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Please feel free to chat questions for Jennifer here, we will address them in the Q&A after

What ESL level do you teach via Zoom?

Students don't have to "sign up" to use Zoom, do they?

No, they don't need the app.

Thanks.

We aren't allowed to ask students to use the app. If they do that's ok, but we can't request it.

@Michelle - interesting restriction.

Does Zoom work on a phone without the app? I tried and was forced to install the app.

It farms personal information. If we do that, we have to vet the program first.

Is there a worry about extra demands on their phone plans?

To start a meeting you need the app.

@Michelle - thanks for sharing that info

To join, you don't need the app.

Good to know!

We have found that most vendors have allowed all plans to be unlimited for the time being

@Michelle, how are the students joining Zoom on their mobile device if not via the app?

No sound but it says my microphone is working

@Thanks Lori - I’ve head that too

Will the links to the google slides and loom recording be shared in the chat?

To join a meeting without the app, send students the meeting link and the password.

@Sarah we will share them after with the recording

Thank you

Open tabs you want to share and close the ones you don't want to (maybe accidently!) share.

Thanks for the clarification Michelle. With beginning ELs, it's often easier to download the app than to enter a password! But that's a good workaround for a couple students I have who can not download apps because of login issues on their phones.

I've been using Google Voice for communicating with my students - it allows me to text and receive texts from my computer. I do this so that I don't have to share my personal phone number with my students. Is there an advantage to using something like whatsapp instead?

Is there a cost to use WhatsApp?

No, it's free.

Jennifer, do you record Zoom sessions and post them on WhatsApp for your students who want to see the session again or who may have missed it?

That's the theme I have for my ESL Google Classroom!

We use Remind for texting w/ learners. free for teachers.

https://www.remind.com/

From what I can tell, you can use a google voice phone number for WhatsApp. WhatsApp is awesome, especially since SO many students already have it and use it.

Oh! I didn't realize that. Thank you!

Well done, Jennifer!!

Nice job Jennifer!

Thanks, Jennifer.

Great overview!

Thanks, Jennifer. You’ve done an amazing job!!

For my ELs, I invited them all to Remind, but got no response. They are very used to using WhatsApp and have been very interactive there.

We aren't allowed to use personal numbers

I teach in corrections, behind the wall. Do you have any suggestions for using this inside the jail?

We’ve found that our students are already on WhatsApp so we can find them where they’re at.

What's App is owned by Facebook and share many of the data collection and privacy issues that Facebook has and has had

Google voice separates each thread and you can get it on your computer screen. It will also transcribe voicemail messages and you can have them sent to your email.

We use WhatsApp because the experience is consistent across Android and Apple and can be used on a desktop as well.

I record all my zoom classes and share it on the google classroom for students who miss the class

Has anyone tried both Google Classroom AND Edmodo? Would you recommend one over the other?

I have. My experience with Edmodo is dated but Classroom is NOT a complete LMS>

I use Schoology as asynchronous and Zoom.

what level class do you teach?

Learning Equality has a solution called Kolibri which is being used in corrections.

Are you facing any problem regarding internet connection/connectivity`

I have a nearly-non-speaker who loves Zoom meetings!

are the lower levels ok with learning using WhatsApp?

Jennifer, do all your students access Zoom and use WhatsApp from smartphones or do any use a computer, if you know?

I find my ESL learners are very familiar with video chatting because they do it with their families. More comfortable than I was at first.

Can we get a link to that video?

Thanks!

Thanks Jennifer. Very helpful!

Adrienne or Anthony, can you tell us where We Speak NYC is used in other parts of the country, and if they use a learning circle approach?

In English Innovations, we've been using We Are New York and We Speak NYC in a blended classroom for seven years. It has been very successful and students love both the videos and the support materials. We'll continue using it in our English @ Home remote classes

This great information, however is there something that we may use in a correctional setting?

There seems to be a lot of us on here in correctional education

Since these videos could be downloaded - a teacher could do that before going to the Internet restricted enviromnent

Heide, can you share any resources you've developed around supporting WSMYC?

Students can access the script for the videos and beginners read and discuss the script both before viewing and post viewing at home;

We use something like Readers' Theater where different students read the different parts

Do they need a separate video conferencing app and text/chat app at the same time?

In Nepal we are delivering educationViaLearning Management System- LMS (Moodle and Google Classroom)Live Class- MS Teams, Zoom and Google MeetTelevising EducationFM/Radio education who have not access to internetVodcast and podcast

Most of the materials we use for support are on the website (photo story; script; vocabulary quizzes; grammar)

@heide can you share the website link?

Are the lessons/videos appropriate for low beginners?

Tony, can you let us know which activities are INTERACTIVE and what plans are to develop more?

Some resources related to implementing learning circles here: https://edtech.worlded.org/resources/english-now-implementation-guide-scale-up-webinar/

Some students can't get their video and/or audio working but want to participate

They can listen to the meeting and participate by chatting with the group

Ah hah! That's so good to know. Thank you!

We use the videos here in SLC, Utah!

Did you say this was created under the previous Mayor?

We use it in Seattle, Orlando, Phoenix and Nashville

If you are using this across the country, let us know!

@Karen - yes

I use it in Boston!

It started as We are New York, user the Bloomberg administration.

is there any special software for disability person

@Padm - can you say what sorts of disability you’re asking about?

One thing I love about We Speak NYC that Anthony mentioned is that you see immigrants learning their rights and acting on them in the face of exploitation (wage theft) by unscrupulous employers

@Nestor Rodriguez from NYC was also a key inspiration for these videos. Theater for English Learners!

Thanks, Anthony!

You could in theory download the images from video and create slides/powerpoint/word doc of storyline with images

https://wespeaknyc.cityofnewyork.us/

The quizzes work really well on smartphones too.

We also use the main page to teach web navigation skills. Like "where would you click to find info in your language" (a modified WebQuest)

Fantastic resources! Thank you all for sharing

Group 1 Using Zoom Link: https://jsi.zoom.us/j/92319571265Meeting ID: 923-1957-1265PW: 1234

Is there a fee for teachers to use We Speak NYC?

Group 2 Virtual Learning CirclesLink: https://jsi.zoom.us/j/91898324309Meeting ID: 918-9832-4309PW: 1234

Thank you!

WSNYC is free :)

Thank you!

Unbelievable! Thanks so much!