Integrating Technology & Computer Literacy

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)

Computer Skills Assessment Instrument for Adult Learners (Hamlett, 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.

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.

"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.