Hi all,
I’m looking forward to the COABE Conference coming up March 30 in New Orleans. I’d love to hear what people are presenting on. This year I collaborated with my colleague, Lizelena Iglesias, to put together a Science and Technology half day preconference. The description is below.
Integrating Digital Skills: Using Google Slides in Science Instruction
Presenters: Nell Eckersley and Lizelena Iglesias
Science, Half-Day Preconference
Sunday, March 31st 8:30am-11:30am, Studio 3
Like PowerPoint, Google Slides has many applications in education and work. In this half-day preconference we are going to explore how Google Slides can be used in science instruction with a particular focus on representing cycles in science. Participants will develop and strengthen their own conceptual understanding of the Earth as a living system by exploring the connections among all parts of the system: air, water, land, and life. They will also learn and strengthen their skills in creating Google Slides by building their own Google Slides if/then stories. Bring your own laptop for the hands-on components of this preconference. This workshop is aimed at people with low level Google skills and some basic science knowledge. People with more advanced skills are welcome but should know that we are starting at the beginning. Participants should come with a Google account and the credentials to log into it.
Learn more about how to register for preconference sessions here: https://www.coabe.org/preconference
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Hi, Nell-- Literacy New York is looking forward to COABE too! We're presenting a workshop called Volunteers: Partners in Adult Literacy Education. Description below-- see you there!
Session 4, Monday, April 1st 4:00pm-5:00pm, Bayside C Literacy New York programs have been training, placing, and supporting volunteers for 60 plus years—and seeing positive results for students and programs. This workshop is about envisioning multiple ways to use volunteers in adult education – and recognizing what needs to happen behind the scenes for volunteer programming to be effective. We’ll focus on three volunteer models: • Volunteers in traditional adult education classrooms • Volunteers from colleges and universities • Volunteers in local workplaces We’ll address the role of technology—Literacy NY is able to train and support volunteers virtually, leading to savings in time and resource for programs and allowing us to tap into pools of “new volunteers”. We’ll also talk about how New York State supports community-based literacy programs, perhaps leading to ideas of how to get support from your state. Great potential is possible if we all are willing to expand our thinking!Thanks, Nell, for starting this discussion. I hope many presenters offering technology presentations at the spring annual COABE conference in New Orleans will respond.
I will be presenting a session on Tuesday, April 2nd from 2:45 - 3:45, Digital Literacy & Technology, Session 8, Tuesday, April 2nd 2:45pm-3:45pm, Balcony L, "Onboarding Adult Learners to Apps for Adult Basic Skills (Including ESL/ESOL)"
Here's a description: Most adult basic skills (including ESL/ESOL) learners now have smartphones, yet few know that free or low-cost apps can help them learn, as a supplement to what they are learning in class or while waiting for a class or a tutor. David J. Rosen will present models for “onboarding” adult learners to have access to a suitable education app,feel comfortable and competent in using it, and begin acquiring online learning skills they will need for their learning throughout their lives. The models are suitable for adult basic skills (including ESL/ESOL) programs and for public libraries.
David J. Rosen
djrosen123@gmail.com
Hi, all,
Thanks to Nell for getting this session-sharing thread started! As COABE conference in New Orleans gets closer, I wanted to invite everyone to a half-day pre-conference and a technology-use session from the 2018 CAPE research project, which was sponsored by VALUEUSA and funded by Dollar General Literacy Foundation. In a nutshell, CAPE found a wealth of new insights about the 90% of adults without high school diplomas in our target population - the people we want to have come into adult education programs - and their motivations as well as their use of technology. These insights come straight from the adult nonparticipants our research team interviewed - and they didn't hold back! Nearly 200 adult educators across the USA have engaged with these findings so far, and the feedback has been tremendous. Looking forward to seeing you in New Orleans,
Margaret
Solutions to Nonparticipation in Adult Education: Unmasking New Learner Potential
Sunday, March 31, 8:30-11:30 AM, Salon C
A new five-state research project, CAPE, asked adults who could participate, but don’t, about their reasons for not participating in adult education. They also recommended actionable solutions to get them involved. The surprising solutions nonparticipating adults recommend will help educators recruit and retain them in adult education. In addition to findings on nonparticipant deterrents and solutions, this interactive session also shares nonparticipants’ motivations around adult education and suggests ways adult educators can provide educational support to adults who experience effects of prior trauma.
Online Technology Use of Adult Nonparticipants in Education
Monday, April 1, 4-5 PM, Balcony M
CAPE also surveyed nonparticipating adults on how they use online technology. This interactive session shares and discusses survey findings on their technology use, learning via online technology, using online technology for collaboration and problem-solving, and recommended technology-related solutions. Participants will receive a set of adult interviewee recommendations for future use in planning.
David J. Rosen
So great to see what people are presenting. Here's a list of the all the workshops in the Digital Literacy and Technology strand http://bit.ly/COABE19DigLit .
Hope to see you there!
best,
Nell