Adult ESOL learning can be enhanced by using computers/tablets/mobile-phones in and outside the library. More practice hours can be attained by using tools outside of class and practicing with these tools needs to happen in class.

1. H TO ESOL
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SMOTHERS / HARRY GLAS
NIKEISHA
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2. INTRODUCTIONS
If the group is small
1. Name
2.Where you are from
3.What you would like to learn today

3. COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH TO ESOL
•4 SKILLS: L/S / R/W LISTENING/SPEAKING / READING/WRITING
•5 : C/C CONTEXT/CULTURE
•6 : T TECHNOLOGY
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4. WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY?
TECH·NOL·O·GY
NOUN TEK-ˈNÄ-LƏ-JĒ
• THE USE OF SCIENCE IN INDUSTRY, ENGINEERING, ETC., TO INVENT USEFUL
THINGS OR TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
•A MACHINE, PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, METHOD, ETC., THAT IS CREATED BY
TECHNOLOGY
-- MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY

5. TECHNOLOGY TIMELINE
AGE
TIME
INVENTIONS
AGRARIAN
4000 BC – 1700 AD
WHEEL
PAPYRUS, PAPER
MACHINES: PRINTING PRESS
INDUSTRIAL
1700 AD – 1960 AD
MOTORS: CARS, AIRPLANES
ELECTRICITY: TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE
ELECTRONICS: TV, RADIO, COMPUTERS
INFORMATION
1960 AD --
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS: PC, CELLPHONE
INTERNET

6. WHY TECHNOLOGY?
•SCIENCE
•CULTURE
•UBIQUITOUS

7. CCSS REQUIRES NEW SKILLS TO BE DEVELOPED
Explicit Skills:
Critical Thinking
Global Communication
Collaboration
Information Literacy
Information Management
Media/Technology Literacy
Inherent Skills:
Global Empathy
Questioning
Problem Solving
Creativity and Innovative Thinking
Self-direction

8. EXERCISE 1
• TAKE TWO MINUTES AND LIST
TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU USE IN THE
CLASSROOM RIGHT NOW
• SHARE

9. APPLICATION 1
Blended Learning
Computer Usage instruction
ESOL instruction

10. APPLICATION 2
Student Centered
Flipping the Classroom
[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a7NbUIr_iQ teaching for tomorrow: flipped learning]
Teacher Centered
[industrial age]
[information age]

11. EXERCISE 2
• TAKE TWO MINUTES AND LIST TECH
TECHNIQUES THAT YOU USE IN THE
CLASSROOM RIGHT NOW THAT YOU
ARE PROUD OF
• SHARE

12. EXAMPLES
Websites that I use
1.http://esolclass142.weebly.com/
2.http://www.easyworldofenglish.com/
3.Others suggested by the audience:
 http://www.esl-lab.com
 http://www.agendaweb.org

13. THANK YOU
Nikeisha Smothers
nikeisha.smothers@queenslibrary.org
Harry Glass
harry.glass@queenslibrary.org