Welcome! Read the latest issue of PROGRESS, featuring innovative practices taking place across Virginia. Read PROGRESS

Events

EdTech Center: Digital Literacy and the Employer’s Perspective

Virtual

This Distance Education Strategy Session will shed light on the employer’s perspective and highlight common goals between adult educators and employers. We will hear from Cambria and Tyson Foods, two employers that have leveraged EnGen to fuel their adult education partnerships.  

EdTech: The Digital Equity Act and Professional Development with Purpose

Virtual

At this month’s Distance Education Strategy Session, Shirley Doan and Judy Mortrude will share information and advocacy strategies for engaging with the Digital Equity State Planning process coming to your state this spring. During the second presentation, Rachel Riggs, Digital Learning Specialist, and Jana Harper, Adult Educator from Arizona, discuss the purpose behind the EdTech […]

Teaching Skills That Matter Maker Space Info Session

Online

This webinar introduces upcoming opportunities to be part of the Teaching the Skills that Matter (TSTM) EdTech Maker Space initiative.  Starting in June 2022, the EdTech Center at World Education will be running a series of seven EdTech Maker Space projects. The goal of the projects is to offer service learning experiences for adult education teachers […]

EdTech: Staying Healthy EdTech Maker Space Project Showcase

Virtual

In partnership with Florida Literacy Coalition, EdTech ran the Staying Healthy! EdTech Maker Space in which educators adapted activities from the Staying Healthy ESOL Health Literacy curriculum using Jamboard, Quizlet, and Wakelet, and aligned other language learning, reading, and listening resources to the curriculum. During this webinar, EdTech will showcase what was accomplished and how […]

EdTech: Building Relevance and Engagement to Keep Learners Motivated and Moving Forward

Virtual

This webinar is focused on keeping learners motivated and moving forward. Ann Marie Przybyl of Literacy New York delivers the first lightning talk, sharing strategies for teaching soft skills by Incorporating Workplace Readiness Skills Into Adult Education. Then, James Brown III of Guilford Tech Community College (NC) will share about Using Formative Assessment and Seat […]

EdTech: Teaching Skills That Matter EdTech Maker Space

Virtual

The goal of the first EdTech Maker Space (ETMS) project, taking place in the summer of 2022, is to curate OER and align them to four Teaching Skills That Matter topics (Civic Education, Workforce Preparation, Health Literacy, and Financial Literacy). Along the way, participants will learn strategies for OER evaluation, skills/standards alignment, collaboration with edtech, and inclusive design. […]