These Essential Skills Ontario (the Ontario anglophone stream organization from 1987 to 2015) sample activities were developed to introduce learners and practitioners to the concept of problem solving within technology rich environment (PS – TRE).

While there are a number of considerations for PS – TRE, the three core dimensions of PS – TRE are:

• A task or problem to solve
• Consideration of technologies through which the problem can be solved
• A process by which the problem is solved

These sample tasks are aligned with the OALCF (Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework) in that they demonstrate a task – based approach, where goal related tasks and learning activities reflect actual real world use and purposes and reflect a learner’s needs and interests and that demonstrate that they can achieve desired results by drawing on their own toolbox of digital technologies and mental processes. PS – TRE assumes that basic digital and technical skills are already known and they are considered a prerequisite for successful resolution of a problem or task.

Remind is a free communication platform for instructors and students.

Remind allows instructors and learners to communicate through text without exchanging phone numbers. Its ability to be immediate means that instructors and students can send each other last minute updates. View the webinar to learn how to set up Remind and to find out how instructors are using it.

 Slack is a powerful instant messaging and collaboration tool designed for teams that offers users a streamlined solution to manage email volume by consolidating communication into one place.

During the Slack webinar we tour the tool, exploring features like:

• Channels – organizing team communications by projects, topics, and teams so everyone can see what’s happening.
• Direct Messages-sending direct instant messages, and private communication to colleagues.
• Integrating apps and tools like Twitter, Dropbox, SoundCloud into Slack.

Google Drive is a free service from Google. It that allows users to store files online and access them from anywhere and on any device using the cloud. Explore and learn how Google Drive can help your team to work collaboratively, and to create, edit, and share documents, spreadsheets, survey, quizzes and much more.

Wondering where to find and how to use mobile Apps in your literacy program? In this 2016 webinar, we explore and learn about a variety of Apps ( IOS & Android) that you can use to support teaching, learning and administration in your adult literacy program.

Using Flubaroo to quickly grade multiple-choice or fill-in-blank assignments in Google.

Tech Tuesdays: Google Apps for Education (GAFE) in your literacy program

Tech Tuesdays: iPads in adult literacy class: benefits and challenges with guest presenters from Hamilton Literacy Council

Tech Tuesday: Canva – easily create beautiful designs and graphics (2015)

Tech Tuesday: Gamification and Technology motivating learners to overcome fear and play their way through learning