Colleagues,

The Learner Perspectives section of the Adult Literacy Education Wiki  
has recently been updated. This section of the wiki contains an area  
where students can try out their online skills by posting their  
comments in a forum or by reviewing computer programs (as part of an  
online survey). The page has directions for how to add and edit text,  
so that learners and/or their teachers can become familiar with the  
process of participating in a wiki. The forum has yet to be used, so  
your learners could be the first! It would be great for a class  
working on their computer skills.

The Learner Perspective section also has links to publications that  
contain student writing and links to some mp3s (which have learners  
telling their own stories). This section also has a place where  
programs or publications can post calls for student writing (such as  
the recent call for Women's Perspectives #3 (2008) / Women & Money).

The address for this section is http://wiki.literacytent.org/ 
index.php/Learner_Perspectives.

Erik Jacobson and
David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net