I’m going to a Classroom 2.0 meeting here in Sacramento today, and figured it would be a good excuse to identify some student samples of online work by my English Language Learner students — just in case people are interested. Other people in our school district have also asked me for examples, so another “The Best…” list is born.

Here are my picks for The Best Online Examples Of My Students’ Work (I also include a link to the main page of each web tool they used):

VOICE THREAD: San Francisco by Maria, Yulia and Karina; San Francisco by Luis and Jonathan; “San Francisco” by Houa, PaoChoua, & Xeng

Students made a number of VoiceThreads in a recent summer school class, which you can see at the Student Showcase blog (though I still have several more to post there). They worked in pairs on three projects — Introducing Themselves, a fable or story, and one focusing on their culture.

DVOLVER MOVIEMAKER: Here are quite a few student examples made at this great site:

“A Woman and a Man” by Yang Mee
“Love” by See
“I Want to Know You” by Te
“A Monkey and a Girl” by Yong
“Happy Birthday” by Lia
“My Bear Boyfriend” by Lou
“In Love” by Na Lee
“Chat in the Internet” by Jong
“Snowman” by Xeng
“My Best Friend” by Kao
“Pa Yanmg” by Bao
“I Love at Night” by Ka
“Black Eyes Movie” by Xiong
“The Love Boat” by Walter
“A Greeting” by Reyna
“Meet Someone” by Fong
“Happy Christmas” by Mai Teng
“Untitled” by Marco
“Holiday” by Ge Chang
“Email” by Kao  (boy)
“Full in Love” by Bee
“Full in Love” by Chee
“Love #20” by Ge
“Fun Party” by Tou Pao
“Miss a New Friend” by Tou Pao
“In Love” by Choua
“Yeti Is Not Bad” by Choua

BACKYARD PARADISE: Design and describe strange-looking backyards.  Here are some of them:

Choua
Pa
Na Lee
Xeng
Yang Mee
Jong
See
Ka

DIGITAL HISTORY EXHIBITS: Students made United States History slideshows:

Pa Lee
Houa
More
Pao
Na Lee
Oscar l
Giang
Lee
Magdalena
Giang
Leng
Pa Ka
Tou
Vi Chai
Toua
Mishiko
Vong
Alma
Veronika
Nayeli
Tou Chia
Yer

CITY CREATOR: Students can design their own city and describe it:

Xeng
Choua
Mai
Yia
Giang
Jorge
More
Yer
Magdalena
Mishiko
Jee
Dalila
Veronika
Nayeli
Tou Chia
Oscar
Ma
Vong

BOOKR SLIDESHOWS: I think Bookr is the easiest way around for students to make online slideshows. Here are several examples — the first are from Beginning ELL’s; the second are parts of a Problem/Solution essays written by Intermediate ELL’s; and the final section were made by a mixed-level group in World History:

Beginners:

Pa
Bao
Na Lee
Ge
Chee
Bee
Choua
Lou
Yang Mee
Xeng
Lia
Kao  (boy)
Kou
See

Problem/Solution Essays:
Lee Poeng
Causes and Effects
Language by Chue Lee Causes and Effects
Drugs by PaoChoua Causes and Effects
Jobs by Yulia
Gangs by Jonathan Causes and Effects
English Language by Jongsika Causes and Effects
Jobs by Yulia
Violence by Juan Causes and Effects
Soccer Fights by Meng Causes and Effects
Money by Ka Sia Causes and Effects
Gangs by Jonathan
No Money by Nhia Causes and Effects
Jobs by Chao Yang Causes and Effects
No Money by Houa Causes and Effects
Too Many Car Accidents by Hlee Causes and Effects
Homeless by Xeng Her Causes and Effects
Money by Pa Causes and Effects
Transportation by Calynda Causes and Effects
CAHSEE by MingZu
Fighting by Mai
Pollution by Maria
Homeless by Mai
Pollution in Sacramento by Maria
Jobs by Kia Lor Causes and Effects
Not Good Education by Pa Mee Causes and Effects
Sad by Xeng Causes and Effects
CAHSEE by Chai Causes and Effects of Not Passing the CAHSEE by Chai
Car Accident by Bao Causes and Consequences
Crime in Sacramento by Karina
Causes and Effects by Long Lor
Causes and Effects of Not Having Money by May

Causes and Effects of CAHSEE by Tia
Causes and Effects by Chao

World History
Tou Chia
Chue Her
Toua
Tao
Soua

POSTEROUS:: If you go to my United States History Edublogs, you can find links to the Posterous blogs where my students post all their work. It’s on the left sidebar.

OTHER You can also see a lot of student work in the comments section of our Intermediate English class blog.

Here are some posters on the U.S. Census our students created:

As always, feedback is welcome.

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