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From the National Center for Adult Literacy and Learning (NCSALL)

How Do You Teach Content in Adult Education? An Annotated Bibliography (PDF) by Elizabeth M. Zachary and John P. Comings
The occasional paper provides sources of research and professional wisdom that are useful to the design of evidence-based instruction. This annotated bibliography is divided into seven subsections that focus on reading, writing, math and numeracy, English as a second language, GED, adult learning theory, and technology. Each section presents adult education sources and then additional resources based on K�12 research, instruction, and professional development resources.

To download the paper, go to http://www.ncsall.net/?id=26#content.

Using Going Beyond the GED (PDF)
This 4-hour seminar introduces teachers and tutors to Going Beyond the GED: Making Conscious Choices about the GED and Your Future (PDF), a set of classroom materials designed for use in GED classrooms. The materials provide learners with practice in graph and chart reading, calculation, information analysis, and writing, while they examine the labor market, the role of higher education and the economic impact of the GED.

To download the seminar, go to http://www.ncsall.net/?id=597#using_going_beyond_GED.

The Components of Numeracy by Lynda Ginsburg, Myrna Manly, and Mary Jane Schmitt

This occasional paper attempts to describe the complex nature of numeracy as it exists today. While there are large-scale assessments, standards documents, and position papers, there has not been a field- and research-based synthesis of the components required for adults to be numerate, to act numerately, and to acquire numeracy skills. This paper attempts to identify and clarify the nature of these components with the hope that such identification and clarification will guide instruction, contribute to the design of assessments, frame research, and inform policy.
To download the paper, go to: http://www.ncsall.net/?id=26#numeracy

Verizon Literacy Network's (VLN)
New Course for Adult Learners

"Teach Me Technology" is VLN�s first course for literacy students and is a basic introduction to computers for adult learners. It provides lessons for a beginning adult learner who has never used a computer and includes suggestions for instructors, tutors, mentors, or volunteers to facilitate computer skill building.

This course was developed by the National Center for Family Literacy.

At the end of the course you, the instructor, will be able to:

• Guide adult learners in engaging activities on the computer

• Identify adult learners' fears and phobias about computers

• Gather new activities that will further engage the adult learner to explore computers

At the end of the course, the learner will be able to:

• Evaluate your computer skills

• Identify basic parts of a computer

• Practice basic computer keyboarding and mouse skills

Use Knowledge gained to perform various activities-using computer hardware and basic computer software specifically word processing and Internet

To learn more, go to http://literacynetwork.verizon.org.

Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy's (CAAL) Executive Summary by Forrest P. Chisman and JoAnn Crandall

CAAL is releasing the Executive Summary from its upcoming report titled PASSING THE TORCH: Strategies for Innovation in Community College ESL.

To download the paper, go to http://www.caalusa.org and scroll down the left column to the title.

If your program is among the 70 percent of ProLiteracy affiliates that have had to put students on waiting lists, you can find new resources on the ProLiteracy Web site that can help you address this problem. They are the results of a special project designed to identify and disseminate promising practices to help local programs reduce the number of students on waiting lists. The project was funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and involved 23 local literacy programs across the country. Products include a booklet called Reducing Waiting Lists in Adult Education and Literacy Programs, a collection of resources that the programs developed while implementing their strategies, and videos that feature the work being done by two of the participating programs. All materials are available at www.proliteracy.org/resources.asp. A complete set of materials was sent free to each ProLiteracy group affiliate in the fall.

Read and Write Around Florida

Adults and families gain a greater appreciation of Florida�s culture and history while practicing their literacy and English-speaking skills through Read and Write Around Florida, a new initiative of the State Library and Archives of Florida.   This initiative has three parts; a family literacy book discussion program, a short story discussion program for English Language Learners and an online writing tool using Florida photographs which can be found at http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/writing/index.cfm-

Contributed by Sandy Newell

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