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1. Project I-DEA Integrated Digital English Acceleration Hybrid Instruction forLow-Level ESL Students

   Innovations Conference March 2014 League for Innovation in the Community College
2. Presenters Kim Chapman, Dean of Basic & Transitional Studies North Seattle Community College kim.chapman@seattlecolleges.edu Jill Bauer, ESL Instructor North Seattle Community College jill.bauer@seattlecolleges.edu Adria Katka, ESL Instructor North Seattle Community College adria.katka@seattlecolleges.edu
3. Introduction & Overview Who is here today? Overview of Project I-DEA… History: Funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant written by WA State Board of Community & Technical Colleges Goal: All colleges on-board within 3 yrs. Why? Wash. State not hitting targets – moving students in Low-Level ESL (Levels 1-3) further, faster
4. Overview (cont.)… Who? 10 colleges in the pilot – Diverse group of schools At NSCC: Collaboration among… ESL faculty IT e-Learning Library How? Phase 1 with quarterly convenings Phase 2 with quarterly convenings Phase 3 Big Bend CC Lake Washington Institute of Technology North Seattle CC Pierce College Renton Technical Institute Seattle Central CC Shoreline CC Spokane CC Tacoma CC Walla Walla CC
5. Innovative Elements Flipped and Blended Learning Content-Based Instruction Differentiated Learning
6. Flipped & Blended
7. Presentation Practice Production
8. Social Media & Learning Strand Activity 1: What is Social Media? Vocabulary Learning (Online) – 60 minutes Introduction to Social Media (Face-to-Face) – 30 minutes Social Media Use Survey (Face –to-Face) – 60 minutes
9. Facebook 1.06 billion people use Facebook. 618 million people use Facebook daily. Image source: flickrSome rights reserved by NtugiGroup Source: http://investor.fb.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=736911
10. Class Poll Do you use facebook? Yes, I do. No, I don’t. How often do you use facebook? never daily 1+ times each week 3+ times each month 5+ times each year
11. Social Media Social= (talking or doing things) with people Media = ways of sharing information or talking (TV, radio, newspapers, the Internet, etc.) Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/giselle/56864711/sizes/m/in/photostream/ c. givarga
12. Social Media Brainstorm Facebook Social Media
13. Social Media Survey Do you like to use social media? If no, why not? If yes, why? What types of social media do you use? How do you use social media? Do you enjoy using social media? Why or why not? Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielbachhuber/3330647827/ c. Daniel Bachhuber
14. because Use becauseto answer the question why? Why do you like to use facebook? I like to use facebookbecause I can chat with my friends.
15. Practice Finish these sentences with the correct reason from below. I like using Skype… I don’t like reading blogs… I use facebook… because I cancallmyfamilyforfree. because it hurts my eyes… because I can see my friend’s pictures. because I can see my friend’s pictures. because it hurts my eyes to read on the computer. because I can call my family for free.
16. Group Presentation Work with your group to write 5 statements about your social media experience. Then, decide who will read each statement to the class. Examples: Juan likes using facebook because he can share photos with his family in Mexico. Mei doesn’t like to use Skype because it is too slow. Tigest doesn’t use social media because she doesn’t have the Internet.
17. Content-Based
18. Sample Strand
19. Sample Q1 Strand:Career Exploration
20. Sample Q1 Strand:Career Exploration Students introduced to websites for career planning and active job search. Some have reported searching for jobs, and even finding jobs, using these tools. Strong content focus engages students and holds attention by building practical skills across aspects of their lives – personal academic work
21. Sample Q1 Strand:Career Exploration Resource websites: Bureau of Labor Statistics -- Occupational Outlook Handbook (website: bls.gov/ooh) Washington Career Bridge (website: careerbridge.wa.gov) WorkSource Washington (website: go2worksource.com) Student activities: Web Search for Career Information Career Ladder
22. Differentiated
23. Hybrid  Differentiation Canvas-based course as personalized access point control pace repeat review Self-directed learning prompts as opportunities for leveling and differentiation Unprompted student production
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29. Differentiation Contrast with traditional curriculum (Levels 1-3) Bucket approach – Same content for all students, without respect to level designation Content provides something for everyone, depending on background/experience with: language content tech tools
30. Sample Q2 Strands
31. Perspectives in Progress CHALLENGES… Implementation timeline Tension between… innovation – ambitious goals at funding & oversight level and trust in faculty expertise – what worksand what needs work Need to develop structure and continuity Yearlong rollout – not yet to reflection & revision stage
32. Perspectives in Progress BENEFITS… Preliminary CASAS test results (statewide) – Fall 2013 Student empowerment
33. Wrap-up Questions and Discussion Thank you for participating in our session today.