The Technology Word of the Day Connie Broughton October 2008

Wearing one black shoe and one brown shoe Here I am in my office in Spokane. I’ll just wave to you so you can see how the video works in Elluminate Wearing one black shoe and one brown shoe

Heck, for all I know, everybody already left…. You can’t see me, but I can’t see you either I’m going to relieve you of my picture now. Heck, for all I know, everybody already left….

Yeah, I’m eating leftovers….. I know that you all are having a great lunch there at Renton. I wish I were there, but I am having a delicious lunch, too. click Yeah, I’m eating leftovers…..

It’s a beautiful day over here in Spokane—no, not what you guys on the west side call a nice day—the sun is shining

Why Elluminate? Free Easy to learn and use Anyone can use it in our system One central license managed by WAOL; local administrators at each college Recent budget and travel restrictions State Board staff have been asked to cut back on travel—I’m sure you are seeing similar measures at your colleges

AP—On the news that Connie Broughton is not flying anymore, the price of Alaska Airline stock lost ground today……. But less travel is not all bad. The good thing is that it gives us a chance to solidify what we know about new technologies

New technology Increases access Makes the whole world our resource base Gives us the power to create and share Is less expensive and easier to use

I did not enjoy reading Ezra Pound, but I like being a person who has read Ezra Pound. --Student evaluation comment I keep thinking about this comment that I got at the end of an Intro to Poetry class a long time ago. Quote. This is how I often feel about technology. I have too much to do, it changes all the time, sometimes it doesn’t work, sometimes it’s not compatible, it’s expensive and intrusive---but, dang, it is powerful and transformative.

Elluminate Free online training http://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/event/schedule?et n=training&eef=1 Take the three moderator sessions in any order Then ask your ELC for your own virtual office It’s free to use. Just send the people you want to meet with your link. to really experience the power of the tool. to really learn how to use the tool. to practice so that sessions in Elluminate go smoothly. to see if computers and headsets are set up properly.

ANGEL WAOL moving everything on WAOL Blackboard to WAOL ANGEL by Spring 09 ANGEL has some great new tools: Learning object repository Internal email Rubric-based grade book feature Integrated eportfolio http://www.angellearning.com

ANGEL migration Instructors who are already on WAOL Blackboard now have an account on WAOL ANGEL and a practice classroom. Winter 09, system-owned shared courses and volunteer classroom pilots Everything currently on WAOL Blackboard replicated and live on WAOL ANGEL for Spring 09 By Summer 09, individual college domains, branding and administrative access; WAOL Blackboard turns off Practice classroom 2 phase process Focus in steps because of small staff

Remember No matter what, WAOL does not charge a technology fee for ABE, ESL or GED students

ABE Math Modules Developed by a team from all over our system using Legislative funds. The content is freely available to anyone. These PowerPoint files are located on the WAOL Media Server. Click on the file you want to open. You can download to your own computer, load into an electronic classroom, upload onto another web site, or just give the links to your students.

http://media.waol.org/13273/001CalculateDosage.pptx http://media.waol.org/13273/002DrivingTruck01.pptx http://media.waol.org/13273/003DrivingTruck02.pptx http://media.waol.org/13273/004CommercialTruckDriving.pptx http://media.waol.org/13273/005Drywall.pptx http://media.waol.org/13273/006LPN-ProvideNutrionInfo.pptx http://media.waol.org/13273/007Welding.pptx http://media.waol.org/13273/008WeldingCuttingPipe.pptx http://media.waol.org/13273/009DripRatesR4Real.pptx http://media.waol.org/13273/010NursingAssistCert.pptx http://media.waol.org/13273/011MedicalAssistant.pptx http://media.waol.org/13273/012MedicalAssistant2.pptx http://media.waol.org/13273/013MedicalAssistant3.pptx http://media.waol.org/13273/014Carpentry.pptx

More information? WAOL Blackboard to ANGEL http://www.waol.org/faculty_and_staff/ANGELSupport.a spx Elluminate training http://www.waol.org/faculty_and_staff/ElluminatePlan.as px Math modules http://www.waol.org/faculty_and_staff/faculty_resources. aspx

Connie Broughton cbroughton@sbctc.edu