From Cell Phones to Social Networking

1. 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

2. OTAN Presenters:
•Joyce Hinkson, Director
•Blair Roy, Project Specialist
•Penny Pearson, Distance Learning Coordinator
•Branka Marceta, Technology Coordinator

3. 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/

4. 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

5. 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

6. Basic Skills for CBT - Mouse
•Palm Beach County Library
http://pbclibrary.org/mousing/

7. 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

8. 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

9. Infuse Learning
Infuselearning.com
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Online learner response system
Real time feedback
Variety of question types + drawing
Any device, any location
Simple and easy to use
Multiple languages

10. Let’s Try It!
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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

11. 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

12. Cell Phone Apps for Adult
Learners
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Words4U
What’s Next?!
USA Learns
Future plans for expansion
Do you have any favorites?

13. Words4U
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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

15. What’s Next!?
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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

16. 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)

17. Review: Apps for Adult Learners
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Words4U
What’s Next?!
USA Learns
● Future plans for expansion
● Do you have any favorites?

18. Social Media - Facebook
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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

19. Social Media
Twitter

20. Twitter
•Vocabulary
–Tweet
–Retweet
–@
–Follow
–# Hashtags

21. Getting Started with Twitter
•http://www.twitter.com

22. Create a Classroom Web Site
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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

23. 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!

24. 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

25. 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?

26. Creativity Tools - Comics

27. Creativity Tools - Wordle, Tagxedo

28. Creativity Tools - Memes

29. Creativity tools - ePosters
Glogster for Vocational and Technical Education - 2 point perspective

30. OTAN Can Help!
•Face-to-face and online workshops FREE
•Resources
•Lesson plans and class activity ideas
•Technology support
http://www.otan.us