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51. Creating a Classroom Newsletter (1999)
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Connie Belanger
Collection: Learning Materials
This lesson plan from CONNECT teaches how to practise many useful computer skills while generating authentic writing in the creation of a class newsletter.
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Added: 2003-07-23
52. Creating an Open Space So That CCLOW Could Focus Upon the Future (1999)
Women's Education des femmes, Spring 1999 - Vol. 13, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Betty Donaldson, Birgitt Bolton, Larry Peterson
Collection: Research Materials
This article is about a strategic directions workshop, held in November, 1997, to discuss the future of CCLOW.
Added: 2004-03-26
53. CUPE Integrates Literacy: A Canadian Labour Congress Case Study (2007)
Authors: Bev Burke, Jean Connon-Unda, Canadian Labour Congress
Collection: Research Materials
This document outlines how the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has integrated literacy and clear language into the life of the union.
The authors explain that in this context, “integration” means working towards a time when a literacy and clear language lens is applied to planning, strategizing, implementing, and evaluating everything the union does.
The first phase the process involved getting literacy on CUPE’s radar. While union locals and staff were involved in a number of innovative programs during the late 1980s and 1990s, it was not until its national convention in 2001 that CUPE passed a resolution formally affirming its support for literacy.
The second phase involved building awareness and support for literacy and clear language in the union by building partnerships with other organizations; gathering resources; creating a national literacy reference group; and getting leadership involved.
In the third phase, beginning in 2003, CUPE’s national literacy program became more intentional about integrating literacy and clear language into the ongoing activities of the union. While the basic skills aspects of literacy would remain central, adopting an integration approach opened up the possibility for literacy and clear language to penetrate more deeply into new and previously unconnected areas within CUPE.
Added: 2013-06-11
54. Cut, Copy & Paste (1998)
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Connie Belanger
Collection: Learning Materials
This lesson plan teaches the basic skills of cut, copy and paste using either the computer keyboard or a mouse. It includes tips on how to highlight text and where to look for commands in the menu bar.
The author suggests ways to modify the lesson to meet the needs of both beginners and more advanced students. For instance, beginners can use the commands to rearrange items in a list, while advanced students can cut and paste between separate files.
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Added: 2003-07-16
55. Dealing with Residential School: The Healing Process of an Adult Child (1992)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1992 - Vol. 9, No. 4
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Elizabeth Bear
Collection: Research Materials
In this article, the author tells about being sent to a residential school for ten years at the age of six and the impact the experience has had on her life.
Added: 2004-03-26
56. Defining Essential Digital Skills in the Canadian Workplace: Final Report (2011)
Authors: Chris Chinien, France Boutin
Collection: Research Materials
The goal of this study, carried out on behalf of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), was to re-examine the existing concept of computer use as one of the nine Essential Skills and to make adjustments to more fully reflect the changing skills needs of Canada’s knowledge-based economy.
The study included a literature review; consultations with employers; the proposal of a framework for defining the essential digital skills for work in Canada; the identification of existing tools for assessing those skills; and the development of a new complexity-rating scale for digital skills.
The authors conclude that digital skills are essential survival skills for the 21st century. They note that digital skill is not merely about operating digital systems and tools, but involves more complex cognitive skills for processing different types of information effectively. As a result, policy targeted to access and equity in digital technology cannot be limited to physical access, but must also focus on intellectual access.
The authors recommend using the digital skills framework developed for this study as the basis for further research.
They also recommend updating HRSDC’s Essential Skills occupational profiles to replace “computer use” with “digital skills” and including a new complexity scale reflecting this broader concept; conducting further research to investigate the interconnectedness of the four skill cluster included in framework; and ensuring that the definitions of digital literacy remain fluid to allow for adaptations to reflect changes in technology.
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Added: 2011-07-14
57. The Digital Learning Network (actDEN) (1999)
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Connie Belanger
Collection: Learning Materials
This website review from CONNECT features The Education Network (actden), by ACT360. This website provides learners of all levels with practice in writing, math, and reading news stories.
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Added: 2003-07-18
58. Dragon Tales (2000)
Authors: Basic Education Literacy Class 1999/2000
Collection: Learning Materials
The stories and pictures for this storybook were created and compiled by the Basic Education Literacy Class of SIAST Kelsey Campus in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
This book was created in the spirit of fun and in support of Family Literacy.
For information : Larry Crook, Program Instructor, SIAST Kelsey Campus, Saskatoon SK S7K 3R5, Tel. (306) 933-7735, E-mail : crook@siast.sk.ca or Rod Goertzen, Literacy Coordinator, Tel. (306) 933-8372, E-mail : goertzen@siast.sk.ca
The book is available online at : http://www.nald.ca/CLR/dragons/cover.htm (01.02.28)
Added: 2000-01-01
59. Drawing: A Link to Literacy (1993)
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Catherine Bates, Linda Shohet
Collection: Research Materials
The works presented in this collection were gathered in 1991-1992 during a project at The Centre for Literacy, Montreal, Quebec. Included are the authors' speculations about the teaching implications of explicitly linking art and language in the classroom.
Stunning drawings and moving texts on social and personal issues that
touch us all - war, race, love, AIDS, pollution - produced by college
students. Calls into question popular misconceptions about how and
why ordinary people write and draw.
Of special interest to teachers and tutors, counsellors, social
workers, therapists - ideas for classroom practice - useful as
catalysts for discussion and response, but also a gift for anyone who
shares human concerns.
To order a copy send a cheque for $10.00 plus $3.00 shipping and
handling plus applicable sales tax(es) in Canada. Make cheque payable
to the following.
ORDERING_INFORMATION:
The Centre for Literacy
Mail to:
3040 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec H3Z 1A4
RECEIVED: 02-nov-1993
LOCATION: NALD
SUBJECT: other
FORMAT: book
Added: 2003-10-07
60. The Dual Digital Divide (2000)
The Information Highway in Canada
Authors: Andrew Reddick, Christian Boucher, Manon Groseilliers
Collection: Learning Materials
The purpose of this study was to analyze Canadian households at the margins in terms of access to the Information Highway, generally considered to be The Internet. The study provides a better understanding of the attitudes, practices and the needs of those who are not connected to the Internet, and the circumstances under which some of these non-users are likely to go online. For more information on this report please contact: Public Interest Advocacy Centre, 1 Nicholas Street, Suite 1204, Ottawa ON K1N 7B7, Tel. (613) 562-4002, Fax (613) 562-0007, Email : piac@web.net This report is also available online in pdf format at : http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/Collection/RH34-9-2000E.pdf (01.07.04)
Added: 2001-04-03
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