Resources

 Digital Literacy Curriculum for LBS

CESBA created their “Digital Literacy Curriculum for LBS” with the goal of providing a resource to support adult learners to develop their digital skills, gain confidence in the digital world and learn how to access online information.

The “Digital Literacy Curriculum for LBS” contains three components:

• Digital Curriculum Manual
• Student Workbook
• Practitioner’s Guide

The Digital Curriculum Manual includes curriculum to teach various skills essential to the workplace, including learning about computers, the internet, MS Word, email, smartphones, tablets and more. It also has a module about looking for a job. The Student Workbook helps LBS learners to practice their digital skills and learn new vocabulary. The Practitioner’s Guide contains instructions, OALCF assessment, marking guide, suggested resources and a certificate.

 Maker Modules and Supporting Documents

Through a 2014 Job Creation Partnership project, LLSC developed modules to encourage literacy learners to experiment with innovative technology in a hands-on environment.

• Augmented Reality
• Bluetooth
• Dropbox
• Evernote
• Leap Motion
• Macrophotography
• MaKey MaKey
• Portable Podcasting
• QR Codes
• Tiny Scan
• Word Lens
• The World of 3D

Supporting Documents

• "Get on the Bus" Promo Package
• Maker Module Brochure
• Generic Pre-Visit Activities
• Maker Module Evaluations

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 Innov-8

LLSC's Innov-8 project teaches key literacy concepts using technically-innovative and physically challenging 94Fifty SMART basketballs. Gamification takes centre stage (or "centre court" in this case!) as learners are taken through not only basketball drills to improve their skills, but also the learning and application of mathematical concepts through the calculation of angles and speeds, and tracking individual and squad stats. 

Other keywords: technology, digital literacy

 Teach Tech: Digital Literacy Curriculum

Tech Teach is a digital literacy curriculum designed for adult learners with digital literacy goals. The curriculum has four modules and covers common Internet tasks as well as online safety.

Each module includes five or more lessons and activities.

Contents:

• Module 1–Social Media
• Module 2 –Internet/Web-browsing
• Module 3 –Tablet/Smartphone Use and Applications
• Module 4 –Google Docs

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 21 Things 4 Students

• Top animated video or image
• Introduction to the big idea
• Learning Objectives
• Side Menu Showing the Quests
• Teacher Guide
• Learning Objectives Slide
• Resources
• Print to pdf Ability

 ABC Teach

ABC Teach is a free educational website for teachers, parents, homeschoolers, and organizations. The public (free) site offers over 6,500 free documents, including printable worksheets, interactive activities, theme units, and much more. The materials suit grade levels Pre-K to grade 8.

Subjects cover subjects such as:

• Math
• Reading
• Languages
• Science
• Technology
• Social Studies
• and more

The Member site offers over 49,000+ cross-curricular materials, interactive activities, clip art, and ABC tools custom worksheet generators. New materials are added each week, reflecting member requests and current events. Members also receive a weekly newsletter, highlighting new sections, materials, and unique membership specials.

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 Breaking Barriers: Embracing Literacy Through Digital Literacy

The Breaking Barriers Toolkit contains a wide variety of engaging content, learning activities, strategies, tools, lesson plans, and teaching tips for adult learners. The Toolkit is divided into four sections: writing, reading, speaking and listening.

Each section of the Toolkit covers the following topic areas:

• Greetings, Introductions and Social Skills
• Grammar and Vocabulary
• Books / Newspapers / Magazines
• Digital Skills
• Other Topics

 Breaking News English

 Easy Teacher Worksheets

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  Education World

Education World is a complete online resource that teachers, administrators and school staff can visit each day to find high-quality and in-depth original content. The site is updated daily, offering:

• Carefully curated news briefs on topics that matter to educators;
• Lesson plans, printables, worksheets and thousands of other classroom-ready resources;
• EdTech tips and ideas as well as reviews of apps, websites and tech products; and
• A huge library of professional development articles and columns.

Other keywords: reading, writing, math, technology

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