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)

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.