FLAGS - Family Literacy Alliance of Greater Syracuse

Adult Education Professional Development Online Course
AEPro, the Online Professional Development project of the Ohio Literacy Resource Center, the Center for Literacy Studies in Tennessee, and national LINCS, is pleased to offer to individual practitioners an online professional development course, "Integrating Technology into the Classroom Using the Internet."

The course will be offered two times: June 13-July 18 and July 5-August 8. The course requires approximately 2 hours of time per week.

To register for the course, go to the link above and use the Register button on the left panel. Cost is $99 per person and a discount of 10% is available for 5 or more registrations paid from one source.

The course helps adult education practitioners learn how to successfully integrate computer technology into the classroom. This six weeks course provides quick access to educational resources, lesson plans, activities, tools for evaluating educational software, information about purchasing education software, and knowledge on using a variety of software in the classroom. The course will be facilitated by Linda Eckert. Questions about the content of the course should be addressed to her at leckert@urhere.net.

From Connect for Kids Weekly –

PBS Show Looks at Teaching English Learners
Actress Rita Moreno hosts Becoming Bilingual, a 30-minute PBS program that examines the challenges of teaching children to read in a new language. The show visits schools and programs in six cities across the country to learn about the different ways schools are working to create bilingual readers. Becoming Bilingual, the seventh episode of the award-winning PBS series Launching Young Readers, will air on public television stations across the country. You can also watch the entire show online.

From Reading Rockets –

Odds Stacked Against Pleasure Reading
The Washington Post
With high-stakes standardized testing driving curriculum and teachers increasingly required to use scripted lesson plans, what is getting lost for many teachers is the freedom to allow students to explore books of their choosing – and the time to explore the meaning, the educators say.

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