https://www.lightheartedlearning.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-10-20 https://www.lightheartedlearning.com/blog/a-new-year-keepin-it-real monthly 0.5 2024-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/ccf4c0aa-7373-4387-85ce-b1e3b1810702/Screenshot+2024-01-20+at+11.10.16%E2%80%AFAM.png MUSINGS, MURMURS AND MEMES - A New Year - Keepin’ it Real - Make it stand out Our New Year’s card for 2024. https://www.lightheartedlearning.com/blog/fusing-literacies-its-time monthly 0.5 2023-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/17feaf45-6a9a-4b49-ad30-9803569d5a3e/Screenshot+2023-08-25+at+8.29.04+AM.png MUSINGS, MURMURS AND MEMES - Fusing Literacies-It’s Time - Make it stand out Image Credits: Acoustic Dylan- Public Domain; Electric Dylan-Chris Hakkens on Flickr CC-BY-SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/c8c0f98a-fce6-47c6-8832-5e118b754b2e/Screenshot+2023-08-25+at+8.15.48+AM.png MUSINGS, MURMURS AND MEMES - Fusing Literacies-It’s Time - Make it stand out Can you identify what each of these images signify? Could your learners? https://www.lightheartedlearning.com/blog/and-were-baaaack monthly 0.5 2023-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/c801f5c2-022c-43a6-92a1-06c40d955324/Screenshot+2023-05-09+at+8.01.55+PM.png MUSINGS, MURMURS AND MEMES - And we’re baaaack… - Make it stand out Created by Padlet’s “I can’t draw” tool https://www.lightheartedlearning.com/blog/pondering-and-positing monthly 0.5 2021-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/1629938122643-ILJRZFQS9D8U8DARDQLZ/jakub-kriz-arOyDPUAJzc-unsplash.jpeg MUSINGS, MURMURS AND MEMES - Pondering and Positing - Make it stand out Photo by Jakub Kriz on Unsplash https://www.lightheartedlearning.com/blog/7nssxcz1jj4ly14xdwu90wnkiyel6l monthly 0.5 2021-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/1615308255202-9AZMC4B0I6ML73XXREX5/screenshot_2007.jpg MUSINGS, MURMURS AND MEMES - One month later… - From From “Taking Our Instruction To Task” https://www.lightheartedlearning.com/blog/a-new-space monthly 0.5 2021-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/1608085731051-4H9ORMSCGY1DMPK4M7LB/image.jpg MUSINGS, MURMURS AND MEMES - A new space… - Welcome to my new post on my new blog on my new website. I’m hoping to be a little more disciplined about writing this time around —it’s a good resolution and will, no doubt, be my version of “the good struggle” if my earlier blogging efforts are an accurate predictor. Here’s the evidence: my first blog in 2012, (from Singapore!) had 5 posts. In 2013, there were also 5. In 2014, there were 3. In 2015 and 2016 none, although I found a 2016 drafted post and uploaded it in 2017…and from there—here. So I’ll consider those as practice runs and this as the real thing. But, as my parents always said to me when I promised to be good: “We’ll see….” Photo by Vincentiu Solomon on Unsplash https://www.lightheartedlearning.com/home daily 1.0 2021-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/1613094873266-JHR8VN1P4A7DUAQWSCHJ/philipp-lublasser-HUDFBjvbg1E-unsplash.jpg Home Tasks & Tools to foster learner collaboration in the virtual classroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/1613095041179-DIR2QBX6FAD28ANS8HY1/screenshot_1489.png Home Maximizing students’ learning on smartphones in the virtual classroom https://www.lightheartedlearning.com/book-a-workshop daily 0.75 2020-12-16 https://www.lightheartedlearning.com/about daily 0.75 2024-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/1606534552150-3FLO2D2R9NLI1TXV1GML/Jayme-1.jpeg About Jayme and Lighthearted Learning - Jayme Adelson-Goldstein & her moniker: Lighthearted Learning Through my work as Lighthearted Learning, I support professional learning and coaching opportunities for instructors and technical assistance to programs, colleges and agencies across the U.S.—supporting learner-centered, rigorous instruction to help adult English language learners’ meet their education, civic engagement, and career goals. During my 40+ years as a teacher educator, I’ve researched, applied, and addressed numerous instructional theories and techniques as well as state and federal initiatives, but my focus continues to be on refining instruction that respects (and differentiates for) the needs of both learners and instructors, fostering agency along the way. I’ve developed in-person and online professional learning for myriad organizations including TESOL, CALPRO (California), SABES (Massachusetts), ACE of Florida, Jobs for the Future, and the American Institutes for Research. I’ve provided curriculum support to agencies such as Portland (Maine) Adult Education, Santa Fe and Dona Ana Community Colleges, and the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Division of Adult and Career Education. I’ve also had the privilege of providing one-on-one instructional coaching for educators across the U.S. on topics ranging from teaching basics to differentiating instruction, to integrating digital literacy and resilience. When gifted with the opportunity to facilitate workshops or give keynotes outside of the U.S., I treasure the experience not only for the expanded perspective it brings to my work, but for the confirmation of ELT’s universal joys and challenges. I’ve been fortunate to have a longstanding relationship with Oxford University Press, first publishing with the Press in 1991 (Listen First) and continuing to publish over the years as a co-author, author and series director of English language teaching materials including OPD (The Oxford Picture Dictionary) and Step Forward: Standards-Based Language Learning for Work and Academic Success. And as grateful as I am for all the opportunities I’ve had in the field of English language teaching, I am most grateful for the learners and colleagues I’ve known and served, and of course, for my wonderful family, Gary, Emily, and Anthony—the source of my light heart . For my CV, click here. https://www.lightheartedlearning.com/workshops-webshops daily 0.75 2024-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/dbf26fd3-3f6b-49d7-835b-a67382f128a2/Screenshot+2024-09-16+at+2.51.53%E2%80%AFPM.png Workshop & Webshop Offerings - Fusing Literacies (aka Opening Digital Doors) Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/fb5ad8b0-308d-4236-a211-b738a2aac156/Screenshot+2024-09-16+at+5.02.15%E2%80%AFPM.png Workshop & Webshop Offerings - Scaffolds and Differentiation: Building Knowledge & Making a Difference Working with learner variability factors is a reality in effective English language instruction. These factors go beyond language proficiency levels to include varied backgrounds, goals, interests, etc.. To support all learners in their classes, instructors need to identify and employ a variety of scaffolds and differentiating strategies. By including these strategies in instructional routines, teachers can streamline planning time and focus more on facilitating a learner-centered and learner-directed approach to building content knowledge and language skills. This session engages participants in a series of exploration, reflection and collaboration tasks that will enable them to • discriminate between scaffolds & differentiation strategies; • identify common ways to scaffold instruction; • explore 3 types of differentiation; and • determine what types of scaffolding & differentiation might be needed by their adult multilingual learners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/1606537836090-OF7KTPBBTLKOCB7T4ALP/screenshot_1413.png Workshop & Webshop Offerings - Listening In/Listening Up Listening well is key to effective communication, but listening can be a barrier for adult English learners–especially if they lack confidence in their listening skills. Providing direct instruction in listening strategies helps English language learners transfer what they do automatically in their first language to their experiences listening to English. In this workshop you’ll experience active and focused listening tasks that allow learners to see immediate results in their community, classroom and workplace interactions. By the end of the session, you should be able to: Identify the stages of listening and their correlation to the stages of a listening lesson Provide learners with active listening practice in person or online Use a task-based approach to help learners choose and apply various listening strategies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/1606406986105-27O6A6ZEX2KQJHJQPPNB/screenshot_1393.png Workshop & Webshop Offerings - Reading Minds Close reading and ed tech are well matched. The access to a wide array of texts, the ability to zoom out and zoom in on a text, to “clean up” a webpage, and to use annotation tools on computers and mobile devices are all reasons to embrace reading strategy instruction in the online environment. In this session, teachers explore ways to deliver reading strategy instruction; experience paired and jigsaw reading tasks in person or in breakout rooms with level-appropriate texts; and develop text-dependent questions for a level-appropriate complex text. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/1606536735867-JB1U3EVVUIHVAT2HUGIF/screenshot_1411.png Workshop & Webshop Offerings - Write Away! Teaching writing in this first quarter of the 21st century has a unique set of benefits and challenges including helping learners use their phones to plan, type drafts, get feedback, and edit their work. In this session, you explore how the stages of the writing process can be addressed using ed tech and a variety of creative work-arounds and a few old-school approaches (pencil and paper anyone?). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/1606536116273-RX7625MIMHIY82ZYQKMG/screenshot_1409.png Workshop & Webshop Offerings - Communicate, Cooperate, COPE! Teamwork is a required of adults in all aspects of their lives outside the classroom—and with team tasks creating an authentic purpose to engage with the content and language being learned inside the classroom, the integration of cooperative learning and adult education is even more meaningful than it was forty+ years ago. This workshop/webshop revisits the concepts of cooperative learning through a 21st century lens using ideas from both Kagan and Johnson & Johnson and explores how routines, roles, and rubrics support both teachers and learners in virtual and F2F learning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/240b68a4-8129-4ef4-ab02-fb1527d623bd/download.png https://www.lightheartedlearning.com/location daily 0.75 2021-02-12 https://www.lightheartedlearning.com/gallery daily 0.75 2021-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/8543bc03-cd36-4a2f-9835-257c8c684eb4/3D8FACF9-B987-49AE-A36C-7120E3039194_1_105_c.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Lori Howard, Sylvia Ramirez, and moi at TESOL 2019 during our Listening workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/880b77f5-ba33-4198-b5e6-a35404555647/DBB31F67-4302-4DDA-985B-FE1AF919C9A5_1_105_c.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Participants at a CASAS Summer Institute session - Promoting Rigor in Adult Ed PD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/e256e843-6a17-420c-b3ed-0640a02e0ddd/A41091A1-B221-4102-9A2D-E250C3945EBF_1_105_c.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Rigorous Rodrigo - poster from the CASAS Summer Institute's Rigor session https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/abbc9438-4865-4142-9dfa-8df5b681af10/CE12E1FA-59C5-46ED-B9AB-2EA96326BBDA_1_105_c.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Lori and I doing the Listening workshop at COABE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/1612995192691-5VUH9WL7DV57ZFG7W4OR/D35784DD-BD0D-453A-9543-EDD8029F9B78_1_105_c.jpg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Betsy Parrish (colleague, friend, and adult education expert!) and I at the Wisconsin Common Ground conference, facilitating our Maximizing Learner Outcomes workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/5aa7dd12-a6ed-4780-86e3-1016dec94b31/F879BD29-DC81-4988-AD48-F1206C7EF101_1_105_c.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic New Mexico adult ESL instructors planning a presentation on the English Language Proficiency Standards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/1612995700203-IS49COPA951M5PAPR3C4/23546A89-FAA9-4E2E-941D-DE344DF7CD2A_1_105_c.jpg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Wisconsin Adult ESL teacher's poster depicting English language instructors in the 21st century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/6c923f31-9bf5-41c5-b003-19d54ef4fba5/B9860CBB-AFD8-4769-A5C8-A9A84D35BF3C_1_105_c.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Colleague, dear friend, and wise woman, Lori Howard at CATESOL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/36d80670-fdcf-46bd-a659-ee2add0b4908/IMG_2206.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Pamela Jo Wilson, a stellar adult educator and Florida treasure! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/4dc447a6-ed46-4a5a-ae7b-e4711fbbf442/7C2F7DE1-E0E5-4D74-9AA2-163AB8C76D40_1_105_c.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Gift to the field and friend, Patsy Egan, and I at AIR's Teaching the Skills that Matter pilot in DC 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/6e187ff4-ecf6-448d-94c2-82c48237cd4c/IMG_0340.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic The Institute for Adult Learning Training Team dining out after five weeks of training. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/0220b579-4516-4296-9d0c-c02922e9785f/IMG_0633.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic ACE of Florida educators working hard during a CCRS workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/9448f789-b3e9-43ac-bcf0-fe22ca4520c3/IMG_1530.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Rubric design at another ACE of Florida session https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/cb4e3884-21bf-4fb6-b557-a2dc8f6cd97c/IMG_1850.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Adult educators working on Do/Say charts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/65b5f838-b47e-475e-a2e1-bab6b9de4902/workshop+6.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic The wonderful teachers and administrators at the TBI session during the TESOL Institute in Chandigarh, India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/121cbf43-2b94-4e14-9e07-aab4a857c454/IMG_2253.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Wisconsin's creme de la creme teachers puzzling out rigor in English language instruction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/82d75d64-4de0-4b73-9859-c198b7ae2b7d/IMG_2476.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic The whole Wisconsin group at the end of a 2-day training on the LINCS ESL Pro materials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/4c7f3972-93b4-4e05-85e9-253bc92dd8c5/IMG_2259.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Wisconsin joy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/a9c9adae-224f-413e-815f-18280c71408b/QYZJ8807.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Great friends and presenting pals, Sylvia Ramirez and Lori Howard-- CATESOL at Disneyland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/f0f8e616-0d53-4843-87b1-5117d5e5a08f/IMG_2430.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic The top notch adult educators from the Florida LINCS ESL Pro group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/507c834d-73bc-445d-9349-1e00a4a123cb/IMG_2517.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Cupcakes to celebrate the 3rd edition. :-) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/48f6a577-f66a-42db-af0c-15ca0c50426c/IMG_3245.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic The Contessas of ESL Instruction -- before their PCI at COABE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/1613018131247-5UYJKMIONXKBSHV9TTAL/IMG_3373.jpg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic "nuff said https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/d1f0be6b-a3eb-47b8-bf97-3c66f8e1baf4/IMG_3378.png Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic This is how you give a keynote when you are moi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/cf92eaa1-838b-4e54-934e-c27490f36b7b/IMG_1473.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Colleagues from Portland Adult Education in Maine-- working on building and reviewing their curriculum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/c70e4fa9-6b37-4033-b7c9-e7ff9e3b6723/IMG_1108.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic A wonderful time working on rigor and relevance with Providence, RI teachers! 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Dave Coleman pausing between sessions at CASAS Summer Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/1613083437645-W1CNJ7WNDCIV0EVRVXF0/IMG_2275.jpg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Kit Bell, mentor and pal and now retired!! and Lori Howard at CATESOL Santa Clara https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/87700889-ad64-4ee3-bb5f-0b0f8e4ce702/IMG_2004.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Do-Say chart created during a CASAS Summer Institute Session https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/fb71a283-06a0-4810-b45f-2dcb5d8e996e/IMG_3214.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic CASAS Dream Team and moi at TESOL Seattle 2017 (bottom row l-r: Jane Eguez, Lori Howard, top row r-l: Linda Taylor, moi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/066db6f0-f3e5-462c-9718-49193e301c89/IMG_1115.jpeg Gallery - the people, the places, the posters, the magic Working with Rochelle Yanike-Hale as we plan in the moment during a paired reading activity with Portand Adult Education (ME) https://www.lightheartedlearning.com/reviews daily 0.75 2021-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbfcd87a87939686401fcc8/1613081929776-MTZQSFG0O2V9XGHI0DBY/joshua-j-cotten-8NmGOkPliE0-unsplash.jpg What people have to say about Lighthearted Learning and me Psssst!