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HOT Sites on LINCS highlights outstanding adult education and literacy-related sites on the World Wide Web.
Topics: An online Magazine for Learners of English
This site explores different topics of importance for Learners of English as a second language. Learners from around the world share their thoughts on a variety of issues, such as technology, language, food, culture and more.
http://www.topics-mag.com/
SUBJECT TERMS: English as a second language (ESL), Learner produced materials, Life skills
Learning Object: In, On, and At
In this Learning Object, learners find out about the prepositions "in," "on," and "at" and look at examples of how to use these words. Learning Objects are small units of learning that can be used in conjunction with instruction or as a stand alone activity. Developed by The Wisconsin Online Resource Center at Fox Valley Technical College. The Wisc-Online Resource Center has a number of other Learning Objects for use in the ABE/ESL setting, ranging from English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Health and Financial Literacy.
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index.asp?objID=ESL2103
SUBJECT TERMS: Words, Prepositions, Sentences
Picture Stories for Adult ESL Health Literacy
The National Center for ESL Literacy Education provides these health related activities for beginner and low-literacy ESL students. For use in the classroom, these activities are designed by an ESOL teacher and curriculum writer to encourage discussions and questions on sensitive issues. Featured topics include: "Emergency", "A Doctor's Appointment" and "Stressed Out". There is also a picture story on domestic violence.
http://www.cal.org/ncle/health/
SUBJECT TERMS: Literacy health relationships, Life skills, English as a second language (ESL), English instruction, Language experience approach
Math.com: The World of Math Online
Math.com is dedicated to providing revolutionary ways to learn math. This site provides activities that guide users to finding the solutions they need. In addition to activities and problems, this site offers interactive tools, such as a scientific calculator, percentages, and saving calculator.
http://www.math.com/index.aspx
SUBJECT TERMS: Mathematics, Numeracy, Calculators
Secrets of Aging
This online website "Secrets of Aging" is the accompaniment to a traveling exhibit developed by the Museum of Science, Boston in collaboration with Science Museum Exhibit Collaborative. This site discussed the social science, psychological, and biological research behind aging.
http://www.secretsofaging.org/index2.html
SUBJECT TERMS: Senior citizens, Life sciences, Social sciences, Psychology
Building Big Activities
This curriculum, generated from the PBS Building Big website, provides teachers with practical applications for using technology and reality based simulations with ready-to-go hands-on activities in the classroom. A teacher at the Idaho LCSC Adult Learning Center created this outline to pique students’ interest and to connect classroom learning to real life experiences. This site also includes NRS outcome measures.
http://www.nwlincs.org/idahoblbg/toc.htm
SUBJECT TERMS: Technology, History, Sciences, Careers, Educational television (ETV)
Our Documents
The Our Document site introduces a list of 100 milestone documents, compiled by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. These documents record pieces United States history from 1776 to 1965. The site provides scans of the original documents, information about its importance and transcripts.
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?page=milestone_documents
SUBJECT TERMS: History, Social studies, Real life materials, United States history
The Learning Ladder (Free login in required.)
This free online reading and writing curriculum is specifically for Family Child Care Providers, Children and Families. This guide walks practitioners through various modules that support children, their parents and families with their literacy needs. This site has a section for Parents as Educators.
http://learningladder.org/fccp/front.htm
SUBJECT TERMS: Reading, Writing (Composition), Child care, Child literacy, Parents as teachers
The Virginia Adult Education Health Literacy Toolkit
The Virginia Adult Education Health Literacy Toolkit is a one-stop resource for adult literacy and ESOL programs' health literacy education needs. It provides extensive resources to help educators understand the diverse health literacy needs of adult learners, better understand the U.S. health care system, employ creative and productive approaches to incorporate health education into classes and curricula, and more. While the Toolkit focuses on Virginia, the majority of the information, teaching ideas and teaching materials it contains are useful nationwide.
http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/healthlit/
SUBJECT TERMS: Literacy health relationships, Adult literacy, Cultural differences, Curriculum development
Practitioner Research as Staff Development: A Facilitator's Guide
This guide offers activities, guidelines and resources for those interested in using inquiry groups and research methods in their program improvement efforts. The process is organized into four sections: Coming Up With A Research Question, Collecting Research Data, Analyzing Research Data, and Making Our Research Knowledge Public and provides basic materials needed to implement practitioner research into staff development programs.
http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/research/
SUBJECT TERMS: Program improvement, Practitioner inquiry, Staff development, Data collection, Research methods
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