With these funds I will purchase iPads to increase accessibility to the curriculum materials as well as access to the multitude of language resources available through technology.  I would love to be able to provide my English Language Learners with resources that are fun, engaging and most importantly an asset to their language development. As I have continued to research new ways to present language learning to my students, I have increasingly come across resources that require technology. 

The children who enter my classroom are bright and enthusiastic pre-teens from many different countries.They are students who are excited to learn about the world around them! However, most do not have access to the innumerable resources that can help them to explore the vast world outside of their urban community. It is my job as an educator of English Language Learners to provide my students with access to the language of their new home. The majority of the students that I teach have recently moved from a non-English speaking country. My students are living in a new place; going to a new school AND learning a new language (as if middle school wasn't hard enough!).

My goal is to provide each of my students with the ability to access the tools to assist them in their acquisition of a new language. One example of how we would use the iPads in the classroom is to access our curriculum resources. This year I have more students than textbooks. Without technology I will need to make copies of every reading and activity for each student. This of course, is not a very environmentally friendly way of running a classroom! In order to bring reading and writing to life in my classroom, students need to be able to interact with the text in multiple ways.

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