In our digital age, adults are expected to read, respond to, and create online articles and documents, analyze and compose social media posts, and write and reply to both business and casual emails. This session explores edtech routines that enhance learners' reading and writing skills by integrating authentic digital workplace, community, and academic tasks into language skills lessons. Critical reading is central to digital literacy, and learners at all levels, including multilingual learners, can apply reading strategies to both print and online texts. Communicating and collaborating online with well-organized, coherent, and clear writing is essential for success in the workplace, and learners can expand their writing strategies to encompass digital tasks.

This session will equip adult education teachers with edtech routines to support learners in applying and expanding their reading and writing strategies for the digital world. As learners engage with these strategies, they not only strengthen their language skills but also become adept at navigating, consuming, and creating online content.

This session is the first of two workshops on integrating digital literacy and language skills development:

• Session 1: Opening Digital Doors: Developing Learners’ Digital Literacy Through Reading and Writing Tasks (10/7/25, 2 - 4 p.m.
• Session 2: Opening Digital Doors: Developing Learners’ Digital Literacy Through Speaking and Listening Tasks (11/6/25, 2 - 4 p.m.)

If you are interested in this topic, but are unable to attend all of the sessions as outlined here, please see our resource collection on the SABES website at: https://sabes.org/pd-center-resources/34

Note: Before the course opens, registrants will receive a separate email with instructions on how to access the synchronous sessions via Zoom. If you do not receive these instructions, please check your Spam folder and/or email to nruskin@edc.org.