Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f9TKh0001817; Mon, 29 Oct 2001 15:43:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 15:43:00 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <97351@tommy.demon.co.uk> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: jn@tommy.demon.co.uk (John Nissen) To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2092] Re: Specifics of computers accessible to adult X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: PCElm 1.11 Status: O Content-Length: 2608 Lines: 74 Hello Ricardo, You may not have found WordAloud in your search, because we do not advertise it for adult literacy. It can be used at any age. both for learning to read and as a reading aid (particularly for people with dyslexia or visual impairment). See www.wordaloud.co.uk. Cheers from Chiswick, John -- In message <5.1.0.14.0.20011025100834.028c53c0@postoffice.dca.net> nifl-technology@nifl.gov writes: >Greetings: > >I am looking for help in locating information that would detail what >physical computer resources are available to adult learners in the US. I >know that the goal is rather broad and have initially limited the search to >what software and hardware a subset of computer labs in ABE and Adult ESL >programs might have. > >In the process of developing web based instruction for recent immigrants, >we have needed to make minimal requirements to access the site and also >predict what might be available when the web sites begin to go public in >August of next year. Since we know that the access of adult ESL learners is >probably related to what is available for their teachers, that information >would also be helpful. > >We have searched the last year of this distribution list, over the web at >the typical search engines, in ERIC, Harnessing Technology to Serve Adult >Literacy (http://www.alri.org/harness.html), NIFL site, >http://www.literacyandtechnology.org/, etc. > >Keywords used started out specifically but we've settled with /adult >education/ and /technology/ to try to catch whatever subsection of a study >that might contain some information. Can anyone suggest a more specific query? > >Our last recourse will be to conduct our own survey so if anyone else is >interested in cooperating either as a provider of info or as a collector of >the information, please contact me. > >Thank you > >Ricardo > > > >___________________________________________________________________ >Ricardo Diaz >Project Manager >diazR@literacy.upenn.edu > >International Literacy Institute >National Center on Adult Literacy Literacy.org >University of Pennsylvania >3910 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111 USA > >215-898-2100 >(direct): 215-746-6746 >fax: 215-898-9804 >___________________________________________________________________ > > > -- Access the word, access the world! -- Try our WordAloud software!! John Nissen, Cloudworld Ltd., Chiswick, London, UK Tel: +44 (0) 845 458 3944 (local rate in the UK) Fax: +44 (0) 20 8742 8715 Email: jn@cloudworld.co.uk Web: http://www.cloudworld.co.uk and http://www.wordaloud.co.uk
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