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Information for and about adult learners, as
well as learners' writing and opinions about adult education appear on
this page. Writing by and readings of interest to learners also
appear
at Writing
from the Field.
student leadership
VALUE:
Voice of Adult Literacy United for Education is the US national
adult organization; information on this page comprises
learner-generated
content as well as resources designed for adult learning.
VALUE's
Third Adult Learner Leadership InstituteTampa, Florida, June 26-28, 2003
Student
Leadership: How to Start and Support a Student Council at Your Program
by Michele V. Sacerdote
Encouraging Student Leadership -
compilation of resources from SABES.
Learner Perspectives - an
interactive website, part of the Adult Education Wikipedia.
People contribute ideas, resources and discussion topics to the
site. This page is focused on learners' perspectives.
Learner Leadership Adult
learners, teachers, program directors, professional developers joined
NIFL-AALPD April 18 - May 2nd, 2004 as guests for a two part discussion
of learner leadership in professional development and program
improvement. (You can also follow the full discussion here, by scrolling
down to April 18)
Students
Meeting Students:
Putting a Student Conference Together - one of a series of
books
developed by adult learners in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Available
in the US (and elsewhere) through Peppercorn
Books and Press.
Adult
learners address the Governor's Task Force on Adult Literacy -
June,
2004.
I Cannot Read, an article about
an Jacques Demers, a professional hockey coach, who learned to read at
the age of 58.
Thinking about college - a site
for high school students, also contains information for anyone
preparing for college.
Post-ITT
- collection of resources and activities to help students,
parents and educators plan for transition from secondary to
postsecondary schools.
In
Our Words - Canadians Reading Together - writings by learners from
Nova Scotia, Canada
Please make this page your own. Send writing, ideas and information
to LR/RI.
Links to sites for learners and
teachers / resources related to or
created
by adult learners
What
learners had to say to the government - results of a survey of
Canadian adult learners; the full
report provides the questions asked, and learners' responses.
Part of a Movement for Canadian Literacy's Learners
Advisory Network.
Adult
Learners' Literacy Testimonial / story of the week - from
adult learners in
Manitoba,
Canada.
BBC
Skillswise - interactive games, quizes and activities for
numeracy
and literacy.
BLAST - Building Leadership through Adult Student Training;
New Mexico's student leadership organization. Blast Will Grant,
BLAST
Coordinator
P.O. Box 7908 Albuquerque, NM 87194 (505) 245-7177 fax:
(505) 245-7187 Buildleadrs@aol.com
Student Journals
from the Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe, New Mexico website.
Student/learner
resources from Western/Pacific LINCS
Discoveries,
stories written by adult new readers enrolled in BoulderReads!,
Career
Planning Guide for Adult Learners - interesting questions to
consider
while thinking about getting or changing jobs.
English as a second language
- resources for independent study, listening, reading and writing.
Exploring
Cultures - bilingual writings (in Spanish and English) from
adult
learners in a Washington, DC Even Start program, about a variety of
topics,
including poems, opinions, recipes, photos and pen pal letters.
The Fortune
Society
Student Web Pages - built by learners in Fortune Society
Education programs
Four
personal
essays on Literacy - Three adult learners and one
counsellor
recount their personal stories and struggles with illiteracy.
From
Writers'
Block, Spring, 2001
E-Square - As described
in Bright Ideas (Summer 98), E-Square is 'an electronic neighborhood
for
adult literacy, ESL, and basic education students and their teachers.'
It's easily accessible, with clear graphics and interesting places for
learners and practitioners to go.
Harry
I Seda's learners pages - sign on to a national chat, read
about
learner leadership events and more.
read the results: Harry Seda designed a survey
on students' use of technology "to help students find services,
programs,
and/or software programs that might help you learn and become more
knowledgeable
and a more productive member of your community. The content of this
survey
will better reflect the diverse needs and levels of all students,
including
English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL for short)."
Frank Symonds, interviewed
by the Providence Journal, 10 February, 1999
GED and math
resources
Is the GED right for
you? - links to information and questions to consider about
taking
the GED - or not. For more, click here
GED
preparatoon sites - resources collected by Youthbuild
Quia class page:
GED resources from Wendy Quinones, including math, spelling,
vocabulary
and other exercises related to the GED.
Student learning
links
at GED 2000 (scroll down)
Taking the G.E.D. - Cece's Tilsley's story -
Cece's
Tilsley's wonderful account of studying for and taking the GED tests.
AAA Math - interactive practice,
explanations and a link to a Spanish
language math resource.
A+
math - more resources and practice
Create a graph - learn to
present information in different visual forms and formats
Woodlands maths zone - yet
more basic math
Test Prep
Review - online practice tests and test preparation
Transition to college
College Transition for adult students
- "website designed to simulate the pre-college experience for adult
students interested in enrolling in college for the first time or
returning to college after a long break. The site will help you walk
through the application process, find money to pay for college classes,
provide you with resources to help you prepare for college-level work,
and give you helpful tips to make the whole process easier."
More learner resources
Learner
writing from the Educational Opportunity Center in Buffalo, NY;
notes
for teachers about using the web to publish learner writing.
LEARNING,
LIFELONG EDUCATION Help With 'R' No.1. - New US initiative
targets
40 million adults who struggle with readingSeptember 22, 1998 - an
article
about adult learning and literacy in the Christian
Science Monitor.
The
Learning Edge - Online newspaper from the Wellington
County Learning Centre in Ontario. Provides spoken and
written
text, interactive exercises and opportunities for discussion, prompts
for
writing and further learning.
The
Northern Edge - Online newspaper celebrating life in Northern
Canada.
Similar to the Learning Edge, it also provides spoken and written text
and interactivity for adults.
Making
Connections: a learners' action research project - In
action
research you investigate a question. The question w investigated
was: How do we build and maintain connections among learners?
A
guide
to holding a meeting - plain language suggestions and reminders
for people organizing and holding meetings, from the Prince
Edward Island Literacy Alliance in Canada.
LINCS Health
and Literacy special collection student resources - health
information,
stories and activities and reference resources
Internet
Picture Dictionary - basic picture dictionary; French,
Italian, Spanish and German versions are also available.
Internet
Projects
for Learners and Teachers of English - some sites seem geared
toward
more advanced level learners, but the site also includes links to sites
that may be of more general interest to learners and teachers at a
range
of levels.
Literacy Tools
from the National Adult Literacy Agency in Ireland - online exercises,
as well as exercises to print and complete off line. Tour the
site
here.
MUJER
- Mothers United for Jobs, Education, Results - a learner-generated
site
from San Antonio, Texas, includes learners' stories and reflections.
Anson
Green, the teacher who facilitated the development of the site welcomes
response and input.
Also see Anson's La
COCINA site (which is also linked to the LR/RI's women
and literacy page).
New
England Literacy Resource Center student resources -
learning
activities for adults
Project
Read,
the Adult Literacy Program of the San Francisco Public Library -
including
newsletters,
containing learner writings and events and links to additional
resources.
The Right
Question
Project - an organization that develops educational strategies
that help people build skills to get involved in issues that affect
them.
Second Chance Learners
- Second Chance Learners was founded in New Brunswick, Canada in 1989
by
Dorothy Silver, an adult learner who saw a need for learners to get
together
to support one another.
these sites are not on line Student
of the month, and student of the month archive
from Literacy Volunteers of America, including Rhode Islanders Mirta
Pedrazzoli
and Paul
Arcand.
Student
profiles from ProLiteracy - the new organization that formed
when
Literacy Volunteers and Laubach Literacy merged.
TV411 - interactive practice iin
many areas - spelling, reading, writing, math
Visiting the doctor
- site for ESL students. A visit to the doctor can be a strange
experience.
Not only is there new language, but customs may seem be different as
well.
With this web site you can practice the language you need for getting
medical
care. You can also send in your own writing on health
topics and see it published here.
A Visit
to the State House - by members of the ESL 5 morning class
Community
Learning Center, Cambridge. Learners describe the preparation for and
events
that occurred during a visit to the Massachusetts State House. Their
prepared
letter, a number of photos and a description of the project itself are
also included. (A part of the
E-Square site).
What
Adult Literacy Learners Would Like YOU TO Know
- from the Movement for Canadian Literacy - The Learners Advisory
Network
(LAN) decided to create a brochure that would help literacy
promoters
and the public understand who they are and what they do.
Youth
Access - "The Youth Access cluster of CLIC sites seeks to
strengthen
communications skills and voices of youth, build community use and
support
of the library, and enhance educational opportunities for youth. There
are now two sites in this cluster, based in low-income urban
neighborhoods
in Newark, NJ and Oakland, CA. Both sites are beneficiaries of
government
grants providing new technology... Using innovative library-based
curriculum,
the program hopes to maximize youth use of these technologies to
develop
communication skills and help better connect youth with their local
community."
Learners' writing
The Book
of Changes: Adult learners' stories:what literacy means to their lives-
a project of the Movement for Canadian Literacy Learners Advisory
Network.
Celebrating
Success... Stories of Learners & the BEAD Department - a
biography
of successful students published by the Alberta Vocational College in
Calgary
ESL
Student Writing Page - stories written by students in the
English
as a Second Language Program at the Educational Opportunity Center in
Buffalo,
NY. You can also listen to the stories being read aloud on line.
Learner
stories, from the Santa Clara County Library.
Learner
writing - links to learner writing from the Canadian NALD site.
(Some of these resources are also found at Writing
from the Field).
Learner
writings from Frontier College
Learner
writings
from Literacy Volunteers of America, part of the Student
section of the LVA website
The Journal of
Ordinary Thought - 'The
Neighborhood
Writing Alliance holds writing workshops with adults in inner city
Chicago,
and publishes their writing in the Journal of Ordinary Thought (JOT).
NWA
is founded on the propositions that every person is a philosopher,
expressing
one's thoughts fosters creativity and change, and that taking control
of
life requires people to think about the world and to share their
thoughts
with others.Writings from Chicago, Illinois"
Additional writing by Parents of Students at
Dett
School is also available at http://www.uni.edu/coe/jot/index.html
The Key on Line - New
Readers'
Newspaper Web Site, originated for Wisconsin's adult basic education
and
English language learners, and now available online.
Stories of the
Mi'kmaq - stories by people of Mi'kmaq and Beothuk ancestry in
Canada.
Student pages,
including Beginner
ESL Class from the Bangor
Adult and Community Education center, Bangor, Maine;
and from York, Maine - ESOL
learners' pages.
Student
writing from Read/Write/Now Adult Learning Center in
Springfield,
Massachusetts.
Toronto Adult Student
Association-
resources for adult learners in Toronto and beyond
Visions 12
- stories and drawings from ABE students in Saskatchewan, Canada.
We Search for
the Words [SIAST Kelsey Campus Literacy Program] - "In
the
spirit of sharing their journey towards literacy and in the celebration
of World Literacy Day, September 6, 2002, the staff and students of the
Literacy Program, SIAST Kelsey Campus, Saskatoon, SK offer this
anthology
of poetry, photos and artwork."
Web-based
Resources for Students - from YouthBuild USA
Web of Life
-
Stories from Grandview/?Uuqinak'uuh Adult Writing Group - a
partnership
between Grandview/?Uuqinak'uuh School and the Basic Education
Department
of King Edward Campus, Vancouver Community College.
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