LINCS Community Events for the Weeks of 1/3/22 and 1/10/22

Happy New Year to the LINCS Community!

Please see below for LINCS Events for the week of 1/3/2022:

Hosted Discussion: Exploring the New LINCS Teaching Adults to Read Courses

Description: Wondering about best practice strategies for teaching adults to read? The recently updated LINCS Teaching Adults to Read courses explain reading strategy instruction for beginner, intermediate, and advanced adult readers. Throughout January, the LINCS Reading and Writing Group will conduct discussions highlighting both courses. Join the discussion at: https://community.lincs.ed.gov/group/25.

Date/Time: Throughout the month of January

LINCS Community Group: Reading and Writing

A LINCS account is required to participate in the LINCS discussion Exploring the New LINCS Teaching Adults to Read Courses.

 

Live Session:  How Virtual Reality is Helping Adults Obtain Industry Recognized Credentials

Description: What is VR and why does it matter in adult education? Kick off 2022 with Michael Carbenia to learn about how virtual reality (VR) is helping adult learners gain industry recognized credentials and get started on promising career paths in a variety of industry sectors.

Date/Time: Wednesday, January 5, 2022, 3:00pm ET (live session)

LINCS Community Group: Career Pathways

Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for How Virtual Reality is Helping Adults Obtain Industry Recognized Credentials.

 

Please see below for LINCS Events for the week of 1/10/2022:

Live Session:  What is a Refugee?: Dominant Discourses in Education and the Importance of Counter-Narratives

DescriptionJoin Suzanne McCurdy and Bayan Tawakalna to explore the role of counter-narratives as a pedagogical tool to enable refugee individuals to produce and negotiate their own identities and challenge widespread notions of what it means to be a refugee.

Date/Time: Monday, January 10, 2022, 3:00pm ET (live session)

LINCS Community Group: English Language Acquisition

Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for What is a Refugee?: Dominant Discourses in Education and the Importance of Counter-Narratives.

 

Live Session:  Teaching Evidence Based Reading Instruction (EBRI) Online

DescriptionJoin EBRI expert Becki Lemke and the LINCS Reading and Writing group to learn best practices for teaching evidence-based reading instruction (EBRI) in online environments.

Date/Time: Tuesday, January 11, 2022, 3:00pm ET (live session)

LINCS Community Group: Reading and Writing

Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Teaching Evidence Based Reading Instruction (EBRI) Online.

 

Live Session:  Building Digital Skills For An Equitable Pandemic Recovery

DescriptionDigital literacy skills are an essential part of an equitable pandemic economic recovery. Join Amanda Berson-Shilcock and Caroline Treschitta of the National Skills Coalition to learn more about essential digital skills and how to integrate specific skills in career clusters.

Date/Time: Tuesday, January 11, 2022, 3:00pm ET (live session)

LINCS Community Group: Program Management

Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Building Digital Skills For An Equitable Pandemic Recovery.