Expand Your Tutor Base with Tutor.com

Collier County Public Library is one of several public libraries that provide Tutor.com.  Adult learners can use this free one on one live online tutor to study for the GED.  Read About it...

Grant Funding for Library Literacy--Due August 26

Does your public library have a Dollar Store within 20 miles, then consider applying for a grant from the  ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS).  The funding comes from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to continue the American Dream Starts @ your library, a literacy initiative serving adult English language learners and their families.  

A primary goal of this project is to help public libraries in Dollar General communities add or improve library literacy services for adult English language learners and their families.

Funding can be used to support volunteer literacy programs run by the library or in partnership with local literacy programs.  Eligible libraries can now apply online for grants range from $5,000 to $15,000.

Applicants must be:

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 A public library with a demonstrated need and the capacity to provide literacy services for adult English language learners.

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 Located within 20 miles of a Dollar General Store, distribution center, or corporate office (please visit the Dollar General’s Store Locator online). 

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 Library systems and libraries that have previously received American Dream Starts @ your library grants are eligible to apply.

Applications are being accepted through Sunday, August 26, 2012. To access the 2012 grant application go to: www.americandreamtoolkit.org .

For further information contact Dale Lipschultz, OLOS Literacy Officer at dlipschultz@ala.org

Tips to Help Adults Pass GED Math Tests

According to a study conducted by the GED® Testing Service of actual GED® Test candidates, the candidates who do not pass the GED test of mathematics - both those who are close to passing and those who failed miserably - consistently miss the same types of questions and are selecting the same wrong answers.

The most often missed questions are:

• Geometry questions
• Pythagorean theorem
• Area with partitioning
• Area with variables
• Angles and parallel lines split by transversal
• Comparing areas and volumes
• Calculation questions
• Percentage
• Ordering numbers least to greatest or greatest to least
• Negative exponents
• Square roots

For strategies to help adults pass the math test go to the new Wonderlic Blog.

Free Webinar on Fundraising

Thursday August 2, 2012
Storytelling for Fundraising Success (Foundation Center)
Come learn how you can best feature your nonprofit’s stories to connect with your donors in your printed and online materials. Everyone loves a powerful and inspiring story, and your donors and potential donors are no exceptions. Of course, each nonprofit has many stories to share. But how can you best feature those stories to connect with your donors in your printed and online materials?
Time: 12-1:00 p.m.

Free E-books for Learning Disabled

Bookshare provides Accessible Books and Periodicals for Readers with Print Disabilities.  It is as free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities, thanks to an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).

This is a searchable online library. Bookshare offers over 134,000 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and assistive technology tools. Ten New York Times bestsellers are added each month.

Adult Literacy Tech Zoo--Mobile Phones

Want to know more about using mobile phones in the classroom--hear from adult education students and teachers...

Technology Petting Zoo VALF URLS

valflorida@hotmail.com

http://literacyfloridavolunteers.blogspot.com/

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.livemocha.com/

http://www.glogster.com/

http://www.cowbird.com/

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/

http://www.hcplc.org/hcplc/books/ebooks.html

http://allrecipes.com/

My Vacation Lite http://www.jasperapps.com/my-vacation-videos

Next Exit History http://nextexithistory.com/

Access My Library

Florida Electronic Library http://www.flelibrary.org/

Link to article 2.

10 Health And Fitness Apps To Download Now. Heather Hurlock. Details. 30.5 (Mar. 2012) p130. Word Count: 573. Reading Level (Lexile): 1000.Byline: BY HEATHER HURLOCK 10 HEALTH AND FITNESS APPS TO DOWNLOAD NOW HOW YOUR PHONE CAN MANAGE YOUR TRAINING, HELP YOU QUIT SMOKING, AND ERADICATE PAIN. SMART INDEED. EYESIGHT APP: Vision COST: $1 WHY YOU NEED IT: Give ...

Kindle Fire Apps

Speed Reading Trainer by Ivy Standard Tutoring https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gxrtech.speedread&hl=en

Citizenship Flash Cards and Practice App

US Government Citizenship Study Tools

Translators Apps

http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/multilanguage



Source:

“Cell Phones in the Classroom? Yes” in the Fall 2011 issue of Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal

http://literacyfloridavolunteers.blogspot.com/