Calling All ESL Teachers

Do you teach English Language Learners - ESL, ELL, ESOL – different terms, same population, right?  Whether you teach exclusively ESL or you have a high ESL population, I have a proposition for you.  I am looking for people to try out and review some of my products which were created specifically for ESL populations.  I teach at an International School with a high ELL population (mother tongues are mainly Arabic or French), but I am interested in hearing some real life feedback on how these products worked in other populations.  

So, here is my proposition:  Sign up in the Google Doc below to receive one free ESL product.  I will e-mail you the product for free.  Use this product in your class in the next month and then write a “review” of the product on your blog, facebook or twitter.  Send me a link to your review and I’ll send you another product to review.  Feel free to continue reviewing products for as long as you’d like.
Each review will need to include: the name of the product, the population you used it with, real life examples of how the product benefited your students and a link to the product (which I will send you when I send you the product).  If you do not have a teaching blog, you are free to review products on personal Facebook or Twitter accounts.
Interested?  There will be 62 different products you can review.  Here are just a few:
              

Here is the form to fill out:

Have You Every Videotaped Yourself Teaching?

Recently, I posted about how my school is using Facebook and Pinterest as part of our professional development.  (See the whole post HERE.) I’ve decided to pass on some of the best videos and articles I come across to you each Sunday evening.  Here is this week’s professional development post:

 Honestly, I’m not a huge fan of Bill Gates in Education, because often I think he is just throwing money at a situation.  This talk, however, I think has some merit.  In this talk, he talks about teacher evaluations and changing the evaluation process by having teachers video tape and review their lessons.  I have created video lessons in class with my children on Educreations, and simply watching those lessons has given me some serious feedback onto how I explain topics, manage my class, etc.  I think having videos be a part of the evaluation process could be very impactful.  What do you think, would you be okay with videotaping and watching some of your lessons?

  

If you’re interested in more professional development videos – follow my Professional Development Pinterest board.