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Direct linkMatos, Michael; Harrington, April – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2021
As adult educators recognize the need to incorporate digital skills instruction into their curriculum, the Illinois Digital Learning Lab, managed by Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition, provides a unique professional development opportunity to help educators respond and adapt. The Lab empowers educators to become entrepreneurs, change-makers, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Faculty Development, Digital Literacy, 21st Century Skills
Sawchuk, Stephen – Education Week, 2008
As support and professional-development opportunities for teachers begin to move from conference rooms to chat rooms, a burgeoning number of states and districts are drawing on features from course-management software and popular social-networking sites to establish online networks connecting teachers to peers who may live dozens or even hundreds…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Computer Mediated Communication, Social Networks, Beginning Teachers
Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2006
"Houghton Mifflin Mathematics" is a core curriculum for kindergarten through grade 6 students at all ability levels. According to its developer, "Houghton Mifflin Mathematics" emphasizes the five content strands and processes recommended by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards. At each grade level the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Courseware, Core Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction
Northern Illinois Univ., De Kalb. Dept. of Technology. – 1987
This guide was developed in an Illinois program to help home economics teachers integrate the use of computers and program-related software into existing programs. After students are taught the basic computer skills outlined in the beginning of the guide, 50 learning activities can be used as an integral part of the instructional program. (One or…
Descriptors: Child Development, Clothing Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Gillfillan, Nancy M. – 1987
Via an LSCA (Library Services and Construction Act) Title VI Library Literacy grant for fiscal year 1986, the Dixon (Illinois) Public Library expanded its involvement in the literacy effort. Additional rooms were made available for tutoring, materials and equipment for literacy students and books and equipment for literacy tutors were provided,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Courseware
Krause, Robin – Illinois Libraries, 2000
Describes a program at an Illinois middle school that was designed to increase reading achievement, vocabulary, and the enjoyment of reading. Highlights include the library's role; use of the Standardized Test for Assessment of Reading; the Accelerated Reader program; teacher training; teacher comments; and grant funds. Four appendices include:…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Evaluation Methods, Grants
Radinsky, Josh; Lawless, Kimberly; Smolin, Louanne Ione; Newman, Mark – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2005
The Teachers Infusing Technology in Urban Schools project (TITUS) at the University of Illinois at Chicago is developing an approach for addressing the shortage of opportunities for teacher candidates to experience technology being used effectively in high-need urban schools in the course of their field experiences. Beyond recruiting mentor…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Technology Integration, Field Experience Programs, Experienced Teachers
