Integrating Digital Education in Adult Literacy

Introduction

The purpose of validating the intellectual outputs of the IDEAL project is to check the accuracy and usefulness of the products of the project. In order to do that, a number of repetitive criteria were developed assessing the quality of the four intellectua...

In May 2017, 4 Belgian adult education teachers participated in the 2nd IDEAL workshop together with teachers from Finland, Italy, Ireland, Norway and the Netherlands. Place to be: Rome!
They didn't only participate in several workshops concerning digital literacy, the...

Bray at the end of January.  It was grey.  The wind lashed the waves against the promenade and our visitors got wet every time they left their hotel.  But, we had lots of catching up to do and new ideas to share, as well as cake and chocolate, a delicious lunch prepare...

There is no doubt that second language learning needs repetition. The classroom activities do not give them enough repetition to internalize the words. The students have to repeat them over and over. Digital platforms such as an iPad, have made it possible for the stud...

This past week, during IDEAL video tutorial shoot, we had the opportunity to spend a day with Anna Uttaro, a technology teacher. Attending her classrooms for adult immigrants has been a very interesting experience.

Students were very collaborative and responsive through...

Tuesday morning 09.00 o’clock. The cameraman is not here yet so we have some time to practise and prepare. Excitement mounts. There he is; a good-looking guy with an even better looking, enormous camera. Tension rises even further. But let’s get going. All the props ar...

5 Belgian teachers participated in the IDEAL workshop in Finland (October 2016). Here are some of their impressions:

Thanks to the IDEAL-workshop in Finland resistance to use digital tools in my classroom changed to a desire to explore the digital world. I no longer lo...

While digitalization can be exciting for some people, it can equally be a source of anxiety for many others. This fear towards the unknown is an issue that we in the IDEAL project want to tackle by showing simple, concrete ways to integrate digital tools into teaching....