Using digital technology to support EAL learners
Video Overview
Dearbhla O’Sullivan, Scoil Mhuire Tullamore, describes how she uses digital technology to welcome and support EAL learners.
Description
A teacher describes how the school uses technology to enhance learning for all pupils in particular EAL learners. The school also uses technology to support parents with enrolment. Apps mentioned to support language translation and literacy include the SayHi app and Vocaroo. Technology supports vocabulary development across the curriculum.
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Digital Learning Framework
This video supports the following statements of the Digital Learning Framework (DLF):
Teaching & Learning (1 Learner Outcomes)
- 1.1 Statement: Pupils use appropriate digital technologies to foster active, creative and critical engagement in attaining challenging learning outcomes.
Teaching & Learning (3. Teachers’ Individual Practice)
- 3.3 Statement: The teacher selects and uses teaching approaches appropriate to the learning objective and to pupils’ learning needs Teachers are aware of, and purposefully use, a range of digital technologies appropriate to the learning objectives and learning needs of their pupils when designing learning activities.
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