June 22, 2018 Daily Living

Daily Living/Communities

I can't believe the term is over this week! I hope you all enjoy your time with your students this week. And, I hope you have a great break! The blog will be back on July 27

TEACHING RESOURCES

Lots of goodies on the EFL 2.0 Blog: June 2018 Newsletter

I just thought the teachers in the Bronx might be interested in this VOA piece on Sonia Sotomayor

TEACHER READING

Teaching Adults: resources, tips and news

In this month’s newsletter, find tips on teaching speaking, learn more about inclusive practices, and discover the meaning behind common jargon in Business English.

Read the newsletter  here

CLASSROOM SHOWCASE

Hi Elizabeth:

All of the photos are from my afternoon class. We went over different kinds of emergencies and planning. Students had to bring in their Go Bag as part of their Ready NYC emergency planning homework that I assigned. 

Ready NYC is a booklet put out by NYCEM (New York City Emergency Management)

Angela

Please send me pictures, and be sure to include the branch name and level.
I need them by the end of the business day on Wednesday.
I already have enough submissions for the week-
that just means your pictures will be published the next week.
Personally, I think the pictures that you share are the best part of the blog.

Thank you! elizabethschade@nypl.org

CALENDAR

June 30: Last day of Spring 2018 term
July 30: First day of Summer 2018 term
Curriculum Theme: Free Time/Hobbies
August 25: Last day of Summer 2018 term
September 28: Tentative Date for ALC Instructional Staff Meeting
October 1: First day of Fall 2018 Term

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Oxford Adult ESL Conversations Podcast

Episode 6: Digital Literacy with Dr. Kathy Harris In this new episode, Jayme Adelson-Goldstein is joined by Dr. Kathy Harris. Dr. Harris teaches teacher education courses in the department of applied linguistics at Portland State University and is a member of the literacy, language and technology research group. Dr. Harris conducts trainings and creates professional development materials for the adult ESL teachers and national projects including ELLU and ESL pro, and teaches adult ESL including digital literacy and ESL to adult learners with limited or interrupted formal education

Ever thought about starting your own blog? Here are some great tips:

HOW TO START YOUR OWN TEACHER BLOG OR TPT: Mis Clases Locas blog

TECH TIPS

From the blog:

PowerPoint has been around for more than three decades! Google Slides has been available for free more than a decade. Despite that longevity both presentation tools have many features that often go overlooked by new users and veteran users alike. Some of those "hidden" features will help you make your presentations better while others will just help you get things done a little more quickly. Whether you're a long-time user of these presentation tools, you're just getting started, or you're taking a second look at them after a hiatus, this list includes features and tutorials for you.

Screen Recording Within PowerPoint
Making a presentation about your favorite software or websites? Try using the screen recorder that is built into PowerPoint. Your recorded video is automatically inserted into the slide that you have open at the time you make your recording. Of course, you can use that video in other slides too. Find the screen recorder in the "Insert" menu in PowerPoint.

Dictation in PowerPoint
Microsoft's Dictate tool will let you dictate the text that you want to have appear in your slides.

Add-ins for PowerPoint
Google Slides has Add-ons, PowerPoint has Add-ins. Add-ins offered by third parties can provide additional functions in PowerPoint. In my video embedded below I demonstrate how to find and install PowerPoint Add-ins. This video features the Pixabay Add-in that provides access to thousands of images that are in the public domain.

Add Audio to Your Google Slides
There are two ways that you can add audio to Google Slides. You could place a YouTube music video in your slide and then shrink it down and hide it in the corner of your slide. Or you could use the AudioPlayer for Slides Add-on which makes it quite easy to play music behind your entire presentation.

Make Interactive Diagrams in Google Slides
I made a video about this and featured it in this newsletter back in January. By using the hyperlinking tools in Google Slides you can link multiple parts of one slide to other slides within the same presentation. Take the model to its fullest extent and your students can begin to build choose-your-own-adventure stories in Google Slides.

Import your old PPT slides into Google Slides
If you're making the switch from a Windows-based environment to Chromebooks or just to G Suite for Education, you might be worried about having to recreate some of your favorite presentations. You don't have to do that. You can import your old PPT files into Google Slides right from the "file" drop-down menu in Google Slides.

Thank you for all that you do! Have a great week!

TEACHER HUB is a weekly blog of resources and information for instructors and staff of the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Adult Literacy (ABE) programs of the New York Public Library in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island