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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
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DVD checkout model
some online videos/activities
B. Individual ESL students
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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
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www.USALearns.org online course
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www.USALearns.org summer course
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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
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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 classes
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Increasing 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)
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Digital Literacy Outcomes added to exit
criteria at each ESL level
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Menu of online resources available online
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Teacher webpages
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Blended component to all classes
I.
Teaching Experience
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B.
Started teaching in elementary school
Started teaching Adult School in 2001
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Metropolitan Adult Education Program (MAEP)
Campbell Adult & Community Education (CACE)
II.
CACE Flex programs
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B.
C.
Flex 1- Beg. High to Intermediate
Flex 2- High Int. to Advanced
Meet as a class in person once a week for 2
hours
Complete 1 unit of on-line course per week
for 10 hrs lab credit
D.
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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
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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 Areas
A.
Need to set students’ expectations
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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 systemtrack 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/enUS/windows-vista-Use- Snipping-Tool-tocapturescreen-shots
b. Snag-Ithttp://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html
– Windows + Mac
c. Quick and Dirty –http://qndapp.com MacBook
only
d. Jing- http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
e. 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/doit
5. Writing
a. http://storybird.com