Webinar

Ei8ht Educational Outreach- ASSETlocated at Arizona State University. Presenter Mandy Bachali references Sesame Workshop and Sesamie Street's Podcasts. //Affordances//: Bilingual tools emphasize different modalities. Kim, the moderator was fantastic, sharing the notes feature on the screen, stretching the screen, and the whiteboard tools (laser pointer). Mandy "shared her desktop" with us, and it was powerful to be able to see the tools at the same time as hearing about them. Sesame Street certainly taps into all modalities. A nine-page PDF parent guide and and word cards cards downloadable for free. Extensive reinforcement activities will likely guarantee uptake. (Eg. Five minutes talking about the word spectacular). Children identify with characters they know. Mandy gave participants five minutes to "play" with the podcasts. Their podcasts are free, downloadable from iTunes. //Constraints//: The theme revolves around a skill or word, rather than a unit. It would have made more sense to embed a file with all the links Mandy talked about. I saw a bunch of wasted time with embedding and describing how to access the links Mandy described. On the other hand, maybe the hands-on cutting and pasting makes me go through the actions of getting to a site, and therefore capturing more information! //Relevance//: This is a good example of an all-in-one program. It would make sense to have similar guides available for the parents who want to help their children and dig deeper.
 * 50min Archived Webinar Sponsored by Elluminate** Sesamie Street's What's the Word on the Street is found on