Help Your Students Skill Up with IBM
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About this event
For five weeks, we’ll be offering short, 20-minute sessions hosted by subject matter experts from IBM, designed to help you get your students prepared for the working world. You’ll leave this series with key resources, recommendations, and curriculum enhancements. Don't worry if you can't make the live event, all virtual events will be recorded and shared with those who have registered. Sign up today!
1. The new career journey
Thursday, April 22
The path to a successful career is no longer linear. The job landscape is changing rapidly as technology and society evolve… but this can be a good thing! In this session, we’ll cover how you can support your students in exploring “out of the box” career pathways that anchor on transferable skills. You’ll also learn how you can use Open P-TECH to teach these skills and enhance your curriculum.
2. Ask Human Resources Anything
Thursday April 29
In this session, you’ll have the chance to speak directly to folks who do the hiring. Learn from HR experts on what they look for in entry-level resumes, the biggest interview mistakes to avoid, and how you can help your students stand out from the crowd.
3. How to keep your curriculum relevant in a rapidly changing world
Thursday May 6th
Hear from fellow educators about how they’re enhancing lesson plans and activities with soft skills and foundational technology skills. Ever wondered how you can weave in bitcoin when teaching financial literacy or math class? Or how you can use popular industry terms in your public speaking rubric? We’ve got you covered in this quick session that will give you actionable updates for your curriculum.
4. Panel discussion: Future of work
Thursday May 13th
How do you prepare your students for jobs that don’t exist, built around technologies that haven’t been invented? Tune in for this panel discussion featuring industry and education experts on the future of work, the critical skills students will need, and tools you can use to help them prepare for their futures.
5. Let’s get digital, digital
Thursday May 20th
Learning has gone virtual for the foreseeable future. Get ideas and tools to enhance your all-digital, hybrid, or in person teaching in this quick session. We’ll provide a brief introduction to agile and design thinking. We’ll also cover the top five industry habits students can adopt to do agile work and prepare for a digital era filled with lots of unknowns.
Note: Don’t worry if you can’t attend a session live. Each one will be recorded and sent to you so you can watch at your convenience and refer back to it as you develop your learning plans.
About Open P-TECH
At IBM, we’re plugged into the tech and professional skills that are critical for the future. Along with our industry partners, we’ve developed learning on these key topics and packaged it up in Open P-TECH—our free digital learning platform. With Open P-TECH, students can explore technologies like blockchain, AI, cloud, and even quantum computing. And they can develop important professional skills that are relevant across industries. Sign up for Open P-TECH today as an individual or get your whole organization on board and help your students access free, engaging, self-paced learning.
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