I need studies or dissertations on integrating technology in esl classrooms?
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LearningByDesign: An evaluation of technology-supported curriculum decision-making for teachers of English as a second language\nby Leong, Monica Marie, MA\nUNIVERSITY OF CALGARY (CANADA), 2005, 155 pages\nAAT MR03823 \n\nAssessment of effective teaching practices and the use of technology in English as a second language first-year composition courses\nby Sands, Teryl Danielle, PhD\nARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, 2005, 310 pages\nAAT 3173240 \n\nAn assessment of the international students' attitudes toward technology-based learning: English as a second language (ESL) implication\nby Lin, Yen-Chi Angela, EdD\nMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, 2004, 155 pages\nAAT 3120816 \n\nThe effect of the use of videos captioning on English as a foreign language (EFL) on college students' language learning in Taiwan (China)\nby Hwang, Yan-Ling, PhD\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, 2003, 136 pages\nAAT 3115432
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Studying or learning things with the help of a computer .\n\nThis will be a digital  aid, which is portable, \n\ntransferable and visible which helps more interaction.
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If you're talking about instructional aids that you can you use for students, I think I might be able to help you.\n\nThere are lots of instructional aids! Let's see...\n~There are simple, "duh! why didn't I think of that?!" ones, like overhead transparencies, videos, chalkboards, and other visual aids,\n~There are many games, for just about any subject,\n~There are computer activities, like School House Rock, \n~There are manipulative for math, like fraction cubes, clocks, or dice,\n~There are flash cards, puzzles, graphic organizers,\n~There are seasonal activities that can be used to enforce a specific concept,\n~And tons more!\n\nHere are a couple of sites to check out:\n~www.reallygoodstuff.com\n~www.educationalaids.com\n~www.pacon.com\n\nHope this helps!
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The integration of technology is a terrific goal for schools; unfortunately, most schools have attained only a marginal introduction to technology instead of full integration. Many children have only the exposure that they get at school and have no access to computer technology at home. This leads parents, teachers, and students into believing that the students are technologically literate from what they are recieving at school when they are not.\n\nWith so little integration - \n- Students do not gain typing accuracy and speed thereby giving them a significant handicap by developing the habit of hunt and peck instead of speed typing.\n- Students do not gain skills in text, sound, and graphics integration because few computers per student means that time on task is short.\n- Students do not learn how to protect their personal data and computers from spyware, viruses, spammers, scammers, and abusers because the computers are the school's and the schools do the 'gaurding' instead of the kids learning that they need to.\n- Internet research is reduced to copy/pasting web page data instead of digesting information and creating something original. Partly this is lack of training and expectations, but partly this is lack of time on computers too.\n- Students do not learn how rich and vast the resources are on the internet when they have only a few minutes at a time to explore what is available.\n\nUntil students get more time on computers both at home and at school to actually use on-task across the curriculum, they will not have the skills needed to truly put technology to use effectively.
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Best way is to learn from books. Don't trust the e-book courses online. Books give a more comprehensive look into how to use technical anaysis.
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There are some summaries of studies here:  http://edtech.usca.edu/courses/et755/ss06/research/Godbeetopic.htm
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Try these:\n\nhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/profbooks/spotlitestrongverbs.pdf\n\nhttp://www.lessonplans.com\nThis website provides lesson plans from various teachers in many different content areas.  It also provides free books and information about students with special needs.
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Google information technology --- there are TONS of resources on the web and in the library.\n\nJust for the sake of context here, could you please provide your age, grade and country of origin?
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i'm an esl student u can ask my teacher!!!!
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Try this site http://www.internet4classrooms.com/integ_tech_lessons.htm
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here is a GREAT SITE for ESL students, not only quizzes but also games, puzzles, all  kinds of things. hope this helped!!!!\n\nhttp://www.manythings.org/
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Technology.\n\nIronic that something that was created to quickly access knowledge in a convenient way has served to take away from learning as well.\n\nLet me explain....\n\nOur students have been experiencing ADD in higher numbers. One finding in research is that we have become a "push button" society. Children are "plugged in" and "unplugged" numerous times during a day. At one time it was the fault of a "remote control" of a tv that allowed people to surf through numerous channels looking for the right show to stimulate their needs. Now let's not only add the TV to the picture but include the internet. They may have four or five windows open jumping from email to answers to a game to chat site back to their homework. If one doesn't give them the stimuation needed they hop to another and to another. Click to this and back to that.......get bored.....move to next window.\n\nIn addition, students have lost the art of using books for research. They "google" or use wikipedia and rely on answers fed to them from sites that aren't always as reliable as documented print in books. Oh sure.....there are many wonderful sites out there too. Don't get me wrong. But it is not enough to just "google." Students really need to master researching skills and technology has enabled quick access but at a price of accuracy. \n\nWriting is suffering as well. Students are found writing papers in "chatonese." For example:\n\n"This book is the one 4 u! It is so hilarious that I was lol. J/K!" \n\nTeachers can teach writing in brilliant forms. However, if students continually chat on the net in chat speak, it becomes a habit that is hard to break in school.\n\nTechnology is a wonderful thing! But I fear that learning has become "easier" for children. Part of the learning process is taking responsibility for your learning rather than expecting an answer to be fed to you via the net. I'm very anxious about seeing where technology will progress positively in the class room.
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They HELP when used responsibly. I teach in higher ed and we are already putting laptops in classrooms and requiring them for distance ed. Additionally PDAs and IPODs are used for RSS feeds and Podcasts. Absolutely will help and enhance homework and the way knowledge is distributed.
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To introduce technology to your school, first your teachers must be familiar with and want to use it. Identify teachers that are not literate in using PC's and other technology, and use some of what budget you do already have to start sending them to trainings, college courses, etc. Find one teacher who is very interested in technology hardware, and send him/her back to college to learn computer repair, software debugging, etc. That teacher can also be the one who develops and implements a technology class for the students.\n\nApproach Dell, IBM, etc. and ask about their special packages for schools. Most of these companies will sell cheaper, and even donate some things, to schools because kids trained on their brand will prefer it when they buy their own computers. You have a choice in your proposal of asking for 2 or 3 computers for each classroom, or asking for 1 computer per classroom and another extra set for a computer lab. Teachers would go into the lab with their students on a rotating schedule. If you go with the lab, ask for enough computers to cover your largest class size plus a couple extra. Also ask for large, company-sized printers that the computers can be networked with. They are much cheaper on ink than individual printers. Try getting 1 for every 10 or 15 computers to start. Be sure to ask for a basic software program set that includes Powerpoint, Word, etc. \n\nDo community fundraisers, and apply for grants from both local and international companies, to help fund additional technology purchases. Companies doing business in your area will want their future workforce trained appropriately to use technology.\n\nBring in a TV set for each classroom, link them together in an in-school network, and have students use a video camera to put on weekly school news broadcasts. This also allows teachers to show educational videos related to the subjects being taught.\n\nGood, cheap educational programming that teachers can load on their class computers includes Reader Rabbit, Monster Math, Carmen SanDiego series, Amazon Trail, etc. Look around at different sites and see what you can find at a discount price. Move your lesson plans templates to Word, encourage teachers to start using Powerpoint to design in-class presentations, etc. (In a year or two you will want to pick up some Powerpoint projectors, if you don't get them in your initial package).\n\nOnce you have your computers up and running, you will need regular funds set aside each year for repairs, new educational software purchases, and additional staff trainings. Grant writing can seriously help with this.\n\nGood luck!
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Might want to take a look on www.eslcafe.com  Lots of excellent ESL info sources........
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English Learning Links\n\nThere are some excellent ESL websites about and there are some appalling ESL websites about.\n\nhttp://free-esl.com/channels/articles/details.asp?fIndex=32\n\nEach week reviewers take a look at different sites across the spectrum of ESL and tell you what is worth visiting and what is worth avoiding.\n\nhttp://www.eslcafe.com/\n\nhttp://grammar.free-esl.com/\n\nhttp://www.eslcafe.com/\n\nhttp://free-esl.com/\n\nhttp://blogs.free-esl.com/\n\nhttp://free-esl.com/channels/forums/\n\nhttp://www.world-english.org/\n\nhttp://www.englishforums.com/\n\nhttp://www.tolearnenglish.com/\n\nhttp://www.zozanga.com/\n\nhttp://www.word2word.com/\n\nhttp://sitemaker.umich.edu/eli.resources/home\n\nhttp://www.englishpage.com/\n\nhttp://www.usingenglish.com/\n\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/\n\nhttp://www.learnenglish.org.uk/\n\nhttp://www.english-at-home.com/\n\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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I'm an ESL teacher myself and here are some sites that you can use!\nI strongly advise you the "scholastic" one.