[NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2964] Updates from TECH21

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TECH21 has made available on its website the following initial resources that might be of help to teachers and administrators as they work to find appropriate tech tools and then learn how to use them:

1. Integration of technology in ESOL (two working papers):
**Technology in Adult ESOL Instruction: Best Practices from California by Mariam Thacher, OTAN  (pdf)http://www.tech21.org/pdf/TECH21_ESOL_AppsV2.pdf
**Best Practices in Integrating Technology into Adult ESL Instruction: A Literature Search by Linda L. West, OTAN (pdf)  http://www.tech21.org/pdf/TECH21_ESLTech_3.pdf

2. Lessons Learned from Year One -- Connecticut Adult Education Technology Implementation Projects
http://www.tech21.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=view&catid=49

3. Professional development training modules for adult education tech products (one-day introductions to the products and how to use them; first 3 modules with more to come) 
**Workplace Essential Skills  http://www.literacy.org/tm_wes/
**ESL/Civics Link  http://www.literacy.org/tm_wes/
**GED Connection http://www.literacy.org/tm_ged/

4. Technology Integration Institute -- professional development module(2-day kickoff, 4 weeks online, 2-day wrapup)
http://www.literacy.org/tm_tech_integration/

5. International Literacy and Technology Resource Locator (resources on information and communications technology (ICTs) and other issues in literacy work throughout the world, with emphasis on developing countries) http://www.literacy.org/t21/search.html
For any questions about the project and its goals, please see the main website (http://www.tech21.org) or contact Ashley Del Bianco (delbianco@literacy.upenn.edu)
-- 
Janet C. Smith, PhD
Senior Editor and Manager of Internet Communications
National Center on Adult Literacy / International Literacy Institute
Graduate School of Education / University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111
phone: 215-746-6736
email: smith@literacy.upenn.edu



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