Showing posts with label Action Research Project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Action Research Project. Show all posts
Monday, June 8, 2009
Practice-Relevant Vocabulary Research
Yea for instantly accessible, authoritative, free research! Google books published an extensive preview of Vocabulary Instruction; Research to Practice, edited by James F. Baumann and Edward J. Kame'enui (2003). Though I haven't read any of the chapters yet, the table of contents is very promising. I recognize many big names from my own literature review: McKeown, Beck, Biemiller, Coyne, Simmons, Kame'enui, and Marzano. Very practical. At least one book reviewer (Sylvia Read) concurs. Add it to my ambitious summer to-do list.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Wordle Fun
Image created using Wordle at http://www.wordle.net/ Read about Wordle on Tech & Learning online magazine and thought it was pretty cute. I used the 25 vocabulary words and 5 book titles that I targeted during my Action Research Project last Fall. I think that my students might enjoy creating a Wordle with their vocabulary or articulation words. However, since Wordle does not filter for inappropriate words, I'm betting that the school district blocks the site. While I do understand that, it's also frustrating. Oh well, add that to the list.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Interactive Multimedia ASL Vocabulary
I am keenly interested in vocabulary 
development for all students, but especially for those who have limited access to the informal language-learning opportunities commonly afforded most children through exposure to ordinary conversation in the home: deaf children. In looking for a way to make vocabulary aquisition motivating, meaningful, and permanent for 
my deaf
students, I created American Sign Language (ASL) multimedia storybooks and interactive game-like instructional activities based on popular children's literature.
My students interacted with the books for five weeks during speech therapy sessions. Not only
did they improve their understanding of the words taught, transfer that learning to their everyday lexicon, and demonstrate understanding of the stories, but they also loved interacting with the words within the multimedia activities. Their excitement in learning words with technology was inspirational for this old lady!
development for all students, but especially for those who have limited access to the informal language-learning opportunities commonly afforded most children through exposure to ordinary conversation in the home: deaf children. In looking for a way to make vocabulary aquisition motivating, meaningful, and permanent for 
my deafstudents, I created American Sign Language (ASL) multimedia storybooks and interactive game-like instructional activities based on popular children's literature.
My students interacted with the books for five weeks during speech therapy sessions. Not only
did they improve their understanding of the words taught, transfer that learning to their everyday lexicon, and demonstrate understanding of the stories, but they also loved interacting with the words within the multimedia activities. Their excitement in learning words with technology was inspirational for this old lady!
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