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More Adventures in Ed Tech with ESL learners

This coming Tuesday, February 5, 2014 is Digital Learning Day. You can check out the national activities  here . In order to join in the activities, my classes are going on an Internet treasure hunt. I used a free program for teachers by AT & T Knowledge Network Explorer called Filamentality . It was pretty easy to use to create the Web Treasure Hunt;  I just followed the simple instructions. My program director asked for a web quest on the topic of community parent resources, so I chose the closest hospital, pediatric dentist and pediatrician, DMV and food stamp programs. Then I asked basic questions that could be easily found on each website. The "web quest" format seemed a bit difficult for my ESL learners, so I used the more basic "Treasure Hunt." I hope they will be able to find the information easily. In case you are interested in trying this for yourself, here's the link Parent Resource Treasure Hunt Please leave a comment below if you d...