Columbia County Spelling Bee

It is that time of year again, Literacy Month....

Glennis Pounds, the literacy coordinator with the library's volunteer literacy program at the Columbina County Public Library is accepting teams for the annual Spelling Bee to support the Library Literacy Program.

The Spelling Bee will be Thursday, September 20, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lake City Mall.

Businesses and organizations are encourage to sponsor teams. The entry is $100 per team and all the proceeds go to the Literacy Program. For more information, call Glennis Pounds at (386) 758-2111.

Let VALF know what you are doing next month...  Put your activities in comments below.

Deadline for the American Dream Starts @ Your Library Extended

 As you see from the note below, the grant deadline has been extended.

From: Marci Merola [mailto:mmerola@ala.org]
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 1:27 PM
To: aladnow@ala.org
Cc: John Amundsen
Subject: [aladnow] FW: American Dream Starts @ your library - Application deadline extended to 8/31

 

Due to the high volume of grant applications, the application deadline for The American Dream Starts @ your library English language learner grant initiative has been extended to Friday, August 31,”

Visit www.americandreamtoolkit.org for more information or contact John Amundsen, Communications Specialist at the ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services, at jamundsen@ala.org.

 

 

More About Mobile Learning

A lot of resources on mobile learning--even though this is classroom based, creative tutors and students can get great ideas on how to use thee tools for one to one and small group tutoring.

Renew Membership Today

Thanks to all of you who have renewed your membership, and you still have time to renew.  We have made it easy.  Just complete the form and email to valflorida@hotmail.com and pay with your credit card via the paypal button on the blog.

Once we get your form, we will send you a link to our members only wiki.

Thanks for your support of volunteer literacy.

Sandy Newell
President, VALF

Bonnie and Susan on the New GED Test

Archived Webinar on the 2013 GED Test

Bonnie and Susan again are preparing Florida for a change again in the GED test. Check out their archived webinar presented in March 12 , 2012. Students need to learn how to be an independent learner to be successful.  The Common Core Standards aren’t just impacting children.  Adults who are going back to get their high school diploma also must meet the Core Standards.

Last Chance to Complete 2002 GED Test

Last Chance to Complete the 2002 GED Test

Adults only have 17 months to pass all five sections of the GED Test before the new test is required in January 2014. The last time the test was changed, there was a rush to complete all sections of the test. More about this can be found at Florida’s official GED site. Tip sheets on the 2002 test can be found at the State Library and Archives of Florida.

GED Test Changing in 2014

Adults will need to have computer key board skills in 2014, if they plan to take the GED Test. For the first time, adults will only be able to take the GED test online.  This is one of the five changes planned go to  Top Five Changes in the GED Test to watch a 4 minute video.