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1. Around the Home (2008)
QLWG Essential Life Skills - Unit 2
Series: QLWG Skills for Life Series
Competency-based learning meets the needs of all learners. It is important to keep in mind, however, that all learners are different. In order to address the needs and interests of all learners, the units in this publication have been divided by Essential Life Skills and Individual Life Skills.
Essential Life Skills are important for everyone, while Individual Life Skills address the needs and interests of different learners. Once learners have completed the “Essential” units, they may choose a unit that is applicable to their interests and lifestyle.
Added: 2009-09-17
2. Bridging the Gap Between Literacy & Technology (2001)
Book Review
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Diane McCargar
This is a review of the book “Bridging the Gap Between Literacy and Technology,” published by Samaritan House Training Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. The reviewer describes how the book provides literacy practitioners with tools to help incorporate technology into literacy curriculum.
The review appeared in CONNECT: Canada’s Resource Publication on Technology and Adult Literacy.
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Added: 2003-07-30
3. Computer Guides for Adult Learners (2003)
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Diane McCargar
This book review from CONNECT features a series of four computer guides produced by the Halifax Immigrant Learning Centre. The four guides are titled: Corel Word Perfect 8, Microsoft Word 97, Microsoft Word 2000 and The Internet: Using Microsoft Explorer.
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Added: 2003-08-01
4. Computer Labs for Literacy Groups: A practical guide (2000)
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Diane McCargar
This book review from CONNECT features Computer Labs for Literacy Groups: A practical guide by Ken Peters. This book contains information about the basics of setting up a computer lab, such as choosing software and hardware, Internet access, security and space.
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Added: 2003-07-26
5. Easy-to-Read Guide to Computer Basics (2003)
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Diane McCargar
This book review from CONNECT features Computer Basics 2000 by Brian O'Rooney. This computer guide covers using a mouse, the Windows desktop, word processing, file management, the Internet and e-mail.
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Added: 2003-07-30
6. My Community (2008)
QLWG Essential Life Skills - Unit 3
Series: QLWG Skills for Life Series
Competency-based learning meets the needs of all learners. It is important to keep in mind, however, that all learners are different. In order to address the needs and interests of all learners, the units in this publication have been divided by Essential Life Skills and Individual Life Skills.
Essential Life Skills are important for everyone, while Individual Life Skills address the needs and interests of different learners. Once learners have completed the “Essential” units, they may choose a unit that is applicable to their interests and lifestyle.
Added: 2009-09-17
7. New Training Manuals from AlphaPlus (2002)
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Elyse Schwartz
This book review from CONNECT features online training manuals by AlphaPlus. This review highlights how one of the manuals, Tech skills - general, is a useful resource for instructors who wish to use computers with literacy students.
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Added: 2003-07-25
8. So you want to start a reading circle... (2009)
How to set up and run reading circles
Authors: Frontier College
This guide is a compilation of the knowledge, experience and best practice that has accumulated from the extensive knowledge Frontier College has acquired as well as and its work with reading circles throughout Canada since 1988. This guide is designed to help interested individuals, groups and organizations run and set up an efficient reading circle. It primarily explains how to set up a reading circle for children and outlines key factors in making a reading circle succeed as well as hypothetical scenarios that could happen and how to deal with them.
Added: 2009-09-02
9. Steps to Employment Series (1999)
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Connie Belanger
This book review from CONNECT features the Steps to Employment Series. This series has three modules which provide orientation and language instruction for specific areas of the labour market including computers.
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Added: 2003-07-23
10. Surfing for Substance (2001)
Integrating the World Wide Web into Adult Literacy Instruction
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Sheri Mankal
This article from CONNECT features an online guide titled Surfing For Substance - Integrating the World Wide Web into Adult Literacy Instruction. This guide provides pointers, ideas and methods for introducing literacy and ESOL teachers to the World Wide Web as a resource.
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Added: 2003-07-31
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