Adult ESOL
Lynda TerrillTechnical Assistance and Web Coordinator
CAELA NetworkCenter for Applied Linguistics
Washington, DC
Decreasing the Digital Divide in Adult Education, Family Literacy, and English to
Speakers of Other Languages
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Technology and Adult ESL
Working together for common goals:
CAELA LINCS
NCFL ALRC
OTAN Project Ideal
TESOL REEP
Center for Literacy Studies
Thinkfinity VALRC
and many more and more to come
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Who we are
Center for Applied Linguistics
http://www.cal.org
Center for Adult English Language Acquisition, (CAELA)
http://www,cal.org/caela
CAELA Network
http://www.cal.org/caelanetwork
Cultural Orientation Resource Center
http://www.cal.org/co
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Serving Our Audience
Web sites
Our work with states
User service requests
Technical assistance
Our link to LINCS
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CAELA Web site
http://www.cal.org/caela
Tools
ESL resources
Research
Ask CAELA
Links
Newsletter
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URLs
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/usetech.html
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/linkscriteria.html
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/softwareval.html
http://www.cal.org/caela/research/raell.pdf
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/collections/reading.html
http://www.cal.org/caela/scb/guide.html
http://www.cal.org/caela/scb/hawaii.html
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/healthindex.htmlhttp://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/languageinstructionEng.pdf
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CAELA Network Website
http://www.cal.org/caelanetwork
Resource database
CAELA network states
Professional development resources
Ask the expert
Glossary
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Conclusions
It’s all interconnected (44.3% ESL, 39.4%ABE, 16.3%ASE; OVAE enrollment year 04-05)
At least two strands of the digital divide: learners and practitioners; decreasing for both, but issues remain
Times have changed, but…
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Finally,
Thank you for attending this panel presentation
For further information, please go to
www.cal.org/caela
www.cal.org/caelanetwork
or contact me at [email protected]
Thanks,
Lynda
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