[Technology 1019] Re: technological literacy questionmaureen hoyt maureenh at azcallateen.k12.az.usThu May 17 18:25:20 EDT 2007
The Technology Standards are part of a very big file-see pp. 232--- http://www.ade.state.az.us/Adult-Ed/Documents/AEStandards/Adopted/AZAESt andards-2006Rev.pdf Here is a survey which relates to our Arizona Technology standards. http://www.ade.state.az.us/Adult-Ed/Documents/Publications/Technology_Su rvey.xls Maureen Hoyt Basic Education Manager ACYR 602-252-6721ext 223 fax: 602-252-2952 www.azcallateen.k12.az.us www.az-aall.org -----Original Message----- From: technology-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:technology-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Mariann Fedele Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 1:34 PM To: The Technology and Literacy Discussion List Subject: [Technology 1017] Re: technological literacy question Thanks for sharing this Nancy, I went to the site and AlphaRoute looks like a tremendous resource. Of particular interest to me are the specific technological skills that you teach students as part of the certificate course. Do others on the list have a set of technological skills that you feel it is important to provide instruction for? Best, Mariann Mariann Fedele Director, NYC Regional Adult Education Network Literacy Assistance Center Moderator, NIFL Technology and Literacy Discussion List 32 Broadway 10th Floor New York, New York 10004 212-803-3325 mariannf at lacnyc.org www.lacnyc.org -----Original Message----- From: technology-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:technology-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of nancy.friday at alphaplus.ca Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 9:39 AM To: The Technology and Literacy Discussion List Subject: [Technology 1014] Re: technological literacy question Hi, I have been subscribed to and reading this list serv with great interest for a long, long time and never posted. I work at the AlphaPlus Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as coordinator of AlphaRoute, an online learning environment for adult literacy students. AlphaRoute has been developed over the past 11 years now as a closed Web-based learning space that welcomes and enables adult literacy students to explore learning in a virtual way, learn about email, chat rooms, dicussion forums, self-managed and mentor-supported learning. Over the past three years we have introduced short (4 week long) online courses to students so they can try out and hone skills needed to be successful and familiar with the basics of online courses. The first two years of the online courses were presented within the WebBoard discussion system used to host AlphaRoute discussions and chat. This year we are using Moodle, a course management system that we know is used in many colleges for courses. Course topics over the three years have included poetry appreciation (very popular), First Nations storytelling, Using the Internet to find work, Using the Internet for research, improving multiplication skills, learning about health, reviewing books. Generally about 100 students enroll in the courses and about 30 complete the course and achieve a certificate of participation. The skills we typically list on the certificate are: -Navigate Web sites, manage links, pop-up windows, drop-down menus, and button choices -Post and reply to messages within an online forum, includes type, edit and thread messages, use emoticons, use the html editor -Manage time within an online course -Navigate the Moodle online course environment -Use online course features such as online quizzes, surveys, resources, messaging and forums successfully -Confidence in taking further online courses -Participate in an evaluation activity When we were offering the online courses using WebBoard, Tracey Mollins, the course developer created supporting web sites to help students find the weekly work. You can visit these sites and learning more about our online courses (even view a sample certificate at www.resources.alpharoute.org Oen the Resources button and go to Online courses for adult literacy students. You can sign up as a trial user in AlphaRoute as well, but trial access won't give you access to the email, discussions, chat rooms or online courses. AlphaRoute has been available free to 300 literacy programs across Ontario for 7 years now as well as a growing number of literacy programs across Canada. It is a collection of Web-Based learning activities, not a curriculum. There is a public scaled down version of AlphaRoute at http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/training/literacy/online.html that your students can access anytime. Nancy Friday AlphaRoute Coordinator AlphaPlus Centre "Mariann Fedele" <MariannF at lacnyc.org> on 05/16/2007 04:15:45 PM Please respond to The Technology and Literacy Discussion List <technology at nifl.gov> To: "The Technology and Literacy Discussion List" <technology at nifl.gov> cc: (bcc: Nancy Friday) Subject: [Technology 1011] technological literacy question Hello Tech list colleagues, Is any one on the list doing work on technological literacy with students? If so how are you defining it, and how are you teaching it? Are there any resources you recommend? Even if you aren't doing anything instructional around technological literacy what are your thoughts on how it should be defined and what should be taught? Mariann Fedele Director, NYC Regional Adult Education Network Literacy Assistance Center Moderator, NIFL Technology and Literacy Discussion List 32 Broadway 10th Floor New York, New York 10004 212-803-3325 mariannf at lacnyc.org www.lacnyc.org ---------------------------------------------------- National Institute for Literacy Technology and Literacy mailing list Technology at nifl.gov To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/technology Email delivered to maureenh at azcallateen.k12.az.us
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