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- The Literacy Bookshelf
- CABS Online
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| NALD Networks | Volume 9 • Issue 1 |
The Writing Circle:
A Handbook for Online Writing Circles (2003)
by Catherine Mochrie
Developed with the intent of
promoting the use of online writing circles by LBS
agencies. Enables the literacy community
to access information and strategies to host
similar programs. Provides exciting new
opportunities for adult learners, who enjoy
sharing their writing with others.
Contact: Red Lake District Adult Learning
Centre, 232 Howey Street, Box 505,
Red Lake ON P0V 2M0
alc@goredlake.com
Online at: http://www.nald.ca/clr/circle/cover.htm
Educating for Citizenship (2001)
UNESCO
Provides students with the
knowledge, skills and understanding they need to play their part
in society, by helping them become informed,
thoughtful and responsible citizens, aware of
their duties and rights.
Contact: UNESCO, 7, Place de Fontenoy,
75352 Paris 07 SP, France
Tel. +33 (0)1 45 68 10 00
Fax +33 (0)1 45 67 16 90
bpiweb@unesco.org http://www.unesco.org
Glossary of Adult Learning in
Europe (1999)
by Paolo Federighi
A glossary that was compiled
because the creation of a common Europe requires it
and because policies and measures are
being applied in the field of adult learning.
Objective is to offer a tool that is easy to
use and can provide a choice of the most
frequent and significant terms.
Online in pdf format at: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/
images/0012/001288/128815e.pdf
Contact: UNESCO, 7, Place de Fontenoy,
75352 Paris 07 SP, France
Tel. +33 (0)1 45 68 10 00
Fax +33 (0)1 45 67 16 90
bpiweb@unesco.org http://www.unesco.org
Style
and Substance: A Multimedia Approach to Literature and Composition
(2001)
by Claudia Rock and Suneeti Phadke
An introduction to literary
analysis and essay writing through an innovative multimedia
approach. Provides ESL students with an
edge to learning English. Comes with
textbook, audio CD, instructor’s manual, and
a complementary website that offers additional
texts, practices and activities.
Contact: Pearson Longman ESL, c/o ERPI,
5757 Cypihot, St. Laurent QC H4S 1R3
Tel. 1-800-263-3678 ext. 232
Fax (514)334-0448
Toll Free: 1-866-334-0448
infoesl@erpi.com http://www.longman-esl.ca/
Action Plan for Adult Education
and Continuing Education and Training :
Learning Throughout Life (2002)
Government of Quebec
Shows the importance of
adult education and job-related continuing education and training
for social, economic and cultural development
in all societies based on knowledge and
active citizenship.
Online in pdf format at: http://www.meq.gouv.qc.ca/REFORME/formation_con/Plan/plan_a.pdf
Contact: Ministère de l’Éducation du
Québec, 1035, De la Chevrotière Street, 17th
floor, Quebec QC G1R 5A5
lino.mastriani@meq.gouv.qc.ca http://www.meq.gouv.qc.ca/dfga/portail.html
Passages to Canada
by Michelle Berry et al.
Explore stories of immigration
to Canada in your classroom or community organization.
Invite a community leader to your Social
Science or English classroom or community
group and learn first-hand about the immigrant
experience.
Teachers’ Resource Booklet
and School and Community Group Resource
Guide available online in pdf format at : http://www.thememoryproject.com/passages_teaching.cfm
Contact: The Dominion Institute, 183
Bathurst St. #401, Toronto ON M5T 2R7
Tel. 1-866-701-1867
staff@dominion.ca http://www.thememoryproject.com/
Canadian
Consumer Information Gateway (2004)
Office of Consumer Affairs
With rapid technological
advances and the continued pace of globalization, consumers
grapple with a dizzying array of new,
complex products and services offered in
new ways, by companies headquartered in
countries all over the world. This resource
is a single, central gateway to all of
the trustworthy information and services
offered by Canada’s governments and
NGOs.
Contact: Paula Vieira, Project Manager,
Canadian Consumer Information Gateway,
Office of Consumer Affairs, Industry
Canada, 235 Queen Street, Room 965 A,
Ottawa ON K1A 0H5
consumer.information@ic.gc.ca http://www.consumerinformation.ca/
E-learning
tools and technologies : A consumer’s guide for trainers,
teachers, educators and instructional designers
(2003)
by William Horton and Katherine Horton
A comprehensive guide to
help you cut through the hype in order to select the
best E-learning tools and vendors for your
specific needs. Reduces operating costs
and trains more people. With companion
website containing design forms, checklists
of features to look for in the various
tool categories, spreadsheets, and lists of
specific tools and vendors.
Contact: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.,
22 Worcester Road, Etobicoke ON M9W 1L1
Tel. (416) 236-4433
Toll Free: 1-800-567-4797
Fax (416) 236-8743 or 1-800-565-6802
canada@wiley.com http://www.wileycanada.com/WileyCDA/
Calculators at Work in
Daily Living (2001)
by Susan Brendel
Introduces you to basic
calculators and provides activities that develop learners’
skills in the context of real-world situations
such as banking, shopping, diet and
nutrition and home improvement. In
addition to learning activities, provides
instructor supports that include goals,
teaching tips, Internet tie-ins and extension
ideas, as well as an answer key.
Contact: J. Weston Walch Publisher,
321 Valley St, Portland, ME, 04104, USA
Tel. (207) 772-2846 or 1-800-558-5755
Fax (207) 772-3105
customer_service@mail.walch.com http://www.walch.com
A
Computer Literacy Kit : Meeting the Needs of Adult Educators (2004)
by Charlene Keddy
Contents based on interviews
with instructors and learners, as well as surveys
reporting the computer resource needs of
adult learning organisations. Provides
instructors with the basics to integrate
computer training with literacy and
numeracy instruction. Chapters include:
Computer basics, Internet and e-mail,
Word processing, Educational software
and Train the trainer.
Cost: $16.00 + shipping
Contact: Dartmouth Literacy Network,
PO Box 1004, 300 Pleasant Street,
Dartmouth NS B2Y 3Z9
Tel. (902) 464-3444
Fax (902) 464-3052
dln@dartmouthliteracy.net http://www.dartmouthliteracy.net/
eLit.ca User Manual (2003)
by Valerie Cole and Sandra Craswell
eLit.ca is an online literacy
community currently serving Canada’s prairie provinces
- Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba,
and through special electronic
gateways, people from BC, NWT and
Nunavut also participate. Uses FirstClass
software, allowing the use of web browsers,
Internet email applications, etc.
Contact: Valerie Cole, c/o The Centre for
Family Literacy, #201, 11456 Jasper
Avenue, Edmonton AB T5K 0M1
Tel. 1-866-410-5708
Valerie_Cole@eLit.ca http://eLit.ca/
Reading and learning: A handbook
for adults (2003)
by Pat Campbell
A discussion of ten skills
that can be used to help the student learn. Includes a
discussion of eight ways to become a
fluent reader.
Contact: Grass Roots
Press, P.O. Box 52192, Edmonton AB T6G
2T5
Tel. (780) 413-6491 or 1-888-303-3213
Fax (780) 413-6582
grassrt@interbaun.com http://www.literacyservices.com/