Hi Jeanne,

 

I know neither of these has the word "Global" in them, but maybe they
will be helpful to you. I did not find the one you were referring to,
but perhaps someone else on the List will help us.

 

 

There was a posting to the list on October 5, 2007, titled Free Online
Resource available at  www.GCFLearnFree.org
<http://www.gcflearnfree.org/> 

 

Since 1999 GCFLearnFree.org has offered free computer training online.
This training includes topics such as Open Office, Computer Basics,
Internet Basics, and Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Publisher.
We're currently in the process of revitalizing our computer training
curriculum to include video lessons along with our text-based lessons.

 

 

 

 

There was also a posting titled Computer Tutor on March 9, 2006:

 

 BBC Computer Tutor 
 Do you have adult learners who have never touched a computer before
entering your class? Ease their anxiety through BBC's Computer Tutor.
This Web  site  covers all the basic skills for successful computer
usage in a fun and  entertaining manner. The English-speaking
interactive tutor will  assist in  showing your students how to use the
mouse, keyboard and screen. Go to 

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/computertutor/


 

 

 

Both of these are available in the NIFL Discussion List Archives under
Family Literacy-then you can search by date. The archives may be
accessed at http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/list_archives.html

 

 

 

 

Gail J. Price

Multimedia Specialist

National Center for Family Literacy

325 W. Main Street, Suite 300

Louisville, KY 40202

gprice at famlit.org

502 584-1133, ext. 112

 

 

Join us for the 17th Annual National Conference on Family Literacy!
"Literacy Grows Families and Communities"
March 30, 31, & April 1, 2008-Louisville, KY
Register online at www.famlit.org/conference

 

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From: familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Jeanne McGehee
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 4:09 PM
To: The Family Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 934] Re: Other Ways to keep learners in
programs

 

This is completely off the subject, but a while back a web site was
given that helped people become computer literate.  I have lost that
address.  It was something to do with"Global" .  Can anyone help me with
this?  Jeanne 

On 1/14/08, Jessica Fitzpatrick <jbfitz at optonline.net> wrote: 

I imagine there are many ways to structure a strategy like this.
Basically it's a concept - finding ways to connect parents/students on a
more personal level at a vulnerable time.  It can help set a tone of
community and cooperative learning right from the start and help new
people feel more welcome, less shy or intimidated as they enter a new
situation, and more accountable on a personal level. A teacher in an AE
program for incarcerated adults once told me her students reported that
feeling that someone was "finally paying attention to me" was enough to
keep them participating and working toward goals.  It also has the
potential to affect the veteran students by increasing their investment
in the class/program when they accept a degree of responsibility for
another student. HOWEVER, I think it should be voluntary.  I think this
could be a good discussion to have with the students themselves, asking
questions like:  How did you feel when you first came into the
class/program?  What would have made you more comfortable?  How can we
do this for new students?  What about a buddy system?  How could we
structure it?  Etc.  More often than not, it's the students that have
the answers to many of our challenges.  This, I think, follows along
with another list serve member's discussion of overcoming obstacles
through a process that includes those who are faced with the obstacles.
Hope this helps.  Jessica 




At 10:52 PM 1/13/2008, you wrote:




Hi Jessica,
 
How do you determine who becomes whose buddy?  I'm intrigued and would
like to know more?

Lorri Sauve
Project READ Literacy Network
Family Literacy Coordinator
Kitchener, Canada
familyliteracy at projectread.ca
519 893-7597
 
"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection.  Excellence I
can reach for; perfection is God's business."  
Michael J. Fox

________________________________

From: familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov [
mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
<mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov> ] On Behalf Of Jessica
Fitzpatrick
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 5:06 PM
To: The Family Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 915] Re: Other Ways to keep learners in
programs
 
Some programs I have worked with institute a "buddy system" as soon as a
parent enrolls.  Buddy's can do many things  - from a weekly phone call,
to a call when a buddy is absent, to working together on projects or
helping with instruction, acknowledging a birthday, or helping with a
ride or child care, etc. etc. Again and again, it seems to be the
personal connections that keep students attending.  Jessica Fitzpatrick,
Family and Early Literacy Consultant 
At 09:14 AM 1/8/2008, you wrote:


Hello everyone,
 
These are some great ideas.  This is what we do in our family literacy
program:
  
The facilitators personally phone the learners who miss a class and ask
what they can do to help or find out if there is anything they can do to
help the parents (it may be as simple as giving them a reminder phone
call before every class - we meet twice weekly with the families).  The
facilitators encourage the parents in their own learning and in their
reading and playing with their children.  The facilitators ensure that
these parents feel comfortable when they are in our program (I know
everyone does this) and we make sure that the parents know we are adding
on to what they are already doing with their children (strength-based
programming).  We have found that the personal phone call from the
facilitator makes the difference.  Attendance has been much more
consistent since we began implementing phone calls.  The phone calling
does take extra time but we have found that it is worth it.  
 
Lorri Sauve
Project READ Literacy Network
Family Literacy Coordinator
Kitchener, Canada
familyliteracy at projectread.ca
519 893-7597
 
"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection.  Excellence I
can reach for; perfection is God's business."  
Michael J. Fox

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From: familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov [
mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Cheryl Brown
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 10:33 PM 
To: The Family Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 903] Re: Peppermints Help Test-Takers
 
Hi all,
 
Barriers is an extremely interesting topic for me and I have spent some
time thinking and writing about it over the last decade.   Essentially,
we focus on Relationship, Content and Environment. We use William
Glasser's Choice Theory to guide our behaviour in relationship building
and setting environment, and a learner/community centered model for
content (basically, we adapt what we do to individual learner's or
community's wants and stated needs - some may remember as Student
Centered Individualized Learning from Frontier College Student
Handbook).  
 
I've personally shifted my thinking about barriers from what I've been
calling a 'checklist approach' (generic list of barriers, like
transportation, childcare, healthy snack, etc) to thinking about it as a
process, as individual as the learner's themselves, that provides
specific assistance for overcoming obstacles to participation.  Funny
this topic should happen to come up today - we've just talked about
writing a paper about this, so if you're interested in hearing more, let
me know off list. 
 
Cheryl Brown, Community Literacy Coordinator
Quality Learning New Brunswick
Saint John, NB
Canada
sjfamlit at nbnet.nb.ca
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Gail Price <mailto:gprice at famlit.org>  
To: The Family Literacy Discussion List <mailto:familyliteracy at nifl.gov>

Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 4:10 PM
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 901] Re: Peppermints Help Test-Takers
 
Hey Jeri,
 
Don't we all wish that keeping learners in our programs were as easy as
providing peppermints and bottled water? 
 
Persistence is a complex issue and is pretty highly individualized, yet
is something all adult education programs have to deal with. Studies
over the years about persistence have suggested ways to keep students in
programs-i.e., having a goal and making progress toward it; enjoying the
classroom relationship with other learners; having an intake process
that effectively counters barriers to attendance; and helping with
logistical barriers such as transportation and child care, etc. 
 
How about it list subscribers-share your practical experience with us.
What do you do to ensure that you keep learners in your program? What
have you tried that has worked well? What has not worked quite so well?

 
Gail J. Price
Multimedia Specialist
National Center for Family Literacy
325 W. Main Street, Suite 300 
Louisville, KY 40202
gprice at famlit.org
502 584-1133, ext. 112 
 
 
Join us for the 17th Annual National Conference on Family Literacy!
"Literacy Grows Families and Communities" 
March 30, 31, & April 1, 2008-Louisville, KY
Register online at www.famlit.org/conference 
 

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From: familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov [
mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of jalsails at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:15 PM
To: familyliteracy at nifl.gov
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 893] Re: Peppermints Help Test-Takers 
 
Gail, 
 
Back when Brain Research was hot (about 10 years ago) we read research
on the negative effects of dehydration on concentration and fatigue. We
(LIFT, Missouri's Literacy Center) began providing bottled water at all
of our workshops which in turn motivated family and adult literacy staff
to provide it for their adult learners. Drinking water was encouraged to
maximize extended attention spans for study and test taking. Perhaps it
was the halo effect, but we had enthusiastic feedback. Now, if we'd used
ordinary tap water to preserve the environment, added a peppermint candy
to cut the frustration, and given ginger snaps for pregnant moms to
reduce nausea, we may have made the news! 
 
What other practical strategies appear to spark and maintain learner
persistence?
 
Jeri Levesque, Ed.D.
Evaluator, Missouri and Kentucky Even Start
LIFT

-----Original Message-----
From: Gail Price < gprice at famlit.org>
To: The Family Literacy Discussion List < familyliteracy at nifl.gov
<mailto:familyliteracy at nifl.gov> >
Sent: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 12:23 pm
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 891] Peppermints Help Test-Takers
Just for fun!
An article titled "Peppermint prepares test-takers, a study says"
recently appeared in the Middletown Journal, Middletown, OH. 
The articles states, "Candy canes greeted test-takers at Middletown's
Adult Education center Friday before the General Educational Development
exam. The purpose of the treats was two-fold: spread a little holiday
cheer and awaken the test-takers, said Principal Rose Marie Stiehl. A
NASA-funded study revealed that the smell of peppermint decreases
fatigue and frustration by 15 percent and 25 percent respectively and
increases alertness by 30 percent, said Stiehl. Ever since the study,
the center has offered peppermints to test-takers." 
 
And Middletown's Adult Education programs seems to be doing very well.
You can read the article at
http://www.middletownjournal.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/12/
29/mj122907gedcanes.html 
I think I'll buy a stash of peppermints for my students. How about you? 
 
 
Gail J. Price
Multimedia Specialist
National Center for Family Literacy
325 W. Main Street, Suite 300
Louisville, KY 40202
gprice at famlit.org
502 584-1133, ext. 112
 
 
Join us for the 17th Annual National Conference on Family Literacy! 
"Literacy Grows Families and Communities"
March 30, 31, & April 1, 2008-Louisville, KY
Register online at www.famlit.org/conference 
 
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