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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 do the treasure hunt. I would love to hear your comments.

Until next time when the adventures continue....

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