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VALRC: Digital Literacy for Multilingual Learners Webinar Series, Session 1: Introduction and Integration of the Digital Access and Resilience in Texas (DART) Curriculum
Have you struggled to find free resources to teach basic computer skills to multilingual learners? Are you overwhelmed by the idea of pulling together a variety of activities from different sources into a cohesive curriculum for learners who are new to using technology? This webinar is designed to demonstrate an… Read More
SABES: Introduction to Digital Literacy: Where to Begin!
In this workshop, you will learn about WIOA’s definition of digital literacy, ACLS policies, and the Digital US definition of digital resilience. You will review ACLS’s recommended digital literacy standards for students and consider how they can serve as a framework for planning and instruction. You will explore what these concepts… Read More
VALRC: Lessons from the Field with Ed Sadler: Teaching Digital Literacy to Immigrants
The Blue Ridge Literacy organization provides many services to its learners. One among them is delivering comprehensive digital literacy instruction, which encompasses basic computer operation, internet basics, using email, and basic Windows operating system use. Digital literacy class instruction is instructor-led and provided in person. The primary audience and participants… Read More
The Digital Skills Glossary
Knowing the “language” of digital skills is an important foundation for digital resilience. The Digital Skills Glossary is a set of open vocabulary-based resources and activities to help build learners’ digital resilience. This site includes over 300 terms, plus activities. Read More
Understanding Digital Resilience
These resources provide guidance to support programs and instructors in understanding digital resilience. “The awareness, skills, agility, and confidence to be empowered users of new technologies and adapt to changing digital skill demands (Digital US, 2020) – is more important than ever for active participation in society… Read More
LINCS: The Digital Equity Act: Correctional Education Getting in the Game
The Digital Equity Act now moves into the next phase of implementation across the country, and it’s important for everyone in the correctional and reentry community to get up to speed on what’s happening. Join LINCS to learn from Amanda Bergson-Shilcock, a recognized expert on state and federal workforce policies… Read More
Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment
Northstar Digital Literacy is a program of Literacy Minnesota, whose mission is to share the power of learning through education, community building , and advocacy. In this resource, online, self-guided modules assess the ability of individuals to perform tasks based on digital skills. Basic computer digital literacy standards and modules… Read More
EdTech: The Digital Equity Act and Professional Development with Purpose
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… Read More
Digital Skill Building by Design: The EdTech Integration Toolkit
This toolkit, currently only available in mobile application format, has been designed to help educators explore sustainable edtech routines—general, repeatable edtech activities that can be leveraged regularly regardless of context or content and provide predictable experiences for learners—and understand the underlying evidence-based strategies behind their use. It also provides guidance… Read More
Digital Literacy for Life and Work
HIAS and HIAS Pennsylvania have created a series of digital literacy videos for newcomer families. Each video series includes 16 short videos, covering topics such as digital safety and scams, preventing viruses and malware, secure Wi-Fi networks, online learning opportunities, online translation and interpretation, identifying misinformation, monitoring children’s… Read More