AP Virtual Showcase 2023: S3 - Using texting to engage with learners
A zoom session hosted by AlphaPlus on October 24, 2023, with Ontario instructors and guests sharing how they use texting to engage with learners.
Virtual Showcase website with content and resources shared:
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https://virtualshowcase.alphaplus.ca/...
GUESTS
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Jane Wouda, Lead Instructor
Training & Learning Centre of Renfrew County
Jane has been the Literacy and Basic Skills Instructor at the Training & Learning Centre of Renfrew County for about 10 years. She had a classroom in Pikwakanagan, Ontario, for about 3 years and also worked as the “travelling” instructor, taking her classroom on the road to many small towns and villages in Eastern Ontario. Since the pandemic, Jane has been the primary online instructor, teaching classes over Zoom and other video platforms.
Paul Crane, Founder
Local Text Marketers
Paul is the CEO and founder of Local Text Marketers. Launched in 2012, Local Text Marketers is an all-Canadian company offering desktop texting applications to businesses, organizations and non-profits in Canada and the USA.
Session description:
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Since many learners have access to mobile phones and use them on a daily basis, literacy programs started using texting to engage with their clients. Join us to hear from our guests about the software they use and the benefits/changes they have noticed. We will also chat with the owner of a Canadian company providing texting software (including a custom phone number to display when sending a text) to help answer any questions you might have about texting tools.
Funding:
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This Employment Ontario project is funded in part by the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario.