Thanks, Carol for all the positive words. I'm so glad you've found our site
helpful and that now your director will allow you to use us. Just curious,
how does the State of NJ DOL officially recognize a site? Is it something we
need to do to make that happen? We are accredited by IACET and offer CEUs...

 

Have you checked out the new Everyday Life section? I'll be interested in
what you think. Also, since you've been using us for awhile, you may be
interested to know that our computer training topics are now going to be
developed as video lessons, like the Publisher 2003 topic. We'll still have
the text and screenshot-based supplement, but we'll have video lessons for
all new topics.

 

Kelly

 

From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Carol Clark
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 11:08 AM
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1643] Re: Additional Information
aboutGCFLeanFree.org

 

Kelly,

 

Thank you for your email.  Unfortunately my internet was done and when our
computer guru came to repair he told me he was adding the icon for
gcflearnfree.org.   I was THRILLED.  I have been using your since last
January and have been recommending it to anyone I can.  My directors weren't
too keen because it was not an officially recognized site by the State of NJ
DOL.  Now it is!  WHOOPEE!  Keep up the good work.

 

Carol Clark

 

 

Carol R. Clark

Workforce Learning Link

429 Lewis Street 

PO Box 189

Somerset, NJ 08875

732-846-9888 x 126

FAX 732-846-7569

email: cclark at webmail.hcesc.com

 

  _____  

From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Kelly Potter
Markham
Sent: Fri 10/5/2007 9:55 AM
To: technology at nifl.gov; focusonbasics at nifl.gov;
professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1642] Additional Information
aboutGCFLeanFree.org

Thanks to everyone who took a look at our site, www.GCFLearnFree.org,
yesterday. Throughout the day, several of you emailed me and let me know
that we were having some issues with our Join Now/Create an Account process.
We just launched our redesigned site on Monday, and while we thought we had
all the "bugs" worked out, a few were discovered yesterday. I think we have
it all fixed and it should work correctly now. If you have any difficulties
with creating a free account, please let me know! 

 

If you have not already taken a look at our new Everyday Life
<http://www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife/>  program, I encourage you to do
so. We currently have 17 interactive lessons available, but will be
releasing many, many more topics in the future. Current lessons include
using an ATM, completing a bank deposit form, filling out a job application,
using a bus map, and much more. I highly recommend you complete the short
Tutorial before you begin. The lessons make a lot more sense after
completing the tutorial, and you can understand how low-literacy learners
would be instructed to complete the lessons. You will want to view the
lessons with the sound on your computer turned on. Lessons have audio and
text directions.

 

Some of you may be interested in our Computer Training
<http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/>  section, as well. Here we cover
topics such as Computer Basics, Internet Safety, OpenOffice, and Microsoft
Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and more. Our Computer Training
lessons are primarily text and screenshot-based, so may not be appropriate
for all learners; however, we are moving to a video-based lesson format with
supplemental text. You can take a look at our Publisher 2003 lessons to get
a better idea of how we will develop future topics.

 

If it sounds like our site may be of use to you or your learners, please
take a look at it. It is a completely free resource! And don't worry, when
you create an account with us, we will never share your information with
others or email you unless you opt-in for the newsletter.

 

If you have any feedback, please let me know. We are especially interested
in what literacy professionals think of these initial lessons and any topics
that you think would be worthwhile for us to cover in our next round of
production.

 

Thanks for your time.

 

Kelly Potter Markham

Instructional Designer, GCFLearnFree.org

kelly at GCFLearnFree.org

 

Visit http://www.GCFLearnFree.org <http://www.gcflearnfree.org/>  today to
learn the computer training and life skills you need to succeed!

 

The freedom to learn what you want, when you want, absolutely free!

 

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