Learning Tour Overview
Explore how to use various tech tools to meet the needs of ELLs and students with language-based disabilities. Participants will gain knowledge of how to use various websites, Google Chrome extensions, and iOS apps to remove barriers to student learning for all content areas.
Agenda for the tour:
Participants will engage in a brief overview of the needs of English Language Learners (ELLs) and students with language-based learning disabilities (students with LBLDs). The remainder of the tour will be spent exploring FREE hands-on resources to make several curricular areas more accessible to ELL students and students with LBLDs. These resources include Khan Academy, Rewordify, Read&Write Chrome extension, Snapverter iOS/Android app, and more! Resources range from tools that can be used as early as kindergarten up through high school.
Location
Virtual – (Meeting link to be provided after registering.)
Host
Erin Foley – Digital Literacy Specialist, Hanover Public Schools
Details
About |
Erin Foley is the Digital Literacy Specialist at Hanover Middle School in Hanover, MA, and is a professional development course instructor for MassCUE and the Massachusetts Teacher’s Association. Erin is also a Google Certified Educator and a Google for Education Certified Trainer. She has 14 years of experience as a classroom teacher with 11 of those years specifically in the field of instructional technology. Erin is a member of the Hanover Public Schools Technology Committee and believes that technology is a powerful tool in transforming the learning environment to meet the academic needs and interests of students. Erin has a M.A.T. degree from Quinnipiac University and holds 3 Massachusetts teaching licenses: Instructional Technology (K-12), Elementary (1-6), and Mathematics (5-8). |
Date and Time | October 25, 2021 4:00-4:45 pm |
Location |
Virtual |
Level | Beginner |
Audience | K-12 Educators |
MassCUE Member Cost | No charge |
Limit | 25 |
Learning Tour Overview Explore how to use various tech tools to meet the needs of ELLs and students with language-based disabilities. Participants will gain knowledge of how to use various websites, Google Chrome extensions, and iOS apps to remove barriers to student learning for all content areas. Agenda for the tour: Participants will engage in […]
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