Student Engagement Summary

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Coming from a district with 8,495 English Language Learners, CABE 2017 was a great opportunity to freshen up on strategies to ensure student access to the English language in order to help close the achievement gap between English learners and native English speaking students. Going in, I was sceptical as to what a 20 year veteran that has been teaching ELs her whole career could possibly learn. Now having attended and with the resources provided, I feel more empowered to fulfill my role as an educator. The main purpose of a number of sessions I attended was student engagement. In the session “The Envelope Please...Literacy Projects that Pop!” Debi Krampen taught us how to transform classroom materials into creative, brain-friendly, interactive, three dimensional …show more content…

In “ A fresh Look at Tried and True Student Engagement Strategies” Maya Goodall provided a new spin on commonly used student engagement strategies to get our students to speak and collaborate more with classmates. A simple twist as to have student be the ones to ask the questions before beginning an academic conversation makes more sense in order to make the conversation___________. According to Goodall, some ELs do not like the spotlight.We need to get to know our students well so that we can help lower their affective filter and get the most participation from them. Goodall reminds us of the importance of monitoring the room so that we can check for understanding and that students are actively participating. Technology is alway a great route to student participation. In “Hablar Tecnologia? Tech Strategies for Dual Immersion Classrooms” Vivian Llaneras demonstrated how to embed technology to enhance classroom lessons. Not only are these lessons engaging because they are directed by the students, but they can also be used to conference with parents about fluency in the target

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