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1. The Importance of Supporting ESL Students in CTE Pathways
by Alisa Takeuchi
Posted September 2023

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

English language learners are students who are learning English as a second language (ESL). They come from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, and they may have different levels of English proficiency. Despite these differences, ESL students have the same potential as any other student to succeed in career and technical education (CTE) pathways.
2. Using Accessibility Features to Help ALL of Our Students Improve Their Learning
by Debbie Jensen
Posted August 2023

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

Over the past years I have focused on what we as educators must do to make our documents/presentations etc. accessible to our learners with disabilities. Along the way I discovered that as I made needed changes to my materials, I also increased the usability for my able-bodied learners. On this journey, I discovered that some of those accessibility features helped me as well. This article is to inform and motivate us all to know about accessibility features that will help our learners.
3. Genially Lives Up to Its Name
by Kristi Reyes
Posted July 2023

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Adult Basic Education

Description:

How many different technology tools do you use? Are you looking for a way to consolidate your online teaching and learning activities? Genially is a free web tool that combines the functions of tools like PowerPoint and Google Slides or Prezi, Quizizz, Quizlet, Thinglink, Adobe Express, and more. Think Canva but with 1000 templates for more interactive learning activities specifically for education.
4. ChatGPT: Risks, Challenges, and the Future
by Susan Gaer
Posted June 2023

Category:

ESL and Citizenship, Adult Basic Education

Description:

Many people think that AI (Artificial Intelligence) is new, but translation services, speech recognition, personalized learning with language learning apps, and grammar/spelling checkers are all forms of AI that we have become accustomed to.
5. Classroom Video on Demand and Learn360 in the Blended Classroom
Posted April 2023

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Adult Basic Education

Description:

Learn360 is a great resource for blended learning. With Learn360, you can have your learners watch a video or complete a game or activity to support what you are teaching in the classroom.
6. Guidance From the Guidance: An Agency's Approach to the California Adult Education Digital Learning Guidance
Posted March 2023

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

It has been almost three years since our world changed along with most aspects of education. COVID 19 became a worldwide pandemic and our way of teaching and delivering instruction changed 180 degrees in a matter of days.
7. Introduction to OERs
by Diana Vera-Alba
Posted February 2023

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Adult Basic Education

Description:

Open Educational Resources, or OERs, are openly licensed teaching and learning materials.
8. 5 Tech Tools to Try with Adult Learners
by Yescenia Delgado Lorenzo
Posted January 2023

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

Try these five tech tools and notice adult learner engagement increase.
9. 5 Tips for Engaging All Learners with Digital Literacy
by Elisia Doonan
Posted December 2022

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

Many educators are exploring new ways to engage learners online. Engagement for Adults with Disabilities can be especially challenging due to a lack of professional support for educators.
10. Survey, Quiz, and Schedule Appointments Skillfully with Google Forms
by Cindy Wislofsky
Posted November 2022

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

It’s time to review what you know already about Google Forms and move forward learning and practicing some newer features to make your work life more efficient and productive.
11. Retooling Zoom for a Blended Classroom
by Alisa Takeuchi
Posted October 2022

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

Although many districts have reopened schools for face-to-face instruction, there is still a need to continue to use Zoom in a blended class.
12. Blended Learning in Adult Education
by Debbie Jensen
Posted September 2022

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

What will our "new normal" look like post pandemic? What lessons have we learned that we can utilize?
13. HyFlex Model of Instruction: A Year of Reflection
by Alisa Takeuchi
Posted July 2022

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

The HyFlex Model of Instruction integrates in-class instruction with online instruction synchronously and in addition may add an asynchronous option on a learning management system (LMS). For the past year, agencies that have introduced the HyFlex Model to their staff and students have taken careful notes, made changes, and documented successes.
14. Free Professional Development for Tech Enthusiasts!
by Cindy Wislofsky
Posted June 2022

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

OTAN's Digital Leadership Academy (DLAC) is now accepting applications until August 19, 2022 for its fourth cohort (2022-2024 school years).
15. What's Happening in U.S. Citizenship Preparation?
by Jennifer Gagliardi
Posted May 2022

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

No new updates to the USCIS N-400 Application for Naturalization. No new updates to the USCIS 100 Questions. So, what's there to talk about in online U.S. Citizenship Prep? PLENTY!
16. Career Exploration in Adult Education
Posted April 2022

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

Career exploration has been widely recognized and endorsed as a necessary step in an individual's career development. It is a fundamental lever to help adults successfully navigate an evolving labor market and demand for changing skills. The value of exploration is instrumental for each student to emerge from experience with a clear and more accurate assessment of him or herself.
17. Let's Get Jammin'!
by Cindy Wislofsky
Posted March 2022

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

If effective remote teaching has taught us anything, the importance of keeping students engaged while providing interactive, collaborative, task-based activities that work both synchronously and asynchronously is key. Enter Google Jamboard.
18. Canvas and Canvas Commons in Adult Education
by Francisco Xavier Pinedo Jr
Posted February 2022

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

If you decide to use Canvas for your class, it is not an easy as 1-2-3 thing. You need to invest time to create your site, and then find appropriate resources to use from Canvas Commons or upload your own content.
19. Triple E Framework: Extension
by Debbie Jensen
Posted January 2022

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

The third component of the Triple E is Extension, which means connecting the learner to the real world.
20. Triple E Framework: Enhancement
by Debbie Jensen
Posted December 2021

Category:

Adult Basic Education

Description:

OTAN has adopted the Triple E Framework developed in 2011 by Professor Liz Kolb, Clinical Psychologist at the University of Michigan School of Education, as a model for technology integration.
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OTAN activities are funded by contract CN220124 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.