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 f9UGp2026886; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:51:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:51:02 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <NEBBKIHBKPBLNHEEAEIOKELBCAAA.homeavery@harbornet.com> 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: "John David Avery" <homeavery@harbornet.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2094] RE: Specifics of computers accessible to adult learners X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 3882 Lines: 96 Dear Ricardo, I am an instructor from Washington State who led a statewide team on the development of technology competencies for Adult Learners, both ABE and ESL. Our goal was to set the competencies as a guide for a curriculum that would integrate the teaching of technology with the basic skills. Our effort has been driven by the state's effort to align with EFF (Equipped for the Future) and the WIA (Workplace Investment Act). You can view our work at http://www.ivygreen.ctc.edu/avery/Faculty/techComp.htm. You may want to take a look at my site http:www.ivygreen.ctc.edu/avery to see how we've been working with ESL students in particular. I am currently updating that site which includes a list of software and its uses http://www.ivygreen.ctc.edu/avery/Faculty/software.htm and examples of student-completed projects http://www.ivygreen.ctc.edu/avery/activities/projects/projects.htm. A presentation I did at TESOL 2001 is at http://www.ivygreen.ctc.edu/avery/Faculty/TESOL01_1.htm gives an overview of our work in Washington on developing the competencies and the assessment system which accompanies them. This may be what you are looking for or may not be. Currently the class where we do most of this instruction is numbered ESL 055 and called our TALL class for Technology Assisted Language Learning. We do this instruction primarily in the classroom and not over the web per se although many of the assignments and much of the student research is done on the web. Feel free to contact me for any further information. Sincerely, John Avery A message from John Avery, Instructor of English as a Second Language at Green River Community College, Auburn, WA- ESL Site: http:www.ivygreen.ctc.edu/avery Email: javery@grcc.ctc.edu or homeavery@harbornet.com -----Original Message----- From: nifl-technology@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-technology@nifl.gov]On Behalf Of Ricardo Diaz Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 10:59 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2087] Specifics of computers accessible to adult learners 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 ___________________________________________________________________
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