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TCALL Resources
Our Integrating Technology
Resource Listing (On TCALL Library Search page use Broad Search Categories box to find library resources in this subject area, equivalent to the hard-copy bibliography.)
Integrating Technology (Literacy
Links issue theme, March 2004)
Technology (Literacy Links issue theme, December 1998)
National Institute for Literacy's LINCS Resources
"Technology Training
Special Collection" Web-based resources reviewed and compiled
by National LINCS
Technology
& Literacy national e-mail Discussion Group (facilitated by Literacy
Assistance Center)
For more information from a searchable nationwide adult education &
literacy database, go to LINCSearch
Other Web Sites of Interest
AdultEd
Online – Funded by U.S. Department of Education, Office of
Vocational and Adult Education, this site offers teachers and administrators
free tools to identify classroom technology integration skills and
distance teaching skills and potential, and to create a professional
plan based on each individual’s specific needs. AdultEd Online
is also developing U.S.A. Learns -- A Web Portal for Adult Learners,
scheduled to be available for general use beginning in the fall of
2008.
Adult Literacy Education (ALE) Wiki – Learn about adult literacy education or add knowledge from your experience teaching adult learners, from research or professional wisdom, or from your experience as an adult learner. This community of practice has links to research for practitioners, researchers, learners and other adult literacy educators, including English language learning, numeracy, and adult basic and secondary education.
Computer
Training Tutorials - Explanations, tutorials and tips about computers
and the Web. Chris Rippel of the Central Kansas Library System developed
this site, which includes (among other things) a wonderful interactive
mouse tutorial called Mousercise in English, Spanish, Danish and Hmong
versions, with new language versions being added periodically.
Intro to the Personal Computer:
This is the ON Button - West Virginia Adult Basic Education
Project
CONNECT - On this web site, adults enrolled in adult education
classes can practice their English skills and learn about working,
studying and living in the United States -- all online using a computer
with reading, writing, audio, video, Internet and email activities.
Teachers can set up online class groups, send and receive email with
their classes and review student work. Project Connect was created
by PBS, the National
Center for Adult Literacy at the University of Pennsylvania and Jefferson
County Public Schools in Louisville, Kentucky in partnership with KET -
The Kentucky Network.
Project IDEAL – This consortium of states works together to develop effective distance education programs for adult learners, using collaborative research and practice to raise the quality of distance education across the country. The Project IDEAL Support Center at the University of Michigan provides member states (including Texas) with technical assistance for program planning, teacher training, and program evaluation.
"Teach
Me Technology" online course for literacy students and instructors -
Verizon Thinkfinity offers this free online course as a basic introduction
to computers for adult learners who have never used a computer. Course
also includes suggestions for instructors, tutors, mentors, or volunteers
to facilitate computer skill building. See menu link to Free Online Courses.
Technology page on website of CPAL (Community Partnerships for Adult Learning) - Site includes How-To's, Research, and Website links on how computers and other technology can be acquired and effectively used to help adults learn and make professional development more accessible to instructors.
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