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[Technology 1333] Re: Additional Information about GCFLeanFree.orgMarian Thacher mthacher at otan.usFri Oct 5 12:23:41 EDT 2007
Hi Kelly, This looks like a great resource, thanks for sharing it. I think especially the financial literacy lessons will be useful here in CA. Your message was forwarded to our CA Tech Mentor Network list and a number of teachers tried it out and posted about it yesterday. Response was very favorable, except for the registration glitches which it sounds like are now resolved. Thanks for sharing a good resource, at the right price! We have had GCF listed as a teacher resource on OTAN since 2005, but the addition of these lessons makes the site even more useful. Marian The Technology and Literacy Discussion List <technology at nifl.gov> on Friday, October 05, 2007 at 6:55 AM -0800 wrote: >Thanks to everyone who took a look at our site, www.GCFLearnFree.org, > yesterday. Throughout the day, several of you emailed me and let me know >that we were having some issues with our Join Now/Create an Account >process. We just launched our redesigned site on Monday, and while we >thought we had all the bugs worked out, a few were discovered >yesterday. I think we have it all fixed and it should work correctly now. >If you have any difficulties with creating a free account, please let me >know! > > > >If you have not already taken a look at our new Everyday Life program, I >encourage you to do so. We currently have 17 interactive lessons >available, but will be releasing many, many more topics in the future. >Current lessons include using an ATM, completing a bank deposit form, >filling out a job application, using a bus map, and much more. I highly >recommend you complete the short Tutorial before you begin. The lessons >make a lot more sense after completing the tutorial, and you can >understand how low-literacy learners would be instructed to complete the >lessons. You will want to view the lessons with the sound on your >computer turned on. Lessons have audio and text directions. > > > >Some of you may be interested in our Computer Training section, as well. >Here we cover topics such as Computer Basics, Internet Safety, >OpenOffice, and Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and >more. Our Computer Training lessons are primarily text and >screenshot-based, so may not be appropriate for all learners; however, we >are moving to a video-based lesson format with supplemental text. You can >take a look at our Publisher 2003 lessons to get a better idea of how we >will develop future topics. > > > >If it sounds like our site may be of use to you or your learners, please >take a look at it. It is a completely free resource! And dont worry, >when you create an account with us, we will never share your information >with others or email you unless you opt-in for the newsletter. > > > >If you have any feedback, please let me know. We are especially >interested in what literacy professionals think of these initial lessons >and any topics that you think would be worthwhile for us to cover in our >next round of production. > > > >Thanks for your time. > > > >Kelly Potter Markham > >Instructional Designer, GCFLearnFree.org > >kelly at GCFLearnFree.org > > > >Visit [ http://www.gcflearnfree.org/ ]http://www.GCFLearnFree.org today >to learn the computer training and life skills you need to succeed! > > > >The freedom to learn what you want, when you want, absolutely free! > > > >---------------------------------------------------- >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 mthacher at otan.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/technology/attachments/20071005/f31c7d49/attachment.html
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