FLEXING YOUR OPTIONS

Presenters: Heather Simonovich Meg Apple

I. CACE – Campbell Adult and Community Education A. Began in July 2010 B. Emphasis on including technology/digital literacy in all aspects of school:in the classroom, as a vehicle to instruction Ts ↔ Ss among staff

II. Flex Program–started in 2012

A. Formerly Distance Learning •DVD checkout model •some online videos/activities

B. Individual ESL students view PETW 1, 2, 3 videos online, or do PETW 1, English For All or Practice English and Reading in www.usalearns.org/class

Send written summaries to teacher in an attachment, according to MLA formatting.

Content-specific online mini-courses (cnaenglish.org, projectcare.worlded.org, keytrain.com, English writing for business, etc.) customized to students’ interests & needs

www.USALearns.org online course

www.USALearns.org summer course

Online pronunciation course www.nativeaccent3.carnegiespeech.com

C. Increased emphasis on using digital/online formats as medium for teaching in all classes

D. Online/digital resource teacher OTAC 2010 -11 - Moodle

TIMAC 2011-12 – Mentored 4 ESL teachers as they implemented the EASY ESL and EASY AT WORK online programs in their classrooms

Mentoring ESL teachers to integrate tech, create and maintain teacher webpages, repository of online assignments

E. ESL classesIncreasing use of technology in the classroom

EASY ESL program for all Level 1 & 2 classes – 1 license/teacher

Blended ESL Moodle courses (Flex 1 & Flex 2)

F. Goals (In progress) Digital Literacy Outcomes added to exit criteria at each ESL level

Menu of online resources available online

Teacher webpages

Blended component to all classes

I. Teaching ExperienceA. Started teaching in elementary schoolB. Started teaching Adult School in 2001

Metropolitan Adult Education Program (MAEP) Campbell Adult & Community Education (CACE)

II. CACE Flex programsA. Flex 1- Beg. High to Intermediate B. Flex 2- High Int. to AdvancedC. Meet as a class in person once a week for 2

hoursD. Complete 1 unit of on-line course per week

for 10 hrs lab credit Flex 1 -www.usalearns.org – teacher guided; Beg.

High to intermediate level; wrap-around with http://adultedcourses.org.

Flex 2- http://adultedcourses.org- teacher guided; High Int. to advanced level

III. Moodle course Advanced level -Created by Francisca Wentworth

through OTAN 19 total units Weekly units comprised of: vocabulary; reading

and comprehension questions; dictation practice; grammar (appropriate for level); writing; Forum entries

In class meeting-focus on student questions and issues and speaking practice w/vocabulary.

Moodle – includes course and student management platform

IV. Problem AreasA. Need to set students’ expectations

Minimum lab hours needed for Certificate of Completion

Teacher responds only during office hours-not on call 24/7.

Solution: revised green sheet and registration sheet

IV. Problem Areas

B. Instructor not familiar enough w/Moodle prior to beginning of class-editing course, grades, adding more materials as needed or requested by students.

Solution: OTAC course

IV. Problem Areas

C. Students dropping Flex On-line class once enrolled in daily “regular” ESL class.

Solution: In discussions w/Director and Flex Curriculum specialist to revise student expectations.

V. Suggestions for Future On-line Instructors

A. Why OTAC? Course management system-

track students’ progress; contact students; grade essays easily; easily see problem areas for entire class; create your own course vs “buy” course.

V. Suggestions for Future On-line Instructors

B. Accessibility Issues-Screen readers-HTML headings-Graphics need “alt text”-Videos need separate audio descriptions and transcripts

V. Suggestions for Future On-line Instructors

C. Real time chat-can be difficult, make optional

D. Creating Course-harder than you think!

1. Screen shot a. Snipping-http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista-Use- Snipping-Tool-to-capture- screen-shotsb. Snag-It- http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html

– Windows + Macc. Quick and Dirty –http://qndapp.com - MacBook onlyd. Jing- http://www.techsmith.com/jing.htmle. Control + “Print Screen” or Alt + “Print Screen” –right click and paste

2. Create Presentation/add audio to PowerPoint

a. www.brainshark.com/3. Create Quiz

a. http://quizlet.com/4. Accessibility

a. http://www.washington.edu/doit5. Writing

a. http://storybird.com