Hi--I'm not finding the link....could you please re-send it.  I'm very 
interesting in checking it out.  Thanks.
Carol T. Jones, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Adult Literacy Center of the Lehigh Valley
801 Hamilton Street, Suite 201
Allentown, PA 18101
Phone:  610-435-0680 ext. 114
Fax:  610-435-5134
cjones at alclv.org
www.alclv.org
610-435-0680 EXT 114
Fax: 610-435-5134
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> Jean

> Check out the following link to a great Canadian site that has a host of

> shareware and freeware that has been evaluated by adult literacy learners

> and practioners. Some of the software is for older computers such as those

> you have described. There are lots of great programs to choose from.

>

> Enjoy!

>

> Sylvia Provenski

> Director

> Assiniboine Community College Adult Collegiate

> Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

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> Subject: [FocusOnBasics 580] What would you put on an ABE learner's

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> Hi all.

> My program has been blessed with a bunch of used computer donations

> from the Cristina Foundation. Before you get excited, these are older

> computers

> from companies and individuals who have upgraded. For more info, go to

> cristina.org

> if you'd like to get some for your program.

>

> We initially used them to set

> up a lab in our center, and have been giving the extras away. Since I 

> still

> have extras, I would like to give some to my pre-literate Liberian refugee

> senior citizen ABE students to practice their skills when they are away 

> from

> class.

>

> We typically reformat the computers with Windows and Microsoft Works

> and an antivirus/spyware program. They will have a standard internet

> connection,

> which we'll have to show the learners how to use.

>

> What I'm looking for

> from you are some recommendations of websites or freeware you use in your

> center with your most basic level adults. If you know of some fabulous

> program

> that costs money, let me know about it and I'll see what I can scrounge up

> in the way of grant money. We are working as an all volunteer, no budget

> organization

> so I'm ideally looking for website recommendations or better still, stand

> alone software so they just need to point and click and won't need to deal

> with the internet.

>

> Thanks for your ideas!

> Jean Marrapodi

> Providence Assembly

> of God Learning Center

> Providence, RI

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