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Digital Tools for the Beginning Memoir Writer
with BoomerTECH Adventures, Mt. Desert Island Adult & Community Education
— Everyone has a story to tell. Writing your memoir helps you reflect on the varied experiences that impacted your life and helped shape who you are today. This course looks at a variety of digital tools, available through any digital device, that make the process of memoir writing more fun and a little less daunting. You will explore several unique approaches to research, learn strategies for gathering and storing materials in one easily accessible place, and delve into ways to illustrate your memoir even if you are not an artist. Polishing your work for publication and presenting it in a public format are other video topics. You will leave the course well equipped to begin your writing adventure.
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Open Enrollment - take it when you want! These classes are online/videos, on demand so once you register for it, you can watch it as much as you'd like!
Discover Sign Language
available
with ed 2go, Kittery Adult Education
To register or view details visit ed2go at: https://www.ed2go.com/kae/online-courses/learn-sign-language/
Discover Sign Language will teach you how to sign basic phrases and complete sentences and how to put it all together, allowing you to introduce yourself and start a conversation. Along the way, you will learn signs for colors, numbers, locations, family, and the activities you like to do.
Throughout the course, you will learn by watching videos that demonstrate how to make the signs and how to incorporate facial expressions to communicate in this beautiful language. This course is taught using the best practices of the industry with a minimum of audio support. Throughout it, you will be immersed in silence, which will help you gain an understanding of the perspective of Deaf people and sign language.
You will also gain an introduction to the world of the Deaf culture and explore topics such as lip reading, baby signs, and the career of interpreting. By the end of the course, when you meet a Deaf person, you will be ready to sign!
Discover Sign Language
available
with Ed2Go Instructor, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education
Discover Sign Language will teach you how to sign basic phrases and complete sentences and how to put it all together, allowing you to introduce yourself and start a conversation. Along the way, you will learn signs for colors, numbers, locations, family, and the activities you like to do.
Throughout the course, you will learn by watching videos that demonstrate how to make the signs and how to incorporate facial expressions to communicate in this beautiful language. This course is taught using the best practices of the industry with a minimum of audio support. Throughout it, you will be immersed in silence, which will help you gain an understanding of the perspective of Deaf people and sign language.
You will also gain an introduction to the world of the Deaf culture and explore topics such as lip reading, baby signs, and the career of interpreting. By the end of the course, when you meet a Deaf person, you will be ready to sign!
For more information please click the link.
Discover Sign Language Series
with Erin Trimble, Five Town CSD Adult & Community Education
Diversity Training for Employees and Managers
available
with Ed2Go Instructor, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education
This Diversity Training for Employees and Managers is ideal for anyone working in a professional environment. The course brings people together by focusing on principles like respect, acceptance and inclusivity. It is designed to help employees and managers gain a better understanding of the skills, characteristics, and talents that each person brings to the table regardless of their background. The class emphasizes the need to communicate, negotiate, and collaborate in a diverse environment both internally and externally.
For more information please click on the link.
Drawing for the Absolute Beginner
with Ed2Go, RSU 54/MSAD 54 Adult and Community Education
If you've always been interested in drawing but don't really know how to get started, then this is the course for you. Gain a solid foundation and understanding of the basics of drawing and become the artist you've always dreamed you could be!
You'll become intimately familiar with paper types, drawing styles, rendering techniques, and the basic principles of perspective, layout, design, lighting, volume, and space. If you have an interest in learning what it's like to draw or would love to increase your current knowledge in the field of art and illustrating, then this course aims to fulfill all of your needs.
Ed2go Information
with Spruce Mountain Adult Education
Online Courses through Ed2go are informative, fun, convenient, and highly interactive. Courses are project-orientated and include lessons, quizzes, hands-on-assignments, discussion areas, supplementary links, and more.
You can complete any course entirely from your home or office, any time of the day, utilizing our adult education office for academic and technology support. Courses include expert instructors and 24-hour access for six-week blocks. There are hundreds of course to choose from including popular favorites:
Veterinary Assistant Pharmacy Technician
Web Design Certification Grant Writing
Advanced A+ Certification: Hardware/OS II
Online Certificate Programs Offered:
Accounting Fundamentals Certificate
Grant Writing & Non-Profit Management Certificate
Leadership Certificate
Medical Administrative Assistant Certificate
For information visit ed2go at http://www.ed2go.com/sprucemtn/
Effective Grammar Certificate
with Ellen Feld, Five Town CSD Adult & Community Education
Write and edit better starting today. Gain confidence in your writing. Improve your communication skills. This course will reinforce the rules you learned in school and teach you some you didn't.
Good grammar doesn't make good writing, but good writing demands good grammar. Whether you're a student or a professional, a career changer or a job seeker, Effective Grammar will equip you to write more effectively from day one. You'll learn it all—from grammar basics to more advanced concepts like parallelism and agreement to the finer points of capitalization and punctuation. After completing this certificate, you'll be a master of commas, complete sentences, common sense writing, and more.
Put an end to grammar mistakes that detract from your work. The grammar knowledge you'll gain will contribute to whatever kind of writing you produce. Everything you learn will elevate your communication skills and help you present polished, professional writing every time.
CEUs/ILUs: 3.2
Length (in hours): 32
This is a two-month program with quarterly start dates.