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The resources here are from some PD that I've done for k-12 public educators in the USA.

2025 November 21 presentation at Ohio TESOL

Re-leveling with AI: Making Texts Work for English Learners explained a bit about re-leveling texts, why it is often better to enhance readings rather than re-level, and how LLMs can help you do both.

2025 November 20 presentation at Ohio TESOL

Reaching Every Family: Multilingual Google Forms Made Easy explained why Google Forms is a good choice for forms and a few ways to create multilingual forms so that we can communicate effectively with more of our families.

2024 October 29 presentation at the ITIP Google conference. (updated 13 November 2024)

Presentation about using Google tools, especially Translate, for supporting English Learners and engaging multilingual families.

2023 October 4 PD on working with newcomers

I did some training with high school content teachers about working with newcomers. Includes the slides I used and lots of links to various resources and examples.

2023 August 8 PD at G-Tech Summit

I presented about Technology to Support English Learners and Multilingual Families. Includes the slides I used and lots of links to various resources and examples.

2021 May 4 PD at ESCCO

This was an online PD because of covid. The most useful material is probably the PDF of keyboard shortcuts. Visit the PD page for other materials and various formats.