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Cohort 5

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Name: Martha Rankin

Agency: Newport-Mesa USD Adult Education

Administrator: Mike Murphy

Program Area: ESL

Support Mentor: Marian Thacher

Describe your project Mentee(s)

GOAL:

Increase school-wide participation on our e-PLC blog!

OBJECTIVES:

Train mentee to be blog administrator

Train teachers on new blog page

RESULT:

Mentee Mandi achieved the following…

o Designed, organized and built new blog page

o Collected teacher-created resources

o Uploaded docs and PPTs

o Authored new posts

Mandi’s mentees achieved one or more of the following…

o Learned the inner workings of Wordpress

o Uploaded docs

o Created post

NMUSD Adult School achieved the following…

o Gained new usable Teacher Resources page

o Viewed the password-protected page nearly 300 times in the last 30 days

o Opened colleagues’ posts and resource contributions

o Posted comments on Teacher Resource page

Increased average monthly views 55%

Mandi Spottsville

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Name: Mandi Spottsville

Agency: Newport-Mesa USD Adult Education

Administrator: Martha Rankin and Mike Murphy

Program Area: ESL



PROJECT GOAL: Increase school-wide participation on our blog Collect resources from teachers to include in project Recruit a few other teachers to learn the “inner-workings” of

Wordpress in order to be authors and contributors.

RESULT: Developed, organized, and launched a new blog page, “Teacher

Resources” which includes PPTs, tests, activities and tech tips that teachers have created

Trained teachers how to use the new page and how to post to the page

Increased participation on the blog by 55% Gained more interest from staff on how to contribute to the page and

more confidence in using the blog More participation from staff

Rebecca SpohrSuzette Mascarenas

Megan BrownTony MaganaAlida Labiosa

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Name: Teresita Marchisello

Agency: Watsonville/Aptos Adult Education

Administrator: Cynthia Stark

Program Area: ESL

Support Mentor: Tina Sander


Two ESL teachers and their students will post to a school blog. Elaine Boles

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Name: Howard Adams

Agency: Bakersfield Adult School

Administrator: Susan Handy

Program Area: High School Diploma

Support Mentor: Penny Pearson


My project was to support two to three instructors at Bakersfield Adult School who had a strong desire to infuse their classroom curriculum with new technologies. I was able to locate these instructors by utilizing our school site technology survey that our instructors completed for the BAS technology plan. Bonnie Vaughn and I collaborated on a video PSA “starring” her ESL- 6 class. Nancy and I worked together on an art lesson, deconstructing Guernica that she presented to her Diploma students using the Smartboard™.

Bonnie Vaughn

Nancy Frazier

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Name: Victoria Jones

Agency: Simi Valley Adult School & Career Institute

Administrator: Diana Batista, Vice Principal

Program Area: ESL

Support Mentor: Diana Batista


My TIMAC project included working directly with ESL staff members to increase technology use throughout the department. For our aides and lead teachers, I provided training on the CASAS e-test system which has allowed our ESL and ABE programs to administer the CBT close to 90% of the time.

For our daytime ESL instructors, I assisted with troubleshooting hardware and software issues, provided weekly “Tech Tips” to address problems or give instruction on the use of specific annotation and presentation tools on the electronic whiteboards, and demonstrated using a document camera.

For my two mentee instructors, I provided consistent support and training to increase their use of the whiteboard software, online Web sites for enhancing grammar and vocabulary lessons, and use of the document camera during classroom instruction. Each interaction was very rewarding and inspiring for me. I hope to continue to support my colleagues in the future. I am very grateful for the opportunity TIMAC has provided for us to expand our horizons.

Arlene Schraer

Sylvia Hashemi

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Name: Annie Cho

Agency: The English Center

Administrator: Lynne Wilkins

Program Area: ESL

Support Mentor: Branka Marceta


I set up a wikispace, ecteachers.wikispaces.com, so teachers and staff could have an online, centralized place to reserve the computer lab and other rooms.

I conducted monthly trainings for teachers and staff on using the computer lab, using wikispaces, Internet resources and more.

I also sent out a bi-monthly “Tech-Tuesday” email with helpful Web sites and tech tips.

I researched curriculum for teaching ESL students how to navigate Web sites and created handouts and lessons, including ones on pbwikis, blogs and Twitter.

My advanced students maintained a personal blog for the entire session, which can be seen on voicesfromtheenglishcenter.blogspot.com

Lynne Wilkins

English Center Staff

English Center Teachers: Janice TollmanLucia KentRob Beckley

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Name: Brian Darby

Agency: Educational Options – Independence Network

Administrator: Annabel Tomacder-Ruiz

Program Area: Adults with Disabilities



My project consisted of three strands. The first strand was to help instructional and support staff integrate PowerPoint presentations into the routine operation and student achievement of Individual Program Plan (IPP) goals.

The second strand was the development of a Web-based application to help students develop money management and shopping skills.

The third strand was the development of a variety of applications to help students learn scheduling, communication skills, and recipe and shopping lists. All three of these project objectives were met.

Yvonne Jasso

Trisha Young-Set

Jackie Chavez

Shirley Wong

Peggie Schubert

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Name: Michael Barnes

Agency: Mary Lind Recovery Center

Administrator: Ed Woodhull

Program Area: Vocational Education, GED



My project involved the creation of a social networking site (www.mlfbcasii.ning.com), designed specifically for adult education students, alumni, their families and friends, teachers and administrators. The purpose of this online community is three-fold:

First - Integrate and further enhance the use of technology in our classroom learning centers through the daily use of email, hand-outs in the form of file-attachments and Power Point presentations through online group meetings for assigned class projects.

Second - To informally keep track of the students who have attended classes in our Adult Education Program, whether they graduated from the Computer Operator Literacy curriculum or successfully completed/passed the California G.E.D. Examination.

Third – It serves as an unofficial measurement of real “student outcomes”, similar to the goals of the WIA CORE Performance Surveys, which is a reporting requirement of the California Department of Education. However, through the MLF-BCAS site, student gains and outcomes are continuously updated by the students, themselves, rather than a formal quarterly report.

To be able to make a formal announcement to Los Angeles Unified School District and the Mary Lind Foundation that the Social Networking Site is operable and available for uploads, i.e. videos, pictures, messages, announcements, discussions.

Kirin Naulls, InstructorComputer Operator Literacy

Kengee Bostic, InstructorG.E.D.

Michael McIntyre, Site Coordinator

Sonna Chavez, Site Coordinator

David Brown, Site Coordinator

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Name: Melinda Simica

Agency: Vista Adult School

Administrator: Richard Crane

Program Area: CTE

Support Mentor: Blair Roy


Even with “road bumps”, I can happily say my project for the first year far exceeded the goals! My two mentees SHINED by completing their anticipated goals and reaching goals that went far beyond our expectations! Debra Parker learned to teach an online DL Voc course with a Web site, and now teaches three online DL courses! Lupe Villagrana created a Web site utilizing it in the classroom, and acted as mentor to other teachers who were not able to attend my technology training sessions! I myself had never written an Annual Technology Plan, or created online surveys to evaluate technology training.

CTE Instructor Debra Parker

CTE Instructor Lupe Villagrana

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Name: Joann Miller

Agency: West Contra Cost Adult Education

Administrator: Raul Ramirez and Jim Trombley

Program Area: CTE



Getting information disseminated to teachers and staff has always been a challenge. Classes and staffing are located at a variety of sites. Oftentimes, staff and administrators cannot get information out fast enough. I researched the use of social networking via a blog to get information out. I built a blog site using WordPress. I started taking information that was being sent via email and posting the content on the blog. Staff liked going to one place to find information.

Getting CASAS test results out to teachers in a timely manner has always been a challenge. Placing the password protected reports on the blog proved to be a perfect solution.

Genea Alexander

Raul Ramirez

Jim Trombley

Inocencia Dacumos

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Name: Candace Lynch-Thompson

Agency: North Orange County Community College District

Administrator: Jorge Gamboa

Program Area: ESL



I worked with four ESL instructors, three at the Wilshire campus and one at the Anaheim campus. The purpose of the mentoring was to show the teachers how to use technology to enhance their in-class lessons. I conducted three PowerPoint workshops for the three Wilshire instructors. During each workshop, the teachers practiced using PowerPoint to create lesson activities. I had two one-on-one training sessions with the Anaheim instructor. During these sessions we first looked at different ESL practice Web sites that could be used in a classroom environment and finally we went through the steps to create a simple class wiki.

Elaine Gayley

Sheila Ozbolt

Jim Pilafas

Natalya Dollar

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Name: Wayne Miyahara

Agency: El Monte-Rosemead Adult School

Administrator: Sara Shapiro

Program Area: ESL

Support Mentor: Susan Gaer


Web attendance is will be required by all instructors within the coming year. The scope of my project was to mentor two ESL instructors in the use of a web-attendance program. Initial instruction was as expected. One instructor was a particular challenging, but she was not timid. It was necessary to understand her learning style and adjusting instruction with regular follow-ups. It became necessary to work with both instructors with the district e-mail system. Instruction was given in increments. One instructor required only her specific needs and any other instruction was not of interest.

Connie VillaruelMaricyl Rosewitz

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Name: Donna Edwards-Brown

Agency: Evans Adult School

Administrator: Rosario Galvan

Program Area: ESL



My project was to mentor two colleagues as they created blogs for their intermediate-level classes. We set up the blogs during a three-hour conference call. One teacher had her class blog during their allotted hour in our computer lab; the other asked her students to blog at home. Each mentee posted five or more comments and had some very enthusiastic responses.

Joann Craig

Penny Giacalone

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I believe that my mentees enjoyed this project and did a great job. A good lesson for me was how quickly plans for learning technology can be derailed due to life-altering events like budget cuts or family crises.

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Name: Andria Keiser

Agency: Lompoc Adult School

Administrator: Susan Williams

Program Area: ESL



My colleagues and I are pioneering Chalkblog, a file depository, for our adult school, offered to us through the Santa Barbara County Education Office. In this first year, we have yet to fully utilize its potential, but we have made strides from where we first began. We meet monthly to collaborate and lesson share. These lessons are now uploaded in Chalkblog and stored for teacher use, including EL Civics curriculum. Teachers can post comments to each other here and get access to ESL resources. We are beginning to see the benefits this has on our teaching and ultimately, our students.

Lyn BeanPatricia LoCiceroMaria RodriguezBelinda Vaj

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Name: Kathleen Bywater

Agency: Riverside Adult School

Administrator: James Dawson

Program Area: ESL



In our first TIMAC year, we focused on three classroom technology strands in ESL:

1. Using Power Points to deliver lessons2. Integrating Promethean Board use in (2) classrooms3. Using “blogging” at the Advanced level

Teachers used a prepared Power Point presentation on “Goal Setting” and “First Aid/CPR” to deliver instruction. These presentations were used across levels. Promethean Boards were installed in two

Lois Anderson-Stevens

Megan Brown

Alison Vinande

Cynthia Whisner

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classrooms and teachers were trained and supported (through team-teaching) in their use of the boards. The Advanced ESL class had themed blogging sessions during their computer lab time for students to “free” write and read.

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Name: Bethany Rich

Agency: Old Marshall Adult Education Center

Administrator: Mary Prather, Principal

Program Area: ESL/Citizenship


Describe your project in the first year Mentee(s)

A series of online multiple-choice quizzes were developed to help prepare students for the history and government component of the U.S. citizenship test. To assist students with low-literacy skills, audio clips were created to accompany each question and possible answer. Hot Potatoes, Audacity and Dreamweaver were used to create this project.

Marcella Torres,Citizenship Teacher

Describe your project in the second year Mentee(s)

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SMART Board interactive whiteboard training and classroom use were the focus of this year’s project. Interactive whiteboard activities were developed to supplement existing EL Civics curriculum on accessing healthcare/interacting with providers (Objective 28) and were used with beginning-low students at Florin Technology Education Center in Sacramento.

Ernestina Madriles, ESL Teacher

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Name: Katalin Gyurindak

Agency: Mt. San Antonio Community College

Administrator: Liza Becker

Program Area: ESL



My first year project was to mentor an ESL instructor who needs assistance to integrate technology (using the computer lab and PowerPoint) into teaching during class time and assist instructors to be able to use different software programs to help students with their language development. Instructors will be able to take their class to the computer lab during the semester (once a week).

My second technology project is to install Skype (a free program that allows

Abdel Belblidia

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you to make free phone calls over the Internet to anyone else who has the service) in at least one computer lab and use it as part of a communicative activity and train my mentees to apply this technology in their teaching.


Continue to work with my mentee to integrate technology into teaching and provide support when it is needed. My mentee was interested in setting up a Web site for his class, therefore in the second year we started working on it. It is still in progress.

My Skype project is completed. In one of our ESL computer labs, Skype is setup for use. My next goal is to download the new version of Skype.

Abdel Belblidia

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Name: Shin Song

Agency: North Orange County Community College District

Administrator: Valentina Purtell and Jorge Gamboa

Program Area: ESL / EL Civics



Cohort 5

NOCCCD has implemented a pilot program of CASAS eTest at the Anaheim campus to determine its reliability as an alternative assessment tool to improve the gathering and evaluation of student test data as compared to CASAS paper-based assessment. We began the pilot in fall 2007 with three higher level ESL classes and now we have increased it to 12 ESL classes for spring 2008. As the TIMAC mentor for the ESL program, I have provided extensive training and support to three lab instructors and two instructional assistants in the administration and proctoring of computer-based testing for our program.

Angela Alvarez – Lab Instructor

Ngoc Luu – Lab Instructor

Alice Niyondagara – Lab Instructor

Pati Mendia – Instructional Assistant

Elaine Loayza – Instructional Assistant


NOCCCD - ESL program finished implementing CASAS eTests (computer-based testing) at all three campuses (Anaheim, Cypress, and Wilshire). Our program goal was to standardize assessment practices at the three campuses. Staff was trained in utilizing CASAS eTests as a tool to maximize funding for the program and to analyze data to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our assessment processes and procedures.

Robin Morgan – Lab Instructor / Test Proctor

Elaine Pearse – Instructional Assistant

Ngoc Luu – Lab Instructor / Test Proctor

Violeta Aguilera-Valdes – Instructional Assistant

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Name: Martha Robles

Agency: Cerritos College

Administrator: Graciela Vasquez

Program Area: ESL



The plan was to assist teachers in integrating online computer technology

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into their teaching. For Mr. La Velle, a novice computer user, I introduced him to useful Internet sites such as www.webmd.com which introduces, illustrates, or otherwise supports his Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) Health students and the content of the class.

For Mr. Furgason, who uses technology daily for personal use but sparingly to teach, I assisted him in locating a set of useful and interesting Internet sites such as www.manythings.org to support his English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching and as supplemental work and/or independent/homework for his students.

Fredrick La VelleDennis Furgason

Both gentlemen are adjunct instructors for the Adult Education Department at Cerritos College.


The goal was to provide basic computer skills to a few adult education department teachers. A departmental move to a more electronic-based office, revealed a few teachers unable to manage their college email accounts. The training will include skills necessary to accomplish tasks such as email logon and management.

Lourdes Chen, ESL Teacher

Ralph Casas, ESL Teacher

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Name: Kathleen Edel

Agency: Elk Grove Adult & Community Education

Administrator: Kathy Hamilton

Program Area: ESL



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Connie Bateman, a visually challenged HB ESL teacher, faced many challenges as our school moved forward with technology. With support from the administration, a new classroom aide, and help from students, Connie has experienced a new freedom and regularly integrates technology into the classroom.

Connie Bateman, HB ESL teacher

Stacey Westlake, LB ESL teacher


Renee Collins has utilized the A+ Accreditation Plus web 2.0 WASC collaborative resource for our WASC evaluation process.

Linda Boice has developed a computer class for GED/ABE/ASE/ESL/CTE students using several software programs.

Connie has continued integrating technology into the classroom.

Teachers and students have developed Web 2.0 resources.

Renee Collins, Resource Teacher LI ESL TeacherWASC Coordinator

Linda Boice,Advanced ESL Teacher HI ESL Teacher Computer Technology Teacher

Connie Bateman, HB ESL Teacher

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Name: Sybil Cartwright

Agency: Grossmont Union High School District

Administrator: Phyllis Ruth

Program Area: ESL



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My project was to write a Power Point program for EL Civics 7.5, Safeguarding Families and Homes.

Assist one or two teachers at my site in using the program in their classroom.

Determine if the program was successful by a written test of the students involved.

47 of 57 students passed in Danielle Griffith’s class, and 40 of 46 students of mine passed.

Danielle Griffith


My project was to implement the use of new technology installed at the El Cajon Adult School’s ESL Complex.

The ESL Complex has five classrooms. The following equipment was installed in September 2008: 5 Document Cameras (ELMO)5 Projectors (Epson)24 Laptops (Dell)5 DVD/VCRs

My four mentees use the document camera every day. They agree with me that it is so much better than the old overhead projector. Karin likes to use PowerPoint in her classroom. Tawnya is excited to be able to show DVDs. Toni said that the document camera saved her life. Nancy enjoys using the document camera - it’s an excellent tool.

It has been a very successful year, because, all of the teachers at the ESL complex are using the technology available to them.

Karin Anderson

Tawnya Richards

Nancy Taylor

Toni Gagliardi

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Name: Justin Loh

Agency: Shasta Adult School

Administrator: Jim Newell, Principal

Program Area: High School


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1. To establish a technology integration and mentorship academy within the Shasta Union High School District (SUHSD) using the state’s own TIMAC as a framework.

2. To create a Moodle-based website for Shasta Adult School enabling the staff to become more efficient in communicating and delivering curriculum.

Susan McGrath, Matt Clarke,Len Massaro, Amy Garrett,Laura Carlisle, Doug Roberts,Tara Meyer, Louinda McLean,Chris Dell, Hillari Freeman,Dave Peek, Susan Hanifl,Jim Jordan, Robin Jack,Leslie Ellingson, Justin Jordan,Sierra Ruiz, Tracy Goschke,Monica Havelka, Lisa Pullen,Teresa Alexander


1. To finish the second year of the inaugural cohort group for the SUHSD TIMAC.

2. To continue using Moodle at Shasta Adult School and to further integrate it into the staff’s daily tasks.

Laura Carlisle, Matt Clarke,Doug Roberts, Hillari Freeman,Dave Peek, Jim Jordan,Leslie Ellingson, Sierra Ruiz,Tracy Goschke, Monica Havelka,Teresa Alexander, Michelle Saelee,Louinda McLean

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Name: Cindy Wislofsky

Agency: Continuing Education, San Diego Community

College District

Administrator: Gretchen Bitterlin

Program Area: ESL


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My first year project took me in three directions:

1. Mentor one teacher in creating a class Web page.

2. Mentor another teacher on how to create a class syllabus on the computer.

3. In collaboration with a colleague, disseminate short weekly technology tips over our Continuing Education email distribution list.

Jane Uhle

Valerie Long

Continuing Education’s Faculty/Staff/Administrators


1. Train two teachers on how to use Google’s online presentation program in their classrooms for student projects.

2. Continue to disseminate weekly technology tips over email to our Continuing Education family.

3. Conduct several faculty training workshops on using Word, PowerPoint, and our district’s online recordkeeping system.

Steve Gwynne

Beth Bogage

Continuing Education’s Faculty/Staff/Administrators

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Name: Hongyan Zheng

Agency: Milpitas Adult Education Center

Administrator: Dan Kreuzer

Program Area: ESL


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Using online surveys (i.e. www.suveymonkey.com) and Web 2.0 technologies (i.e. wiki pages and audio/video Podcasting), six teachers developed teaching/assessing materials for EL Civics objective on employment, which were successfully used in actual teaching/assessing.

Ann Taguchi

Reva Larson

Judy Connell

Thao Nguyen

Lisa Lau

Eiko PenaDiaz


Two ESL teachers created their own official Web pages for their classes using SchoolLoop, an online Web site hosting software that has been used by schools in Milpitas Unified School District. They learned how to create and maintain the following segments on their pages: rich text boxes with pictures and hyperlinks, slideshows, news, and calendars

Ann Taguchi

Reva Larson

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Name: Myrna Montenegro

Agency: North Hollywood Polytechnic Education & Career Center

Administrator: Bea Zavala

Program Area: ESL


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Collaborate with one ESL Teacher who attends the ESL computer lab to help him use one to three computers, CD players and headphones in the classroom to extend what the students are learning in the lab. Provide comprehensive hands-on training including the implementation of "centers" as a classroom management strategy. Training will include meetings, preparation of materials, classroom setup, team teaching, continued facilitation, and model the project to the administration and other teachers in a presentation at a meeting by video taping the project in motion in the classroom.

Michael Gurule


Collaborated with one ESL Teacher who attends the ESL computer lab to help him use twelve computers and six CD players with headphones in the classroom to extend what the students are learning in the lab, and to integrate technology in a class project.

The technology integrated in the class project were computers, CD players with headphones, a digital camera, a digital video camera, projector and screen, online video clips, Internet Web sites, as well Microsoft Office Word, Audacity, and Record Now software programs.

Provided comprehensive hands-on training including the use of the hardware and software as well as the implementation of “centers” as a classroom management strategy. Training included meetings, preparation of materials, classroom setup, team teaching, continued facilitation, and modeling the class project with all its components to the administration and teachers in a PowerPoint presentation.

Grady Miller

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Name: Peter Hubbard

Agency: Berkeley Adult School

Administrator: Joan Lehman

Program Area: ESL


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The initial project was to learn the use of interactive whiteboards but the project morphed into several areas:

• Establishment of QUIA pages for teachers• Help teachers to:

o Qualify for independent use of ESL computer lab and use laptop/LCD carts in their teaching

o Use Picasa• Advocating for and researching and writing requisitions for

technology purchases this year when a substantial amount of EL Civics money became available

• Purchases included: o four laptop/projector cartso four document cameraso one audio card readero one digital camerao two Smart Boards o 10 teacher subscriptions to QUIA pageso Subscriptions to Discovery Education Streaming & Project

Connect• Participation in the establishment of distance learning

The crown jewel of the project is the establishment of my classroom as a center for teacher technology training, with 10 computers, a document camera, flatbed scanner, Smart Board, overhead projector, and audio card readers.

Judith BuistLinda HsuModupe Omalayu


Increase sophistication of Smart Board skills Linda Hsu

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Name: Rebecca D’Harlingue

Agency: Castro Valley Adult School

Administrator: Jerry Green

Program Area: ESL



The major focus was on familiarizing teachers with some of the new equipment that the school had purchased, such as the LCD projector, the document camera and the wireless tablet. In addition, one mentee learned Power Point, and another created a wikispace for her classes.

Elisa Correira-Dasala (Medical Billing)Elizabeth Gibb (ESL)Emilia Olroyd (Spanish)Rebecca Wiebe (ESL)


Some mentees learned how to use the document camera, and some of them then shared that knowledge with other teachers. Some mentees created PowerPoint or Excel documents. Three teachers learned how to create podcasts using drop.io, and five created wikispaces for their classes.

Signe Barry (ADP, Art)Cynthia Eaton (Older Adults)Elizabeth Gibb (ESL)Shawna Hamilton (ESL)Lynn Hollfelder (Older Adults)Rebecca Wiebe (ESL)

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Name: Rebecca Ring

Agency: Monterey Adult School

Administrator: Ann Kilty

Program Area: ESL, ABE, GED, CTE



My basic project was to enable ESL teachers to use the computer lab with their students. I arranged to have teachers go to the computer lab either with Angelica Diaz-Roman or me. First, we presented the lessons while they assisted us or watched. As the teachers felt able to, they began doing the lab time with our assistance.

Sarah Perkins

Angelica Diaz-Roman

Hope Tolleson

Leslie Savelberg


Original plan was set aside in order to set up and run a blended learning program in the ESL classes.

All the ESL teachers.

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Name: Sally Peckenham

Agency: Mt. Diablo Adult School

Administrator: Paige Endo

Program Area: ESL



My project was bringing teachers who were inexperienced with technology to a more functional level in both knowledge and application. I first surveyed the teachers and selected mentees according to need. As I was a technology novice myself, I first had to learn the technology before I mentored others. The technologies I mentored ranged from MSWord and EXCEL to computer projector units called Smart Carts and digital cameras.

Susan RauschCindy MolanderCindy PetersonJean Bernstein


This year’s project started as a continuation from last year but took on a different shape. My new survey found the needs different due to new equipment and new Web 2.0 technologies. Therefore, in addition to mentoring teachers in existing technologies, I also began working with a WIKI. My mentoring ranged from document cameras to embedding videos into PowerPoint and building WIKI pages.

Linda ReyderBetsy LongmanMai PerezJennifer LewMary MahonJoanne LedermanJosie PascalJean Bernstein

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Name: Suzanne Ludlum

Agency: Oakland Adult and Career Education

Administrator: Jacques LaCour and Sue Pon

Program Area: ESL, CBET, ABE/GED, CTE



Building a Professional Learning Community Through Multi-Dimensional Technology Professional Development

This project was designed to provide ongoing technology integration training and mentoring to teachers in OACE. Using a multi-dimensional approach (based on research of best practices), I facilitated over 20 technology-learning circles from October-April. In these circles, faculty worked together to learn new technology integration strategies and shared their successes and challenges.

25 teachers


Building a Professional Learning Community Through Multi-Dimensional Technology Professional Development (continued)

This project is designed to provide ongoing technology integration training and mentoring to teachers in OACE. This year’s focus is on “growing” the learning circle model by identifying additional facilitators and providing direct feedback to teachers as they experiment with new technology practices. So far this year I have work with four new facilitators and over 50 teachers in our learning circle model.

4 Facilitators

50 Teachers

2 IAs

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Name: Sylvia Bullock

Agency: Merced Adult School

Administrator: Debra Glass, Principal; Kristin Blanchard, Vice Principal

Program Area: Career Technical Education



My actual project was pretty seamless as my administration was on board from the beginning and very supportive.

My project was to implement the usage of Smart Board technology in the classroom. I also wanted to implement the usage of technology that is currently available to our teachers and staff.

Sarah Root, ESL III Teacher

Gary Curro, GED Teacher

MAS staff


• To continue the usage of the Smart Board and projectors in the ESL, ABE and ASE departments.

• Train and implement the usage of the Mimio.

• Encourage instructional staff with the utilization of technology for fun while learning with their students – www.freerice.com

• Continue technology mentoring/support to all staff at MAS

Sarah RootGary Curro

Christopher Rodriguez

Roque BerlangaTammy Astorino

MAS Staff

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SUPPORT MENTORS

Name: Diana Batista

Agency: Simi Valley Adult School & Career Institute

PROFILE

Diana Batista is an Assistant Principal at Simi Valley Adult School & Career Institute. Before this post, she had worked as a Technology Coordinator/Instructor for the ESL technology lab since 2003. Diana has been a participant in the Technology Integration Mentor Academy program for five years. She enjoys working with professional development support programs, such as OTAN, CALPRO and Beginning Teacher Support Advocacy. Diana is a technology enthusiast working with teachers at Simi Valley and beyond with the goal of meaningful and effective technology integration in adult education classes. Through TIMAC Diana has mentored 10 teachers who have extended the mentoring throughout their own agencies.

Name: Tina Sander

Agency: Santa Cruz Adult School

PROFILE

Tina Sander is the EL Civics Coordinator and the Technology Coordinator at Santa Cruz Adult School. In 2004, she immersed herself in technology with the creation of a computer lab and a technology-based EL Civics program at her adult school. Designing and implementing new curriculum and developing classes on a range of topics from Basic Computer Literacy to Microsoft Excel, and Using Cameras to Blogging and Skyping, resulted not only in empowering the students and teachers in the Santa Cruz community, but also in the publication of her books Out and About in the World of Computers and the Computer Instructions Resource Book published by Alta Book Center Publishers. Furthermore, Tina has enjoyed and valued the opportunity to be a participant with the Technology Integration Mentor Academy program.

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Name: Blair Roy

Agency: Garden Grove Adult Education

PROFILE

Blair Roy is an ESL computer lab facilitator and an ESL multilevel multimedia teacher at Chapman Adult School. She became a mentor teacher in 1998 when the ESL computer lab was opened. She enjoys learning and sharing her passion for using technology as a tool in the classroom to enhance the learning experience with students and other teachers. She has been part of the last three WASC leadership teams. Blair recently completed her second year of the TIMAC program as a mentee and a mentor. She offers monthly professional development trainings, “Techtivities”, for her program and is an OTAN online and face-to-face trainer for Discovery Education.

Name: Susan Gaer

Agency: Santa Ana College

PROFILE

Susan is an Associate Professor of ESL at Santa Ana College. Her foci include infusing technology into ESL classes and developing and institutionalizing the student school newspaper. She believes that students should be in charge of their learning and therefore empowered to create whatever it is they need. She has developed a form of project-based learning which is very structured. She believes that students should be engaged in meaningful projects. She is a frequent presenter at CATESOL, TESOL, and other conferences. She has published articles on project-based learning, and is a featured instructor on the NCREL CD "Captured Wisdom." She was the ITAP mentor for Vista School for Adults, the San Diego Community College Centers for Education and Technology, and Santa Ana College Adult ESL. Since the inception of TIMAC, Susan has acted as a trainer and support mentor, inspiring both new and seasoned adult education teachers to implement their own technology integration projects.

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Name: Branka Marceta

Agency: Outreach and Technical Assistance Network

PROFILE

Branka Marceta has held the position of Coordinator of Technology Projects at OTAN since April 2006. Branka came to OTAN from Milpitas Adult School, where she taught ESL and office occupations both at the adult school program and in the local correctional facility. She earned her Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology from California State University, San Jose. At Milpitas, Branka practiced integrating technology into her daily instruction. In addition to teaching, she assumed a number of other roles, including technology team leader and technology mentor, CBET and EL Civics teacher, and curriculum and assessment developer. She also offered numerous professional development workshops at her agency, was a CALPRO, calpro-online.org, trainer, and is active in the technology interest section of CATESOL, catesol.org. At OTAN, Branka has been involved with the Technology Integration Mentor Academy, video production, and technology planning, as well as conducting conference workshops and technology training sessions.

Name: Penny Pearson


PROFILE

Penny Pearson came to OTAN in June 2007 from Winterstein Adult Center in the San Juan Unified School District. For over 10 years, she taught computer skills, digital photography and storytelling in the Career Technical Education Department. She implemented staff development projects to help teachers at the school integrate technology into their teaching practices. In addition, she is an adjunct professor at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) where she teaches a class for vocational adult students on how to integrate technology in the classroom. She has a B.A. in Communication Studies and a M.A. in Instructional Communication from CSUS. She frequently presents at CBEA, CCAE, and other conferences. Prior to entering into the education field, Ms. Pearson worked within the legislative and executive branches of Alaska state government. Her responsibilities included video and audio production and distribution, staff training, and press and constituency relations.

Name: Marian Thacher


PROFILE

Marian Thacher has been a director of OTAN since 2006. In this role she has led OTAN in providing services to the adult education field under the categories of electronic collaboration, instructional technology support and distance learning. In her previous position at OTAN, as a Technology Projects Coordinator, Marian ran ITAP (Instructional Technology Assistance Project), a site-based professional development model for technology integration, which evolved into TIMAC. Marian was happy to assume the role of support mentor this year and experience the successes and challenges of day-to-day technology integration in adult education classes through the eyes of her mentees.

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