Digital Education Leader | Applying practical, scalable solutions to drive equity in education | #EdTech #AI #LanguageLearning #OpenEducation #DigitalSkills
Maryland, USA
Joined April 2019
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Rachel Riggs retweeted
My full statement on the President “declaring” the bipartisan LAW I wrote, the Digital Equity Act, unconstitutional.
Republicans will have to explain to their constituents why this administration doesn’t believe middle schoolers in rural districts should get laptops.
President Donald Trump said he would end a program that provides billions to extend internet access in underserved communities, casting it as unfairly providing grants on the basis of race bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Rachel Riggs retweeted
Is your future predetermined by your parents?
OECD data finds that students from low-educated and low-income parents are less likely to be employed in adulthood than their more advantaged peers, even with equal education and academic performance.
👉 bit.ly/3WlOzGJ
Rachel Riggs retweeted
@WorldEd's EdTech Strategy Sessions return next Friday! Join us on September 13th for two lightning talks on the topic of Open Education for #DigitalEquity featuring @cgreen from @creativecommons and Xvante Fitzhugh from @denverlibrary.
Register ➡️worlded.me/ETSS2024
Rachel Riggs retweeted
Join the New England Literacy Resource Center on May 17th at 12PM ET to explore EdAdvance's Digital Adult Training and Development Network's TechCast. Register at bit.ly/NELRC-5-17-24
Rachel Riggs retweeted
Join @WorldEd for an interactive session on #PhET's HTML5 simulations and to hear about a #DigitalSkills learning community for teachers to enhance digital tool use and integrate them into lessons. Register at bit.ly/maretss24 #DigitalEquity #AdultEdu
Rachel Riggs retweeted
💡 In the research journal, the Technology and Adult Learning article offers insight into adult educators' perspectives on the use of #GenAI for instructional design. Read the article by Sarah Cacicio of @ALLINLiteracy and Rachel Riggs of @WorldEd ➡️ hubs.la/Q02fQHDq0
Rachel Riggs retweeted
Join the EdTech Center @WorldEd for its 100th #EdTech Strategy Session lightning talk on 1/12 at 1:00 pm ET with an exciting lineup of speakers! Register for this milestone event at bit.ly/janetss and be part of the future of technology in #AdultEdu!
Rachel Riggs retweeted
Are you an adult educator? Then kick off National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week with ReadLife Bookshelf, a digital book collection for learners of all ages. Find our new resource guide full of activities and engaging adult learner texts here: rb.gy/h5d3c
Rachel Riggs retweeted
'Bridging the gap between research and practice with #LESLLA learners', that is our mission since 2005 and it is the motto of our upcoming Symposium #LESLLABarcelona2023 september 7 - 9. Registration is open. Be welcome! Please read more information on:
leslla.org/latest-news/2023/…
Rachel Riggs retweeted
We’re excited to announce that @worlded is merging with JSI after a 30+ yr relationship. World Education will be a division of JSI and we move forward with a joint mission of improving lives through #health and #education. jsi.com/jsi-and-world-educat…
Rachel Riggs retweeted
Introducing Stretch, the #AI chatbot for educators!
Developed by ISTE and @ASCD, it provides reliable information sourced from trusted educational materials.
Say hello to a new era of AI-powered support for educators. 👋
@educationweek bit.ly/438D5WX
Rachel Riggs retweeted
"Humans in the loop" was one of the big takeaways from the OET report. @RachelTESOL's big takeaway was the repeated urge to align #technology with our vision, as we say at the EdTech Center, "Goals before tools." #AIandEDU @OfficeofEdTech @DigitalPromise
Rachel Riggs retweeted
Register Today! The Financial Literacy EdTech Maker Space Project offers training on the use of popular educational tech tools. Participants will curate & contribute content to a library of free reusable financial lit resources. Learn more at icont.ac/4QvAs
Rachel Riggs retweeted
Add attribution for any photos you’ve found in our image search 🎉
🏙️ Click your image
ℹ️ Click the Inspector button
➕ Select the 'Add attribution to page' link
📝 The relevant credit below your image will then appear
Super simple but so important. #DigCit
Rachel Riggs retweeted
If you are headed to #coabe2023 you're not going to want to miss this panel session discussing ChatGPT's impact on #adultedu
Sponsored by @EnGen_Impact and @TMobile for Education
#ChatGPT #ai #BeyondTheBuzz #impact
@CeoCoabe @WorldEd @RachelTESOL @gatherverse @joey_lehrman
Rachel Riggs retweeted
A peek at the Bing + AI Integration.
#ChatGPT has only had info from 2021 and before (thus far), while this is feeding current, accurate info.
#EdTech #EduTech #EduTwitter #ETCoaches #BlendedLearning #EduCoach #eLearning #21stCenturySkills
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Forget "Googling yourself" - that is so last decade!
I just tried "Binging myself" with the new Bing + AI integration in a Chat interface 💬
#edtech #MIEExpert #MicrosoftEDU @Bing
ALT Picture of Bing chat interface about Mike Tholfsen
Rachel Riggs retweeted
🎟 Want a free ticket to attend Greg’s PD about #ChatGPT and #AI’s implications in education?
1️⃣ Respond and tell me what you’d like to learn from it!
2️⃣ Retweet this!
👉 6 of the people who do those 2 steps in the next 24 hours will get a free ticket!
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Rachel Riggs retweeted
@WorldEd's US Division is hiring a Senior Technical Advisor to lead multi-site projects focused on digital skills, #digitalequity, digital navigation services, #careerpathways in #adultedu, and workforce development. Apply at careers.worlded.org by December 9th.
Rachel Riggs retweeted
Last week, my intermediate #adultedu #ESL class read a @WorldEd #TheChangeAgent article written by the amazing Ana Chavarin and discussed why advocacy matters.
Rachel Riggs retweeted
Students who read books more often in paper format scored 49 points higher in the PISA 2018 reading test compared to students who rarely or never read books when controlling for background factors
#OECDPISA
Read more now 👉 oe.cd/il/4C2
