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<DIV>Hi David</DIV>
<DIV>Idea-I would use the phone message system to communicate any new revisions to modules which GED Academy instructors are teaching concurrently at different sites. It would provide immediate implementation of instruction consistently at all sites.</DIV>
<DIV>Marilyn Calhoun</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:MCalhoun@Dallasisd.org">MCalhoun@Dallasisd.org</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Marilyn Calhoun<BR>North GREAT Center,Dallas ISD/ABE<BR>Lead Trainer<BR>5000 S. Malcolm X Blvd.<BR>Dallas, Texas 75215<BR>Phone: 972-749-2637<BR><BR>>>> "David J. Rosen" <djrosen@comcast.net> 10/18/2007 4:50 PM >>><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span>A few days ago I posted the request below, and I have already received nine great ideas. If you would like the Web address for this free resource, please email me your idea. (It gets harder now -- you'll have to send me a <B>different </B>idea from those that are posted below.) I will then email you the URL. <SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">Thanks to:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bonnie Odorne, Tina Luffman, Jennifer Davis, Wendy Quinones, and Barry Bakin for the nine ideas.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>David J. Rosen</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:djrosen@comcast.net">djrosen@comcast.net</A></DIV>
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<DIV>On Oct 15, 2007, I wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<DIV>Suppose there were a free service that enabled you -- from a cell phone or a land line -- to send up to a 30-second voice message to yourself, or to anyone you had listed in an address book that you had created for this purpose. Suppose your students could send messages this way, too, from their phones. Suppose when you called the toll-free number (U.S. and Canada only) it said "Hi (your name), who do you want to send a message to? " Suppose you then said the person's name (or "me" for sending yourself reminders). Then, suppose you spoke your brief message. Then, in a few minutes, suppose the message were sent to an e-mail address (as a translated text message, with a "real voice" audio option) or as an SMS text message. Suppose, also, that you could set up a group of people, and whenever you wanted to, you could send them all one voice/text/email message. (Suppose this group were all the students in your class, or all the instructors at your program, who have either a land line or cell phone.)</DIV>
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<DIV>Such a free service exists. (There may be more than one, but I only know of one.) If you would like to know what it is, here's the catch: you have to email me (<A href="mailto:djrosen@comcast.net">djrosen@comcast.net</A>) at least one idea of how you would use this with students. Then I will email you the URL for the free service. I am not promoting this service particularly (although I do think it could be useful.) What I am trying to do is to use the collective intelligence, imagination and experience of subscribers on this list to collect ideas about how to use such a technology. I will compile whatever I get and send a summary back to this list.</DIV>
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<DIV>If you want to know the Web address, send me -- not the Technology list -- your idea(s) about how to use this service with your basic literacy, ESOL, ABE, ASE, or college transition students, students -- in a face-to-face or on-line setting.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Nine Ideas </DIV><BR>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN>Use the telephone-to text message feature to:<O:P></O:P></SPAN>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN>Remind students of writing center appointments<O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN>Do an all points to a class talking about a glitch in a web-based assignment. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></LI></OL>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN>Before an orientation send new students a message as to where our classroom is located, what paperwork to bring and so on.<O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN>Send messages to students who have been absent all week to contact me and let me know if they will be back to class next week. Encourage them to come back and let them know they could call me to let me know about any problems they were having. <O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN>Communicate with the teachers I work with as a professional developer and<O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN>Demonstrate the service to these teachers, so they could then use it with their students.<O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN>Send a message in the evening announcing what topics we'll be covering in class the next day.</SPAN><SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN>Give an assignment.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Those who do it would receive a prize or incentive.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Possible assignments might include finding someone close to them and interacting with them using spoken English.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They would have to record the response and some details about the interaction (with whom, when, response, etc.) to get credit.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The message would be something related to a grammar point or something else we've studied in class. For example, if we've been working on comparatives, the assignment might be "Talk to the first person you see in English.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Introduce yourself and ask them if you can ask them a question as part of your homework for your English class.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Your question for today is "Do you prefer visiting Disneyland or Sea World and why?"</SPAN><SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN>Offer a mini-vocabulary lesson like a "word of the day" message, and then a challenge to call back and use the word in a sentence as part of their conversation with me.</SPAN><SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN>Listening tasks.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Send a message with several instructions related to a task.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Those who successfully complete the task get a prize.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Call this 800 number United Airlines and use the automated system for flight arrivals to find the expected time of arrival of flight 1450"</SPAN><SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></LI></OL>
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