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E-LEARNING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Mathematizing ESOL I: Integrating Whole Number Operations

March 20 - May 1, 2017
Course Instructors: Sherry Lehane and Pam Meader
Course Fee: $341
Estimated Completion Time: 3 hrs/week for 6 weeks (18 hours total)

This course is designed to help ESOL teachers build conceptual understanding of math topics around whole numbers and to offer strategies for integration of math into ESOL instruction. The intention is to encourage teachers to look for where, when, and how it makes sense to include math in lessons while continuing to focus on language acquisition and effective communication.
“This class has made me more aware of just how well math fits in with ESL. Just as we use language in every aspect of our lives, so math is also used. I was pleased to see how easy it is to find opportunities to discuss and integrate math in the ESL lessons we are already doing. I also appreciated how this course focused on delving deep into the underlying concepts of math rather than simply teaching students the procedures. I found myself excited and inspired by math for the first time in a long time! I hope that this “deep” focus will have the same affect on our ESL students.”

Hannah Finch, Anne Arundel Community College, Maryland

This course is brought to you through a partnership between World Education and the Adult Numeracy Center at TERC. It was developed by the MA SABES PD Center for Mathematics and Adult Numeracy at TERC, with funding from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. This course is also offered for free to MA ABE practitioners through the SABES PD Center for Mathematics and Adult Numeracy.

Numeracy Series

World Education E-Learning PD’s numeracy series consists of six facilitated courses, starting with Foundations of Teaching Adult Numeracy which is offered every fall or by request. Each course takes approximately 12 hours to complete, spread over about 6 weeks. Successfully complete all six and be listed in our Numeracy Teacher Hall of Fame! Courses may be taken in any order, though we encourage new teachers to start with the Foundations course. Courses scheduled this Spring are listed below. Sign up today!
Groups and Customization

All of our courses are available to groups and can be customized in format or content to meet group needs. Please contact Leah Peterson at 617-385-3740 or lpeterson@worlded.org for more information.
    TECH TIPS FOR TEACHERS
    Current Post: Getting Started with Virtual Reality in Adult Education by Susan Gaer

    “Whether you teach English language learners or adult secondary education learners, you need to think about ways to integrate technology into the lesson. There are many technology integration matrices, such as SAMR, TPACK, and The Technology Integration Matrix from the Florida Center for Instructional Technology. However, all of them have in common the fact that integration is more than substitution of one technology for another. I have developed a lesson as a model of this type of integration. It creates an online model using Google Docs, Google Forms, and Thinglink along with audio and video. I hope that this model is something that other teachers can build on to make their own highly integrated lessons.”

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    ONLINE RESOURCES FOR TEACHING MATH

    Online tools for teaching math are plentiful. Just a few minutes of searching turns up sites like this one: Digital Tools for Teaching Math. Though not directed at adult learners, many of the recommendations are still relevant. What tech tools do you use to teach math in your classroom? Tweet your favorites to @WorldEdUS #EdTech

      FROM THE ARCHIVE

      Webinar: How to Use Infographics to Build a Deeper Understanding of Data

      Presenter: Brooke Istas, Math faculty, Cowley College

      After an introduction to infographics, data, and statistics, learn to evaluate the infographics you encounter in your daily life. By probing deeper into these colorful images of information, you will be pushed to discover the deeper meaning of the visual data.

      Recorded on March 19, 2015, LINCS Region 1 Professional Development Center at World Education. Webinar archive: http://elearningpd.worlded.org/webinars/
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