ABEbootCampMay2010

toc **OTAN’s ABE Technology Boot Camp on May 13 & 14, 2010 **

Notes from the two meetings and e-mail updates
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Presentation slide show by Branka
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Participants and Projects (updated 5/14/10)

 * 1) **Pinto, Peggy** - Azusa Adult School - http://azusaabe.weebly.com/
 * 2) **Hedrick, Kitty Baldwin** - Park Adult and Community Education - http://kthedrick.weebly.com/
 * 3) **Lopez, Francisco** - Chaffey Adult School - http://casresources.weebly.com/
 * 4) **Todd, Linda** - East Side Adult Education - http://lindatodd.weebly.com/
 * 5) **Niemeyer, Elizabeth** - Eureka Adult School -http://easabe.weebly.com/
 * 6) **Trame, Linda** - Hayward Adult School - http://pregedskills.weebly.com/
 * 7) **Del Bianco, Judith** - Jefferson Adult School - http://pregedhelpjae.weebly.com/
 * 8) **Seran, Lupine** - Jewish Vocational Services - http://moodle.otan.us/course/view.php?id=739
 * 9) **Smith, Thomas** - Kennedy-San Fernando CAS, LAUSD - http://moodle.otan.us/course/view.php?id=737
 * 10) **Paynton, Christine** - Loma Vista Adult School, Mt. Diablo Adult Education - http://christinesabeged.weebly.com/
 * 11) **Lagen, Douglas** - Lucia Mar Adult Education - Nipomo Learning Center - http://moodle.otan.us/course/view.php?id=745
 * 12) **Jones, Madelyn** - Madera Adult School - http://madelynjones.weebly.com/
 * 13) **Land-Denoyer, Amber** - Manteca Adult School - http://amberlanddenoyer.weebly.com/
 * 14) **Braun, Giza** - National City Adult School
 * 15) **Jackson, Patricia** - OUSD/Oakland Adult & Career Education - []
 * 16) **Ruiz, Ashley** - Paramount Adult School - http://ashleyruiz.weebly.com/
 * 17) **Sanchez, Jose** - Pomona Adult and Career Education - http://josesanchezpusd.weebly.com/
 * 18) **Echols Starkey, Amy** - Poway Adult School - http://paslearningcenter.weebly.com/
 * 19) **Bandak, Diana** - San Diego Community College District - Mid City - http://moodle.otan.us/course/view.php?id=741
 * 20) **Jones, Victoria** - Simi Valley Adult School - http://moodle.otan.us/course/view.php?id=751
 * 21) **Phillips, Deborah** - Torrance Adult School, Hamilton Center - http://moodle.otan.us/course/view.php?id=736
 * 22) **Banuelos, Victoria** - Tri-Community Adult School, Pioneer Center - http://victoriabanuelos.weebly.com/
 * 23) **Conwell, Rosalyn** - Tulare Adult School
 * 24) **Murphy, Suzanne** - Vallejo Adult Ed.
 * 25) **Wiley, Donna** - Valley Adult School - http://moodle.otan.us/course/view.php?id=738
 * 26) **F****redericks, Jacqueline** - West Contra Costa Adult Ed. - http://moodle.otan.us/course/view.php?id=740
 * 27) **Toston, Christine** - Wilson-Lincoln Community Adult School - http://tostonsc.weebly.com/
 * 28) **Molinari, AnneMarie** - Winterstein Adult Center-San Juan Unified - http://moodle.otan.us/course/view.php?id=735

Also as guests or school-sponsored:
 * 1) **Winette Michelle** - Vallejo Adult School - http://moodle.otan.us/course/view.php?id=743
 * 2) **Rogers, Margaret** - Consultant for OTAN and CALPRO - http://moodle.otan.us/course/view.php?id=747
 * 3) **Koff, Rhonda** - Elk Grove Adult and Community Education - http://moodle.otan.us/course/view.php?id=632
 * 4) **Batista, Diana** - Simi Valley Adult School and Career Institute - http://svasreadingresources.weebly.com/

Photos
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Useful Links
Online Meeting room - http://connect.otan.us/pennys ABE Ning - http://californiaabe.ning.com/ ABE Initative Page on OTAN - http://www.otan.us/abeinitiative/index.cfm?fuseaction=search Your OTAN membership - Preferences and Bookmarks - http://www.otan.us/index.cfm?fuseaction=preferences&catid=23875 OTAN training- http://www.otan.us/index.cfm?fuseaction=training&catid=10830 CALPRO training - http://calpro-online.org/rrc/RRC/calendar.asp?rrc=RRC&page=calendar CALPRO workshops for ABE - http://www.calpro-online.org/training.asp#top CASAS training - https://www.casas.org/home/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.showContent&MapID=200 Joint Training Calendar - http://www.caadultedtraining.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=calendar Open source programs - Open Disc - http://www.theopendisc.com/ Susan Coulter's ABE Web site - http://coultersc.weebly.com/ Susan Coulter's Web site with photos - http://web.me.com/coultersc/Site_2/Photos.html Copyrght Safe Resources - http://timac.wikispaces.com/Copyleft


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Agenda
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About the training
The goal of this event is to assist ABE teachers in using technology effectively to support instruction. The ideal candidate is an ABE teacher with beginning to intermediate technology skills (advanced technology skills welcome, too) who will be in a position to share what s/he learns with the rest of the ABE Department or at least one colleague.

You chose one of the two 9-hour strands (3 hours on Thursday and 6 on Friday) about the following topics:

//**Moodle for ABE**// - Participants will create an online course Web site using Moodle. They will add a variety of resources for students, as well as activities, assignments, and quizzes. Participants will need to bring electronic versions of their class handouts and other digital resources (list of favorite Web sites, video and audio files). By the end of the training the participants will have a functioning course Web site. This strand will be facilitated by Penny Pearson, OTAN. Moodle participants - please fill out this survey about computers we'll use

//**Internet Resources Aligned with ABE Curriculum**// - Participants will identify Web sites with content that aligns with the five components of ABE draft standards. They will create a wiki, which is a Web page that is easy to edit, as a site to organize the useful Web links and share them with learners and colleagues. By the end of the training the participants will have a Web site ready to go. This strand will be facilitated by Susan Coulter, Baldwin Park and Azusa, and Branka Marceta, OTAN.

There will be time built in during the two days for all the participants to talk and share about what they do at their respective ABE programs and what they learned during the training.

As a follow-up to the training, the participants will also be expected to attend an online meeting on November 5 or 19, 2010 from 2- 4 pm (both days are Fridays).

List of Workshop Selections (updated 5/4/10)
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More about Internet Resources
Susan Couter's Web site on Weebly - http://coultersc.weebly.com/

Sign in for Weebly - http://www.weebly.com/

Links from the Internet Resources Group
1. All: Christine's Web site - [|address] - http://www.ged-abe-ase-cvp.us

2. Language Arts - Daily Page from manythings.com - http://www.manythings.org/daily/

3. Math - Khan Academy - http://www.manythings.org/daily/

4. Math and all - Softschools - http://www.softschools.com/

5. Spelling - and all - GamesGames - http://www.gamesgames.com/

6. California Distance Learning Project - http://www.cdlponline.org

7. Language Arts - USA Learns - http://usalearns.org/ (orienta)

8. Math - Brightstorm - http://www.brightstorm.com/math

9. Spelling - Free Rice - http://freerice.com/

10. All - Sheppard Software - http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

11. Math - Math at About.com - http://math.about.com/

Here's a short video of this training - it can also be found on YouTube

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More about Moodle
Moodle on OTAN - http://moodle.otan.us

Moodle World community - http://moodle.org

Moodle hosting services - http://moodle.com

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OTAN will pay for your travel and one night hotel stay. Thank you in advance for being considerate of OTAN's need to keep the cost within the budget.

Please follow the guidelines bellow to ensure you are under the **$ 250 reimbursement cap**. It includes: · mileage //(printout of map)// · parking //(original receipt)// · bridge and road tolls //(original receipt)// · airfare, bus, train cost //(receipt with amount faxed for airfare, original receipt for others)// · meals not provided by OTAN //(breakfast $8.40 if you leave home before 7:00 am, dinner $21.60 if you return home after 7:00 pm )//

If flying
Please buy your ticket online **now** at [|www.southwest.com]. As you fill out the online form for the ticket purchase, please select the option to have your purchase **faxed** to **916 228 2563**, and select to send e-mail to dsullivan at otan.us and bmarceta at otan.us. Note that there is a sale going on at Southwest currently. ** Purchase by April 27, 2010, 11:59 pm Pacific Time. Travel through June 24, 2010. ** Please make your purchase now to get the best deal and make sure you don’t go over the reimbursement cap.

Note that we are starting at 12 (with lunch) on Thursday, May 13 and we will be ending at 4 pm on Friday, May 14. There will be a **shuttle** reserved by OTAN to **pick up** all the ABE Boot Tech Camp participants from the airport on Thursday between **11 and 11:30 am**, so book your flight into Sacramento accordingly. On the way back, please book a flight **leaving Sacramento after 6 pm**, because OTAN office is at the opposite end of town from the airport and the shuttle will have to fight the heaviest traffic on the way to the airport.

Please select the **wanna-to-get-away fare** both ways because our reimbursement cap is $250 //(including mileage to and from the airport, parking, flight, and tolls)//

Please note that OTAN’s fiscal agent, Sacramento County Office of Education, does **not allow** OTAN to reimburse you for the cost of the **change of flight** after you purchased it.

OTAN is housed at Sacramento County Office of Education, David P. Meany Education Center, 10474 Mather Blvd, Mather, CA 95655. (check this [|google map] or SCOE’s [|directions page]). Please note that some streets around the building are one-way. There is additional parking across the street from the main parking lot (alongside Mather Blvd.)

List of pick up times and drivers RSVPs (updated 5/4/10)
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Food (updated 5/4/10)
On Thursday, lunch will be provided. In the evening you are invited to attend a social event organized for the purpose of networking between the participants. It will take place at a restaurant within walking distance of the hotel. Map from the hotel to Chilis: in Capital Village

You will pay for your own food, but will be reimbursed up to $21.60 after you provide the original receipt (no alcohol can be charged on the receipt).

On Friday, breakfast and lunch will be provided, and you will be reimbursed for dinner up to $21.60 after you provide the original receipt if you arrive home after 7 pm (no alcohol can be charged on the receipt).

Hotel (updated 5/4/10)
OTAN will pay in advance for the hotel room (Thursday, May 13). You do not need to make individual reservations. Our secretary, Darla Sullivan, will e-mail the hotel information and reservation numbers to you. The hotel is Courtyard by Marriot http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sacrc-courtyard-sacramento-rancho-cordova/, This is the map from OTAN to the hotel.

List of hotel reservations (updated 5/4/10)
We don't have the reservation numbers yet. We'll send them as soon as we get that info. This is a list of those who have a room for Thursday night. Click on the name of the document to open it and save it on your computer

Moodle
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Internet Resources
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