific purposes, and fully online programs; and in settings with low, medium, or high resources and access to communication technologies. Students, teachers, teacher educators, administrators, and researchers will find this an easy guide through the technology standards and how they can be applied in the varied contexts in which language instruction occurs. The book is organized around two strands of standards: Technology Standards for Language Learners and Technology Standards for Language Teachers. Useful supplemental material included for the reader are a comparison of the TESOL Technology Standards with other technology-focused standards, extensive reference lists, a glossary, and an index. Even practitioners with little access to technology resources can apply the standards in their contexts, while those with a great deal of access to technology are encouraged to do as much as their resources will allow. Vignettes provide detail-specific resources, and attempt to offer free and open-source technology alternatives where possible, and in some instances they suggest technology for the physically disabled. Although the vignettes tend to focus on English language learning and teaching, the technology standards can be applied to languages other than English.
Download or read book CALL communities and culture short papers from EUROCALL 2016 written by Salomi Papadima-Sophocleous and published by Research-publishing.net. This book was released on 2016-12-18 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 23rd EUROCALL conference was organised by the Cyprus University of Technology Language Centre. The theme of the conference was “CALL communities and Culture”. Between the 24th and 27th August 2016, over 135 presentations were delivered and 27 posters were presented; 84 of these presentations appear in this volume of selected peer-reviewed short papers.
Download or read book Language Teacher Technology Integration Education written by Sun Xiaorui and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the TESOL Technology Standards for Language Teachers as a framework and following the After Action Review method, this research adopted an explanatory sequential mixed methods design to (a) investigate language teachers’ knowledge and skills to integrate technology into instruction in the initial quantitative study (first phase), (b) explore recommendations for developing the knowledge and skills necessary to integrate technology into instruction in the follow-up qualitative study (second phase), and (c) examine the validity/appropriateness of the TESOL Technology Standards for Language Teachers through the mixed results analyses (third phase). The findings of the quantitative phase reveal that participating teachers performed at different levels among the foundational knowledge and skills in technology (Goal 1), the pedagogical knowledge and skills with technology (Goal 2), the knowledge and skills to apply technology in record-keeping, feedback, and assessment (Goal 3), and the use of technology to improve communication, collaboration, and efficiency (Goal 4). The findings of the quantitative study also show that there are correlational relationships between the four goals. The qualitative results in the second phase indicate that interview participants in Group Experienced and Group Novice could provide recommendations and articulate types of support needed at different levels, and both groups need support to improve their technology integration knowledge and skills in instruction. Finally, the mixed results, through the joint displays of the qualitative results and the quantitative results, reveal that the TESOL Technology Standards for Language Teachers remain applicable and helpful to teachers in current educational contexts. However, the findings indicate that due to evolving technology and issues emerging over the decade, further updates for performance indicators are needed. The findings include recommendations for potential updates. This research is significant, because, informed by empirical data, this study makes recommendations for teacher educators, teacher training programs, language teachers, administrators, standard researchers/ policy makers, and other relevant stakeholders about the use of the TESOL Technology Standards for Language Teachers and the teacher technology integration education
Download or read book National Educational Technology Standards for Students written by International Society for Technology in Education and published by ISTE (Interntl Soc Tech Educ. This book was released on 2007 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet includes the full text of the ISTE Standards for Students, along with the Essential Conditions, profiles and scenarios.
Download or read book Helping English Learners to Write written by Carol Booth Olson and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a rich array of research-based practices, this book will help teachers improve the academic writing of English learners. It provides specific teaching strategies, activities, and extended lessons to develop EL students’ narrative, informational, and argumentative writing, emphasized in the Common Core State Standards. It also explores the challenges each of these genres pose for ELs and suggests ways to scaffold instruction to help students become confident and competent academic writers. Showcasing the work of exemplary school teachers who have devoted time and expertise to creating rich learning environments for the secondary classroom, Helping English Learners to Write includes artifacts and written work produced by students with varying levels of language proficiency as models of what students can accomplish. Each chapter begins with a brief overview and ends with a short summary of the key points. “These authors are at the very forefront of scientifically testing and validating instructional practices for improving the writing and reading of adolescents who are English learners. Why is their research so good? It is informed by years of experience in the classroom and working with hundreds of teachers across California. What a powerful combination. My advice: ingest, consider, and employ the strategies described here. Your students will become better writers if you do.” —From the Foreword by Steve Graham, Warner Professor of Educational Leadership & Innovation, Arizona State University “This book is a tour de force. It’s up-to-the-minute in offering what teachers and administrators need, and what parents want. With examples of classrooms in action, it incorporates what research tells us about effective teaching and learning, and what the Common Core Standards and related policy are demanding, into successful and engaging activities that the authors' extensive research shows works. Helping English Learners to Write is a must-read. You will dog ear many pages for future use.” —Judith A. Langer, Vincent O’Leary Distinguished Research Professor, Director, Center on English Learning & Achievement, University at Albany
Download or read book Infusing Technology in the 6 12 Classroom written by Valerie Morrison and published by International Society for Technology in Education. This book was released on 2022-08-24 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 6-12 teachers will discover how to integrate the tech requirements found within today’s academic standards into their everyday curriculum. Perhaps your district provides current technology development for staff on a regular basis and has instructional coaches to help teachers infuse technology into their curriculum to meet various academic standards. But in reality, most districts don’t have this kind of support. In this book (the second in a two-book series), you’ll learn how to shift your instructional practice and leverage technology to meet today’s curriculum education standards for grades 6-12. This book doesn’t cover every 6-12 national standard, but identifies the standards with a technology component and provides resources and lessons to help you teach those standards effectively. This book includes: • Classroom-tested lesson ideas in English language arts, math, science and social studies mapped to ISTE and tech-related standards to support college- and career-readiness. • Lists of technology-embedded college- and career-readiness standards for each grade level, along with practical ideas and up-to-date resources (apps, software and websites) that can be used in meeting these standards. • Suggestions for addressing roadblocks to incorporating technology in the classroom. • Ways to incorporate staff development and parental support at the school level. • Access to a companion website with information on the tools referenced in the text. With the implementation of these strategies, you’ll help your students become self-directed and critical readers, writers and thinkers so they’re better prepared for the future!
Download or read book Preparing Teachers to Work with English Language Learners in Mainstream Classrooms written by Luciana C. de Oliveira and published by IAP. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-published with TESOL Press There is a growing need for knowledge and practical ideas about the preparation of teachers for English language learners (ELLs), a growing segment of the K-12 population in the United States. This book is for teachers, administrators, and teacher educators looking for innovative ways to prepare teachers for ELLs and will position teachers to empower these students. This volume will appeal mostly to those preparing teachers in contexts that have not have historically had large numbers of ELLs, but have had a high rate of recent growth (e.g., Midwestern U.S.). This work is the combination of teacher preparation and ELL issues. This volume is unique in tackling pre-service and inservice teacher preparation. Additionally, the chapters collectively aim to go beyond merely equipping teachers to meet the needs of ELLs, but to reach a level of effectiveness with the outcome of equity. The book highlights the knowledge, skills, and beliefs of teachers about ELLs. Part I addresses teacher perceptions of, and beliefs about, ELLs and teacher preparation specifically addressing what they should know in terms of students’ perspectives. Chapters attend to the experiences and beliefs of immigrant teachers about their roles, the role of service learning in teacher preparation, and the potential of understanding home literacy practices to change teacher beliefs about ELLs. Part II focuses on skills necessary to teach ELLs—writing skills teachers can draw on to inform their teaching practices, technological skills teachers need to develop, and skills related to focusing on the Common Core State Standards for English language arts and mathematics. Each chapter explicitly addresses implications for teacher education or professional development.
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology written by Fiona Farr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-26 with total page 811 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exponential growth and development of modern technologies in all sectors has made it increasingly difficult for students, teachers and teacher educators to know which technologies to employ and how best to take advantage of them. The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology brings together experts in a number of key areas of development and change, and opens the field of language learning by exploring the pedagogical importance of technological innovation. The handbook is structured around six themes: historical and conceptual contexts core issues interactive and collaborative technologies for language learning corpora and data driven learning gaming and language learning purpose designed language learning resources. Led by fundamental concepts, theories and frameworks from language learning and teaching research rather than by specific technologies, this handbook is the essential reference for all students, teachers and researchers of Language Learning and TESOL. Those working in the areas of Applied Linguistics, Education and Media Studies will also find this a valuable book.
Download or read book Integrating Technology in English Language Arts Teacher Education written by Donna L. Pasternak and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating Technology in English Language Arts Teacher Education investigates the technology practices teacher candidates in the US are being introduced to, how they are using these practices in classrooms, and how technology can be effectively integrated into English teacher education programs. By drawing upon findings from extensive longitudinal studies into teacher education programs in the US, this timely volume addresses critical themes relating to the integration of technology in education, including: • Teaching with technology • Technology for collaboration • Technology for individualized learning and assessment By analyzing the experiences of teacher educators and candidates, and offering detailed analysis of the content, practices, and skills being taught to pre-service English teachers, Pasternak examines the entities that drive or inhibit the adoption of technology into the secondary English language arts (ELA) curriculum. This volume will resonate with an international audience of post-graduate scholars and researchers interested in the fields of teacher education, English language arts, and the relationship between technology and classroom practice.
Download or read book World Language Teacher Education and Web Enhanced Language Learning WELL written by Ayesha M. Coleman Swinton and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this mixed methods study was to find out the ways in which web enhanced language learning (WELL) technologies are learned that make them more likely to be effectively integrated into the K-12 classroom. Specifically, the study investigated characteristics of WELL teacher training that translate to effective classroom implementation. The theoretical and conceptual frameworks used were Mishra and Koehler's (2006) Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) and the Teachers of English as a Second Language (TESOL) Technology Standards (2008). Both quantitative and qualitative data were gathered from surveys, interviews, and observations of K-12 world language teachers in North Carolina. This study integrated quantitative and qualitative data in a convergent sequential design. Descriptive statistics and Pearson's Chi Square goodness of fit tests were used to analyze the quantifiable responses on the survey and thematic coding was used for the open responses. Thematic coding and categorization were used to analyze the interview and observation data. The findings of the study revealed teachers mostly learned to use WELL technologies by themselves, with colleagues, through teacher education activities and through online sources. Additionally, they stated that effective WELL teacher education activities are interactive, allow for practice time and help teachers preemptively troubleshoot potential problems. Teachers applied their WELL teacher education by using TESOL (2008) defined effective practices in classroom. They used WELL technologies to provide individualized practice, increase student motivation, to engage students into language learning, and provide access to authentic resources. Although teachers learned to use WELL technologies in a variety of ways, they used effective practices to integrate what they had learned into the curriculum. Nonetheless, they still desired increased access to more effective teacher education activities that could aid them in continuing to be knowledgeable practitioners of technology in world language classrooms. This study provided several implications for how teacher educators should conduct training activities, how teacher education programs can support pre-service teachers, and how school districts can support in-service teachers."--Abstract from author supplied metadata.
Download or read book Language Teacher Education and Technology written by Jeong-Bae Son and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language teachers' competencies in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) are a crucial factor affecting their own implementation of CALL. However, there is still a concern that many language teachers are not adequately prepared to make effective use of CALL or to identify and evaluate potential CALL solutions. This can be the result of many different factors and raises the question of how to train teachers to develop their CALL knowledge and skills to a greater degree. The discussion of approaches to training language teachers in the use of technology adopted in areas of Australia, the UK and the US provides valuable insights for those already involved in this area, and inspiration for those who have some interest in carrying out this kind of training, but as yet have little or no experience. This book explores the current status of CALL teacher education and discusses issues and challenges CALL teacher educators face in their own contexts. Specifically, it looks at postgraduate CALL courses offered at different universities to find ways of improving CALL teacher training. It represents the first overview of a topic that is relevant to most postgraduate courses in Applied Linguistics or TESOL across the globe. The use of technology for language learning and teaching is increasingly common but, as is so often the case, training for teachers in how to use that technology remains limited, to a large extent by lack of expertise among trainers.
Download or read book National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers written by International Society for Technology in Education and published by ISTE (Interntl Soc Tech Educ. This book was released on 2002 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standards were developed to guide educational leaders in recognizing and addressing the essential conditions for effective use of technology to support P-12 education.
Download or read book InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards written by The Council of Chief State School Officers and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These new model core teaching standards outline what all teachers across all content and grade levels should know and be able to do to be effective in today's learning contexts. They are a revision of the 1992 model standards, in response to the need for a new vision of teaching to meet the needs of next generation learners. This document incorporates changes from a public feedback period in July 2010.
Download or read book Teaching with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts PreK 2 written by Lesley Mandel Morrow and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are the first academic standards to be independently adopted by almost every state in the country. The purpose and intent of the Common Core standards for English Language Arts (ELA), as well as Literacy in History/Social Studies and Science Education, are the focus of this book. Each of the chapters addresses one of the major English Language Arts domains: literature, informational texts, foundational skills, writing, speaking and listening, language, technology, and assessment. The objective of the chapters is twofold: to provide a theoretical background and detailed explanation of each of the CCSS/ELA standards, as well as practical suggestions, classroom vignettes, models, instructional resources, and unit ideas to implement the standards"--
Download or read book Meeting Common Core Technology Standards written by Valerie Morrison and published by International Society for Technology in Education. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wished you had an instructional coach at your side to help align your curriculum with the tech-related indicators found in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)? You’re not alone. Nearly all U.S. states have adopted the Common Core, and teachers across the country are redesigning their lessons to meet the standards, including the ed tech component. In this book, you’ll learn how to shift your educational practice and integrate technology standards found within the Common Core into your curriculum. The authors clearly explain the standards and demonstrate how to incorporate them through classroom-tested examples that harness a robust list of student-friendly software, websites and apps.
Download or read book Infusing Technology in the K 5 Classroom written by Valerie Morrison and published by International Society for Technology in Education. This book was released on 2022-08-24 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: K-5 teachers will discover how to integrate the tech requirements found within today’s academic standards into their everyday curriculum. Perhaps your district provides current technology development for staff on a regular basis and has instructional coaches to help teachers infuse technology into their curriculum to meet various academic standards. But in reality, most districts don’t have this kind of support. In this book (the first in a two-book series), you’ll learn how to shift your instructional practice and leverage technology to meet today’s curriculum education standards for grades K-5. This book doesn’t cover every K-5 national standard, but identifies the standards with a technology component and provides resources and lessons to help you teach those standards effectively. This book includes: • Classroom-tested lesson ideas in English language arts, math, science and social studies mapped to ISTE and tech-related standards to support college- and career-readiness. • Lists of technology-embedded college- and career-readiness standards for each grade level, along with practical ideas and up-to-date resources (apps, software and websites) that can be used in meeting these standards. • Suggestions for addressing roadblocks to incorporating technology in the classroom. • Ways to incorporate staff development and parental support at the school level. Access to a companion website with information on the tools referenced in the text. With the implementation of these strategies, you’ll help your students become self-directed and critical readers, writers and thinkers so they’re better prepared for the future!
