PLA Digital Literacy Workshop Cohort

Hi,

I'm learning the threads here and trying to get my message out here, as time is of the essence.  Thanks for your patience (as I posted earlier a question here similar to this one!) 

Our needs are different for our workshop.  We need to start VERY basic, to teach them English first--basic beginning English--as many in our rural community do not know how to speak basic English. The majority are hispanics that we are teaching.   Then we will try to get them into the digital portion later in the classes. What we are looking for is a basic curriculum to help begin to teach them.  Any recommendations at all?  I then saw in the Training slides the direction we can go digitally.

Thanks in advance, Joan

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Tammy Wollschlager
Library Director
Grant County Public Library
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Hi Joan
I have a couple ideas for you and I'm sure other folks will have more thoughts too!

- Have you considered offering your digital literacy classes in Spanish? Hiring a facilitator who is fluent in Spanish? All our new workshops are available in Spanish.

- For ESL classes here are some options I have heard good things about but I do not have personal experience with:

• Learning Express Library – Has courses to improve reading, writing, speaking, and grammar
• GCFLearnFree.org – Provides FREE online learning for English & reading, and much more
• Colorín Colorado – A bilingual site for educators and families of English Language Learners
• Mango App
• Pronunciator App

MC

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Mary-Clare Bietila
Program Manager, Programming Initiatives
American Library Association
She/Her/Hers
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Original Message:
Sent: Sep 15, 2022 09:07 PM
From: Tammy Wollschlager
Subject: Our Needs are Different, I Believe

Hi,

I'm learning the threads here and trying to get my message out here, as time is of the essence.  Thanks for your patience (as I posted earlier a question here similar to this one!)

Our needs are different for our workshop.  We need to start VERY basic, to teach them English first--basic beginning English--as many in our rural community do not know how to speak basic English. The majority are hispanics that we are teaching.   Then we will try to get them into the digital portion later in the classes. What we are looking for is a basic curriculum to help begin to teach them.  Any recommendations at all?  I then saw in the Training slides the direction we can go digitally.

Thanks in advance, Joan

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Tammy Wollschlager
Library Director
Grant County Public Library
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Original Message:
Sent: 9/16/2022 12:40:00 PM
From: Mary-Clare Bietila
Subject: RE: Our Needs are Different, I Believe

Hi Joan
I have a couple ideas for you and I'm sure other folks will have more thoughts too!

- Have you considered offering your digital literacy classes in Spanish? Hiring a facilitator who is fluent in Spanish? All our new workshops are available in Spanish.

- For ESL classes here are some options I have heard good things about but I do not have personal experience with:

• Learning Express Library – Has courses to improve reading, writing, speaking, and grammar
• GCFLearnFree.org – Provides FREE online learning for English & reading, and much more
• Colorín Colorado – A bilingual site for educators and families of English Language Learners
• Mango App
• Pronunciator App

MC

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Mary-Clare Bietila
Program Manager, Programming Initiatives
American Library Association
She/Her/Hers
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: Sep 15, 2022 09:07 PM
From: Tammy Wollschlager
Subject: Our Needs are Different, I Believe

Hi,

I'm learning the threads here and trying to get my message out here, as time is of the essence.  Thanks for your patience (as I posted earlier a question here similar to this one!)

Our needs are different for our workshop.  We need to start VERY basic, to teach them English first--basic beginning English--as many in our rural community do not know how to speak basic English. The majority are hispanics that we are teaching.   Then we will try to get them into the digital portion later in the classes. What we are looking for is a basic curriculum to help begin to teach them.  Any recommendations at all?  I then saw in the Training slides the direction we can go digitally.

Thanks in advance, Joan

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Tammy Wollschlager
Library Director
Grant County Public Library
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