MEC Conference at ASU

I have been to more than 10 of these microcomputers in Education conferences and have always found new and exciting resources to use in the classroom. I am particularly interested in classroom applications for language learners. If you go to vendor sessions you may win software. Take your business cards with you and or address labels for drawings. I've won lots of software, get demos of other software. If you are interested, I will send you a copy of my gleanings. I do this every year to keep track of who spoke, how to contact them, websites etc.
For more information on this conference that runs during WESD's spring break: If we can get a large group together, we can get a discount.

http://mec.asu.edu/mec/

A Prioritized List of my favorite print sources

More Sight word stories: 57 Reproducible Books for Beginning Readers (Lapin, & Radtke) by Fearon [every teacher with newcomers should be given this book]

Let’s Read Reading for Achievement by Options Publishing http://www.optionspublishing.com/product_info.php?skillid=22&productid=16

Learning Page.com (Reading A-z.com $30 per year) some are free [I'm hoping our school can get a site license for this website with English Language Learner State Funding]

Oxford Content Area Picture Dictionary Program by Oxford University Press

Literature Pockets Series by Evan Moor

Read and Understand series by Evan Moor

Reading Comprehension series by Kelly Wingate

Reading for Understanding: Series by Carson Delarosa

Write 1/Writer’s Express Series by Great Source (Houghton Mifflin)

Let's Read Together series by Nasco [Hilarious Phonics Tongue twisting Readers]

Math at Hand series by Great Source (Houghton Mifflin)

Sciencesaurus series by Great Source(Houghton Mifflin)

Adult Language Learners

Professional adults coming to America need to learn basic English as well as technical language for their speciality. I found a curriculum unit online in Australia for Engineers. They were glad to share the unit for one of my Romanian friends. At an Arizona Esl conference I met Radu, another Romanian who assisted my friends in getting their college degrees accredited in America. Networking is what it is all about!

My Experience with Newcomers

I've had many newcomers in my class from countries such as Bosnia, Sudan, Somalia, Afganistan, Cuba and Mexico. Since I grew up overseas, I know what it is like to not be able to read the words and have to learn a new culture. My purpose for this blog is to help others and share strategies so the students will be learning throughout the day. I've been taking ESL classes for 5 years and have gone to conferences that helped me create a newcomer packet that I've shared with my school. I've gone to many microcomputer in education conferences at ASU, trying to increase technology learning for my school. It is my hope in this blog, we can help others, and stay current with great free online resources. If you want to join this blog, and you are an expert or a newbie, please write in the comment field and I will send you a invite. I welcome all who want to help our newcomers. Click and email me in the comment box!