It felt great to be back in my weekend #AdultESOL class today. Class went well, and they loved #SuperJintori. I'm not sure the English name, but it is a fast-paced card game good for practicing new vocabulary.

#ESOL #ESL #EFL

Don't remember if I mentioned this here, but I (finally??) came up with a good response to HS students "I have to take this call. It's an emergency" in the middle of class.

I tell them "of course, if it is an emergency, you need to take it. I care about you, so I'll call home later today to check that everything is okay."

"I care about you" is phrased as appropriate for our relationship and the age of the student.

Ofc, since I came up with this, I have not had to use it.

#k12 #ESOL #ESL

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I just finished a new video in my series about the particles of phrasal verbs. It's called "Phrasal verbs with “off”: “Off” as “stopping”".

You can watch it on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/66w8d6v35Bc

#englishlanguage #phrasalverbs #languagelearning #esl

#EVNautilusLive

American Sign Language Intro to Ocean Exploration and E/V Nautilus | Nautilus Live

13 min video

https://youtu.be/qs6zzX5SHMo

#ESL #neeto

Anyone have experience with https://freesubtitles.ai?

I just discovered it, and it seems like something that I, as an ESOL teacher, could get a lot of use out of, even just for the subtitles. But, it also says it can translate subtitles - and the first language is *free*.

Many sites that translate subtitles cost a lot of money & require monthly / yearly subscriptions.

Thanks for any info. I'll try it ofc, but other's insights are appreciated.

#ESOL #ESL #AskMastodon #subtitles #EdTech #K12

Were base rate fallacies more or less likely when people were reading in a foreign language?

Not among a couple hundred European Portuguese bilinguals, regardless of whether the emotional salience of the lure was exaggerated.

Master’s thesis: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/86018

#JDM #logic #probability #decisionScience #language #ESL #replication

In some cases, the application asks the user to enter their age even if it is not saved as is.
❌ There was a stubborn bug in this feature, it should be fixed in the next update to come out.

Thank you for your various feedback!

#IndieDev #IndieApp #android #kotlin #SeriousGame #Education #EducationGame #FLE #ESL

Dans certains cas, l'application demande à l'utilisateur de saisir son âge même si celui-ci n'est pas enregistré tel quel.
❌ Il y avait un bug récalcitrant dans cette fonction, il devrait être corrigé dans la prochaine mise à jour à paraître.

Merci pour vos différents retours !

#IndieDev #IndieApp #android #kotlin #SeriousGame #Education #EducationGame #FLE #ESL

#CellTower 473

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https://www.andrewt.net/puzzles/cell-tower/?p=473

The best result I ever had, and my first streak.
#esl

Productive and educational (no pun intended) week. Completed a lot of prep for the new #k12 school year. Have more new (to our school) #EnglishLearners than I expected, so that's great news.

As always, looking forward to #AdultESL this weekend. Prepping for that now, then going to play some old-school #Quake3.

#ESOL #ESL

Beginning of the school year. So, open houses (so 12+ hour work days) at two schools this week, another next week, and another the week after. #k12 start of the year is so much fun.

Good news is that we have lots of new #EnglishLearners at the schools this year, so I will have a lot of great students to work with.

#ESOL #ESL

Little did I know when I wrote that toot, that (approximately) hundreds of #AI #EdTech startups were already in the works. Seems like every day I hear about 2 or 3 more companies that use AI to help with some aspect of teacher prep and teaching.

Honestly, it is a bit overwhelming. I feel like I need to try many of them and see which fits my needs best. But, not enough time in the day!

#ESOL #ESL #k12

Adult #ESOL class started today. As usual, I have a great group of students in class. Looking forward to working with them for the next 2 months.

I "work" 7 days a week (#k12 Mon to Fri, adults on weekend), but teaching ESOL doesn't feel like work when it is what you want to do anyhow.

In related news, debating if I should renew #Gimkit for another year or not. Don't use it that much, but when I do, it is well received.

#ESL

Forgot to include the link to my slides and resources from the #GTechSummit23 presentation, in case anyone is interested.

They are at https://www.chrisspackman.com/educator-resources/pd/2023-08-g-tech-summit/index.html

#ESOL #EdTech #TechInEd #ESL #K12

Subbed for an adult #ESOL class tonight. Wonderful students; had a great time. Slightly lower level, which means I might get to see some of them again in 6 months when they get to the level that I teach.

#ESL

🚀 New version! 🚀

As announced, you can now choose the syllable language via a drop-down menu.
At the same time, the themes also benefit from this change!

Using other languages in the app should now be easier for everyone!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bricehardy.TicTacBomb&hl=fr

#IndieDev #IndieApp #android #kotlin #BuildInPublic #SeriousGame #Education #FLE #ESL #EducationGame

🚀 Nouvelle version ! 🚀

Comme annoncé, vous pouvez dorénavant choisir la langue des syllabes via un menu déroulant.
Par la même occasion, les thèmes profitent aussi de ce changement !

Utiliser d'autres langues dans l'application devrait maintenant être plus facile pour tous !

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bricehardy.TicTacBomb&hl=fr

#IndieDev #IndieApp #android #kotlin #BuildInPublic #SeriousGame #Education #FLE #ESL #EducationGame

Back from presenting on "Technology to Support English Learners & Multilingual Families" at #GTechSummit23.

My presentation went well - lots of good questions and comments. I also learned *a lot* at the other presentations.

Thanks to everyone involved is making the summit happen. Looking forward to #GTechSummit24!

#ESL #ESOL #k12 #EdTech

🚀 New today!

After syllable language, it's the turn of themes!

In the next update, you'll finally be able to select the language of themes via a drop-down menu rather than changing the phone's language as before...
This should make it easier for you to use the app in class with your youngsters for those who use it! #FLE #ESL #education

Waiting for your feedback

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bricehardy.TicTacBomb

#IndieDev #IndieApp #android #kotlin #BuildInPublic