Technovation 2023

PLEASE NOTE - This will be a virtual session.

Attention ELL teachers/coordinators! No prerequisites required! Bring your computer. In this session we will focus on: 1) Identifying multilingual students beyond the home language survey, 2) Understanding basics of proficiency data provided by WIDA, 3) creating a collaborative space for data in Gsuites/Microsoft365, 4) utilizing tools for collaborative tracking, monitoring and goal setting.The workshop will include creation of a monitoring tracker based on WIDA Can Do Descriptors. 5)Connecting WIDA to accommodations on ILP (including the difference between differentiation and accommodation and when to utilize which) and 5) strategies for supporting multilingual students using technology that supports accommodations on ILP. Participants will leave session with a basic system to data collection, monitor tracker, goal setting strategies for students and educators, accommodation alignment based on WIDA scores, and list of technology available to support accommodations on an ILP. We will discuss the importance of working with students who also have an IEP/504 and cultivating a shared responsibility of creating sustainable supports for all students.

Participants will leave with ideas for creating a monitoring system for collaboration, shared tracking system, and student involvement to generate shared goals using WIDA Can Do Statements. Explore technologies supporting accommodations. Leave session with monitoring trackers and ideas connecting goals and accommodations. Join us to learn how to set up a collaborative system to support multilingual students.