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Teaching Resource: DART - A Foundational Digital Literacy Curriculum for Beginning ESL Learners

If you're an adult education instructor working with beginning-level English learners, finding digital literacy materials that are truly accessible can be a challenge.

Upcoming OTAN Activities - Week of July 28

Upcoming OTAN Activities - Week of July 28

Build Digital Literacy into Your ESL Classroom Routine

Looking for a practical way to help your ESL students gain essential tech skills, especially those just starting out? Northstar Digital Literacy’s free Teacher Resource Guide, Routines to Build Essential Digital Literacy Skills in ESL Classrooms, is a must-see tool designed with beginning English learners in mind. This guide includes:

Learning by Doing in the Digital Age

Empowering Students Through Authentic Experiences: A Transformational Learning Approach

Upcoming OTAN Activities - Week of July 21

Upcoming OTAN Activities - Week of July 21

Looking for an Easier Way to Share Online Learning Activities? Try SkillBlox!

SkillBlox is a free, easy-to-use tool designed to help adult education instructors find, organize, and share high-quality digital learning resources.

Prison Graduation Initiative

California State University, Los Angeles has launched a new on-site campus at the California Institution for Men in Chino, allowing 66 incarcerated men to pursue and earn college degrees. This initiative expands the university’s Prison Graduation Initiative, a decade-old program aimed at providing higher education opportunities to incarcerated individuals.

Upcoming OTAN Activities - Week of July 14

Upcoming OTAN Activities - Week of July 14

Applied Digital Skills Has Moved

The Applied Digital Skills team is reminding all users that the program has officially moved to a new home on the Google for Education Learning Center. The previous website was shut down permanently on June 30, 2025.

A Quick Guide to Getting Started on Bluesky

Educators are rediscovering the joy of collaboration in this emerging space. One of its early champions, Alice Keeler, joined the author on a recent episode of the Easy EdTech Podcast to explain why Bluesky feels like a natural next step for those who once thrived in the Twitter era. Keeler is helping lead the charge using the hashtag #EduSky, which has become a central marker for teaching-related discussions on the platform.

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