COABE was a SUCCESS!

NM DELT Attended the COABE Conference in New Orleans this past week and represented our state in style! With so much to learn and teach, we were very busy and networking with Adult Educators from around our nation. New Orleans was kind to us all with its amazing food, music and scenery, allowing for some after session ghost tours, ferry rides, trolley rides, and general good cheer! 

NM DELT Senior Training Consultant Kristen Waring presented on Monday at 1:30 pm and Tina Hite and Jane Faith Schauermann were privileged to assist her in the session entitled, 

"Multilevel Technology-Based Learning with Google Tools and Google Classroom". 

Her session description read, "Whether you are new to Google or an experienced user, this will be an opportunity to try something new and fun while experiencing an interactive model for multilevel, technology-based learning. Join us as we actively explore Google Tools and Google Classroom! The presenters will discuss how the NMDELT Team has adapted these activities for use in face-to-face, blended learning, and distance learning settings. There will also be discussion and modeling of how Google Tools can support differentiated learning. 

Senior Training Consultants Montserrat Oyanedel-Tolmo and Jamie Trujillo, assisted by Kristen Waring and Tina Hite, presented on Tuesday at 8 am in their session entitled, "Webinars that Work: Using Teams to Create Effective, Meaningful, Online Professional Development". 

Their session description read, "Are you looking for ways to provide or receive effective professional development in your state without a significant strain on your budget? Is it difficult for instructors in your state to receive regular training? Is technology a 'taboo term' for you? If so, this interactive session will help provide a solution. The New Mexico Distance Education & Technologies (NMDELT) Team offers two webinars per month free to anyone who is employed by a state-funded adult education program. In this session, NMDELT presenters will explain how webinars are set up, created, rehearsed, and delivered using a team system (one moderator and at least one presenter) so that webinars are engaging, entertaining, and informative with minimal technical difficulties. Participants will work together to practice filling the role of both moderator and presenter, and presenters will share ideas on how to solve common issues. Finally, presenters will share data and lessons learned. 

Many sessions were attended with a great deal to process and share. One session attended by Jane Faith Schauermann and Montserrat Oyanedel-Tolmo, called "Break Out!" was memorable! We explored using break out boxes for review and formative assessments. Talk about an escape room in a box! So clever, engaging and effective for student learning. And our team did it! 

We hope that those who attended COABE this year have similar successes and fabulous resources to bring back to your program as well. As always, feel free to contact us for any support or questions you might have! Here's to bringing all that great knowledge back into our programs! 

https://www.nmdelt.org

ELA Tech Talk: March 27th @ 2:30 pm. Tune in!

Join the NMDELT Team for the next installment of ELA Tech Talks!
"Connections and Concepts that drive Meaningful ELA Instruction" will be explored on Wednesday, March 27th at 2:30. Click on the Link below to join live. 

 To view the webinar live, please go to  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lbVAM4-NP0. You can also view the webinar later at www.nmdelt.org.

April 12th: Virtual Conference: Save the Date!

Upcoming Tech Talk! Save the Date! March 6th at 3 pm. "Training From the Back of the Net"

Save the Date: March 6, 2019 @ 3 pm 

Join NM DELT for their upcoming Tech Talk with Topic:

“Training From the Back of the Net”

We all know that training doesn’t always take place in the back of the classroom! Come join Tech Talks this month, and we will unveil some simple apps and strategies for those interested in applying TBR concepts to E-Learning.

Prior to joining the Webinar, Please complete the 

Pre-Webinar Audience Questionnaire:

https://goo.gl/forms/xvZFsxRRrD9pIHTf2

Then be sure to go to youtube on March 6th to tune in live, or go to our website www.nmdelt.org to view the archived webinar after the fact. 

We hope to see you there! 

Upcoming ELA Tech Talk: 2/21/19 @ 12:00 PM "Brain-based Learning Principles to Revamp your ELA Instruction"

Join your NMDELT Team as we explore in our next ELA Tech Talk:
 "Brain-Based Learning Principles to Revamp Your ELA Instruction". 
This webinar will be presented on youtube live, and later archived on our site at www.nmdelt.orghttps://www.nmdelt.org/. 

We hope you can join us on February 21st at 12:00 pm!

  

Free--Math MOOC Course Focused on Growth Mindset by Jo Boaler

    

Education: EDUC115-S - SELF PACED How to Learn Math: For Students

This blog post focuses on a free online course that focuses on how to learn mathematics. I am Jane Faith Schauermann, Senior Training Consultant for NMDLET. I registered for this course for a few reasons: 

1. As a mathematics educator, I respect the work of Joe Boaler  and her work with youcubed. 
2. I have noticed over the years that students "math attitude" greatly influences their level of success in maths. 
3. I wanted to experience the course myself and determine if this was a resource I could use in my own Higher Education Developmental and Adult Education mathematics courses.

Quick Start: If you are interested in exploring this course for yourself and/or your students already, go to this link to sign up: https://www.youcubed.org/online-student-course/.  Registration was simple and the course is offered in both English and Spanish.

If you would like to learn more of my experience to decide if this course if right for your students, please continue reading.

Course Overview: This course is organized into six lessons.
             The lessons are:
                      Lesson 1: Knocking Down the Myths About Math
                      Lesson 2: Math and Mindset
                      Lesson 3: Mistakes and Speed
                      Lesson 4: Number Flexibility, Mathematical Reasoning, and Connections
                      Lesson 5: Number Patterns and Representations
                      Lesson 6: Math in Life, Nature and Work

Watching this as an instructor, it was clear that the lessons and messages about myths in math, and having a growth mindset, were invaluable, the idea that our brains grow when we make mistakes, that speed of computations is nothing compared to depth of understanding, and that math is about connections and sense making, are essential for our students.

The key ideas that Jo Boaler highlights at the end of the course are:

• Anyone can achieve at high levels in math
• The brain grows from experience
• Stereotypes are damaging for math
• A Growth mindset is really important for math success
• Mistakes in math grow your brain
• Being good at math does not mean being fast. Depth is more important than speed
• Number flexibility is important and valuable. 
• All of math should make sense to you
• Talking about math is helpful and important
• Math is a connected subject and it is important to see and make mathematical connections
• Intuition is important in math
• It is helpful to represent math visually as well as with physical objects
• It is important to focus on the big idea in math
• Math is about pattern finding
• Math is everywhere in nature
• Math is everywhere in sports
• Math in the real world is about connections, drawing, reasoning and applying ideas, not formulas
• Good apps and games teach math conceptually and visually

The course itself states that the first three lessons are about 10 minutes each and the last three are 20 minutes each, which totals to an hour and a half. There are assignments and reflection questions after each video which add to the completion time. The course took me a total of about 3 hours. Now I admit to multitasking and stepping away from the course for a week and then returning, so my estimation is high, yet I feel safe in stating that students could complete the course in a range between 1.5-2.5 hours. 

In our field of Adult Education, I can see this being a requirement of Onboarding and Orientation that will prime students for a powerful mathematical experience. I highly recommend that for administrators to compensate their teachers for completing the course so that they too gain insight into how to present certain ideas and even mathematical concepts. There is a teacher course for a cost being offered this summer, yet even just taking this course as a student was extremely useful. Our students could benefit greatly from this content as will educators. 

I will be requesting that my students enroll in this course and can see that the subsequent completion certificate be required prior to the end of the first week of classes. For my students in post-secodary classes, this can be used as a homework assignment and/or extra credit. I do not offer extra credit lightly, yet the quality and value in this course is evident. For administrators, the course completion certificate will also be evidence of professional development that will not only improve the quality of teaching in the classroom, but will also have the potential to increase measurable skill gains and learning outcomes for our learners.

If you decide to enroll in this yourself, as an educator or a student, please share your experience and insights with me. I would love to hear of any value or critique you found in its content!

NMDELT Team Headed to Monterey, CA!

It's that time of year again for the NROC Project's Annual Membership Meeting! Last year we were awarded Team of the Year and are looking forward to participating in this fabulous Professional Development opportunity once more. It is being held in Monterey, CA, on March 10-13th and we are gearing up for the trip. 

Does your program use EdReady or Hippocampus? NROC Math or NROC English? Check out their website to learn more about the Open Resources available for your programs and reach out to your NMDELT Team for information and support. 

On the NROC Conference Website, they state, "The education leaders with whom we work are indefatigable professionals patterning modern approaches to student success. Comprised of secondary, postsecondary, and adult education innovators, the NROC member hive is a community unafraid of experimentation and iteration, and their efforts result in improved access and equity which can extend beyond their institutions. The 2019 NROC Member Meeting offers members the opportunity to learn from and share fresh insights related to the implementation of NROC Math, NROC English, HippoCampus, and EdReady."  

We are excited to be attending and learning more to further support all of you, our Fabulous Adult Education programs in the New Mexico! Go to the conference website to see our group photo receiving our award last year. We were having fun! 

We will bring back more models and skills to better serve you all!