Closing the Digital Divide Live Session

Sometimes the biggest challenge in teaching digital literacy isn't a lack of resources, but knowing how to use the ones you already have. This two-part session will address this challenge and provide busy teachers with actionable solutions. We will deep-dive into Essential Education's Digital Literacy Implementation Guide, a powerful resource packed with over 100 classroom-tested activities, templates, and fully scripted lesson plans. We’ll then shift focus to our Computer Essentials curriculum, providing a close look at the course content, badging features, and proven, practical strategies to significantly boost your students' digital confidence.

Participants will leave this session with clear, straightforward, and effective methods to seamlessly weave essential technology skills into any existing program model. Emphasizing practical, actionable integration strategies through shared best practices and discussion, this training will prepare you to confidently close the digital divide and cultivate lasting digital competence among your learners.

What you’ll learn:

Learn best practices for incorporating digital literacy instruction into classrooms.

Review the Computer Essentials course content and badging features.

Gain insight into optimizing student utilization of the course curriculum.

Receive access to the Digital Literacy Implementation Guide.

Participants who complete the full session will receive a Certificate of Attendance for one hour of Professional Development.

Closing the Digital Divide: Real-World Tools for Teaching Digital Literacy Skills

Charlie Weeks, M.Ed.

AJ Crowell, M.Ed.

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