1. Technology Today: Using Online Resources to Connect Better with Today’s Students
Rachel Wright Junio: MEP Administrator, Eastern NC
Barbara Patch: MEP Director, New Hampshire

2. OBJECTIVES
Introduce practitioners to a variety of online tools to create and enhance instruction to OSY
Apply knowledge of these online tools to create or enhance a mini-lesson

3. Agenda Introductions Challenges Introductions to Tools Breakout Groups
Lesson Creation Tools
Lesson Enhancing Tools
Lesson Delivery Tools
Breakout Groups

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Who’s in the Room?
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5. Technology Tools address many of these issues!
Challenges
What are some of the biggest challenges of teaching OSY?
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Time
Availability
Motivation
Isolation (of housing and of OSY)
Technology Tools address many of these issues!

6. Lesson Creation Tools
Online tools that allow you to create and/or assign lessons
Migrant Literacy Net
NewsELA
Duolingo
PowToon

7. Migrant Literacy Net
AVAILABLE FREE RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS & STUDENTS:
One hundred forty-one reading lessons across the five reading dimensions at the K-12 level and for OSY (field tested and complete) online on the Migrant Literacy NET
Reading and writing resources for parents to assist their children to read (in English and Spanish) online on the Migrant Literacy NET
Eighty-six writing lessons (field tested and complete) online on the Migrant Literacy NET
Forty-forty math lessons in English/Spanish (field tested and complete) online on the Migrant Literacy NET
Eleven study skills lessons (field tested and complete) online on the Migrant Literacy NET
Sixteen OSY lessons (field tested and complete) online on the Migrant Literacy NET
Pre and post test assessments for each lesson online on the Migrant Literacy NET
Electronic Success Plans to track student progress online on the Migrant Literacy NET that can be transferred electronically to teachers anywhere
Electronic Graduation Plans to help overcome barriers to success online on the Migrant Literacy NET
Two-hundred-sixty online reading tutorials in both English & Spanish which students can access anywhere all with audio and pre-test and post-test scores.
On-line screeners to identify kids specific reading needs in both English and Spanish across all reading dimensions at both the emergent and developmental reading levels
Screeners automatically assign online tutorials to kids based on needs.

8. NewsELA https://newsela.com/ Create Text Sets Select Lexile Levels
Bilingual articles
Assessments already created
Track student progress

9. Duolingo https://schools.duolingo.com/classroom_creator
Create a classroom
Assign lessons and track student progress
Educator Certification

10. PowToon https://www.powtoon.com/my-powtoons/?#/ Create videos
Send videos
Quick and easy

11. Lesson Enhancing Tools
Online tools that allow you to enhance lessons
a. Thinglink
b. QR Code Generator
c. Instagrok
d. Virtual Field Trips
e. Assessment: Kahoot!, Quizlet Live,
Socrative, Poll Everywhere

12. Thinglink

13. Assessment Tools Kahoot Socrative Can do team or individual
Instant feedback
Competitive/game show setup
Text limit
Individual
No text limit
Better for more formal assessments or exit tickets
Quizlet Live
Team setup
Best for vocabulary concept checks
Competitive/game setup

14. Quizlet and Quizlet Live
Let’s see how we can use Quizlet to enhance the mini lesson on Germs

15. Lesson Delivery
Online tools designed to help you deliver lessons in an online format
a. WhatsApp
b. Skype
c. RemindMe
d. EdModo

16. Delivery Platforms Via Cell Phone Via Computer WhatsApp Facetime
RemindMe
Google Drive
Skype
GoToWebinar
Zoom
What are some other delivery platforms?
What are the drawbacks or benefits of using these?

17. EdModo Social Media setup Can access easily from phone
Provide links and feedback immediately
Create quizzes and automatically generate grades
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18. Breakout Groups Get into the groups assigned to you by Quizlet Live!
Discuss the following with your group:
What other technology tools have been useful in your instruction with OSY?
Record your answers on our EdModo site so that everyone can see your responses

19. Breakout Groups Get into the groups assigned to you by Quizlet Live!
We will all be looking at the Life Skills Lesson: preparing for a job
Plan how you will utilize at least three of the technology tools to enhance your lesson
Each group will also have an opportunity to rotate to Q&A tables
After 30 minutes, we will share our ideas

20. Contact Information
Rachel Wright Junio Eastern NC Administrator ; Barbara Patch NH MEP Director ;