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Technology in Bilingual ASL/English Classroompresented by Gabrielle Jones and Rosemary StifterInternational Symposium on Instructional Technology and Education of the DeafRochester, NY June 28, 2005 |
Click here for a summary of the presentation. Click here for html version of the PowerPoint presentation. Click here for a pdf version of the PowerPoint presentation. Click here for the paper of this presentation (not yet available). Bilingual ResourcesCenter for ASL/English Bilingual Education and Research (CAEBER) Dr. Cummins ESL and Second Language Learning Web Technology ResourcesBlogsBlogger is a free, easy to use blogging tool in which you create individual or group blogs. KidzLog MoonEdit is a multi-user (up to 14 users) simultaneous text editing program. It is free and every co-author can edit the shared document at any time, from any place, and at the same time. Weblogs: The Possibilities are Limitless! is an excellent resource for any teacher who is thinking about implementing blogs in their classroom. Blogs & Education Resources is a web page of blogging resources that teachers can use for lesson plan ideas and examples. Weblogs for Use with ESL Classes Blogs in the Classroom has examples of educational blogs, including the ones shared in the presentation, and links to a variety of blog resources. Chat roomsYahoo Groups You set up your own group in which you invite students to participate. AOL Instant Messenger has a feature in which you can invite AIM members to a chat room. The chats can be saved. HIP Chat Pals Concept Mapping SoftwareContent Management ToolsSchool Fusion provides content management tools, interactive online calendars and individualized classroom websites for teachers to post homework, give online quizzes, and even manage grades. Nicenet provides for free a communication tool that provides online conferencing, personal messaging, document sharing, scheduling and link/resource sharing to a variety of learning environments. Moodle is a free content management system (CMS) which can be used to create an online learing community. Digital VideoClerc Center Digital Video Projects Discussion Forums/Bulletin BoardsWorld Crossing is easy to set up and has controls where the teacher must approve posts before making them "live." Instructional Ideas and Forum Examples Document CamerasGaggle Network provides free, safe, teacher-controlled email accounts for students. FontsAmerican Sign Language Fonts Yamada Learning Center of University of Oregon has some fonts you can download for free including the "Gallaudet" font. Pocket Full of Therapy sells a Handwriting Fontware program that includes the "Fingerletters" font that is looks more like a child's hand. Instant MessagingInteractive White BoardsMimio is a cheaper version that attaches to a white board. Online NewspapersNew York Time Learning Network Click on News Snapshot which features an interesting photo and article from The New York Times, along with the basic set of questions -- who, what, where, when, why and how. CSD-TV Relay ServicesTest generation softwareHot Potatoes offers six applications, enabling one to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web or hard copy. Quia for $49/year you can create online educational games and activities, quizzes, surveys, class web pages, schedules, and calendars. VideoconferencingSoarHigh Earth System Science VC Web Videoconferencing in Deaf Education Video Instant Messenger you will need a web cam and activate the video feature in your AIM. Microsoft NetMeeting Download the free software, buy a webcam, find someone else who has the same stuff and you are ready to videoconference. msn messenger video conversation Web pagesGlobal Virtual Classroom Contest NVU is a free web editor that is easy to use. Teacherweb.com allows you to post homework assignments, announcements, and materials with a click of the button. Trackstar
WebQuestsThe WebQuest Page has a wealth of information about creating your own WebQuests and you can look at examples that are grouped by content and grade level. InstantWebQuest is a web based software for creating WebQuests in a short time. When you use InstantWebQuest, you will not need any of writing HTML code or using any web editor software. InstantWebQuest creates all the necessary files and puts them into the server free. phpWebQuest is free educational software for writing WebQuests in a short time. Teacherweb.com has free tools to create a WebQuest. |
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