Adult Literacy Education Wiki Features Technology Wisdom

From David Rosen, Adult Literacy Education Wiki Organizer, DJRosen@theworld.com
Posted on the NIFL Technology and Distance Learning Discussion List December 30, 2009

The Adult Literacy Education (ALE) wiki is a free resource specifically designed for, and by, adult educators. The wiki has over 1300 pages and over 1300 registered users, some of whom add to the content and many more that use it as a resource.

Features of the ALE wiki of special interest include:

A glossary of terms used in adult literacy education
http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/ALEGlossary

A glossary of technology terms
http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/TechGlossary

A technology topic area
http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Technology
  
Topics include:
        Questions and Answers
        Discussions (archived)
        Public Policy
        Research
        Resources
        Promising Practices
        Glossary
        Other Technology Topics:
Making videos with students
Using computers in the ESOL classroom
Online professional development
Handling technology glitches
New technologies: Podcasts, Wikis, Blogs, and Internet Telephony
Distance education state policies
Policy for Distance Education Programs for Adult Learners, Project IDEAL
Distance Education Curricula for Adult Learners, Project IDEAL
Using technology in Scotland with adult literacy and numeracy learners
The influence of the Web on writing

Since the ALE is a wiki where anyone can add to or change content, I would like to invite you to register and then to add to, or in other ways improve, the technology topic or other ALE Wiki topics. The ALE Wiki has been created over several years by our adult literacy education community or practitioners and researchers in North America and elsewhere. It is maintained by volunteer topic leaders (http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Topic_Leaders )