Technology Integration in Adult ESL Instruction

During Carolina TESOL, we had the pleasure of having Michele Cona, from REEP in Arlington VA, sharing great ideas on how to implement technology in the classroom. Her presentation was rich, but very easy to follow with lots and lots of wonderful resources. If you didn't get the chance to attend, visit her presentation at http://october29adultesltech.pbworks.com for wonderful ideas.
Just in case you're very busy and cannot visit her site just yet, these are a couple of sites that I would like to highlight. They can help you create lessons in a very short amount of time!!!
http://www.lessonwriter.com/default.aspx and http://www.answers.com/. Enjoy!!!
PS: Add this link for your students to practice English independently: http://reepworld.org/

The Secret Life of Cell Phones

Have you ever wondered what to do with all those old cell phones lying around in the house? That was a good conversation starter for one of my ESL classes. We brainstormed options and we used that same question as focus question to watch a video clip called "The Secret Life of Cell Phones".
Check out this video and also visit the website "secret-life.org" for more ideas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkbpiL9UsY8




You can also use the free photocopiable handout "The Cell Phone Age" from http://handoutsonline.com/. Click on Free Samples and scroll down until you find worksheet #5.

For more information visit the US Environmental Protection Agency website http://www.epa.gov/waste/partnerships/plugin/cellphone/index.htm

It could also be a nice Civics project if you turn it into a Fundraiser. This website gives you all the tools to collect old cellphones to raise money for a local charity http://www.phoneraiser.com.

If you have more ideas that you would like to share, please post a comment with more links.

Welcome to North Campus ESL Blog!!

Welcome!
The purpose of WTCC ESL Civic Blogs will be to help the ESL teachers communicate with one another and with students. The ultimate goal will be to create a new venue for our students, at all levels of English and to provide opportunities for them be more involved in community events through this means of communication.