Celebrate Digital Learning Day on February 5, 2014 by pledging to acquire new knowledge about current technology tools used to advance education!
In January, LINCS announced the launch of the free, self-paced online course: Integrating Technology in the Adult Education Classroom, available now on the LINCS Learning Portal. As a follow-up to this professional development opportunity, LINCS is partnering with the Literacy Assistance Center in New York City (LACNYC) to bring you a series of 30-minute webinars on how to use technology tools in education. These webinars will be held every Thursday in February, starting on February 13, from 3:00-3:30 PM ET.
Space for these webinars is very limited. Register via the links below for one or more webinars today! If you are unable to attend or if the webinar(s) closes before you are able to sign up, you will be able to access the archived webinars at a later date on the LACNYC website.
A month-long discussion connected to the Digital Learning Day: Four-Part Technology Tools Webinar Series will also occur in the Technology and Learning Group.
For more information about Digital Learning Day, visit: http://www.digitallearningday.org/.
Title: Social Media Webinar Series: Twitter
Facilitator: Nell Eckersley
Audience: ESOL, ABE & HSE instructors; program managers
This 30-minute webinar explores the basics of Twitter and why it is a valuable education tool. You will learn what hashtags and mentions are, as well as how to shorten links to fit inside the 140-character limit of a tweet. We will talk about how to find people to follow and how to help people find you on Twitter.
Date: February 13, 2014
Time: 3 – 3:30 PM ET
Register: http://dig14201.eventbrite.com
Title: Social Media Webinar Series: QR Codes
Facilitator: Nell Eckersley
Audience: ESOL, ABE & HSE instructors; program managers
This 30-minute webinar explains QR codes: what they are and how to create them. We will explore lesson ideas including how to use QR codes to make reading a multimodal experience and using QR codes to access content via mobile devices both inside and outside the classroom.
Date: February 20, 2014
Time: 3 – 3:30 PM ET
Register: http://dig14202.eventbrite.com
Title: Social Media Webinar Series: Pinterest
Facilitator: Nell Eckersley
Audience: ESOL, ABE & HSE instructors; program managers
A 30-minute webinar on Pinterest, the fast-growing social network site that focuses on images. Learn how to use this tool as a visual bookmarking system that you can use for your own professional development as well as a collaborative learning space with students and colleagues.
Date: February 27, 2014
Time: 3 – 3:30 PM ET
Register: http://dig14203.eventbrite.com
Title: Social Media Webinar Series: Advanced Twitter
Facilitator: Nell Eckersley
Audience: ESOL, ABE & HSE instructors; program managers
This 30-minute webinar takes us to the next level of Twitter use. We will look at how to participate in Twitter chats and attend conferences virtually by following hashtags using TweetChat, how to turn your Tweets into an online magazine using PaperLi, and how to manage your various social media accounts using a single platform.
Date: March 6, 2014
Time: 3 – 3:30 PM ET
Register: http://dig14204.eventbrite.com/