This session provides customized, just-in-time support for ESOL practitioners who have challenges and questions about effective teaching and learning using Zoom tools.
Please note: You will access Zoom and other support materials via Blackboard. You cannot access the online course from the SABES website. You will receive a separate email from Joanne Harrington at Quinsigamond Community College one to two days before the course begins with instructions on how to access the Blackboard course and the Zoom session. If you do not receive these instructions, please check your Spam folder and/or email jharrington@qcc.mass.edu.
- Adult English learner teachers of all levels
This professional development activity/course is designed for:
This PD opportunity is designed for ESOL teachers to address questions and/or challenges using Zoom tools related to four key areas of instruction (engagement, presentation, formative assessment, and practice) in order to improve your and your learners' experience during remote instruction.
The 2-hour session is divided into four 30-minute segments, each focused on a particular element of the Zoom platform and its relationship to ESOL instruction:
- Section 1 (2:00 - 2:30 p.m.) focuses on basic tools of chat, reactions, views, and polls for engagement and formative assessment.
- Section 2 (2:30 - 3:00 p.m.) focuses on screen sharing and annotation for interactive presentation of content.
- Section 3 (3:00 - 3:30 p.m.) focuses on breakout rooms for guided and communicative practice tasks.
- Section 4 (3:30 - 4:00 p.m.) is a Q&A session based on questions (other than those related to the topics above) submitted via Google doc prior to the session.
This session is somewhat unconventional in that participants are invited to drop-in only for the segment(s) that meet their needs or they may choose to attend for the full 2 hours. In each segment, participants will briefly review and practice across devices (i.e., computers and smartphones) the tools associated with that segment and have opportunities to ask related questions as they arise.
- Address questions and/or challenges using Zoom tools in order to improve your and your learners' experience during remote instruction
- Identify ways to troubleshoot and research solutions for issues with online instruction
Upon completion of this professional development activity/course, you will be able to:
Respond to the google form questions found at https://forms.gle/8YgD5vzTtvHYwkUV8
Sign in to the session on the device used to host the class as well as on a smartphone or Chromebook.
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