Technology-based

 Due to the rapid advances in the technology world, many demands are being placed on teachers and students. Within the last 15-20 years, the development of the internet has gained immense popularity and the teaching tools now offered are becoming more reliable. Teachers are not taking advantage of this fairly new technology and using it to guide second language learners into learning their new language. Technology can contribute significantly to students because it provides: -Experimental Learning -Motivation -Enhance Student Achievement -Authentic Materials for Study -Independence from a Single Source of Information & -Individualization The approach I most identify Technology is the SIOP model the Total Physical Response Approach. Also the Language Experience Approach. Two activities websites I have chosen for the Technology piece are: http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Computer_Science and [|http://www.starfall.com] I choose these two websites because they are not only reliable but student centered. The first website “The Educator’s Reference Desk” provides a long list of activities that teachers can do in their classrooms. The grade levels range from Kindergarten to 12th grade. The help students learn “how to change fonts” “to how to use Microsoft Excel.” They provide appropriate lessons for each grade levels. I have not personally used these plans because the Kindergarten lesson plans require all students to have a computer and my school does not have a computer lab. To teach student how to change fonts would take me a month because I have 25 students and 1 computer. The second website Starfall is a great site to help students learn their letters (in English), and helps them in practicing how to read. I have allowed my students to work on this website because it provides them with an interactive book they can read focusing on different word families. I find both of these websites to be very reliable. They focus on teaching students how to work with technology at an appropriate stage. They have learning objectives for the young student and focus on how they can become more familiar with their second language acquisition.