RBERNing Questions
RBERNing Questions is a professional learning podcast, produced by Mid-State RBERN, where we answer your most compelling questions about teaching, serving, and supporting multilingual learners. We connect teachers and leaders of English Language Learners (ELLs) and Multilingual Learners (MLs) with experts in our field who will address timely and specific questions relating to instructional practices, teacher collegiality, and outreach to students and their families.
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RBERNing Questions
Creating Digital-Age Learning Ecosystems with Heather L. Rubin, M.S. Ed.
Episode Summary:
What exactly is a project based technologically infused learning journey and how can we bring parents into the digital fold to be part of their children’s learning journeys? In this episode, find out what digital age learning ecosystems are and how to use technology to build them! Heather Rubin discusses how these ecosystems provide students with a voice and a choice, highlights a seamless, effective way to integrate learning methods for the 21st Century, touches on the 5 Cs for 21st century learning, and dives into why viewing and visually representing are literary skills. One thing to think about as you listen to this episode is, “Are you preparing your students to be digital citizens of the world?” Get ready to have your burning questions about this, and more, answered on today’s episode!
RBERNing Questions for this episode:
1- What is a digital-age learning ecosystem and is there a way people can learn how to implement such a system?
2- How can these ecosystems help ELLs with the 5 Cs essential for the 21st-century? What are the 5 C’s and why do you think they’ve only become important in the 21st Century?
3- What is the DATELs framework and why should teachers of ELLs use this framework?
Guest Bio:
Heather Rubin is an Administrative Coordinator for the New York State Education Department’s Long Island Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network (L.I. RBERN) at Eastern Suffolk BOCES where she provides technical assistance for K-12 school districts on meeting the needs of multilingual learners. Her academic interests include: designing digital-age learning ecosystems for in-person, hybrid, and remote learning environments; and promoting culturally responsive-sustaining education practices for English learners, including those students who have limited literacy and little exposure to formal education (SLIFE students).
Resources:
Websites/Social Media
Instagram: @heatherlrubin1
DATELs Checklist and more:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GxTqnq1rZUJBnjLGRF6sn5x44OdCdl91?usp=sharing
Corwin page free resources for the book:
https://resources.corwin.com/digitalageteachingforels?_gl=1%2Al2our5%2A_ga%2AMTQwODAzMzA3My4xNjkyODc4ODk4%2A_ga_71Z4YS11XC%2AMTY5Mjg3ODg5Ny4xLjAuMTY5Mjg3ODg5Ny42MC4wLjA.
Publications
Rubin H., Estrada, L. & Honigsfeld, A. (2022). Digital age teaching for English learners: A guide to equitable learning for all students. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. https://a.co/d/9G6zLva
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