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Creating E-Learning Curriculum with Resources on Hand
Presenter: Charity Moon
Wheaton Academy ELL Teacher
cmoon@wheatonacademy.org
Slide2Session structure
Intro ( ~ 5 min)
Share content (~ 15 min)
Pause for questions * (~5 min)
Share content (~ 20 min)
Reflection (~ 5 min)
Q & A * (~ 10 min)
* Please use the chat feature to ask questions or comment
Slide3Goals
Recognize the new realities of online learning
Identify online resources presently available to you for teaching ELLs and how to utilize them.
Be encouraged that you’re not in this alone!
Slide4Getting to know you
Polleverywhere.com
Go to
pollev.com
/cm551
Text cm551 to 37607
Slide5Slide6Slide7Slide8Slide9Slide10Online Teaching reflections
Started mid-March
Online platform since 2013 (Academy Central…On Campus-Blackbaud)
Successes: required weekly Google Meet, Reading Weeks, Vocabulary assignments, Final Project (options, virtual presentations), online resources
Challenges: restructuring curriculum, students returning home, communication, completion of work to normal standards, fluidity of time
Slide11Moving from reacting to anticipating
Slide12Questions to consider…
What online resources are available to me right now?
Where
am I at a “stand still” with online curriculum for my ELL class?
What are the greatest academic needs of my ELL students?
Slide13Needs analysis
Slide14Adapt the formatTake inventory of what resources you and students have access to
Routines already in place
Adapt what students were currently working on (Reading portfolio)
Identified the main areas where students need to improve (vocabulary, reading, TOEFL)
Community is important (connecting weekly)
Slide15Formatting your ELL online class
Weekly instructional/overview videos
https://obsproject.com/
https://www.wevideo.com/
Post daily tasks
Daily attendance check-in questions
Discussion boardsLimit grading
Project based learningBLOCK days for connecting
Slide16Glimpse at the format
Slide17Things to consider about online format
Clear and succinct instructions are necessary (multiple formats-written and verbal)
Provide examples/models (how to…)
Include closed captions on videos if possible
Vocabulary lists
Keep things organized and easy to find
Check for understanding (clarification questions, 1-1 meetings)
Slide18Slide19Practical examples
Ways I adapted curriculum online
**In the chat feature please feel free to add websites or activities that have worked and you would like to share!
Slide20Vocabulary
Weekly journals
Online quizzes
Create Quizlet assignments
Play Quizlet live together on Google Meet
Create story together and have students finish
Vocabulary stories…storyboardthat.com (free)
Make a video!
Slide21Vocabulary story (storyboardthat.com
)
Slide22Reading
Reading week:
Choose a book
Daily questions
Vocabulary
Virtual Book club
piktochart.com
option for final projectReward for reading most pages…exempt from vocab journalFree online reading resources:
commonlit.comnewsela.org
Slide23Sample check-in reading questions
Slide24Final project
Adapted it to include E-learning
Options are key (especially for students who returned home)
Vocabulary story choosing 20 words from the semester (video or story)
Reading display OR 2 Writing prompts
Presentation on zoom with a small group of students
Recorded presentation to give as advice for incoming international students.
Slide25Final project examples: Vocabulary story
Slide26Final project examples: Reading report
Slide27Final project examples: Writing prompts
Writing prompts
Slide28Final Project examples: Presentation
Slide29Final project examples: Presentation
Slide30Final project examples: presentations
Slide31Remote Proctored TOEFL
Digital TOEFL (already a testing site)
9 at a time
Zoom to record and monitor (need a Zoom license $15 a month)
Around 1 ½ hours to take
$22 a test
Whiteboard to take notesInstant scoring
Practice resourcehttps://www.ets.org/toefl_itp/l1v1_ebook
Slide32What I learned
Get student feedback about E-learning (how long, challenges,
etc
…)
Don’t grade everything!
Focus on the successes
Empower students
Slide33What I would have liked to include
SGN (Some Good News)
Cultural video…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkRxw5M6qyM
Goose Chase
Live teaching
More required connection times for students together
Slide34Questions I still have
What resources work overseas?
How do I accommodate in person and e-learning students?
What will the future of teaching ELLs look like?
Slide35Online resources
Reading
commonlit.com
newsela.org
Grammar/Writing
Noredink.com
Vocabulary practice
Goosechase.com
quizlet.comquizizz.comKahoot.comProject platformspiktochart.comstoryboardthat.com
Slide36Online Resources continued
Articles
:
Critical concepts in distance learning for multilingual learners by
Erick Herrmann
Websites blocked in China
https://www.comparitech.com/privacy-security-tools/blockedinchina/
WebinarTESOL online convention July 16-18th
Slide37Encouragement
Slide38What is one takeaway from today’s session?
What is one online resource I’d like to explore more
?
What is 1 practical (doable, controllable) next step I can take regarding E-teaching? (i.e. read, discuss with colleagues, give a survey,
etc
…)
Questions to consider