Lunchtime: Building Digital Confidence: Strengthening Literacy and AI Skills for Everyday Use | Michael Matos
We’ll talk about how digital literacy and foundational literacy build confidence and resilience when using online tools and AI.
This discussion introduces the topics of effective prompt-writing, safe and strategic internet use, and practical hands-on activities.
Participants will gain skills to navigate digital environments, evaluate information, and interact with AI tools more effectively.
Michael Matos
Michael Matos is the Education Technology Director at scaleLIT.
His combined experience includes 10 years with Chicago Public Schools as a high school teacher and an additional 20 years as an adult education teacher and administrator.
Michael taught 5 subjects in ABE/GED® instruction, all levels of ESL, and was an administrator at Adult Education Community Center. He has presented nationally since 2009 on math, financial literacy, digital literacy, technology integration, social studies, and more topics for ESL, ABE, and HSE.
He currently teaches train-the-trainer and learner-at-large digital literacy classes throughout Cook County. He teaches and directs the drop-in digital learning sessions throughout Cook County in 4 American Job Centers. These sessions support digital literacy and inclusion resources and connect language learning to real workplace situations.