Lifting Language

How can we use technology to increase participation and engagement on DAY 1 with multilingual Learners? In this episode, I talk with technology and EL experts and educators Dr. Irina McGrath, Michelle Shory, Jenny Vo, and Katie Gardner, each who come with vast and varied professional and personal experiences. They offer words of caution about using technology and much more to help us understand how we can leverage tech as students acquire language.

“Look at us now.”--Dr. Irina McGrath

Dr. Irina McGrath on Twitter: @irina_mcgrath

Michelle Shory on Twitter: @michelleshory

Jenny Vo on Twitter: @JennyVo15

Katie Gardner on Twitter: @gardnerkb1

Irina and Michelle created ELL2.0, a website where they regularly share tips for teaching English learners. In this episode, Michelle Shory also mentions Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

Additional Tech Tools that were mentioned:

Is math universal? Does culture impact mathematics? How does background knowledge affect math? Does language play a part in math instruction? Katelyn Ngooi, Carmen Nguyen, and Dr. Jim Ewing share their wisdom and practical advice with us about math and multilingual learners. 

In this episode, Dr. Ewing references these books: 

Teaching Math to English Learners

7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom

Juan Jose, You are Especial!

You can follow these great leaders on social media here: 

Dr. Jim Ewing on Twitter: @EwingLearning

Katelyn Ngooi on Instagram: @miss_ngooi

Carmen Nguyen on Twitter: @cjnguyen10

This is a brief overview about what listeners will enjoy.