California Adult Education
Technology Mentor Network
The California Adult Education Technology Mentor Network is now forming. Our goal is to share ideas, dilemmas, discoveries and suggestions for supporting adult education teachers to use technology effectively with students.
Links to useful sites:
ANNOUNCEMENTS
* The online workshop on Powerpoint for the Classroom has a waiting list. The first session was a success, and the date of the next session will be announced soon,

* Thanks to everyone who came to the TMN happy hours at CATESOL and CCAE. We are strong and growing!

For more information, email
Marian Thacher
POV Borders - an interactive website from PBS, focusing on the environment this year, and last year's focus on migration is also archived there.
Three sites contributed by Dick Stein from Pleasant Valley Adult School in Oakland re serving students with disabilities:
Ability Hub
Alliance for Technology Access
A checklist for Assistive Technology
PORTICAL website - technology resources by and for school administrators, contributed by Melanie Wade of Garden Grove Adult Education
Examples of class and lab sites:
Jenni Santamaria's page of technology-based ESL lessons at ABC Adult School
A useful clip art site from Fernanda Carrera at South SF Adult School, along with an activity she made for ESL students using the clip art.
Online ESL - Website developed to support ESL lab classes in Long Beach, and to provide online learning for ESL, created from scratch by Ron Fujihara.
Go here for a collection of authentic listening sites gathered from TESOL workshops, and from our members.
Website for the ESL Lab at Chula Vista Adult School, recommended by Judi Wright.
MiraCosta College Adult ESL has a website for their program that provides students with lots of information, and also Sylvia Ramirez, the ESL Coordinator, has a home page with links that are useful for students and teachers.
Here are the websites shared by members in our online meeting on May 4, 2004.
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