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I’m going to be leading a professional development session for our school’s science teachers on working with English Language Learners, and I asked teachers on Twitter to share their recommendations for online tools.
I received a number of suggestions, and hope people will share more!
First, I’ll start with the related “Best” lists (and an important post by Tan Huynh) I already have. Next, I’ll share links to the ones suggested that seem to have the most promise. Then, I’ll end with sharing all the tweets I received in response.
Here are the “Best” lists that I think are most applicable:
The Best Multilingual & Bilingual Sites For Math, Social Studies, & Science
The Best Places To Get The “Same” Text Written For Different “Levels”
The “All-Time” Best Science Sites
Design Your Tests with English Learners in Mind by Tan Huynh.
Here are the resources suggested by educators on Twitter that appear to me to be most useful:
Phet Simulations, including ones that are in languages other than English
Windows To The Universe in English and in Spanish
Thanks to everyone who shared suggestions, including:
Lots of resources in English and Spanish at Windows to the Universe from National Earth Science Teacher Association @NESTA_US https://t.co/UFHI7ntEQL
— 🌻𝕄𝕣𝕤.𝕄𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕠🌻 (@mrs_machado) December 8, 2019
There are some great Google Expeditions, and more content every day for the Merge Cube.
— Cheri Mann (@itscherij) December 8, 2019
Gizmos by Explore Learning for lab, ck12 for content support, Science News for Students website, and wisc online learning objects are some of my faves for my ELs. 🙂
— Jennifer Day (@DayTeaching) December 8, 2019
Phet simulations since it’s visual and interactive, yet not heavily text dependent
— Ms. B. (@77techdb) December 7, 2019
Phet simulations since it’s visual and interactive, yet not heavily text dependent
— Ms. B. (@77techdb) December 7, 2019
Wonderopolis due to audio support
— Ms. B. (@77techdb) December 7, 2019
And Vizia for putting annotations/questions, etc. on videos is valuable
— Kelly Love, NBCT (donate to @RAICES) (@mrskellylove) December 7, 2019
Yes! To see the one-stop shop for the Immersive Reader 📖, including a deep dive demo, table of all the apps and platforms it’s in, and other helpful links, check this out 👇 #MicrosoftEDU https://t.co/RLPlAATr48
— Mike Tholfsen (@mtholfsen) December 8, 2019
Please keep the suggestions coming!
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