Adult Basic Education

Adult Basic Education

Today with the help of technology, we can individualize assignments and offer them in more than one modality. Now there are customizable digital textbooks with interactive content including adaptive practice, simulations, interactives, and study guides. It is CK-12 and it is free, Open Educational Resources (OERs).

Adult Basic Education

Are emoji just a passing fad? Or are they a scientifically-researched new vehicular language for the digital age?

Adult Basic Education

NewseumED is a free website belonging to Newseum, a museum in Washington, DC dedicated to news and history. The focus is on First Amendment rights and helping students develop critical thinking skills through thousands of lesson plans, videos, classes, digital artifacts, historical events and critical debates. NewseumED is a great way to build the critical thinking skills needed for our High School Equivalency students.

Adult Basic Education

We will be looking at Google tools to assist us in teaching online organization, communication, time management and note-taking.

Adult Basic Education

You may have seen photos of users with high-tech virtual reality goggles tuned out to the world and wonder what type of experiences can be had. By definition, users are immersed in a 3D world and virtual reality places the user inside the experience as opposed to just viewing it. With Thinglink, you can easily recreate these experiences for students who will view them using simple cardboard VR devices.

Adult Basic Education

Getting started with Pear Deck to create interactive lectures Web Based Class Activity...

Adult Basic Education, Career Technical Education, High School and GED

EdReady is a personalized math and English readiness learning system that evaluates the skills of each student in the context of their goal and then provides a learning pathway to mastery.

Adult Basic Education, ESL and Citizenship, High School and GED

21Things4Students is an online resource to help students improve their technology proficiency as they prepare for success in the real world." You will love this resource, not only for your students and your class, but also for yourself. This website has everything you want or need to teach your students about digital literacy and citizenship. It not only teaches students, but it also has a section dedicated to teachers who may feel they lack some of the skills themselves (more on that later). An added plus: there are no student logins, so students won't need accounts or passwords to use the site.

Adult Basic Education, ESL and Citizenship, High School and GED

An electronic portfolio is an online showcase of a student’s work, which can include writing, images, artwork, links, and multimedia.

Adult Basic Education

Adobe Spark Video is a free digital storytelling application for desktop computers and with apps for Apple products that lets users make videos that include photos, text, music, voice-over narration, and transitions using a wide variety of templates and themes. Students can easily and quickly make short videos for several different class assignments, including “About Me” introductions, presentations, personal narratives, explainer and how-to videos, multi-media portfolios, and more.

Adult Basic Education

Applied Digital Skills is a free curriculum designed to help students learn digital skills while using them in practical life applications like budgeting, planning an event, or writing.

Adult Basic Education

The amount of information online is staggering, and with one in four U.S. adults online "almost constantly", the ability to scrutinize online information before commenting, sharing, or acting on it is reaching a critical point.

Adult Basic Education

Flippity is a powerful tool that takes the information you enter on a Google Sheet template and then quickly and easily creates numerous online games to help students.

Adult Basic Education

Enlighten, Entertain, and Enliven Your Class with Film

Adult Basic Education

Trello is a visual collaboration tool that can be used for lesson planning, class organization, student research, organizing writing assignments, project based learning and more. It is free.

Adult Basic Education

Loom is a new free Chrome Extension that allows you to quickly record a video message and/or screencast and then share it immediately with students and colleagues.

Adult Basic Education

EDpuzzle is a great resource for utilizing video with students at any level. EDpuzzle allows you to take any video and add interactive elements. It is free and easy to use.

Adult Basic Education

What is Symbaloo? Originally I would have answered it is a bookmarking app— a place to gather all your web addresses and videos to make navigating online easier for your students

Adult Basic Education

Flipgrid: Promoting Critical Thinking Skills and Engaging Students Flipgrid is an easy to use video discussion platform, which has numerous applications in the adult education classroom.

Adult Basic Education

Today, more than ever before, our students must know how to find information online, evaluate its validity, and cite sources correctly. One excellent site to help us with these tasks is Information Fluency (previously 21st Century Information Fluency)