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• Becoming a Successful Learner
Becoming a Successful Learner
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About Me
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• Vocabulary and Spelling City
Vocabulary and Spelling City
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• Topics Online Magazine for Learners of English
Topics Online Magazine for Learners of English
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Polling and Quizzing with Polldaddy [link]
and Quizzing with Polldaddy [link]
• Using VoiceThread for Instruction [link]
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• Using Glogster with Your Students [link]
• Sites for Creating Interactive and Printable
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• Adult Education Students Succeed
Adult Education Students Succeed
• TIMAC Presentations
• Technology integration Videos
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Face to Face Training
• Creating
Creating Web Pages with WordPress
Web Pages with WordPress
• Critical Thinking and the Internet
• Creative Classroom & Activity Ideas
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Using MS Word
• Internet Resources for ESL/EL Civics Teachers
• Advanced PowerPoint for Adult Education
Advanced PowerPoint for Adult Education
• Using Moodle to Create a Course Web Site
Online Training
• Create FREE Online Quizzes
Create FREE Online Quizzes
• Using Cell Phones to Enhance Learning
• Effective Search Strategies for Students
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• Building Community and Collaboration Online
• Share, Review and Collaborate with Online
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• Create Quick and Easy Slide Shows for
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How to sign up for training
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Moodle
• Open source course management system
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• OTAN hosting for adult education schools
OTAN hosting for adult education schools
• Online orientation
• Have two wrap around courses:
Have two wrap around courses:
– USA Learns [link]
– Advanced ESL [link]
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• Moodle for Second Language Teaching by Jeff
Stanford [link]
ePortfolios
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• Friends and groups
Friends and groups
• Sample page
– YouTube videos, uploaded videos, RSS feeds [link]
YouTube videos, uploaded videos, RSS feeds [link]
Facebook
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• CATESOL Group [link]
• Adult Schools create fan
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• ESL teacher creates a
group for his learners
• Individual CATESOL
Conference pages [link]
“Clickers”
Clickers
• Formative and Summative Assessment [link]
Formative and Summative Assessment [link]
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