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Speaker 1: OTAN, Outreach and Technical Assistance Network.

Omar Andrade: So have you guys ever used Google Docs? Anybody? Yes, perfect. So you can do it for homework. You can find out right now that COVID, we find that some people are still struggling with emotion and mental health. So how are we doing? How are we feeling, good or bad? That's fine. You can get a feel for the class at anything they need to, just in general.

So I'm going to open my Google. And this morning what I did is, always check your tabs, always check your links, not only for presentations, but for classes. Sometimes links are live, and sometimes they're not.

So this morning I have a Google account, and I have multiples. One of them was not able to access, Kahoot. Also it could be an issue sometimes.

But the beauty of technology, with QR codes and Google Slides and Google Sites, is a way to create an opportunity for students to learn in class, outside of class, or even when not in front of you.

So thanks for answering that survey. We're going to take a look at your answers. And we're going to see how we are the same or how do we use some of those.

So if you look, a lot of times when we have some computer issues-- [ INAUDIBLE ] A few weeks, I worked for Corona-Norco Unified School District. The computers or the internet was not working. But most people do have access to their phone. They have hot spot and all of that.

So the whole purpose of this presentation is, what are we doing to enhance the learning? It really is not about the teacher, it's really about the student. And because they have their phones, in K-12, having a phone, not the best thing.

I teach middle school right now. I teach Spanish and art. And although they are like this, this is a distractor. For adults, not the case.

So the whole presentation, I created a Google site that curate all the information that I have for you. So my suggestion is I'm going to take you through this conversation, through this journey.

And everybody can hear me OK in Zoom land? I'm going to share my screen so you guys can take a look at it. So here it is.

This is the Google site, so you guys can take and have a look. So I'm going to-- want to see-- I'm going to move you guys to this site.

Speaker 2: [ INAUDIBLE ] the first middle part [ INAUDIBLE ]

Omar Andrade: Right here? Perfect. So enhance learning. If you have a Google site, you have the opportunity to put videos under the red key. Attach them to your Google site. So if you want to watch a video, a little intro about the lesson, anything like that, you can put it on there. You don't have to look for it anymore.

The presentation, PowerPoint presentation, you can click on it. Also there, a QR code. So if you use your phone and you scan the QR code, it will open up into Canva. And with your phone you can follow along through the PowerPoint presentation.

So the PowerPoint presentation that I have, it now is on your phone. And you can take a look at it. Then you can go back and forth.

Plus, it's on Canva, so I can share it. I can make you editor. So if we're working together, what class do you teach? What is the--

Audience: ESL advanced and AB Math.

Omar Andrade: Perfect. So I was teaching intermediate and advanced last semester. Let's say you have an amazing lesson on a EO Civics topic. Share it with me, now we both co-editors. I can add something to it. I have a video. The work is divided by half.

So here, you can click on that. And I don't know if you tell me if they are able to see this.

[ INAUDIBLE ] This is just to create an update [ INAUDIBLE ] on the [ INAUDIBLE ] second to students [ INAUDIBLE ] email. I don't [ INAUDIBLE ]

And this is just marketing. So it could be a video about any of your lessons. It's right there and there. Again, I'll go back. That's there. I gave you the slide presentation and the link to the presentation. And there it is.

So Google Sites, when I start using it, [ INAUDIBLE ] we think, like, we have our websites. So what if you had a Google site for each of your EL Civics courses or lessons? What if you have a Google site or unit or chapter? So your videos, your links, your surveys, your homework, it's already at Canva. Anything is on there.

So the question that we're going to answer today-- and most of you, you know the answer to this because we use technology. This is why we're here. How is technology changing education? People use this device more than anything else, more than the microwave, more than TV now. Kids don't even watch TV. They're on their phones.

So we're going to look at some of these things. And I'm going to go quickly because I'm preaching to the choir. Am I right? You guys use technology. You know that this is good.

So importance of technology, so I can also share this presentation. It could be something that you're doing for your class. And you can share it with your admin if you were trying to get some leverage of other people to have a technology team.

And you can create those lessons, create those Google Sites. Maybe start with one, get comfortable with what's available, how to add pages, how to take pages away, how to upload the links.

But we're going to go through setting up a virtual learning space. Some of us have access to Canvas, some of us don't. So Google Classroom works.

The role of interactive technology, the benefits, to promote learning. And so here's a few things. Someone can read that for me. Anybody?

Audience: The effect of technology on teaching and learning.

Omar Andrade: So here's the two things that go hand in hand, teaching and learning. So as you're learning, you can have the students, intermediate and advance. Here's the unit for next month. We're going to be talking about internet safety.

Here's your assignment. Create a Google site about internet safety, two or three pages. Have some YouTube channel like, add a channel or a video, add a link. And so they're working on the next unit that you're going to be teaching.

Andy created a Google site for the class, not for you. But all of a sudden, it's available. They can work together.

So here's what we find out pre-COVID, post-COVID. There are some things-- this is wonderful, that you are the bridge. Learning cannot happen if you don't have a teacher.

You can be online. You can be on site. You are the key. You really are. You can have the best technology. It doesn't matter if you don't have quality teachers.

So good things, here are some of the key things about the traditional world. Physical learning is interactive. People like to touch and feel, but you have limited access to materials. So if you don't have the textbook, there's no learning. Well now, we have textbooks online.

Teaching and learning typically occurs in the person classroom setting. What if you can record yourself, put the lesson online? And for those people that can't make it, now they can watch it.

So these are things that technology gives you, wider access. Can you teach 100 students? Yeah, you can. They can teach 200. We're looking at, what if I can record my lesson, put it out there, and then the people who were not available, or they can watch it on Saturday and Sunday.

Turning the assignment, guess what, they did their Google slide. They turn in their assignment. Perfect.

So the steps, if you haven't done it, you'll create your virtual classroom or your virtual environment. If you're going to do Google Classroom, perfect. If you're going to use Canvas, perfect. If you're going to use a Google site, perfect.

Think of it, I teach art, so it doesn't matter how wonderful your art is. If you don't curate it, if you don't put it under the right light, if you don't frame it, it doesn't look as good. It's just kind of flat.

So the teachers, the students, your coworkers, your partner, whoever you're working with, even if it's with your students, they're giving you content, and you're going to curate it, and put it on Google Sites. So I love the Google site because it's going to frame your unit.

So how many Google Sites could you have? What kind of units do you have currently that you can say, oh, I can do a Google site on this and have all my content there available? How do you see this, oh, I would love to do it for this unit? What would be one?

Audience: I support all the CT classes. I'm the ESL teacher from the CT classes.

Omar Andrade: Perfect.

Audience: So I haven't because I'm not good at it. But my colleague, that is better than I am, has supported me in creating a site. And so we have students, so they can log in to the respective teachers' classrooms.

We are their one-stop-shop website. Like I said, I look forward to mimicking her, which is why I'm here, and she's not. She knows how to do it already.

Omar Andrade: So if I gave you access to my Google site and you can see the different links and how I placed it, even though it's only three pages, you'll be like, oh, we can just copy it, take his stuff out, put hours.

So that's the beauty of having a lesson template. You don't have to think. What type of unit do you think? Oh, I can do this for this unit and have it available to my students. What are you thinking?

Audience: I'm here to support our students. So I'm a teacher, so I'm just kind of teaching that.

Omar Andrade: No problem.

Audience: Well, it's a tricky question for me because all our courses are online.

Omar Andrade: Perfect.

Audience: We all [ INAUDIBLE ]

Omar Andrade: Awesome, beautiful. So if you're already here, some people are taking a management system. Some people are already here just to create content or choose the apps. Here's the good news. Yes, sir?

Speaker 2: Comment online says, for ESL vocabulary and broader ESL unit of study, with us, what we did, we started with Google Sites and then taught the students well and transitioned into Canvas because it's pretty much the same.

When we started just like what Peg said, with vocabulary, definition, and then using activities for vocabulary. So and then from there, we transitioned to putting all the units that were going to support the textbook that we're using.

But we started with something simple like Google Sites, which is easier to navigate, and then transitioned into Canvas, which is a little bit more challenging because you have to log in and set up here, set up there.

So once the students were comfortable with Google, which took us about our whole school year, then we transitioned the following year into Canvas because that's what they use at the community college.

Omar Andrade: Absolutely. So it's a good stepping stone. It's a good way to lead them on that direction and a way for you to keep things organized on the cloud.

As we upload pictures and do things, that you can keep it all together. If you have an assignment, you can add it on here. Somebody will study them. Yes, sir. Oh, but not everybody has access to a computer. What if they cannot do the assignment on an actual computer because they have issues logging on?

Well, if they have the assignment, then they can take a picture of the actual assignment, and then they do a paper-pencil and submit it, put it out there, and then you can just read it later on.

I do have a lot of pictures of my students' work online. I'll show you. And so they do take the picture of the actual document and send it to me.

So the role of interactive technology in learning, there's different things that we can do. Obviously benefits to technology, we already know that. It helps. It allows access. It helps teachers stay connected.

So we-- if you guys want to commit, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. I'm looking for commitment. No. But the 10 of us, we can create a co-op. All right. Let's say, we're doing intermediate and advanced. What textbook do you guys currently use?

Audience: We're using Burlington English for ESL events.

Omar Andrade: Perfect. So a lot of the stuff that Burlington English already has those things, so if you want to put it in a Google Classroom or Canvas, you can just put the links. So if you work in one session and add additional resources, all this is a great unit, but I can add this vocabulary worksheet or I can add this video. Perfect.

So we can create a co-op, and then work on one lesson each with this, at least one video link, at least one activity, at least a reading comprehension piece, maybe a write-an-assignment. And then you have those 5, 10 things that you decided that you were going to have available.

So here's some of the reasons. Allows more personal learning. Some students can go faster, some are going to go slower. Engagement. Yesterday, the keynote was saying, it's not about-- it really is about engagement, how many students are really involved in their learning.

So remote learning is a new norm. We know that. If you ask me, I would love to teach online. I've been out-- my schedule since I started teaching has been-- I leave at about 6:00, 7:00 in the mourning, teach in the morning at K-12.

And then I have a little bit of a break, hopefully sometimes time to eat. And then I go to work at Corona-Norco Adult School 5:00 to 9:00. So leave at 6:00, get at home around 10:00. And I've been doing that for about 25 years.

I didn't know any of their friends because most of us have those schedules. Even when you're doing your masters, even when you're going to school after to continue your own personal growth, I never had the opportunity to be home.

So when COVID hit, all of a sudden I thought, wow, having breakfast and teaching, having access? I am a traditional teacher. School saved my life. I came to the United States when I was 15, LAUSD, where you put chicken, got you in a hen. True story.

I thought I knew English. Because I took English lessons. I went to collegios, which is paid school. So when you pay for your schooling in Mexico, I had trigonometry in middle school. But I did take English classes two years, middle school, 6, 7, and 8.

They gave me the assessment. Is everyone ready? We're going to start. What's your name? Omar Andrade. How long have you lived in the country? 2 to 3 months. Do you speak in English? Yes.

Question number one, do you have any favorite hobbies? What do you like to do for fun? Blue, pink, purple. Or your look, handsome. OK. I saw the person giving me the 10 is no coincidence. So I know I was impressive.

Next question, what are your favorite foods? Where do you like to eat? Table, window, house, mom, dad, dog, pet. She could write.

Third question, if there's anything, any place you can travel in the world, where would you like to vacation? OK. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, January.

So I gave her a list of vocabulary words, and then we finished the assessment. Great, Omar. You're in the beginning. Not enough. ESL 1, not in ESL-- so you're like beginning. It was the literacy level.

And I couldn't believe it because a lot of us that come from other countries, learn vocabulary. But we don't know how to attach it to meaning or how to use it in context. So we are walking dictionaries. Did that help me? Yes. But I was super frustrated because I was in zero level. Negative 1, literacy.

Well, after going through high school in four years, what happens when somebody is really eager to learn? And he has the right tools, my teacher. Four years later, AP classes, honors in Chemistry. And obviously I was able to go to college, four years later, I remember in my last year in my BA, when I did a little study.

Finally, I was learning in college, not bricks, house. Seven years in the language, seven years in the country, bio, and I actually understood everything the teacher was saying. It took seven years to learn the academic language and to acquire the learning, like most of us do now.

So it was incredible, two master's degree later, and all this knowledge. All that, why am I telling you this long story? All of the sudden, I was home during COVID. And I have been a seed [ INAUDIBLE ] I am my brick and mortar.

My life, I owe it to teachers, ESL teachers that care about me, took care of me, pushed me every day. And bring in more schools, the physical space, the four walls. This is my temple, my sanctuary. This is what saved my life as an educator, as a student.

For me, not to be a traditional teacher and to say that you can do the same or better online, and I believe it. And I see it. Why? Because my own kid, when I was doing conferences pre-COVID and I was going up north and then south and because I was an admin, and I was sharing what I thought technology can do in the future, and dadadadada, my principal was going nuts because my-- back then he was seven. Oh my gosh, all this [ INAUDIBLE ] is, you're always taking him out of school.

So I put him online before COVID. I looked for a charter school that was online. They've been doing it for 20 years. And guess what? COVID hit. They did it in math. They've been doing it for 20 years, all content. My kid didn't have to do math after recess.

He can do math with that at night on Thursday at 7:00. He can do on a Sunday. [ INAUDIBLE ] is now 10. He's here with me, but he's in the hotel. He's like, dad, I know my teacher puts all the assignments on Canvas on Saturday. What if I do all my vocab, all my spelling, the facts, their basic work that they again and again and again so you get their knowledge or this [ INAUDIBLE ] what if I do all of that? And then on the weeks that [ INAUDIBLE ] and then during the week, I just do like the things I need help.

You mean, he was learning 24/7? He was learning 24/7. No more of that time and space.

I feel like I'm [ INAUDIBLE ] equals MC square. No, we were not defined by time or space anymore. We can learn on the way to San Francisco in the car because we have a hot spot, and we can connect. We can talk about books. It's online, the teacher, and he's thriving. And he's doing really well because he doesn't have to do math after recess.

Yes, the social aspect, that gets what, most of us modern parents, he is in karate, he's in soccer. We take them to-- they do more-- their schedule is mad, incredible. Had the things I never got to do.

I always tell my wife as a household joke that we go, oh, remember when we were kids, and they used to send us for camp for next year. They wouldn't let you go to the 7-Eleven around the corner without any money.

So here it is. Technology is an effective tool. If you don't learn anything, if you don't-- and this is us, techies, is something that we continue to share even with other teachers, even with the traditional teachers like myself, even with admin. Because although we use it-- we purchase computers. We thought, we're going to use technology. Here you go, kids. Oh, no.

All of a sudden, we were opening the book and doing everything the same but only here. So it's not about doing things the same. It's about enhancing the learning. So having access to different things, global markets, improving quality.

I went to a session yesterday, first time have I ever seen CK12. It's online curriculum for free. As an administrator, because I was the dean of adult ed. I'd run on Hyde. And I went back to the classroom. Long story. But the reality is I wanted to get connected with students again.

And so in admin I thought, what if you didn't have to buy books? All the money I can save, I can hire up to three teachers because [ INAUDIBLE ] I had just purchased myself, I was in charge of high school diploma and equivalency, thousands of dollars of books that are still stored on the cabinets. And I don't even want to look for that receipt because I know we spent thousands.

And all of a sudden, we needed a PDF form for the credit recovery kids. And we had to scan hundreds of books. Disruption. So technology, great. Blended learning, great. Greater investment in interactive technology.

So here's a quote, not mine. So you don't have to believe anything I say, but we need to technology in the classroom. It's no longer like, $1 would be cool to have. And it has to be interactive.

So the experience of-- imagine if you can actually learn different languages. Imagine if we had the technology on hand to watch a class, to learn a language, to submit homework, to interact with the teacher. Imagine and we can come up with something about the size of this and use it to learn.

We don't have to imagine it because we have it. These are the keys. So now, here's the beauty. So this is the content. Obviously we're going to discuss some questions in the Q&A, but thanks for listening to that little-- it's a little bit empowering to talk to other teachers. But obviously there are some empty seats. And still at your school, you have some traditional teachers, those teachers are [ INAUDIBLE ] 30 years. I would use technology when I'm ready.

Well, guess what, it's time, because now we have to do an adoption for Spanish. I'm not interested on the books. I don't have room for others. So I would love to have something that's available on their phones or online, better. And I can send it to the parents.

So this presentation, it's on there. And I gave you way-- I mean, people want to know research. A lot of times when you're in administration, give me the back end. Why do you think this is important? There's research on everything I said and everything you do. So you can look it up about-- and I have activities.

Here's the best part for students. Here's the website. Students survey, here it is. You click on there, you submit the survey.

So this is a survey that you guys just did. What apps do you use in the classroom? Just give me this pop form. Anybody actually using the classroom apps or website? Yeah, anything of that for fun, for interaction?

Audience: The old ESL library in the new [ INAUDIBLE ]

Omar Andrade: OK. Perfect.

Audience: Burlington English, USA Learns?

Omar Andrade: Great.

Audience: Jamboard.

Omar Andrade: Jamboard.

Audience: Kahoots.

Omar Andrade: Kahoots.

Audience: Burlington.

Omar Andrade: Burlington.

Audience: Our teachers use Edgenuity and Aztec.

Omar Andrade: Awesome.

Audience: Google Suite.

Omar Andrade: Google Suite.

Audience: Google Classroom for--

Omar Andrade: Beautiful.

Speaker 2: [ INAUDIBLE ] for credit recovery. Aztec, I have online too.

Omar Andrade: Right. So how does technology value-- so it's not about replacing. It's adding value. If you have a beautiful artwork, now we're going to be frame it. Now we're going to make it stand out. Classrooms and school, what areas of teaching can you enhance with technology? Anybody.

Audience: All of them.

Omar Andrade: What do you mean all of them?

Audience: Everything can be--

Omar Andrade: Can your website do that? I mean, can your site be better?

Audience: Everything--

Omar Andrade: Yes. Lesson, activities. So I know that if we create a lesson, that 10 of us before we leave-- like, let's say we had 20, 30 minutes. I stop this second, and we work on our lesson. Would it be amazing? It will be better than anything you can do by yourself.

I learned that many years ago. As an administrator, you've got to get out of the way. Those techies, like she said, you know what, Omar, I'm not really good at it, but that's what you need, whoever follows that sentence.

But the name, fill in the blank. There are some people that love technology that say, OK, just give it to me. They put her online. Then there, it's ready.

So comments and questions, you can put it on there. And then if you have any more in the chat that you can share.

Speaker 2: It says from orientation to transitioning from our programs, we use technology even for registration. We use connectable platforms for registration. Sometimes that's the first entry point, the student to the school, online registration.

Omar Andrade: Remember um--

Audience: We use our QR code for our registration. So we actually carry it around. And also I have it on my phone or my business card. I have an electronic business card that has a QR code. So if I'm ever on the soccer field, and I'm like, oh, you want to take ESL classes? Scan this and register right now.

Omar Andrade: On the spot?

Audience: On the spot.

Omar Andrade: Wonderful. Talk about great. I'm the soccer coach in the middle school, and now you just gave me an idea. I'll be like, I'm going to set up a little table. I'm learning with us because I have two hats. I have the K-12 and the adult head hat. And guess what, you can have this--

Audience: I have a question about your QR code. Is that something that your organization has created or is yours as an instructor?

Omar Andrade: It's the org-- so I'm a parent educator. I'm not a teacher, So I have a lot of hats. Our school is only 400 people, 300 to 400 students. So because of that, I've done teaching. I've done a little bit of everything.

So I created the QR code for the school. And so the link is our registration. We have two, one for GE, and one for yourself.

Audience: OK. So it is for everybody.

Omar Andrade: Different programs, but it is for everyone. Yeah.

Audience: Where soccer field is it?

Omar Andrade: In California.

[laughter]

Audience: How about you, what soccer field?

Omar Andrade: So for me--

Audience: Silver Lakes?

Omar Andrade: We don't make it there. But we can set up at Silver Lakes.

[laughter]

Audience: Silver Lakes in Norco I'm referring.

Omar Andrade: Oh, yeah?

Audience: The one right into the freeway.

Omar Andrade: That's huge. Yes. Do you go by there?

Audience: Well, that's a longer story.

Omar Andrade: OK. Awesome. So think about it. If you have the QR code for different things, and it access to this website, all of a sudden, you're like, wow. And it could be for your own classroom.

Some of these students in advanced level, CTE-- OK. CTE, who's here for CTE? Somebody said, OK, perfect. This web design and web creation, is this something that pays people or is there money into technology with this kind of thing? Absolutely.

So create a pathway, and here's the project. You are to create a website for the school. You are to create a website for the nursing program, for the health care pathway, for this, for that. And they do it. It's their project. They're learning. And you get a website at the end of it, that you can potentially use or not. Technology for brains, yes, somebody told me--

Speaker 2: I [ INAUDIBLE ] it's also programmable. It is connectable, it generates a QR code, enables mass texting, mass emailing, single-student communication. We keep student files and updates in there too. We keep attendance in Connectable, test scores. Everything for students is stored and available in Connectable.

Also for emailing mass text. And we use Remind at my school site, which is mainly just for text and it can do two-way communication and one-way communication.

Omar Andrade: So let's look up Connectable and how to use it.

Audience: That's for instructor-to-instructor, right?

Omar Andrade: For Remind--

Audience: Instructor-to-student, no?

Speaker 2: It could be student-to-student. The way each teacher sets it up, with Remind, it could be student-to-student. I have it set up, me to them, them to me. But you can customize it.

Omar Andrade: And here's my goal for the whole presentation. It's to bring educators and technology together to enhance the learning. Whatever you take out of this, brain greats.

When we used to come in from recess in fifth grade, I just turn off the lights, put some music, wear your head phone. And sometimes that work.

Well, now that you have technology, you have brain videos, you have all kinds of videos. You can have a Kahoot. And so do you guys care for any of those 1, 2, 3 or 4? What do you think? What do you guys want to play?

Audience: Two.

Omar Andrade: Two. OK. Let's see. That's going to bring out the code. You can log in with your phone. And we'll just play a couple. And you can do it for content. Have you played a Kahoot?

Audience: I have.

Omar Andrade: Do you like it?

Audience: Yes.

Omar Andrade: Great. So anybody wants to join in so we can test it out? I just love it when it's all there, and it actually works. So the links were not working in the morning, but-- and then we can just get started. I'll join in just for the fun of it. Sound. I have to give myself props.

[laughter]

It hasn't been easy raising kids and being a full-time teacher and going to school. And I'm not even going to talk about my female counterparts because that's like times two. You get all the freedom and all the equality, plus what you have to do at home. No comments on that.

All right. Let's just get started. I know some of you can join in. And the good thing is it will show the code up here. So let's just get started so we can play a few. All right.

And I haven't even seen it, so it's fair. Iconic movie quotes, ready? 2, 3, 1. Read and complete the following sentence. OK. We'll click next?

Audience: Yeah.

Omar Andrade: I didn't see it. Oh. Maybe the-- Oh, may the force-- oh, I'm sorry.

[chuckles]

Omar Andrade: No. True. Everybody answer? Did I give you guys the answer pretty much? All right.

Audience: Go ahead.

Omar Andrade: Yeah.

Audience: You gave us the answers by [ INAUDIBLE ]

Audience: Oh, yeah, Kahoot--

[ INAUDIBLE ]

Omar Andrade: Oh, see.

Audience: You're right.

Omar Andrade: Oh.

Audience: But that was hard.

Omar Andrade: That was a hard?

Audience: You train for the question now.

[interposing voices]

Omar Andrade: Congratulations, teachers. How do you feel? OK. All right. Next. Look at us. Anybody wants to take a picture? This is-- I never seen this before. I've never seen this before. OK. Next. OK.

Audience: You don't have the period or anything?

Audience: [ INAUDIBLE ]

Omar Andrade: Now we're overthinking it, period, no period. Should I capitalize? Is there an accent? At home?

Speaker 2: But this is [ INAUDIBLE ] because in many activities, we want students to be able to see, especially for high [ INAUDIBLE ] and sometimes the answers are so similar that they really--

Omar Andrade: Let's see who answered first. Of course, Movie Buff. The name says it all. OK. One more, and then we'll move on because we're going to run out of time. Well, OK.

Audience: I thought [ INAUDIBLE ]

Omar Andrade: Let me open it up one second.

Audience: Even though it's orange.

Omar Andrade: Let's put that in.

Audience: [ INAUDIBLE ]

Omar Andrade: Did we get it? Is everybody in?

Audience: Yep.

[interposing voices]

Omar Andrade: Congratulations. We all got it right. Marci, you should have seen our first one. We got it wrong, all of us.

[laughter]

All of us, [ INAUDIBLE ] together. At least we're doing-- so obviously great, great, great. Great way to learn grammar, way better.

I play Kahoots with my students. I teach Spanish 1 There's some great Kahoots. And honestly, they don't even know that they're learning Spanish. Because if I give them the vocabulary words, oh, what, we're doing vocabulary again.

But if we played in the Kahoot, especially the cognates, especially I love to do cognates for them because, oh, how do you say [ INAUDIBLE ] Mr. Andrade, [ INAUDIBLE ] my way.

[laughter]

And because I said, OK, here, first day of school, Spanish letters here. Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Monica, Santa Cruz, they're Spanish words?

[laughter]

Anyways, so I'm going to close it. That's the Kahoot. So my activities are right on there. Are they still looking at the right thing?

Speaker 2: Yes.

Omar Andrade: Perfect. And then quick videos. Here's a video. They do [ INAUDIBLE ]

[video playback]

So this video talks about technology. Obviously [ INAUDIBLE ] complicated. [ INAUDIBLE ] So that's fine. I'm going to stop it. We're going to go. So there's the video.

And so here on the website, I put in some information about me, Corona Norco and Corona Norco Adult School. Here's my email at the district and at UCR.

And so if you want to send me, hey, I was working with this lesson. I know you had your template. Can you share it with me? So you can send me an email, and I'll share my template with you if you want to use it. It's only three pages. I only have three things on there, simple. It could be for a week, if you want to use it for a week.

In Spanish, we talk about one of the lessons, it's about things around the classroom. So it could be just a website for just things about around the classroom.

Education for life, so that's my saving grace. It's my model, it's what I do, it's what I want to do. And I put in the map just in case you didn't know where you were. And I put some other sample activities that you can do.

So here's our vocabulary review. If you guys want to take a look, we have a few minutes. All right. I'm going to go quick because you saw the PowerPoint, and the PowerPoint is nice. But we're probably preaching to the choir. So here it is.

Flashcards. Do we like flash cards? Ready way to learn. Quizlet, you guys familiar with it, right. Perfect. So singular. OK.

So let's see. Next, that's 207. We're going to go only through 100. I'm kidding. So enough. So vocabulary. Let's participate. Paycheck?

Audience: Money.

Omar Andrade: Money, that's OK. I'll take money.

Audience: Income.

Omar Andrade: Income.

Audience: Pay for work.

Omar Andrade: Money for work. And here's the best thing. What if it's wrong? It really isn't because they're connecting their neurons. They're thinking, money, what do I know about this? Here it is. Right.

Audience: It's a paycheck.

Omar Andrade: A check received for work completed. Some of us don't receive checks anymore. Yes?

Audience: This is something that I think Quizlet that we really used it though. And you send the student a link, and then they have their vocabulary.

Omar Andrade: You can send them the link. You can create your own Quizlet specific to your vocabulary. Quizlet is like a session on itself. How do you teach Quizlet and how to use it because the wonderful thing about Quizlet, you can do the flashcards. You can do the learn, where do they learn the vocabulary.

You can do the test. I love the tests. Sometimes I just copy and paste and put it on the desk. They can do the test, and they can match it. Which one you guys want to do? Choose one real quick.

Audience: Based on the cards that you have.

Omar Andrade: Based on the cards. Yep.

Audience: Quizlet creates a test. Oh.

Omar Andrade: Ooh, yes, I like it. Match? What do you guys want to do? Do the site.

Audience: Test. I want to do the test.

Omar Andrade: Test? OK, let's do the test. Shoot. Hopefully it goes quickly because you do have-- I try to have everything signed in. And if it doesn't work, sorry. OK, perfect. I think it did. Bye. Go away. Got it.

[chuckles]

Did it do it? Did it do it? No. Think it's thinking. I know it's going to space and back. So we'll give it some time. Dismiss. OK. Something is wrong. Choose your answer.

Audience: False

Audience: False.

Omar Andrade: False. OK. Next one, go up.

Audience: True.

Omar Andrade: True. OK. Uneasy or anxious?

Audience: True.

Audience: True.

Omar Andrade: True. OK.

Audience: You don't need to print this. We can make him just do it electronically. Yeah.

Audience: You got it.

Omar Andrade: So if you have one of these, these are going to be great in the future. You should never be stopped this by stocks or any of this.

[laughter]

It's the way of the future. So what did it say? I didn't even read it.

Audience: True.

Omar Andrade: True. OK.

Audience: True.

Omar Andrade: All right. That, somebody did. Awesome. Thank you whoever you are.

Audience: False.

Audience: False.

Omar Andrade: Thank you.

Audience: True.

Audience: True.

Omar Andrade: Oh, matching.

Audience: File.

Audience: File.

Omar Andrade: Nice.

Audience: Alien.

Audience: Alien.

Omar Andrade: Well, this is an important word.

Audience: [ INAUDIBLE ]

Omar Andrade: I know people don't like it. We can talk about it. Let's have a social conversation about that word and what does that mean. Is it correct? This is incorrect.

[interposing voices]

Audience: Soldier

Audience: Soldier.

[interposing voices]

Audience: Blinds.

Audience: Blinds.

Omar Andrade: Blinds. OK, perfect. We get it? Quizlet. So here's the best thing. Someone would like, Kahoot, have you used it--

Audience: Is it graded, that thing?

Omar Andrade: It gives you-- yes.

Audience: It gives the student a score?

Omar Andrade: Yes. You like it?

Audience: Keep going.

Omar Andrade: Keep going?

Audience: I want to see what it looks like.

Omar Andrade: It's 20. OK, fine. We'll go. Fine. This is your presentation? OK, come on here. Whatever.

Audience: Yeah. We don't have to read them. Go.

Omar Andrade: OK. Go. We're going faster. I wanted to get 100%. OK. So here.

Audience: From socialism

[laughter]

Audience: Skip that one. Just skip it.

Omar Andrade: OK, skip it.

Audience: Skip it for students can do that.

Audience: Oh, there. The words are right there.

Omar Andrade: OK, there it is. Submit?

Audience: Submit it.

Omar Andrade: Perfect.

Audience: But hold it.

Omar Andrade: You're not going to let me?

[laughs]

Audience: Is it?

Omar Andrade: OK, fine. Fine. Let's see.

Audience: [ INAUDIBLE ]

Audience: Those and digital literacy skills over there.

Speaker 2: The paper that--

Audience: You have to drag everything?

Omar Andrade: No, click and tap. Click and tap.

Speaker 2: But if it's a student phone--

Omar Andrade: Click and tap. And last one. Did I do it all?

Audience: Yeah.

Omar Andrade: Yes, OK.

Audience: You have done first.

Omar Andrade: Just checking. OK. Give me a commercial, sure. Still checking it. Well, here it is.

Audience: [ INAUDIBLE ]

Omar Andrade: Well now, thanks to you. I was doing great.

[laughter]

Now I've got it 90 correct, that probably missed all the last ones. But this is a good way. So Quizlet, if you didn't learn anything in any session, Quizlet. Well, that's my gift to you. All right.

Audience: [ INAUDIBLE ] 20-years forum. Seriously, I tell myself Sunday, after the conference, I'll go to this activity to be ready for Monday. But I'm not [ INAUDIBLE ]

Speaker 2: [ INAUDIBLE ] here.

Audience: Yeah. You have to create an account as the teacher.

Omar Andrade: The school. Google will make it for you. I love free stuff. Teachers love free stuff. This stuff-- OK. Everybody, we have a few minutes.

Pretend you have-- let's have a pretend bag. And you put in all your free stuff that I'm giving you today, and you're taking it. So when you walk into campus on Monday, you're like, look at all my free stuff that I got at the conference because it's all online. And I don't own anything. Somebody took time, spent thousands of dollars creating this stuff.

Audience: Music.

Omar Andrade: It's there, videos with Q&As. There's that, I was like, what? So you can watch a video for ESL, intermediate and advance, all kinds of levels. And it has questions already attached to it.

So three questions, real quick. Have you seen these? OK, perfect. So she's not in here. OK. We're going to go quick. I'm going to click play. So you watch that video and then answer the questions real quick. What is the first thing?

Audience: He looks at his phone.

Omar Andrade: He looks at his phone. OK. Why does Mark look at Facebook?

Audience: See what's going on in the world.

Omar Andrade: In the world. You know that a lot of people get their news from that, right. Yeah, too bad for the TV channels. Checking his messages on the phone. Oh, good. Three?

Audience: No more than a few minutes.

Omar Andrade: No more than a few minutes. What application does Mark--

Audience: Facebook.

Audience: Facebook and WhatsApp.

Audience: WhatsApp.

Audience: Middle?

Audience: No. He mentioned WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger.

Omar Andrade: OK.

Audience: Bottom.

Omar Andrade: Bottom.

Audience: Yes.

Audience: Followed by WhatsApp. He owns WhatsApp.

Audience: He wears contacts.

Audience: [ INAUDIBLE ]

Omar Andrade: OK. Does Mark wear contact lenses?

Audience: Yes.

Omar Andrade: Yes, he does and--

Audience: Works out first and takes a shower.

Omar Andrade: OK. Weehee! We did it. So and then you could put your name, class code, or whatever.

Audience: [ INAUDIBLE ]

Omar Andrade: So let me move this, one second. ESL video, video.com, and there's quizzes. So yes?

Speaker 2: There's a similar-- and if you go to the OTAN website, under Resources, it's Learn 360, and it's exactly the same. It has the video, and you can also download worksheets to go along with it.

And if you go into OTAN, create an OTAN account, [ INAUDIBLE ] you could get a free teacher account because it's usually paid subscription. So you would be able to do that. And we use that in our school it's very--

Omar Andrade: [ INAUDIBLE ] And if you don't know Francisco, you need to know Francisco. Get a [ INAUDIBLE ] blood. [ INAUDIBLE ] Come here. Do you know what it's called?

Speaker 2: Yes. We go on to the OTAN website, otan.us

Omar Andrade: Perfect. Let's put it in. This is great info. Dot US.

Speaker 2: And then under Resources-- we go right here under the Resources, curriculum offers. And then here it shows all the curriculum offers [ INAUDIBLE ]

Omar Andrade: Yeah, and we have the--

Speaker 2: For teachers and for students. So you see right here, Learn 360. And when you click on it, you just fill out a short-- it will give you the information. And then if you want to sign up for it, you would contact OTAN directly, and they would create an account for you.

So we have Learn 360, Learning Upgrade, Skills for Nursing Assistant. This is one that is also being used a lot for CNA programs.

So again to register, you would click here. And it's like a short-- oh, this is the actual USA Learns site.

So again, visit the OTAN website under Resources curriculum offers. Pretty much every year they have different ones. At one point, they had NewsELA or News ELA, which is similar to what we saw before, where you read about the news, and then you could customize beginning, intermediate, advanced level.

So right now those are the current curriculum offers. Please use them because not a lot of people are taking advantage of them.

Omar Andrade: Thank you, Francisco. We are learning a lot. See, this is what it is in the real world. Educators helping each other, connect to one another. Now you have two things I gave you that you can use. You're welcome. The video for comprehension. So now you can't say, oh, I didn't learn anything in that session. Lies.

[laughter]

And then so Kahoot, we love it. Just to finish up, Burlington English. Obviously, there's a video that you can click and watch. It's a page, we use it, we love it for ESL. Great curriculum.

Some of these things, I love it when you don't have to do the teaching. I know you guys are great. You're totally credentialed state, master's degree. Some of them have PhDs. Nothing against you. I am also wonderful, but guess what?

[chuckles]

Some people are really great. Maybe even better than you. And what if you can have access to that feature or that lesson for your students? It's not for you. I know you think it's about you, but really isn't. It really is about the students.

So just so you know, in my home page, you have this. And then I have other things, things that you use, ebooks, smartphones, online courses, interactive groups. And it tells you a little bit about that. I'm just going to finish giving-- there's a-- sorry.

Audience: So Omar, that page is what you give students?

Omar Andrade: So I give them access to my page, and I tell them, here's what you find. And there's on the resources--

Audience: Remind to give them access or how do you give them access?

Omar Andrade: I can take the URL, give it to them in their Google Classroom or on campus. And then they have access to that unit. So Google Sites is the curator. Everything you put in is a bag of goodies.