1.  Did you benefit from this discussion? If so, then in what ways?
 Yes, I did, because there were so many resources of which I'm not aware since I've been out of the "blended classroom" setting in adult ed for some years. I can see how these formats could benefit my own class instruction to reach different learning styles, but I'm not sure what my university will support, such as blogs.
 
2. What did you learn from the discussion, or what is at least one thing that you took away from the discussion? (It could be a recommendation, an idea or aspect of online/blended PD you hope to pursue, a resource you will explore, etc.) That I can go back to my days of explicitly teaching integrated technology/adult ed/employability skills, and extend them to my current classrooms, most of which are supposed to be "smart," i.e. with one computer and projectors.The university's attempt at a "blended" freshman seminar last year was flawed not just because the website they were supposed to access for career/skills assesssment, reflection et al. was badly designed, but most of them because they couldn't remember their passwords to the campus e-mail accounts, you know, the one they supposedly would never forget so they didn't bother to write it down, nor could they did remember the addressed for on-campus and off-campus e-mail servers. So the supposedly computer literate
 generation can only access the e-mail and websites they've used for years because their home computer is set up that way, nor are they as computer literate in overall skills so the digital divide isn't just between the haves and have nots, it's between those who have been taught applications and those who have not.
  
3.  What did you find valuable about either what was discussed, or the design/process by which it took place? I liked how it branched out into so many different areas, but I confess I didn't have the time to follow the lihnks/ chats/webcasts etc. I've saved them for future reference.
 
 4. What did you like about the discussion (organization, process, format, etc) and what would you _change_ for next time? (consider aspects like (but not limited to) the week 1 discussion primer, the availability of synchronous chat office hours, Pod cast/online video archive, use of the wiki, facilitation, etc.)
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5. If you attended the AALPD PreConference at COABE, was this a useful follow up to the PreConference? If so, then in what ways? If not, what suggestions do you have to improve the follow up for future PreConferences?
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Please return by June 1st.  Thanks! J Jackie Taylor
 
 
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