Shadow Puppets and ELL Students

Published March 23, 2010 at 4:10 pm - 3 Comments

How can shadow puppets be used to teach ELL kindergarten students about the components of a story? As the majority of the students in our elementary school are learning English as their third language, my wife Margaret works to create new ways to teach her library lessons by using visuals. When you add in the
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Creating Common Craft Videos

Published March 22, 2010 at 3:39 pm - 2 Comments

Technology Integrationist Donna Ellery uses Common Craft style videos in a range of contexts at Discovery College in Hong Kong. 7th Grade students used the Common Craft genre to demonstrate their understanding of the scientific concepts of sound and amplification.
Donna had the students critique examples of Common Craft videos to find the commonalities. Students then
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