Today, teenagers are able to pull up weather on their cell phone while at the mall. Two people from two continents are able to talk "face-to-face" with each other using video chat. Nearly any question can be answered in seconds by typing it into as search query. Technology is becoming ever more prevalent in our daily lives because it has the power to make obtaining information incredibly efficient and it enables communication and collaboration with nearly anyone at anytime. It would be foolish to think that technology would have no potential in the classroom as well. It has the tremendous power to help students obtain, organize, manipulate, display information, as well as to share their knowledge with other learners. With English Language Learners, technology can engage them into working and manipulating language in creative new ways.
The goal of this blog is present how various technological tools that I have discovered can be used to facilitate understanding of academic English. I hope that you enjoy reading my posts and that you find something valuable that you can use in your own classroom.
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