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Upcoming OTAN Activities - Week of April 22
(all times PST)
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This Upcoming Week’s Professional Development
Monday, April 22, 9-10:30 am | Creating Outcomes/Rubrics in Canvas with Dana Thompson| Using the Adult Education Standards, learn the process of creating and applying rubrics to assignments and discussions.
Wednesday, April 24, 9-10:30 am | Building Outcomes/Standards Repeat | Drop into this session using the Instructure Zoom link. Add Adult Education Standards to build rubrics and outcomes in Canvas.
Thursday, April 25, 9-10:30 am | Assessing Outcomes/Standards Repea | Drop into this session using the Instructure Zoom link. Find out how to access outcomes of standards and student achievement.
Thursday, April 25, 1-2:00 pm | Canvas Q & A for Administrators and Teachers
Thursday, April 25, 1:30-3:00 pm | QR Code Integration: Empowering ESL Teaching Practices with Chris Vela Che | Learn how to create free and unlimited QR codes for your classroom and agency.
Coming Soon
Monday, April 29, 9-10:30 am | Canvas Accessibility with Dana Thompson, OTAN SME | Participants will gain practical skills and knowledge to ensure their course materials are inclusive and meet accessibility standards.
Tuesday, May 7, 12-1:00 pm | Canvas Q & A for Administrators and Teachers | Bring any questions about Canvas to our Instructure guest expert to be answered during this session.
Wednesday, May 8, 2-3:00 pm | Advanced Canvas: Mastery Path | Learn how to set up a Mastery Path and best design practices for creating differentiated learning for your students.
Friday, May 10, 1-2:00 pm | OTAN Tech Talk May ‘24: Generative AI for EL Civics and Citizenship Pre | This OTT will address learning for multilingual learners using AI in EL Civics and Citizenship Prep classroom. This session traces the development of a series of interview questions for a medical exam, job interviews, and the US Naturalization interview.