Literacy Network's Bookmarks

Check out these bookmarks, started by Literacy Network in Wisconsin. It shares numerous websites on everything from phonics to job seeking to health literacy. (Look at the Tags on the right side of the page for various topics.)

Free Online Learning

Goodwill Community Foundation has a website with interactive lessons in a wide variety of topics. It is well worth checking out!

SCOLA Volunteers for Literacy Tutor Resources Page

Check out SCOLA's page of Tutor links, http://www.scolaliteracy.org/ta-links_to_tutor_sites.htm.
Great resources - this is where I originally found the site Children of the Code.

Online Resources

http://distancewebsites.wikispaces.com/ - This awesome website provides links to numerous topics pertaining to adult literacy.  It was put together by the Distance Learning Project.


http://www.clese.org/brightideas_eslcurric.htm - This site provides a 16 unit ESL Civics Curriculum designed for very beginning ESL learners.

http://www.esldiscussions.com/  - ESL Discussions, 650 conversations from which to choose and 13,000 conversation questions. Use in lessons, to practice speaking, etc.

ESL/ESOL Adult Learning Videos  - A variety of professional development videos can be found at this site.

Writing Resources

ProLiteracy's Winter 2010 publication of Notebook: Resources for the Adult Educator has some recommended websites related to the writing process. The first of these is thinkfinity.org where you can find lesson plans and other resources involving the writing process. You can enter a Keyword in the gold search box on the right to find further resources. You can also check out the free online course "Writing Without Fear" at literacynetwork.verizon.org/TLN/courses.

The main page of the online writing lab at Purdue University is full of useful resources for teaching writing.  owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/