Foreign Languages Homework Help

WATCH THESE VIDEOS:

1) Donald Leu: New Literacies Research Lab (15:13)

You have to hang in there on this one. It starts slowly, then picks up around 2:15.There are some interesting ideas about IRT (Internet Reciprocal Teaching), and looking at state standards through a future lens. 

Donald J. Leu – New Literacies Research Lab (Links to an external site.)

Video: New Literacies Research Lab (captioned) (Links to an external site.)

Towards the end of the chapter, there’s this idea of the future of classrooms. These “futures” include more personalized, self-paced instruction that has positive implications for English learners and all students. These are kind of extra, but interesting…

2) Classroom of the Future ND: What’s New in EdTech (6:27)

So this “classroom of the future” is a 2007 vision. But some schools are still not to this point in 2018. This is a slow-paced video, but there are some interesting tidbits.

Classroom Of The Future HD: What’s New in Educational Tech (Links to an external site.)

Video: Classroom Of The Future HD: What’s New in Educational Tech (captioned) (Links to an external site.)

3) Here’s a 2017 version of a “future” school.

What Will Schools Look Like in the Future? (Links to an external site.)

EXPLORE THESE LINKS:

• Blogging for ELT
  • https://www.studycelta.com/blog/the-elt-industry/five-best-tefl-bloggers-online/ (Links to an external site.)

DO THIS:

1. Review pages 140-155 in  chapter 4 before completing this assignment. 
2. Go over the discussion posts for ideas of technologies used by various members of the class.
3. Go to WebQuest.org 
   • Click on “find Webquests” in the left tool bar
   • Click on “Search the QuestGarden database”
   • If you have a topic in mind, use “free text search.” If you want to peruse some lessons in your discipline and grade level, use the “Curriculum x Grade Level Matrix.”
   • Choose a lesson and read through all the parts and pieces of it (use left navigation). 
   • Answer these 8 questions based on the lesson you chose:
     1. What is the title and url of the WebQuest you chose?
     2. What prior knowledge, including cultural knowledge, does the student need to bring to the activity or task?
     3. How much oral English is needed to participate? What about written English?
     4. Are visuals (e.g. photos, video, diagrams, graphs) inherent in the lesson or available to convey meaning expressed in oral or written English?
     5. Are there ways students can access information in their primary language or through English text that has been modified for use by English learners?
     6. Are there opportunities for students to express learning in different modes, such as oral, written, and pictorial, and/or in different genres, such as writing essays or stories, displaying data, creating digital stories, etc.?
     7. How would you change/modify/add to this lesson?
     8. Any other comments or notes?
4. The rubric below outlines the expectations for this assignment.
5. After you complete the questions, submit it by uploading it to this assignment
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