Technology and Digital Literacy Resources

Professional Development Tools

• Collect Ed NY
• Connected Educators project
• EdTech  Center at World Education
• Emerging Technology for Adult Education 
• Flipped Learning and Adult Education
• LINCS Integrating Technology online course (Free)
• TeacherThought
• Tyton Partners Report "Learning For Life: The Opportunity For Technology To Transform Adult Education"
• Building a Weebly Website
• Web Literacy with Mozilla ​
• Using Infographics in Education

​Digital Literacy Skills for Computer Based Testing

• ​TASC Online Tools Training  Computer Based Test Tutorial (Chrome Browser Only)
• Keyboarding: http://www.typingweb.com/
• Navigating with a mouse: Mouse Skills Senior Net
• Other basic skills: ​Basic Computer Skills Curriculum Saint Paul Community Literacy Consortium
  • ​Copying and pasting
  • Common internet layouts
  • Common internet vocabulary
• Reading on a screen:  Newsela; Online Magazines
• Reading informational texts on a screen: Library of Congress 
• Reading & following directions

Integrating Technology in Adult ESOL Instruction

• Basic Computer Skills Curriculum (St Paul Community Literacy Consortium)
• Integrating Digital Literacy into English Language Instruction (ESL Pro, LINCS)
• Internet and Computer Skills Survey (David Rosen)
• Mobile Phone Skills Survey (David Rosen)
• Northstar Basic Computer Skills Assessment
• Northstar Learning Guide: Contains instructional materials designed to help learners build the basic computer skills defined by the Northstar Digital Literacy Assessments
• Newsela
• Cell Ed
• Computer Literacy Instructional Resources Minnesota Literacy
• Evaluating Information on the Web
• GCF Learns Free Microsoft Software Skills Tutorials
• Internet 101
• Keyboard skills Sense Lang
• Mouse Skills Senior Net
• USA Learns
• Our Google Folder  

More Tools to Practice Digital Literacy Skills

• Gmail Accounts https://mail.google.com/
• Google Drive https://drive.google.com
• PaperLi http://paper.li/ 
• DropBox https://www.dropbox.com/en/
• Weebly http://www.weebly.com/
• Padlet  http://padlet.com/ 
• Digital Literacy.Gov http://www.digitalliteracy.gov/content/educator

#EdTech Tweets

​Technology for Classroom and Group Management

​Online Magazines

• Adult Education and Technology 
• Mobile Learning for Adult Education
• STEM in Adult Education