In North America today, the number of English Language Learners (ELL) are on the rise, presenting a multitude of challenges to classroom teachers attempting to meet the needs of all students (White & Gillard, 2011). One of the main strategies which have been proposed to help meet the needs of ELL learners is increasing the use of technologies in the classroom . In the last few years, a multitude of technologies have been developed to aid classroom teachers in delivering content to English Language Learners, which can aid teachers in scaffolding instruction, providing collaborative opportunities, increase student engagement, and overall promote student centered approaches to learning (Foulger & Jimenez-Silva, 2007). Although many of these technologies are by no means a solution in and of themselves to the difficulties in teaching ELL students, when used effectively they can provide teachers with a variety of new options to meet the diverse needs of these students, and make the process of integrating into English classrooms faster, easier, and less intimidating than it might have been otherwise.
This website intends to explore a variety of tools which teachers can use to assist English Language Learners in the classroom. These tools are divided up into four broad categories including Office Tools, Collaborative Tools, Multimedia Tools, and Language Learning Tools, containing within each, a variety of resources and suggested used for these resources to meet the needs to English Language Learners in the classroom. The website also includes a list of links to helpful online resource, which teachers can use to help ELL students. Feel free to explore the links to discover more about technology integration in the ELL classroom.
This website intends to explore a variety of tools which teachers can use to assist English Language Learners in the classroom. These tools are divided up into four broad categories including Office Tools, Collaborative Tools, Multimedia Tools, and Language Learning Tools, containing within each, a variety of resources and suggested used for these resources to meet the needs to English Language Learners in the classroom. The website also includes a list of links to helpful online resource, which teachers can use to help ELL students. Feel free to explore the links to discover more about technology integration in the ELL classroom.