Use modular arithmetic to show that a number is divisible by 11 iff the sum of its alternating digits is divisible by 11 We can expand the number $n = n_0 + 10n_1 + ... + (10^s)n_s$
Then we have $10^k ≡ (-1)^k \mod11$. 
How do we go from here to here:
$n ≡ n_0 - n_1 + ... + (-1)^s n_s \mod 11$
I do not understand how the right hand side is congruent to (≡) n. 
Furthermore, how do we jump from here to
"This shows if $11|n$ , then $n ≡ 0\mod 11$ (understand this) and so $n_0 - n_1 + ... + (-1)^s n_s = 0 \mod 11$ (do NOT understand where this jump in logic came from). Please explain. 

We know that $10^k \equiv (-1)^k \pmod{11}$.  If $k$ is even, then $(-1)^k \equiv 1 \pmod{11}$.  If $k$ is odd, then $(-1)^k \equiv -1 \pmod{11}$.  Hence,
\begin{align*}
n & \equiv n_0 + 10n_1 + 10^2n_2 + 10^3n_3 + \cdots + 10^sn_s \pmod{11}\\
  & \equiv n_0 + (-1)^1n_1 + (-1)^2n_2 + (-1)^3n_3 + \ldots + (-1)^sn_s   \pmod{11}\\
  & \equiv n_0 - n_1 + n_2 - n_3 + \cdots + (-1)^sn_s \pmod{11}
\end{align*}
If $11|n$, then $n \equiv 0 \pmod{11}$, so
$$n_0 - n_1 + n_2 - n_3 + \cdots + (-1)^sn_s \equiv 0 \pmod{11}$$
