You guys! I figured it out (or should I say, our professor helped me go through all the steps to getting the alerts to actually do something).
I have received enough alert emails to realize that I still may have some work to do with my wording of the alerts, however I still had enough in the emails that the amount of browser tabs that I had opened was ridiculous. I was able to exit out of a few of them, because even though they were interesting, they did not apply to our studies (AI learning new languages, and a library in MA that offers ESL conversation classes!).
This article stood out the most to me: Mobile Apps for ESL
I actually had to stand up and take a break after reading the first paragraph of the second section because I hadn't seen a term before (even though, thinking back, I feel like I should know this one...). We all know CALL. But have you heard of MALL? No, not where you like to shop... I now have "Let's go to the Mall" from the show How I Met Your Mother stuck in my head...
Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL).
I feel that with so many school buildings going to BYOD policies, or 1-to-1 programs with technology, that apps and even mobile devices can really be helpful with learning an L2.
Oh! Here is a podcast that looks pretty awesome, and it deals with K-12 ESL: Adventures in ESL
I ran across the MALL term too this week from a different author (https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7v93n9xq - Mobile Language Learning: The Medium is ^not the message) and https://theconversation.com/why-emojis-and-hashtags-should-be-part-of-language-learning-123943- Why emojis and #hashtags should be part of language learning). I never knew that it existed but it definitely makes sense since a lot of technology is now mobile (apps, for example). The article I read addressed the need to now as an educator also teach students online terminology in the second language as emojis and hashtags are changing how we view and teach grammar!
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