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1. Cooking-Simple Meals-Quick Salsa

Activity Description

Salsa
Source: Pixabay by Tesa Robbins from Pixabay (License: CC0/Public Domain)
 

A quick and easy recipe for salsa.

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language, AwD: Adults with Disabilities

Levels

Low, Beginning Literacy
2. Create Fun and Engaging Interactive Presentations with Mentimeter

Activity Description

Mentimeter Landing Page
 
 

Educators can use Mentimeter to create fun and engaging interactive lessons. In this example, a Mentimeter will be used to introduce a job hunting unit to an Intermediate Low ESL class.

Note: This activity uses Mentimeter: Mentimeter.com

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Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, CTE: Career Technical Education, AwD: Adults with Disabilities

Levels

All Levels, All Levels
3. Create Interactive Quizzes with Wayground (formerly Quizizz)

Activity Description

Wayground Title Picture
 
Create interactive quizzes, videos, flashcards, presentations and more for any program: ESL, ABE, ASE, etc.

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, CTE: Career Technical Education, AwD: Adults with Disabilities

Levels

Low, Intermediate, High, All Levels, Beginning Literacy, Beginning Low, Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced, All Levels
4. Flexi, the AI Tutor: Learning Just the Way You Want It

Activity Description

Flexi: CK-12 AI Tutor
Source: Flexi CK-12 AI Tutor (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

Often our students have questions, even after classes. Flexi, an AI tutor, is offered by CK-12 to assist students with any questions they may have 24/7 anywhere, on any device. Flexi uses AI but it also has a large selection of courses in Math and Science to answer questions. Answers can include links to background information  (lesson from CK-12) on the question asked. Students can ask questions in other topic areas from AI.

In this activity, have the class explore a variety of questions and write a reflection on how they see themselves using Flexi.

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, CTE: Career Technical Education, AwD: Adults with Disabilities

Levels

All Levels, All Levels
5. Good vs. Bad: Generate AI-Created Infographics to Contrast Examples and Non-Examples

Activity Description

Resume example - non-example good result
 
 Create engaging and visually vibrant info-graphics that demonstrate a good example of a lesson/task/skill vs. a bad version of the same lesson/task/skill.

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, CTE: Career Technical Education, AwD: Adults with Disabilities

Levels

Low, Intermediate, High, Beginning Literacy, Beginning Low, Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced, All Levels
6. Grocery Shopping

Activity Description

A interactive activity using a grocery ad for meal planning.

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

AwD: Adults with Disabilities
7. How to Use an AI Tutor Effectively, Accurately, and Ethically

Activity Description

Man using an AI assistant
Source: copilot generated image of man using AI assistant (License: CC0/Public Domain)
 

Learners will use AI in their lives. They need to learn how to use it effectively, accurately and ethically. In this lesson, learners will identify when to use AI assistance, how to use it effectively, how to evaluate the accuracy of AI responses and how to use AI ethically.

21Things4Students ins an online learning resource focused on teaching students technology proficiency. The information is presented for students through projects. It is designed for K12 but the interactives, videos and resources are well worth your time. One of their topics is Q7 Intro to Artificial Intelligence (AI): Introduction Vocabulary, What is AI? AI in Real Life, AI Playground, AI Prompt Writing, Training AI, AI Ethics & Privacy

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Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, CTE: Career Technical Education, AwD: Adults with Disabilities

Levels

All Levels, Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced
8. Job Exploration

Activity Description

This activity helps learner's priorize their goals for seeking employment.

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

AwD: Adults with Disabilities

Levels

Beginning Literacy
9. Khan Academy: Mathematics-Division of Whole Numbers

Activity Description

 
Khan Academy Homepage
Source: Khan Academy Homepage (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 

The Khan Academy is filled with video presentations on a multitude of math subjects and worked examples of math problems.

It is organized according to math SubjectArithmetic then TopicDivision 1. Because of the multitude of examples, you can find another Division lesson under Dividing Whole Numbers and Applications 1. Down the left, you see the organization of each lesson/course.

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Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, CTE: Career Technical Education, AwD: Adults with Disabilities

Levels

Low, Intermediate, High, All Levels
10. Learn360: Videos, Maps, and Interactives

Activity Description

Video on Demand
Source: Classroom Video on Demand Featured Videos (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 

In this activity, you will search Learn360 for at least one resource to share with your students. Consider creating a folder or a playlist.

Learn360 offers more than 370,000 videos, interactives, maps, and experiments to enhance your lessons. Teachers working at California agencies can get their own FREE account through OTAN. Learn360 resources can be used in your classroom, and linked, downloaded, or embedded in Google Classroom, Moodle, Canvas, or on your class Website.

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Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, CTE: Career Technical Education, AwD: Adults with Disabilities

Levels

All Levels, All Levels
11. Using AI to Create Career Related Math Problems: Percentages

Activity Description

Teaching Math requires teachers to know multiple ways to explain a topic, scaffolding to assist students in step-by-step problem solving, and focus student interest by applying mathematics to their personal interest. Artificial Intelligence can help with all three of these areas. 

Students Working on Computers
Source: Best Practices for Using Websites with Students (License: CC0/Public Domain)
 
 Two current AI applications are ChatGPT and Canva.  AI's ability to apply math concepts to real-world scenarios makes it an excellent source to use with your classes. Students can enter prompts that address their job preference and apply math to their field of interest. But that is just one way to use AI. If students struggle understanding a concept, AI can address the math concept in a different way differentiating by student need. Canva gives you the opportunity to use Math templates in creating your lessons.

Has EEE Lesson Plan

Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, CTE: Career Technical Education, AwD: Adults with Disabilities

Levels

All Levels, All Levels
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OTAN activities are funded by contract CN240137 from the Adult Education Office, in the Career & College Transition Division, California Department of Education, with funds provided through Federal P.L., 105-220, Section 223. However, OTAN content does not necessarily reflect the position of that department or the U.S. Department of Education.