Tanya Vitek

Tanya Vitek is an Instructional Specialist with the South Dakota Statewide Title III & Migrant Consortia.  Tanya’s passion for education drives her to keep student achievement and student opportunities at the forefront of every decision.  Mrs. Vitek received a Bachelor in Science in Elementary/Early education with a Middle School endorsement in Language Arts and Social…

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Bobblie Kilber

Bobbie Kilber

Bobbie Kilber is in her third year working as an Instructional Specialist with the SD Statewide Title III and Migrant Consortia. Bobbie supports approximately 25 of the member districts. She provides professional development and technical support to schools with English Learners and/or migrant students. Throughout Bobbie’s 22 years working in education, she has gained experience…

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Jean Larson

Jean Larson, ENL, Ms.Ed.  provides instructional support to schools in the SD Statewide Title III/Migrant Consortia.  She is an experienced educator and counselor who discovered a passion for assisting English Learners during her employment at the Huron School District.   Jean channeled this passion for struggling English Learners into her work with Consortium schools by providing expert and patience…

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Lindsay Frankenfeld

Lindsay has been working with bilingual and multilingual students and families since 2000 when she taught English for the Oshima Board of Education in Hokkaido, Japan through the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program. After returning home, she visited classrooms and supported curriculum design as a graduate assistant for the Program for Teaching East Asia…

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Flocabulary

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] flocabulary.com Fun hip-hop music videos with animation that incorporate language structures and vocabulary, on a wide variety of standards-aligned content topics and social and emotional learning. You can use the ‘discuss mode’ to pause at specific points to engage students with questions and discussion. 45 day free trial – $96 annual per individual. Videos…

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Padlet

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Edublogs

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] edublogs.org Teachers can create free wordpress blogs / websites. Use with students and parents as a resource point. They can always go back to it and review classroom information, content, documents, or daily updates. You can also create classes and teach students how to blog.[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/oDxg5ODEXEQ” title=”What is a blog?”][vc_column_text] More information: Lindsay’s Technology…

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Edpuzzle

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] edpuzzle.com Embed questions, quizzes, audio, links, or images into videos. You can assign videos and track students’ progress. Join my Demo class here: https://edpuzzle.com/join/teguigd If you have an account join the class with this code: teguigd [/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/iTQpvkQdQOw” title=”Intro Video”][vc_column_text] More information: Getting started support articles [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Readworks

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] readworks.org This tool is free because it’s a non-profit sponsored by a number of funders including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and NewSchools Venture Fund. It allows teachers to create student logins and assign articles. Teachers can choose content based on content, topic, lexile, or grade level. The ReadWorks Article-A-Day™ is a 15…

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Nearpod

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] nearpod.com Create scaffolded lessons quickly through this interactive slide show platform by uploading images or pdfs, and creating polls, quizzes or drawing assignments (for students with a touchscreen device).  As you share the lesson, you can control the pace, while students interact and submit responses in real time on their own mobile device or…

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