ENL Practices for

Blended Learning

Goal and Agenda

• Goal: Participants will build their capacity to plan for ENL in a blended learning setting.

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• Agenda
• Introductions
• Mood meter
• Nuts & Bolts
• Promising Practices

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What opportunities will blended learning provide our MLLs?

Mentimeter

Nuts and Bolts Set-up - Classroom

Brick & Mortar 

• Plan with co-teacher
• Print Regents approved bilingual glossaries

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Virtual Classroom

• Plan with co-teacher
• Upload Regents approved bilingual glossaries
• Set-up virtual classroom

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What else can we add?

Let’s go to Padlet and expand our list.

https://padlet.com/szawoiski/yi4hvel54hcf7j4h

Nuts and Bolts Set-up – Instructional 

Brick & Mortar

• Introduce the most challenging texts (or portion of a text) for instruction. 
• Model strategies that aid comprehension
• Use a small set of protocols that promote collaborative discussions amongst peers.  
• Focus on oral language development as a way for students to rehearse language and content needed to be successful in discipline-specific classes. 
• Teach vocabulary that has utility across disciplines; create multiple opportunities for interaction with these words. 
• Introduce writing tasks that are designed to generatively build and show students’ understanding of content.

Virtual

• Build background and activate schema with a short video or text that students can comprehend independently.  
• Extend opportunities for independent reading of text where students note their annotations digitally.
• Create tasks that allow students to build on their collaborative discussions. 
• Assign content or disciplinary appropriate writing tasks that promote engagement with targeted high utility vocabulary from the unit.
• Students can use digital tools such as Flipgrid and Padlet for peer-to-peer interaction at home.
• Invite students to use their home language as a support. 

What else can we add?

Let’s go to Padlet and expand our list.

https://padlet.com/szawoiski/ue5dpsfoy0tlj26i

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Blended Learning Promising Practices 

Brick & Mortar

• Making connections with students
• Providing access to content 
• Building digital tool capacity - students
• Aligning work with at home practice

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Virtual 

• Making connections with students – virtual lockers

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• Comfortable with digital tools – students & teachers

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• Aligning practice with in building work

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What else can we add?

Let’s go to Padlet and expand our list.

https://padlet.com/szawoiski/b968rc9noma5uk4k

ENL Digital Resources/Tools

• Wordsift
• Nearpod
• Flipgrid
• Jamboard
• NewsELA
• Khan Academy 
• Duolingo
• Google Translate
• Voice of America
• ...and many more – will share a comprehensive document along with the PPT.

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Always ask yourself–

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Why am I choosing this technology and what purpose does it serve my MLLs?

Bridge to Practice

In what ways will my ENL supports/access empower our MLLs?

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How will I utilize digital resources and tools to bridge building:home connection?

Thank you!