Digital Literacy
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Computer Literacy Lessons
Below are links to free:
1) online and/or download-able digital literacy instruction that learners can use on their own, and
2) teacher lesson plans.
These are designed to help adults to be comfortable and competent in using computers and the Internet.
Basic Computer Skills Curriculum
St. Paul Community Literacy Consortium
http://spclc.themlc.org/curricula/computer
BBC Computer Tutor
Online animated interactive instruction
http://www.bbc.co.uk/computertutor/
Bridging the Gap - Computer Component
http://www.nald.ca/CLR/Btg/comp/compmain/compindex.htm
Computer Basics 2000
http://www.nald.ca/CLR/basics00/cover.htm
Computer Basics Curriculum
Downloadable lessons developed by Santa Ana Community College's School of Continuing Education. Located under Teaching Tools & Resources, the ESL.Citizenship/ELCivics section, and then Lesson Plans from Other Sources subsection. You have to register (free) to use this site.
http://www.otan.us/members/index.cfm?fuseaction=view_ft&recno=2465&catid=18103&type=2
Firstfind
See the Computer Tips area of Firstfind, a resource for low-literate adults developed by the public libraries of Westchester County, New York with librarians in New York City.
http://www.westchesterlibraries.org/resources/
GCF Global Learning Computer Basics Tutorials
Free, online videos. You have to register, but it's free and quick.
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/Tutorials/
How to Use a Computer and the Internet
This introduction to computers teaches just enough information to get a student familiar with the parts of a Mac computer, how to turn it on/off, how to launch a program and the basics of how to use a browser to find Web sites.
http://www.otan.us/members/index.cfm?fuseaction=view_ft&catid=18013&recno=2325&type=2
Introductory Computer Literacy for Adults
1998 Computer Literacy Curriculum developmed by Valerie Collins, Adult Learning Center, Bismarck, ND
http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/Materials/ndakota/complit/
Kansas Technology Competencies
Download-able lessons
http://www.nwlincs.org/CompTech/toc.htm
Keystrokes to Literacy
Book by Antonia Stone to help teach basic literacy and keyboarding skills at the same time
http://www.otan.us/browse/index.cfm?fuseaction=doc&catid=15554&ref=4245
Microsoft digital literacy curriculum
http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/Citizenship/giving/programs/UP/digitalliteracy/default.mspx
Mouse Practice Skills Links
http://home.comcast.net/~djrosen/harness.html#MOUSE
Support Materials and Exercises for Basic Computer Literacy
http://library.nald.ca/item/433
The Learning Ladder
http://learningladder.org/basics/part1.htm
This introduction to computers and the Internet is part of a workplace reading and writing curriculum for early childhood educators.
Thanks to Gail Price, who posted the BBC Computer Tutor information to the National Institute for Literacy Family Literacy Discussion List in March, 2006. Thanks also to the following people who identified other resources listed here on the National Institute for Literacy Technology discussion list in March, 2006: Stan Ashlock, Tim Ponder, Lorette Chiasson, Maureen Hoyt, Bruce Carmel, Mary McCain and Mariann Fedele.
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