Episodes

Saturday Apr 25, 2020
Ep 8. Smartphone-based virtual schooling w/ Irina McGrath & Michelle Makus Shory
Saturday Apr 25, 2020
Saturday Apr 25, 2020
This is a special episode to support teachers and schools experiencing school closures due to the COVID19 pandemic.
Dr. Irina McGrath (@irina_mcgrath) and Michelle Makus-Shory @michelleshory join me in this episode to share how smartphone-based learning can provide opportunities to learn from home.
You can view the Google Slide that inspired this episode here https://sites.google.com/view/ell20/phones-for-learning?authuser=0
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To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom

Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Ep 7. Tech-free remote learning w/ Maria Montroni-Currais
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
This is a special episode to support teachers and schools experiencing school closures due to the COVID19 pandemic.
Maria Montroni-Currais (@MrsMCESL) shares an 8-week calendar of activities as one approach to stimulate engagement even if students do not have access to technology. Currently, the calendars have been translated into 27 languages and are available at https://eslathome.edublogs.org/.
You might find this Colorín Colorado article on offline lesrning ideas to be helpful https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/offline-learning-ells
If there is a language that you would like to provide, please contact Maria at mmontroni@Somerdale-park.org
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To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom

Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
This is a special episode to support teachers experiencing school closures due to the COVID19 pandemic.
Heather Parris, Lisa Estrada, and Andrea Hongisfeld teamed up to write ELL Frontiers: Using technology to enhance instruction for ELLs (https://amzn.to/2SOzhHS - affiliate link). This is a timely conversation about intentional technology integration that opens doors for language learners.
@ESLTechies & @AndreaHonigsfel
The resource mentioned by Heather (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccDFVPwz8bw&feature=youtu.be)
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To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom

Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Ep 5. Alycia Owen - Making virtual teacher collaboration work
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
This is a special episode to support teachers and schools experiencing school closures due to the COVID19 pandemic.
International educator, Alycia Owen (@alycia_owen) shares how she has been collaborating while she is in the U.S., her students are in China, and her colleagues are spread out all around the world. We talk about synchronous and asynchronous planning, tools that support teacher collaboration, and the content of our collaboration.
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To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom

Saturday Apr 11, 2020
Ep 4. Virtual teacher collaboration w/ Andrea Honigsfeld & Maria Dove
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
This is a special episode to support teachers and schools experiencing school closures due to the COVID19 pandemic.
In this episode, Bret Gosselin (@BretGosselin), Katie Toppel (@Toppel_ELD), and Carol Salva (@MsSalvac) interview teacher collaboration royalty, Andrea Honigsfeld (@AndreaHonigsfel) and Maria Dove (@MariaGDove) on virtual teacher collaboration as a recap to their VirtuEL 2019 Keynote (tinyurl.com/u2jnofd).
You can get access to previous VirtuEL Conferences with this link http://bit.ly/VirtuEL
To purchase Andrea and Maria's Collaborating for English Learners book, use this affiliate link https://amzn.to/2X2o63B.
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To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, click here: https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom.

Saturday Apr 04, 2020
Ep 3. 3 ways to use video conferencing w/ Catlin Tucker
Saturday Apr 04, 2020
Saturday Apr 04, 2020
This is a special episode to support teachers and schools experiencing school closures due to the COVID19 pandemic.
In this episode, @Catlin_Tucker shares how to shift away from only disseminating to maximizing synchronous video conferencing. You'll learn specifically about providing small-group instruction, small-group discussions, and conferencing with students. Catlin’s article truly changed my practice of virtual schooling.
https://catlintucker.com/2020/03/3-ways-to-use-video-conferencing/
Get Catlin’s latest book Balance with Blended Learning (affiliate link: https://amzn.to/2JEy1mY)
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To record a voice message for the podcast, visit this linkhttps://www.empoweringells.com/podcast/
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, click here: https://www.empoweringells.com/online-pd/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom.

Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Ep 2. Lindsay Kuhl - 4 buckets for virtual school
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
This is a special episode to support teachers and schools experiencing school closures due to the COVID19 pandemic.
In this episode, I will share a framework adapted from the authors of ELL Frontiers: Using Technology to Enhance Instruction for English Learners to intentionally integrating technology without overwhelming students with too many tech tools. I am joined by Lindsay Kuhl (@lkuhlio).
The 4 buckets for virtual school tech are:
- Content – comprehensible input
- Create – comprehensible output
- Collaborate – student / teacher conferences
- Curate – disseminating instruction
(Amazon Associates affiliate link https://amzn.to/2SOzhHS )
You can read the article that inspired this episode here: https://www.empoweringells.com/virtual-school-buckets/
This is the video that Lindsay created to share her split-screen novel and notes strategy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCR5t4omEg&feature=youtu.be)
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To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, click here: https://www.empoweringells.com/online-pd/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom.

Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Ep 1. 5 Structures for Virtual School
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
This is a special episode to support teachers and schools experiencing school closures due to the COVID19 pandemic.
In this episode, you will learn about the five structures that my school has been using to facilitate virtual schooling. I join Steve Sofronas (@SSofronas) on his Highest Aspirations podcast.
You can read the article that inspired this episode here: https://www.empoweringells.com/virtual-school/
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To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, click here: https://www.empoweringells.com/online-pd/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom.

