Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 6/21/2021:
Live Session: Increasing Access to Apprenticeships
Description: Join us as we hear from a diverse group of speakers on why apprenticeship matters to adult education and how we can address equity and access to apprenticeships for adult learners. Jennie Mollica, Amber Gallup, Dr. Laurie Coskey, and Jessica W. O’Connor will share their experiences, expertise, and resources related to pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeships.
Date/Time: Tuesday, June 22, 3:00 - 4:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Career Pathways
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Increasing Access to Apprenticeships
Live Session: Digital Resources for Adult Literacy Learners and Programs: Reading, Comprehension, and Assessment Tools
Description: Are you looking for free resources that can diagnose and remediate adult learner weaknesses in the four components of reading? If so, the LINCS Reading and Writing Community can help. Dr. John Sabatini will share two new resources, AutoTutor-ARC and SARA. SARA is a tool for diagnosing learner reading needs while AutoTutor is a groundbreaking online reading instructional tool.
Date/Time: Thursday, June 24, 2:00 - 3:00pm ET (live session)
LINCS Community Group: Reading and Writing
Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Digital Resources for Adult Literacy Learners and Programs: Reading, Comprehension, and Assessment Tools
Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 6/28/2021:
Hosted Discussion: Expanding Our View of Math History and Culture
Description: Join Adult Numeracy Network President, Eric Appleton, as he highlights areas for teacher learning and curriculum development. It is often assumed that all mathematics comes from Europe and the ancient Greeks. Studying the history of mathematics can help teachers and students learn about the contributions of many cultures to our current mathematical understandings. Our number system comes from India. Algebra was developed most notably in Islamic learning centers. Mayan mathematicians independently developed 0 and a base-60 number system. Chinese mathematicians proved the Pythagorean Theorem long before Pythagoras. This discussion will focus on what math teachers can do to develop and share knowledge of the history of mathematics in non-Western cultures.
Date/Time: Monday, June 28, 2021 - Tuesday, June 29, 2021 (asynchronous discussion)
Discussion Groups: Math and Numeracy
A LINCS account is required to participate in the LINCS discussion, Expanding Our View of Math History and Culture.