March09.Regionals

toc =TIMAC March Regional Meetings=

Report from Santa Clara Adult Ed
Fri, March 27, [|Santa Clara Adult Ed] (Super Mentors: Tina), host [|Brian Darby] [|map]

Read about it on our b[|log]

Hongyan shared a PowerPoint template which her students use to keep track of their CASAS scores. Template - [|CASAStestTemplate_04-01-09.ppt] Instructions - [|CASAStestsInsts.ppt]

[[image:oakreg.jpg align="right" caption="Blog Post about Oakland Regional Meeting " link="http://otan-timac.blogspot.com/"]]
Fri, March 20, [|The English Center], Oakland (Super Mentors: Branka, Francisca), host [|Annie Cho] [|map]

Read about it on our [|blog]

Report from Mt. Diablo AS
March 13, [|Mt, Diablo AS], Concord, (Super Mentors: Penny and Branka, ???), host [|Sally Peckenham]

Present were: Bethany Rich, Kathleen Edel, Sally Peckenham, Penny Pearson, Branka Marceta

We talked about our projects. Both Sally and Kathleen are working on wikis. We talked about more advanced features like embedding videos and sideshows. Here are links to tutorials: PBwiki - http://pbwikimanual.pbwiki.com/EmbedGoogleDocs Wikispaces - http://21ctools.wikispaces.com/Google+Presentations

Bethany is about to start training colleagues on the use of SMARTBoards. They have been waiting for the proper installation of the data/lcd projectors. There are two online places where adult educators can share their lessons for interactive whiteboards, based on the type they have: SMARTBoard - http://drop.io/interactivewhiteboardlessonsincaadultedSMARTBoard Promethean - http://drop.io/interactivewhiteboardlessonsincaadultedPROMETHEAN#

Report from So Cal Meeting
Read about it on [|TIMAC Blog]

Cindy Wislofsky shared a resource from Halifax, New Scotia, Canada - their ESL Computer Book -

Chart of TIMAC participant by CDE Region 2004-2009
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