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Best Virtual Practices
“Using the AE&L Conference ReMix Team Challenge online support process provided by the VALRC (Google site, milestones, on track, and stay organized, PBL site, & focus question techniques); we identified the best practices, resolutions, and outcomes our students and teachers could implement to reduce the challenges associated with online learning… Read More
Incorporating Workforce Skills in GED & ELA Classes
“Using the ReMix Challenge as a PLC allowed new and veteran teachers to interact as well as present in a virtual format to their peers.” Team S.P.A.C.E. Matters by Dr. Barbara Brown Team Members Project Summary: Dr. Barbara Brown Autumn Bedwell Frances… Read More
Book Creator
What is it? Book Creator is a digital book-making tool that allows users to create, read, and publish books with text, images, audio, and video. What are the benefits? Creating a book makes learning more interactive. Users can print their book or share it electronically. Learners can collaborate in real… Read More
Choosing Instructional Materials and Technologies Tips
Selecting Instructional Materials with Purpose Before selecting instructional materials, online course designers and instructors should identify the learning outcomes students will be expected to demonstrate. Select materials that support those learning outcomes: materials that are level-appropriate, aligned to student goals, standards-aligned, and accessible to learners. See the following considerations and… Read More
Teaching Skills That Matter Maker Space Info Session
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… Read More
Do You Know Alice?
by Jim André & Caroline Lane “33% of our fellow Virginians have an income below the realistic cost of basic necessities.” You know ALICE. You teach ALICE. You work with ALICE. Some of you may be ALICE. ALICE is an acronym that stands for Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed. Read More
Resources and Strategies for Delivering Workforce Preparation Activities at a Distance
by Kate Daly Rolander, Ph.D. * Links in this article that are no longer active have been disabled. In a shifting and uncertain economic landscape, it is especially important now to emphasize workforce preparation as a core offering of adult education programs that do the important work of meeting… Read More
Community as a Key to Unlocking Civics Education
by Susan Otero and MaryAnn Cunningham Florez “What really matters from the point of view of social capital and civic engagement is not merely nominal membership, but active and involved membership”. — Robert D. Putnam The community/civics education connection What motivates people to be civically in… Read More
Empowering Neighborhood Ambassadors Through English Language Teaching
by Lisa Vaughn and Xavier Muñoz The English Empowerment Center has partnered with Fairfax County’s Opportunity Neighborhoods program to build essential language and digital literacy skills for their Neighborhood Ambassadors. Ambassadors are residents who act as a bridge between the vulnerable communities in which they live and local… Read More
Incorporating Workforce Skills in GED & ELA Classes
“Using the ReMix Challenge as a PLC allowed new and veteran teachers to interact as well as present in a virtual format to their peers.” Team S.P.A.C.E. Matters by Dr. Barbara Brown Team Members Project Summary: Dr. Barbara Brown Autumn Bedwell Frances Ferebee… Read More