acsa fall 2013 otan presentation (2)
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From Cell Phones to Social NetworkingTRANSCRIPT
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From Cell Phones to Social
Networking: Low Cost/No Cost
Resources
… and great ideas for using them with adult learners!
http://webtwopointohinadulted.wikispaces.com/ACSA+Adult+Ed+2013
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OTAN Presenters:
•Joyce Hinkson, Director
•Blair Roy, Project Specialist
•Penny Pearson, Distance Learning Coordinator
•Branka Marceta, Technology Coordinator
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OTAN
One of the adult education leadership
projects,
OTAN’s mission is to support California’s
adult educators in the effective integration of
technology to benefit learners.
http://www.otan.us/
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Objectives
Participants will:
• list and analyze more than 10 online and
other technology tools to integrate in the
adult education classroom and online
instruction
• experience Google Presentation, Infuse
Learning, Voki, and Brainshark for
educational uses
• identify professional development
opportunities offered by OTAN
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Basic Skills for Computer Based
Testing (CBT) for 2014 GED •Evelyn Lenton
•Antelope Valley Adult School, Lancaster, CA
•GED site chief examiner
•2nd approved site for computer based GED test
by GED Testing Services in CA
•Currently offers 2002 test
•Preparing to offer the 2014 GED in January
•OTAN presenter
– online and conferences
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Basic Skills for CBT - Mouse
•Palm Beach County Library
http://pbclibrary.org/mousing/
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Basic Skills for CBT – Keyboarding
$
•Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
•EduTyping by B.E. Publishing
•Typing Instructor or Typing Quick & Easy
by
Individual Software, Inc.
•Typing Agent by SpeedSkin
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Poll Everywhere
•http://www.polleverywhere.com/
•Live audience participation
•Variety of question types – multiple
choice/free text
•Control timing of poll
•Control number of votes/participant
•Vote from Smartphone or Web browser
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Infuse Learning
Infuselearning.com
● Online learner response system
● Real time feedback
● Variety of question types + drawing
● Any device, any location
● Simple and easy to use
● Multiple languages
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Let’s Try It!
● Take our your device
● Open your browser - not IE
● Navigate to student.infuselearning.com
● Type in Room ID (randomly assigned)
● Type your name
● Wait for your teacher to ask you a
question
● Draw or select answer
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Google Voice Project by Palo Alto teachers
Mary Bazios & Nilou Shokrani
•Used Google Voice to Evaluate Outside Oral Assessment
•Conversation practice in classroom
•Introduction letter on school letterhead
•Student calls teacher’s Google Voice number
•Student asks community member a question -
– Where is Costco?
•Native speaker answers question while being recorded
•Student must repeat answer
•Teacher receives recorded conversation in their Google Voice
account
•Teacher has rubric to assess student’s interactions
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Cell Phone Apps for Adult
Learners
● Words4U
● What’s Next?!
● USA Learns
● Future plans for expansion
● Do you have any favorites?
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Words4U
● Supplemental
application for our
shared Moodle
course “College
Transitions and
Career
Preparation”
Available for iPhone only, free
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/words4u/id572012856?mt=8
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What’s Next!?
● Fun and informative way to sharpen your
skills for preparing for college/job
● Aligns with “College Transition and
Career Preparation” shared course
● Two versions; school and job
● Free, available on Apple iTunes
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Cell Phone Apps
Learn more about USA Learns applications at:
http://www.usalearns.org/apps Available on all platforms; Andriod, iPad and iPhone ($0.99)
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Review: Apps for Adult Learners
● Words4U
● What’s Next?!
● USA Learns
● Future plans for expansion
● Do you have any favorites?
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Social Media - Facebook
• Promote services to the local community
• Connect with current learners
• Follow-up with learners after they
complete the program
• Post about offerings, new catalogs,
celebrate, video, photo and writing
prompts
• Teachers use FB groups for sharing and
discussion
• List of adult schools on Facebook
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Social Media
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•Vocabulary
–Tweet
–Retweet
–@
–Follow
–# Hashtags
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Getting Started with Twitter
•http://www.twitter.com
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Create a Classroom Web Site
• teachers use Web sites to post resources
and syllabus
• Baldwin Park ACE - Susan Coulter ABE
Web site aligned to CDE AEO standards
• Fremont ACE- Sharon Ram VESL class -
learners create Web sites as electronic
portfolios
• popular free services: Weebly, Wix
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Presentation Tools
Brainshark: Upload, narrate and share PPT
presentations, documents, videos, photo albums and
podcasts. (Free and subscription
Google: You are experiencing Google presentations
with us! We created this presentation (and shared it with
you) using Google Presentations!
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Narrate My Brainshark
Dial: 617-612-7020
Enter access code: 8798-8050
Press 5, then slide number (2 through 10)
Press # when done recording. Hang up.
Once we are done, I’ll make it public. Phone Key shortcuts: 1 to record one slide. 5 to go to
specific slide, # to finish recording, 9 to hang up
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Audio Tools
Voki, Voxopop, VoiceThread ($) Using audio tools helps differentiate teaching; it helps
language learners practice skills and it’s just plain fun.
Voki - visual avatar with single message, or as a discussion
board (Voki classroom $)
Voxopop - an online audio discussion board
Voicethread - upload media/documents, facilitate an online
discussion with text, audio or video.
Any other suggestions?
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Creativity Tools - Comics
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Creativity Tools - Wordle, Tagxedo
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Creativity Tools - Memes
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Creativity tools - ePosters
Glogster for Vocational and Technical Education - 2 point perspective
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OTAN Can Help!
•Face-to-face and online workshops FREE
•Resources
•Lesson plans and class activity ideas
•Technology support
http://www.otan.us