OfficeMix and the AE E-Teacher Program BEE JENKINS MARCH 2017 OfficeMix and the AE E-Teacher Program BEE JENKINS TESOL Technical Officer, AE E-Teacher Program

What is the AE E-Teacher Program? The American English (AE) E-Teacher Program is a program for English language teachers, teacher trainers, and education professionals around the world. The goal of the program is to provide participants with access to the latest language teaching methodology and free, adaptable materials (Open Educational Resources – OER) to use in their classrooms. The AE E-Teacher program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and is administered by FHI 360.

Where Does AE E-Teacher Operate? AE E-Teacher is a global program. We have trained teachers in (X) countries across 6 continents. (Insert pie chart from Qualtrics Voxy survey (Ask Caroline) or ask Caroline/Joe to create?)

What is OfficeMix? OfficeMix is a free add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint that facilitates learning with an engaging, interactive environment.

Why Use OfficeMix? OfficeMix is interactive and cloud-based.

Why is it used in AE E-Teacher? AE E-Teacher’s global audience means that we teach hundreds of teaching professionals in dozens of countries, each with unique data, connectivity, and accessibility environments. OfficeMix requires no downloads, plugins, or external programs to use. It is embedded directly into our LMS, Canvas. OfficeMix even generates the code! Directly embedding the cloud-based OfficeMix preserves LMS storage space. (insert video of screenshare of embedding OfficeMix code directly into Canvas content page.)