As part of our effort to “Establish a smart community benchmark and toolkit for broadband access and use” we’re highlighting useful tools that teach digital skills.
One of the tools used by Wright College to teach digital skills is the the Goodwill Community Foundation‘s GCFlearnfree.org website.
At the Connect Chicago meetup on February 21st, we covered issues around seniors and technology.
Brad Winick of Planning/Aging, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and AgeOptions talked about how we got to this point and the social impacts an aging population will have on technology. Here’s Brad Winick introducing his talk below the fold:
In this morning’s Connect Chicago meetup, we’ll cover issues around seniors and technology.
Live stream will start at 11:00am right here on this blog post. Meeting notes are here.
“Establish a smart community benchmark and toolkit for broadband access and use” is initiative four of the City of Chicago Tech Plan. the Connect Chicago program is an essential component of that initiative.
Rene Paccha works for the Spanish Coalition for Housing teaching digital skills to residents at their Pilsen and Southeast Chicago locations.
During the last Connect Chicago Meetup group, Rene described how he teaches beginners how to use the keyboard. We caught up with Rene in southeast Chicago during one of his tutoring sessions to talk about the tools that he uses to teach keyboarding .
“Establish a smart community benchmark and toolkit for broadband access and use” is initiative four of the City of Chicago Tech Plan. the Connect Chicago program is an essential component of that initiative.
At our last Connect Chicago meetup, Rene Paccha demonstrated some of the tools that he works with teaching digital skills to residents at their Pilsen and Southeast Chicago locations. One of these tools is YouCanBookMe, which Rene uses to let residents schedule training sessions.
In our next meetup, we’ll cover practices and methods in teaching digital skills in an ESL context.
We will have Roberto Pang from the CyberNavigator program of the Chicago Public Library talk about their work in this area.
Stephen Alderson, Director of Adult Education at Instituto del Progreso Latino will talk about their CYBER-ESL, a blended online ESL program for adult ESL learners. CYBER-ESL students use computers equipped with cameras and microphones, and access free resources on the USALearns website (www.usalearns.org). Instructors assign lessons and supervise students through a series of phone conversations and video conferences. Students also meet in person as a group with their instructor twice a month to take tests and clarify issues.
You can RSVP for the meetup on the Connect Chicago Meetup Group page. If you questions about the Connect Chicago program, feel free to reach out to us on our contact page.
