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Volume #1 Issue #4, December 1997
Published by the Continuing Education Centre, Ottawa
Board of Education, 300 Rochester St., Rm. 202, Ottawa, ON, K1R 7N4.
Tel. (613) 239-2656 Fax (613) 239-2429 WWW:
http://www.nald.ca/connect.htm
- Email:cbelange@obe.edu.on.ca.
(http://www.obe.edu.on.ca/contweb/)
TECHNOLOGY AND CURRICULUM:
An Assessment of the Benefits and Features of
Using Learning Software
The Continuing Education Department of the Ottawa Board of
Education recently completed a research project to assess software
for literacy and language training. Their findings led to some very
interesting conclusions.
Lesson Plan: Le Budget
Personnel par Mark Churchill
Le Budget Personnel avec des objectifs: l'apprenant(e) apprend
des termes, exprime son opinion, se familiarise avec un feuille de
calcul et prepare son budget personnel.
REPORT FROM THE FIELD:
Report from the Trillium
Project
How do you transform a group of street kids into computer
whizzes? A report from Peter Wilson describes the stages of growth
in this innovative literacy program which is familiarizing youth
with the latest computer technology. Student comments indicate that
this is a very successful strategy.
SOFTWARE REVIEWS:
Shareware for Literacy by Kevin
O'Brien and Jim Edgar
A series of literacy shareware from Australia is earning
respect in the classroom with its variety, features and success with
literacy instructors and students.
The Ready Course and Getting
Ready for a Good Job by Diane McCargar, The Learning Centre
The Ready Course is a reading program for advanced level
literacy learners, while Getting Ready for a Good Job is a similar
program with articles about searching for employment.
PLUGGING IN - ON
LINE SERVICES FOR LITERACY :
Navigating the Web:
Literacy Online is a series of web sites that contain
information about print and electronic literacy publications
TeleLearning Conference '97
Highlights of the second annual TeleLearning Network
Conference...
OTHER NEWS:
CONNECT Plans for 1998
Our first year was a success and we're planning to expand in
1998.
The Centre for Literacy 8th
Annual Summer Institute
Practitioners, administrators, researchers and policy makers
are invited to attend.
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