11/17/17 Week 8 Family/Friends

Week 8 – Family & Friends

TEACHING RESOURCES

ALC Housing Wikispaces

Thanksgiving Resources from Teachers First

Thanksgiving Resources ALC Wiki- includes Charlie Brown Video, transcript with activities

TECH TIPS

Using Icons to Help Organize Google Drive Folders

Remember what your Google Drive looked like when you first started using it? It was neat, organized, and free of clutter. As you began to use Drive more frequently, you probably started creating folders and perhaps you are now looking for a way to organize them. In addition to color coding your files, you can add emojis and other symbols to your folders to help you identify them quickly and easily. Read the entire blog post here: 
Free Tech For Teachers


CLASSROOM SHOWCASE

This week we're sharing pictures from Julie Romacker

Aguilar Library Saturday level 1/2 class working on group projects about US states. 

Many thanks to all who have emailed me- yours are coming in future blogs.
If you want to share your class- send me pics to elizabethschade@nypl.org

And here are photos of Hamilton Fish level 5 at the Tenement Museum. 
Photos aren't allowed in the actual apartments, unfortunately. 

NOTABLE DATES

Thanksgiving Eve - Wednesday, November 22:  All units will close at 3:00pm

Thanksgiving Day - Thursday, November 23:  Closed

No classes November 24, 25, 26

Last day of term: December 17

Christmas Eve - Sunday, December 24:  Closed

Christmas Day - Monday, December 25: Closed

New Year's Eve - Sunday, December 31: Closed

New Year's Day - Monday, January 1: Closed

Our Winter 2018 session starts January 22, 2018.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Join our Workshop!

Sponsored by NYS TESOL NYC Region in collaboration with
Baruch College’s Tools for Clear Speech

Thursday November 30, 2017, 6-8pm  
Online registration now open!
https://nystesol.wildapricot.org/event-2731432
                                   

Baruch College, CUNY -  55 Lexington Avenue
Location details in registration confirmation email


              “Tech in Ten”

Learn novel ideas for incorporating technology into  your classes in this fast-paced and dynamic event! Each presenter has ten minutes to demonstrate a tech tool for ESL education, followed by a short Q&A. Learn, share and network at the reception after the presentations.

Advance Registration Required Due to Space Limitations
NYS TESOL Members: $10
Non-Members: $15
For more information: nyc@nystesol.org

THANKS FOR READING THE TEACHER HUB BLOG

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

11/9/17 Week 7: Civics

Week 7: Civics

TEACHING RESOURCES

How to Create a Simple Timeline-based Game

Some videos from VOA Learning English:
Voice of America: First Amendment Explained
Voice of America: Second Amendment Explained

NY Historical Society Citizenship Project - Lots of different stuff here, including a quiz, video, and more.

Learn English FREE and Prepare to Become a U.S. Citizen with USA Learns- shared by Marika Martin: USA Learns

TECH TIPS

Keeping Up With Google

Google is constantly releasing updates to its products. Trying to keep up with all of the changes isn't as difficult as you might think. These are eight official Twitter accounts from Google and they will keep you informed of changes from everything from Docs to Arts& Culture and everything in between.

Read the entire blog post here:

Keeping Up With Google

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Pearson, OUP, and many ESL publishers regularly provide free professional development opportunities for teachers in the form of webinars.  Usually teachers are asked to register or to provide contact information, but on the whole they are free of charge.

See the listing below of archived webinars and other resources from some major ELT publishers, plus TESOL and the U.S. Department of State. There are two disadvantages to watching a recording, rather than a live webinar. 1) You miss out on the opportunities for interaction with the presenter and other participants; 2) You aren't eligible to receive a certificate of participation, if that is important to you.

Archived TESOL Virtual Seminars

Currently active members of the TESOL International Association can view an archive of past Virtual Seminars in the TESOL Resource Center.  Once you are logged in to the TESOL website with your membership credentials, go to Connect to TESOL>TESOL Resource Center. Under Find a Resource, Resource Types, use the dropdown box to choose Virtual Seminar. That will return a list of all of the archived Virtual Seminars since 2010. These include webinars from Jeremy Harmer, Penny Ur, Deborah Healey, Catherine Collier, Margarita Calderón, Bill Grabe, Dana Ferris, John Field, and Jayme Adelson-Goldstein, among many, many others.

www.tesol.org/connect/tesol-resource-center

Archived webinars from Pearson

longmanhomeusa.com/eltwebinars-archived

Click on "Archived Webinars" in the lower right hand corner of the green box.

Archived webinars from Oxford University Press

elt.oup.com/feature/global/webinars/...

Click on Webinar Library in the lower right hand corner of the page.

Recorded webinars from the U.S. Department of State

www.youtube.com/...

Archived webinars from National Geographic Learning

ngl.cengage.com/assets/html/conferences/webinars/...

Click on the "Young Learners," "Teens," or "Adult/Academic" buttons.

Archived webinars from Macmillan

www.macmillanenglish.com/webinar-archive

Video and other resources from Cambridge University Press

www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/content_type/video

Information provided by:
Joe McVeigh

Adjunct Professor of TESOL
Saint Michael's College, Colchester, Vermont, U.S.A.
Independent Consultant
Middlebury, Vermont, USA
www.joemcveigh.org


CLASSROOM SHOWCASE

From Grace-Ann Fogah:

Students at Westchester Square presented newscasts about the Statue of Liberty. 

From Lianne Smith:
These are students at Chatham Square, Level 1. We were using the Go Fish card game to practice   "Do you have?  Yes I do,  No I don't" 

Thanks for sharing Grace-Ann and Lianne! 

Please email me your classroom pictures: elizabethschade@nypl.org

STUDENT MENTOR SHOWCASE

This week let's meet Robert Guzman from the Bronx Library Center:

1. Are you going to school? (Or, where did you go?) What do/did you major in? Do you have future educational plans?

Right now I am taking a studio production course in Lehman college before I went to school outside of the U.S. and I did a software testing course. In the D.R. my major was in biochemistry. My future educational plans are to develop my film production and coding skills.

2. How long have you worked for the NYPL? What do you enjoy about your job?

I have been a part of the NYPL professional family for almost two years.

3. What’s your favorite movie of all time?

I love too many different movies to have a favorite one.

4. Do you have any pets?

I don't have any pets.

5. Coffee or tea?

I prefer water because its more healthy but sometimes drinking coffee or tea is good for you.

6. What’s your favorite way to spend a Saturday?

I prefer to spend my Saturdays reading a good book, watching a good documentary or hanging out with friends.

7. Do you see yourself as an optimist, a pessimist, or a realist? Why?

An optimist because they live longer (at least that's what some studies say).

8. What’s your favorite holiday or tradition?

I like any holiday or tradition that brings people together especially family and friends.

9. What are your hobbies?

I like playing board games, visiting museums and watching good sci-fi movies.

10. What would you like to be remembered for?

I would like to be remembered for leaving this world a better place than when I came in. Because when you help and genuinely love others you help and love yourself.

THANKS FOR READING THE TEACHER HUB BLOG

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

11/3/17 Week 6: Civics

Week 6: Civics

Remember: no classes Friday and Saturday,  

November 10 & 11, as the NYPL is closed!

TEACHING RESOURCES

There are some great resources for teaching civics from USCIS: 
They have their own YouTube Channel: USCIS YouTube Channel

You Tube Flashcards of the 100 Questions:

About the U.S.A. is an American Studies reader that examines the customs, government, and history of the United States of America. View it here: About the USA

Immigrants are invited to share “what you think makes a person a part of this country” by recording a short video or uploading an image and providing voice narration. Larry Ferlazzo shares it on his blog here: Define American

Need a list of resources you can check out? Look at these resources from TeachersFirst:

Elections

Veterans' Day

List of Books by level

A Little Bit of Everything

RESOURCE SHARE -Thanks to Lianne Smith!

Here's the information for something that can be really useful for students.   There's a part of YouTube called: Youglish.com

Basically, you enter a word or a phrase and it will search through all the YouTube videos where it's used. YouTube meant it to be a pronunciation tool.  However,  I find it MUCH more useful as a way for students to hear how people use the word.  Students can easily discover the contexts and situations for the words/phrases they learn in class.    You can click on the forward button to quickly scan through the videos.    It also includes captions (see below)!    

Today I introduced the words wiggle & jiggle  (my key wasn't working properly!) to my students, so if they wanted more context for those words, they could do a Youglish search to understand how people use the word. You can also do idioms or phrasal verbs.  In my screenshot example,  I did a search on "made it up." Some searches bring up hundreds of results and some bring up only a handful.    



CLASSROOM SHOWCASE

Joan Benham shares some work by her students when they were studying comparisons:

  
 




Halloween in Washington Heights
Raynira gave the first BestPlus test IN COSTUME!

Left to right: Teacher Elke, Student Joel aka Van Helsing, Intake Advisor Raynira, Student Layda aka Al Capone

Oct 31 is Al Capone's/Layda's birthday!

TEACHER READING

Do you know what PHONOTACTICS is?

Find out in Scott Thornbury's blog: P is for Phonotactics

THANKS FOR READING THE TEACHER HUB BLOG

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!