ELL Frontiers: Using Technology to Enhance Instruction for English Learners
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Grounded in the latest research on EL language and literacy development and technology integration, this timely book will serve as your road map for navigating the exciting new frontier of digital instruction. Learn how to improve academic outcomes, enhance language acquisition, and cultivate digital citizenship through ELL Frontiers’:
- An overview of current digital age learning experiences and trends
- Step-by-step guides to implementing technology-infused lessons that are specifically adapted for English learners, including a sample lesson seed in each chapter
- Authentic vignettes of current uses of technology in the classroom
- Professional Learning Network questions for group discussion
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Heather Parris is the co-founder of Estrada & Parris, LLC, an educational consulting group that provides professional development and curriculum design on instructional strategies and technology integration for the K-12 classroom. She has over 20 years of experience in both K-12 and Higher Education settings and is currently an adjunct professor for the Molloy College Graduate School of Education in Rockville Centre, New York. Her combined expertise on ELs and the use of technology to support learning developed while working for the Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Nassau County (Nassau BOCES) where she was first an ESL Program Specialist for the NYSED Bilingual/ESL Technical Assistance Center and then the Program Coordinator of Model Schools/Digital Age Teaching and Education. She conducts workshops and presents regularly at regional, national and international conferences. She was a contributor and section editor for the NYSED (2011) Guidelines for Educating Limited English Proficient Students with Interrupted Formal Education. She holds a Masters of Science in Education degree for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Queens College, City University of New York and a Professional Diploma in School District Leadership from Fordham University.
Lisa Estrada is the Supervisor of English as a New Language (ENL) and World Languages at Hicksville Public Schools, in Hicksville, New York. She is also an adjunct professor in the Molloy College Clinically-Rich Intensive Teacher Institute in Rockville Centre, New York. Her educational experience and training includes over 25 years of ESL and Bilingual Education in K–12 settings, as well as many years as an ESL/Bilingual Program Coordinator for the Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Nassau County (Nassau BOCES). Through her extensive knowledge of New York State mandates & federal regulations for the education of ELs, she’s provided technical assistance and professional development for administrators and teachers working with English Learners throughout Long Island, New York. She has also conducted various workshops at local and national conferences in New York, California, Texas, Rhode Island, and Iowa. She has regularly been chosen by the Gates Millennium Scholars Program to serve as a reader and evaluator for prospective recipients of the scholarships; a program created by Bill Gates designed to recognize and reward outstanding minority high school seniors. In 2011, she was a contributor and section editor for the NYSED (2011) Guidelines for Educating Limited English Proficient Students with Interrupted Formal Education. In an effort to further promote and improve the quality of EL teaching, Lisa has undertaken private ventures that make information available to teachers throughout the country. She co-authors esltechies.com, a blog dedicated to providing free instructional resources to teachers of English Learners (ELs). She is also the co-founder of Estrada & Parris, LLC, a privately owned educational consulting group that provides professional development and curriculum design on instructional strategies and technology integration for the K-12 classroom. She holds a Masters of Arts degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages with a Bilingual Extension from Adelphi University. She also holds a Professional Diploma in School Administration from Long Island University/C.W. Post.
Learn more about Andrea Honigsfeld's PD offerings Andrea Honigsfeld, EdD, is Associate Dean and Professor in the Division of Education at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York. She directs a doctoral program in Educational Leadership for Diverse Learning Communities. Before entering the field of teacher education, she was an English-as-a-foreign-language teacher in Hungary (Grades 5–8 and adult) and an English-as-a-second-language teacher in New York City (Grades K–3 and adult). She also taught Hungarian at New York University.She was the recipient of a doctoral fellowship at St. John’s University, New York, where she conducted research on individualized instruction and learning styles. She has published extensively on working with English language learners and providing individualized instruction based on learning style preferences. She received a Fulbright Award to lecture in Iceland in the fall of 2002. In the past twelve years, she has been presenting at conferences across the United States, Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, the Philippines, and the United Arab Emirates. She frequently offers staff development, primarily focusing on effective differentiated strategies and collaborative practices for English-as-a-second-language and general-education teachers. She coauthored Differentiated Instruction for At-Risk Students (2009) and co-edited the five-volume Breaking the Mold of Education series (2010–2013), published by Rowman and Littlefield. She is also the co-author of Core Instructional Routines: Go-To Structures for Effective Literacy Teaching, K–5 and 6–12 (2014), published by Heinemann. With Maria Dove, she co-edited Coteaching and Other Collaborative Practices in the EFL/ESL Classroom: Rationale, Research, Reflections, and Recommendations (2012) and co-authored Collaboration and Co-Teaching: Strategies for English Learners (2010), Common Core for the Not-So-Common Learner, Grades K–5: English Language Arts Strategies (2013), Common Core for the Not-So-Common Learner, Grades 6–12: English Language Arts Strategies (2013), Beyond Core Expectations: A Schoolwide Framework for Serving the Not-So-Common Learner (2014), Collaboration and Co-Teaching: A Leader’s Guide (2015), Coteaching for English Learners: A Guide to Collaborative Planning, Instruction, Assessment, and Reflection (2018), five of which are Corwin bestsellers.