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LINCS Events for the week of 7/18/2022

Live Session: Using Text Messaging to Support Adult Basic Education Learners’ Success: Findings from the Technology-Based Coaching in Adult Education Project  

Description: Have you considered how text messaging can support adult learners’ participation and progress in adult education programs? Join Judith Alamprese from Abt Associates to learn about the findings from the OCTAE-funded Technology-Based Coaching in Adult Education (TBCAE) Project concerning strategies for using customized text messaging to promote learners’ success.    

Presenter: Judith Alamprese, Principal Scientist, Social & Economic Policy, Abt Associates

Date/Time: Tuesday, July 19, 2022, 12:00pm ET (live session)

LINCS Community Group: Teaching and Learning; Integrating Technology

Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Using Text Messaging to Support Adult Basic Education Learners’ Success: Findings from the Technology-Based Coaching in Adult Education Project.

 

Live Session:  Social Media & Biodiversity- Teaching Life Sciences Using Social Media

Description: Join Raj Srinivasan and the LINCS Community Science group to examine best practices for integrating social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter into science instruction to further student understanding of biodiversity and life science. Supported by applied digital literacy strategies, we will learn how to mirror the biodiversity of ecosystems while reinforcing digital learning and teaching practices cultivated during distance or hybrid learning.

Presenter: Raj Srinivasan, Tijoh

Date/Time: Wednesday, July 20, 2022, 3:00pm ET (live session)

LINCS Community Group: Science

Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Social Media & Biodiversity- Teaching Life Sciences Using Social Media.

 

Live Session: Celebrating Our Constitution: The Right to Education Behind & Beyond Our Prison Walls

Description: As our country turns another year older, we take time to celebrate our freedom and consider the document crafted by our founders, The Constitution of the United States. This document has survived wars, and depressions, civil unrest and financial challenges. It has also guided our educational systems and provided our guiding arm for justice in our country. Join Andre Ward and Ronald Simpson-Bey to consider the Constitution in light of our correctional and reentry communities and explore the topic of educational equity for all.

Presenters: Andre Ward, Fortune Society, David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy and Ronald Simpson-Bey, JustLeadershipUSA

Date/Time: Thursday, July 21, 2022, 12:00pm ET (live session)

LINCS Community Group: Correctional and Reentry Education

Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Celebrating Our Constitution: The Right to Education Behind & Beyond Our Prison Walls.

 

 

 

Live Session: Low Tech Assistive Technology: Providing an On-Ramp for Learning!

Description: Guess what? There are everyday items that can assist students with learning disabilities and other learning difficulties attending your literacy programs right now. These “tools” become low-tech assistive technology (AT) aides which provide strategic support for students during instruction and help them leverage their unique neurodiverse strengths! Join AnneMarie Molinari-Sanders to learn about and discuss different types of low-tech AT and leave with a clear understanding of how simple AT options can help students succeed in both the academic and workplace environments.

Presenter: AnneMarie Molinari-Sanders, Texas A&M University

Date/Time: Friday, July 22, 2022, 3:00pm ET (live session)

LINCS Community Group: Integrating Technology

Online registration is required to participate in the LINCS Event for Low Tech Assistive Technology: Providing an On-Ramp for Learning!

 

LINCS Events for the week of 7/25/2022:

There are no LINCS Community events this week.

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