LINCS Community Events for the Weeks of 10/21/2024 and 10/28/2024

Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 10/21/2024:

Live Session: USCIS: The NEW Civics Test Textbook  

Description: The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) just released its new educational resource: "One Nation, One People Civics Test Textbook," a preparatory study resource for the naturalization test for low-level English learners. This guide includes images and diagrams throughout to facilitate the learning and retention of U.S. civics information.  Come learn how this new resource can support citizenship preparation and civics education for your program. 

Presenters: Eva Millona, Chief, Office of Citizenship Partnership and Engagement, External Affairs Directorate, USCIS; Kelton Williams, Ph.D. and Samantha Rijkers, Education Program Specialists, Citizenship Education and Training Branch, Office of Citizenship, Office of Citizenship Partnership and Engagement, External Affairs Directorate, USCIS 

Date/Time: October 21, 2024, 2:00 PM ET  

LINCS Community Group: Civics Education and Citizenship 

Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event USCIS: The NEW Civics Test Textbook.  *Note registration is full for this event.

 

Live Session: Introducing Navigating Today’s Media: A ProLiteracy Student-Facing Course 

Description: Get ready for Media Literacy Week (October 21-25, 2024) with ProLiteracy's new course, "Navigating Today’s Media." Join our guest presenter, Maribel Ojeda, ProLiteracy Director of Professional Development to learn how this course equips adult learners with the essential skills to navigate the complex media landscape. Students will learn how to define media, analyze messages, recognize perspective, evaluate sources, and share media responsibly. Spread the news and join us! 

Presenters:  Maribel Ojeda, Director of Professional Development, ProLiteracy  

Date/Time: October 23, 2024, 3:00 PM ET  

LINCS Community Group: Civics Education and Citizenship 

Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event Introducing Navigating Today’s Media: A ProLiteracy Student-Facing Course 

 

Live Session: Media Literacy: Making Sense of It All 

Description: In this fast-paced information/knowledge environment, early readers may be bombarded with a variety of messages from a variety of sources. What is media literacy? Did you know media literacy may empower people to be critical thinkers, more effective communicators, and active citizens?  Join us for this live event where our guest presenter, Elizabeth Daniels, Adult Education Specialist, KET–Kentucky Educational Television, Lexington, KY will answer these questions and provide thought-provoking discussion. 

Presenter: Elizabeth Daniels, Adult Education Specialist, KET–Kentucky Educational Television, Lexington, KY  

Date/Time: October 25, 2024, 12:00 PM ET  

LINCS Community Group: Reading and Writing; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Teaching and Learning 

Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Media Literacy: Making Sense of It All. 

 

 

Please see below for the LINCS Community events for the week of 10/28/2024:

Live Session: From Prison to PhD - Navigating College Behind the Walls

Description: The Pell Grant window has opened and many students behind the walls are jumping through, but how many are succeeding and what challenges are they facing? Join our guest presenter, Chiara Benetollo, Executive Director of the Puttkammer Center for Educational Justice & Equity to discuss the challenges students face navigating college behind and beyond the walls of our prisons and jails, and solutions that can be used to help these students succeed.

Presenter: Chiara Benetollo, Executive Director of the Puttkammer Center for Educational Justice & Equity

Date/Time: October 31, 2024, 12:00 PM ET 

LINCS Community Group: Reading and WritingDiversity, Equity, and InclusionTeaching and Learning

Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for From Prison to PhD - Navigating College Behind the Walls.

 

 

 

 

*Please note: LINCS moderator-led events are not recorded, so we encourage you to participate in them as they happen. Certificates are provided for attending live LINCS events.