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PROF DEVELOPMENT: · Tech tools · K-8 teachers · ELL learners Standards:

- Online discussions connecting new tools and lessons with other teachers. - Create lesson using one of the technology tools. After the introduction to key vocabulary used in a text, teachers may start reading the text. In this instance, the target text will be a biography of Lance Armstrong. Teachers can focus on different reading comprehension strategies and have discussions throughout the lessons. After reading the main text, teachers can use the third technology, Voicethread, not only as a comprehension assessment but also as a tool to help their ELLs to practice their oral skills. After reading the text, teachers can ask their students to summarize the biography of Lance Armstrong by choosing the most important events from his life. After preparing the content they will present, students can use voicethread to present their summaries in various ways.
 * Purpose**: This is a professional development session for in-service teachers teaching in K-8 mainstream classrooms. As the number of ELL students are increasing in classrooms, its vital for mainstream classroom to be able to properly support every student in their classrooms. However, due to the language and cultural differences, ELLs need the most attention and support. In this professional development session, participant teachers will be demonstrated how to use 3 main technologies they can use with their ELLs to empower their learning experiences. These technologies cannot only be used to support ELLs but also native speakers of English.
 * Teacher Goals:** - Integrate technology tools with lessons to assist ELL students.
 * Tools & Procedure:** The first tool will be wordsift. Through using wordsift, teachers can focus on preteaching vocabulary and creating wordwebs. As the software give pictures and example sentences the target word is used, it provides visual and contextual learning opportunities.
 * Time-line:** The total session will be 2 to 3 hours. First teachers will be briefly introduced to the specific tool. After the brief introduction, they will be shown a student sample work to illustrate the how it can be used in classrooms. After this illustration and demonstrations, teachers will be given 30 minutes to brainstorm how they can use it based on their specific grade level and content area. After the 30 minute brainstorming session, they will be asked to share their ideas using twitter.

TECH TOOLS: · Word Sift ([]): vocabulary, comprehension · VoiceThread ([] ): vocabulary, fluency · Wiki/Twitter

TEACHER GOALS: · Integrate technology tools with lessons to assist ELL students. · Online discussions connecting new tools and lessons with other teachers. · Create lesson using one of the technology tools.

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 * Articles:**

· France (Tour de France) [] · Cancer · Chemotherapy · Foundation [] · Cycling · triathlon
 * Vocabulary List:**

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 * Wordshift**:

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 * Glogster:**

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 * Voicethread**