Adult ESOL

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Decreasing the Digital Divide in Adult
Education, Family Literacy, and English to
Speakers of Other Languages

• Adult ESOL
• Lynda Terrill
• Technical Assistance and Web Coordinator
• CAELA Network
• Center for Applied Linguistics
• Washington, DC

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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.htm
  l
• http//www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/linkscriter
  ia.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
  .html
• http//www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/languageins
  tructionEng.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

• Its all interconnected (44.3 ESL, 39.4ABE,
  16.3ASE 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 lterrill_at_cal.org
• Thanks,
• Lynda