Colleagues,

On Apr 24, 2008, Taylor, Jackie wrote:

> For those presenting at COABE:

>

> Tell us about your session(s). Why might others attend your  

> session? What might participants look forward to learning or  

> exploring?

>


(I am not sure of the room numbers below, so please check your  
schedule at the conference.)

TUESDAY

Building Program-based Professional Development:
How the National Institute for Literacy Can Help
Program-initiated Professional Development using NIFL LINCS and other  
online resources
9:30 - 10:30

Jackie Taylor and I will present two cases where an administrator  
wants to help teachers or tutors get access to good online  
professional development resources to help them answer their  
questions or meet their needs. We'll start with the administrator's  
and teachers' questions and show a rewarding search for online  
resources.

Assess and Improve Your Classroom Tech Skills
Online Professional Development in Integrating Technology
11-12  St. louis H

Marian Thacher and I, with Tim Ponder, Kate Nicolet, and Mariann  
Fedele -- representatives from Ohio, Vermont and New York, states  
that have adopted it -- will present a free online professional  
development process for teachers interested in better integrating  
technology in their classrooms, and administrators at the program and  
state level who want to use this free online service for groups of  
teachers. The Technology Integration Self Assessment (TISA) is a  
teacher online self assessment, followed by a process for developing  
an online PD plan, and then selection of strategies and online  
resources for carrying out the PD plan. It's designed for teachers  
who cannot attend face-to-face training, and for those who can do  
both face-to-face and online PD.

English at Work: A National Model for Integrated Language Learning
Workplace ESOL
2:15 - 3:15

Heide Spruck Wrigley, Betsy Mckay from the McDonald's Corporation,  
and I will present McDonald's new "English Under the Arches"  
workplace English language learning program, a collaboration with  
selected restaurants and community college ESOL faculty to deliver  
work-contextualized ESOL to employees who want to advance into  
restaurant management positions. The program offers five hours a week  
of work-time instruction: three hours of real-time online ESOL  
classes, one hour of state-of-the-art, highly engaging, asynchronous  
Web-based learning activities, and one hour of guided English  
language practice on the job. Heide and I are on the Advisory  
Committee for this project.

Student Voices in Adult Education: Panel Discussion
Student Leadership
3:45 - 4: 45 Director's Row 48

I am moderating a panel of adult learners and practitioners  who have  
considerable personal and professional experience with adult learner  
leadership. They include: Ernest Best, Director of the Massachusetts  
Alliance for Adult Literacy; Ami Magisos, Pima County Community  
College; Dwight Johnson an Intern with the ABC's of Literacy Project  
in Missouri; and Etta Key, a teacher in Missouri. We hope there will  
be a crowd of adult learners and practitioners participating in the  
discussion.

WEDNESDAY

The Learner Web: A Learning Support System
11 -12  St.  Louis G

Steve Reder and I will present the Learner Web, a three-year,  
federally-funded  demonstration of a new online learner support  
system designed for students enrolled in programs as well as for  
those who study on their own. It is being implemented in eight  
regions throughout the U.S., and begins pilot project services to  
learners this fall. In addition to its many other intriguing  
features, the Learner Web enables practitioners to do collaborative  
curriculum development within their program or their region and  
across regions.

Wikis For You
3:45 -4:45

Want to know what a Wiki is and how you can use it for your own  
professional development or with students? I will present the Adult  
Literacy education Wiki, WikiHow, the Wiring Wiki, the Wikipedia and  
a plain language version of the Wikipedia for learners.


And if these six presentations are not enough, then also come to the  
two pre-conferences I am presenting at.  : - )


David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net



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