tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594350402121617172024-03-05T01:27:37.992-08:00literacyspace: literacy & library worxIf you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales.
If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.
Albert Einsteinwilliam s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.comBlogger2306125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-57536486385221136042021-06-13T08:51:00.003-07:002021-06-13T08:51:21.724-07:00Literacy ▬ Spanning North America :: Texarkana AR :: Calexico CA :: Ardmore OK :: Edmonton AB<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0; tab-stops: 205.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a name="_Hlk48108642"></a></span><a name="_Hlk64437771"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Literacy In The News ::
Spanning North America</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></a></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPz95oPbDpyEBGuxf9G6XiJk09n7L1cBM1xOuG2U19W97_aGdtmKjJ9uHIDqFKa-g_dFx1i3eRbydbq1OIoM2H1KzUH3AW0SD0rIlzA2jfjYhrFL98EmeMJBeg6LZR2n93xqHPadgKAYJq/s70/1cblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="60" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPz95oPbDpyEBGuxf9G6XiJk09n7L1cBM1xOuG2U19W97_aGdtmKjJ9uHIDqFKa-g_dFx1i3eRbydbq1OIoM2H1KzUH3AW0SD0rIlzA2jfjYhrFL98EmeMJBeg6LZR2n93xqHPadgKAYJq/s0/1cblog.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/ARadultlearn"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>@ARadultlearn</b></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Literacy Council Wins Pair Of Awards<br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texarkana/story/2021/may/21/literacy-council-wins-pair-awards/872080/"><b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Texarkana
Gazette:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b> 5.21.2021 </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">The </span></span><a href="https://www.arkansasliteracy.org/local-programs/literacy-council-bowie-miller-counties-miller-county/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Literacy
Council of Bowie and Miller Counties</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"> won
two awards during the </span></span><a href="https://www.arkansasliteracy.org/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Adult
Learning Alliance of Arkansas</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">' conference Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Literacy Council won for Innovative
Project of the Year and Student of the Year, two of the six awards the ALA
gives annually to outstanding adult learning programs in Arkansas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfxnM69zGkraExfHFHk-hINQ_UPHqHiEIHuQcvLxg58a6n-kZyqfFviDuHOsattz0KC5zXfTQuN-evodq4RyKwDYyagehnLOkFR2oVAwz7jhjgBmcoSeHTnbT96nuBSuIKCS3rZ6wFStU/s70/1b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="65" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfxnM69zGkraExfHFHk-hINQ_UPHqHiEIHuQcvLxg58a6n-kZyqfFviDuHOsattz0KC5zXfTQuN-evodq4RyKwDYyagehnLOkFR2oVAwz7jhjgBmcoSeHTnbT96nuBSuIKCS3rZ6wFStU/s0/1b.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Innovative Project of the Year was awarded
for a program developed by Myesha Holmes-Thomas, a student intern for the
Literacy Council who is completing a master's degree in social work at Texas
A&M University-Texarkana. For this project, she initiated a partnership
with the Arkansas Department of Human Services to help serve local families.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">Student of the Year was awarded to Denise
Anderson, a Literacy Council student who worked hard to gain literacy skills
and at age 56 read her first book in December.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span><a name="_Hlk74413395"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a><a href="https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texarkana/story/2021/may/21/literacy-council-wins-pair-awards/872080/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk74413395;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">READ MORE </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk74413395;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">➤➤</span></span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk74413395;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk74413395;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk74413395;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><i><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></i></b></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk74413395;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><i>Based
on 7 readability formulas:</i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><i>Grade Level: 14</i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><i>Reading Level: difficult to read.</i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><i>Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old</i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><i>(college level)</i></b></div></span></div>
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b><i><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk74413395;"></span>
</i></b></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnHHYco5xyE3Fq8rpiEt-5u6n6vmKbWwN8bfWYc2EydvDU4O10tF17pWwgC5SbtVoLzkY_fwjemvyI1TQwCSbovKRzpzMYJh0JSIv0fJQFL0N4Z1NvQatV4AyfIS9U0o3HIHjrPxoQwYVW/s70/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnHHYco5xyE3Fq8rpiEt-5u6n6vmKbWwN8bfWYc2EydvDU4O10tF17pWwgC5SbtVoLzkY_fwjemvyI1TQwCSbovKRzpzMYJh0JSIv0fJQFL0N4Z1NvQatV4AyfIS9U0o3HIHjrPxoQwYVW/s0/2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://calexicolibrary.org/services/literacy" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;">ALS program</span></b></a></td></tr></tbody></table>Camarena Library </b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>▬</b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> Tutor Spotlight: Kimberly
Valenzuela<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://calexicolibrary.org/sites/calexicolibrary.org/files/attachments/CML_MAY2021_Newsletter-Web.pdf"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE
LITERACY CIRCLE:</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b> May 2021</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Q: How has your experience been so far as
a tutor?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b>A:</b> My experience so far has
been really good. I enjoy helping people learn new skills that they can use to
achieve their personal goals. It is also a very rewarding experience being part
of a learner's progress through the </span></span><a href="https://calexicolibrary.org/services/literacy"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ALS program</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">. It
is such a good feeling hearing back from my learners on how they implement the
skills they learned in their daily lives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Q: Give three reasons why being a tutor
might influence an adult member in your community struggling with literacy
skills.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b>A:</b> Whether it is reading
the morning newspaper, applying for a job, or communicating with doctors, a
tutor can help a learner achieve these goals. Another reason is by prioritizing
their needs in a one-to-one setting. Sometimes it is difficult to keep up in a
class with 20 other students with different goals, while working with a tutor
focuses on the learner’s individual goals, level, and pace. </span></span><a href="https://calexicolibrary.org/sites/calexicolibrary.org/files/attachments/CML_MAY2021_Newsletter-Web.pdf"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b>READ
MORE </b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b>➤➤</b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic
Readability Checker</span></i></b></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Based on 7 readability formulas:</i></span></b></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Grade Level: 9</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reading Level: standard / average.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reader's Age: 13-15 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">(Eighth and Ninth graders)</span></i></b></div></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br /></p><div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfOMWbiV62Z3QtvjlXjb1tSuatL67NKaJxMY-THOiOEjBrHbTdeqqDR3hh6tZ6-RYpSZ9ZBj36WPdg6-GqgXIaz1ojJHFSs-7ndbz7-CPHE6udmW8Z-0ugTMsq195cziV4wyH3HWPydbB/s70/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="47" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfOMWbiV62Z3QtvjlXjb1tSuatL67NKaJxMY-THOiOEjBrHbTdeqqDR3hh6tZ6-RYpSZ9ZBj36WPdg6-GqgXIaz1ojJHFSs-7ndbz7-CPHE6udmW8Z-0ugTMsq195cziV4wyH3HWPydbB/s0/3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://twitter.com/ardlitlead"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>@ArdLitLead</b></span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Ardmore Literacy Leadership Celebrates Graduates From Partner Organizations<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.ardmoreite.com/story/news/2021/05/22/ardmore-literacy-leadership-celebrates-graduates/5197069001/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Daily Ardmoreite:</span></a> 5.22.2021 by Michael D. Smith</span></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">During a graduation season full of high
school and college commencement ceremonies, one ceremony this week stood out
with a collection of graduates from area literacy groups. The </span><a href="https://ardmoreliteracyleadership.com/" style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ardmore Literacy Leadership</span></b></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> on
Thursday recognized learners for completing their high school diploma, GED,
English as a Second Language, Spanish language or U.S. citizenship test.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Over 100 guests were on hand at the Colvert
Ministry Center to celebrate the graduates including families, tutors and other
supporters. Oklahoma Rep. Mauree Turner, an Ardmore native, provided a recorded camessage and Ardmore City Commissioner John Credle addressed those in
attendance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://ardmoreliteracyleadership.com/member-directory/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ALL
organizations</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"> represented on Thursday
included Ardmore Family Literacy, Ardmore Public Library, New Dimension
Literacy Council, Boys and Girls Club of the Red River Valley, and St. Mary
Catholic Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a name="_Hlk74414262"></a></span></span><a href="https://www.ardmoreite.com/story/news/2021/05/22/ardmore-literacy-leadership-celebrates-graduates/5197069001/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk74414262;">READ MORE </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk74414262;">➤➤</span></span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk74414262;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk74414262;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk74414262;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 12</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 17-18 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Twelfth graders)</span></span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidybvd1vXzmjBoB7tZIT6Hy7F5FHerKNbJY1duYZ5w6H1Zy7NVI8PZaGhI_HEA-zRZlsL0mTole_NNpgUBZoZ-NM4NTNRidvFLwIUy4v7ULUE7iAIWlACEpWfgWAEUXx1gP7vbeL-XuzN/s70/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidybvd1vXzmjBoB7tZIT6Hy7F5FHerKNbJY1duYZ5w6H1Zy7NVI8PZaGhI_HEA-zRZlsL0mTole_NNpgUBZoZ-NM4NTNRidvFLwIUy4v7ULUE7iAIWlACEpWfgWAEUXx1gP7vbeL-XuzN/s0/4.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/palsedmonton"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>@palsedmonton</b></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>PALS Has Been Changing Lives Through Literacy
Since 1979<br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://edmontonjournal.com/health/pals-has-been-changing-lives-through-literacy-since-1979"><b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Edmonton
Journal:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b> 5.25.2021 by Fish
Griwkowsky</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Though he lived in Edmonton as a child,
Greece-born Nicholas Koronios spent most of his life in Athens — returning to
Canada in 2016 when he was 24.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Back in Europe, he spoke English with his
mother after coming home from school and soccer, pretty basic stuff like,
“Hello,” or “Are you hungry?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“I thought I knew some things. But in
reality,” the now 29-year-old Edmontonian admits with a laugh, “I didn’t really
know anything.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Koronios was hardly alone in the city,
struggling with a language that throws the homonyms there, their and they’re at
us randomly on a daily basis, tripping up a good number of lifelong Canadians,
as well.</span></span></span></p><div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">“I thought, what c</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">an I do to better myself,
right?”</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On top of being able to communicate in a way
it’s so easy to take for granted, Koronios wanted to be an electrician, maybe a
police officer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“So what do those jobs require? Number one:
English.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“So the first thing was like, ‘Oh, crap, I
need a tutor. I’ve got to pay big money.’ And you know, I didn’t even have a
job.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“How could I afford that?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">Enter </span></span><a href="https://palsedmonton.ca/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Project Adult Literacy Society</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"> —
the friendly-sounding PALS for short.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">Running in the city since 1979, the mostly
volunteer organization quietly does some of the most noble work in Edmonton:
increasing our ability to communicate. And, most importantly, the program is
free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://edmontonjournal.com/health/pals-has-been-changing-lives-through-literacy-since-1979"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">READ
MORE </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">➤➤</span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></div><div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 7</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: fairly easy to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 11-13 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(Sixth and Seventh graders)</span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-39693205973672133772021-06-12T07:19:00.003-07:002021-06-12T07:19:25.340-07:0045 Facts On The Importance Of Reading Books ▬ Helpful Professor<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">45 Facts On The Importance Of Reading
Books</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzpzLv-oZBr7uhnVl2ZP6Xw5k6DdxWOsJ2D7gp3tmM4VgBr7wHbRfw86BECidw9WLkURDq_bnaVI8jyEbZqZ_5HROByM76BLM93LWevK3U0nFY3hGn_4evIbsBNRSINC40BjvnnNzxl2m/s184/book1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="152" data-original-width="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzpzLv-oZBr7uhnVl2ZP6Xw5k6DdxWOsJ2D7gp3tmM4VgBr7wHbRfw86BECidw9WLkURDq_bnaVI8jyEbZqZ_5HROByM76BLM93LWevK3U0nFY3hGn_4evIbsBNRSINC40BjvnnNzxl2m/s16000/book1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Importance Of <br />Reading Books</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://helpfulprofessor.com/importance-of-reading-books/" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Helpful
Professor:</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 7.17.2019 by Chris Drew, PhD</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Everyone knows reading is important.
But sometimes digging down and saying why reading is important … can be harder
than we think! So here are some reasons it is important to read.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><b>Reading books is important because:</b></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➧ Reading improves your vocabulary<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Books make you wiser<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Readers have higher incomes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Books can help reduce stress<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reading books builds your reading
fluency<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reading increases your general
knowledge<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You’ll become a better
conversationalist<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">People who read novels live longer<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reading maintains cognitive function<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reading prevents Alzheimer’s disease<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reading can make you more attractive<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reading is motivational<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It can increase empathy<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It can improve your sleep<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It can help you improve your focus<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #DDDDDD; mso-background-themecolor: background2;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Importance Of Reading
Books</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reading is important because it helps
improve your life. Benefits include that: books help our cognitive development,
prevent cognitive decline, make us more empathetic, and improve confidence.
Many of us may take reading for granted, but many countries in this world have
millions of people who lack fundamental reading skills.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b>45 Reasons Why Reading Is Important</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://helpfulprofessor.com/importance-of-reading-books/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">READ MORE ➤➤</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 14</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: fairly difficult to
read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(college level)</span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-87373427365103472972021-06-11T07:21:00.001-07:002021-06-11T07:21:04.865-07:00How to Beat the Summer Slide ▬ All About Learning Press<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How to
Beat the Summer Slide</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKG2hBrzeuvd36T_U3cYYL6k8JfNZmQqDhowBy0bW1qfBj5otgL3WNE22JI7TP09c0hlqWhppzCg_HcVX1MqU1T8tZpZV08odW7TT1NWNl_e8FOv3Ig6wLjg2DmdRlteURGgf-HJDy1Vit/s115/summer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="115" data-original-width="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKG2hBrzeuvd36T_U3cYYL6k8JfNZmQqDhowBy0bW1qfBj5otgL3WNE22JI7TP09c0hlqWhppzCg_HcVX1MqU1T8tZpZV08odW7TT1NWNl_e8FOv3Ig6wLjg2DmdRlteURGgf-HJDy1Vit/s0/summer.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Summer Slide</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blog.allaboutlearningpress.com/summer-slide/" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">All About Learning
Press:</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 6.10.2021 by Marie Rippel</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have
you heard of the “summer slide”? Unfortunately, it’s not the fun kind of slide
you’ll find at a water park or playground. This slide is different. It’s a
slide that no mom wants her child to ride.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The
summer slide is a decline in reading ability and other academic skills that can
occur over the summer months when school isn’t in session.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #DDDDDD; mso-background-themecolor: background2;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">How to Prevent the Summer Slide</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here’s
the secret to preventing the summer slide: Keep learning all summer long. (Now,
don’t panic, I’m not talking about year-round schooling, although for some
homeschool families, year-round schooling may be a good solution.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Beat
the Summer Slide with These Helpful Resources!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://blog.allaboutlearningpress.com/summer-slide/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">READ MORE ➤➤</span></a></span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 8</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: standard / average.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 12-14 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(Seventh and Eighth graders)</span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-80944567548999821022021-06-10T07:58:00.000-07:002021-06-10T07:58:07.165-07:00There’s Something Wrong with the Library’s Image: It’s not all books and shelves at the Library! ▬ EveryLibrary<p style="height: 0px;"></p><div style="background: rgb(0, 112, 192); text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There’s Something Wrong with the
Library’s Image: </span></span></b><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Pictorial Guide</span></span></b></span></div><div style="background: rgb(0, 112, 192); text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It’s not all books and shelves at the
Library!</span></span></b></div>
<p style="height: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="height: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="height: 0px;"><a href="https://medium.com/everylibrary/theres-something-wrong-with-the-library-s-image-a-pictorial-guide-2bb042b26fee" style="font-family: verdana;"></a></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITOR80F0RrseMYmClbeXNXxhs09NwvR5q6UeZjLXBJyZtE-5Jx9eXBPK0oaImB2BcwV8J2PaHARAyDqlSnsbT_4XAqfyAoj-Gn3kZsd61fNV-NOhGdq2gZvZW3tbAdfScinYBPQfyXDu9/s224/clls2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITOR80F0RrseMYmClbeXNXxhs09NwvR5q6UeZjLXBJyZtE-5Jx9eXBPK0oaImB2BcwV8J2PaHARAyDqlSnsbT_4XAqfyAoj-Gn3kZsd61fNV-NOhGdq2gZvZW3tbAdfScinYBPQfyXDu9/s0/clls2a.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://libraryliteracy.org/for-coordinators/logos-and-photo-gallery/"><b>Literacy @ The Library <br />CLLS</b></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://medium.com/everylibrary/theres-something-wrong-with-the-library-s-image-a-pictorial-guide-2bb042b26fee">Medium.co:</a>
</span>8.02.2018 by Oleg Kagan</b><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Is this the
only way we can see libraries?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reading
articles about libraries on a near-daily basis, I can’t help but notice that
the images most often chosen to represent libraries are a shelf of books.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Occasionally
there’s even a person, but unless the article is about the new town librarian,
they’re anonymous:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Don’t
misunderstand, there’s nothing wrong with books, or libraries having books — I
love books. What I don’t love is that these images of books and bookshelves
represent the limited way in which the media thinks about libraries even when
they specifically say otherwise. For example, check out this 2014 article from
Smithsonian Magazine, entitled “Libraries Are Great at Lending All Sorts of
Things — Not Just Books” and this 2017 In the Bay piece called “Public
Libraries: More Than Just a Book Lending Service.” Both of these delightful
articles about how libraries are more than books lead with images of, yes, you
guessed it, bookshelves! It makes no sense, but it happens all the time!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So what type
of photos should media outlets use to represent libraries? Well, to start how
about some more active images — pictures of people doing something. Nobody
comes to the library and turns into a bookshelf, library patrons do things —
sometimes important things — at their local library! Here are some examples:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➧ Toddlers
improving their spatial reasoning while they play during storytime at the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/franklinparklibrary/24401292858"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Franklin
Park Library</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">School-age
kids learning computer programming at <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/145769081@N04/30276113115"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Manchester
Central Library’s</span></b></a> after-school Code Club<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Harpist Amber
Burdick performing at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/TopangaLibrary/photos/?ref=page_internal">T<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">opanga
Library</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meeting of
the Japanese Book Club at the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ubclibrary/40011995392/in/photolist-22DcCYP-23XHWew-K4HU4V-23XHWRo-2i97iFZ-2i96eJ1-2i96eVD-2i96f7v"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">University
of British Columbia Library</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Yoga for
Every Body” a class incorporating basic meditation and yoga at the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/sanjoselibrary/26061772360/in/photostream/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Edenvale
Branch Library</span></b></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://medium.com/everylibrary/theres-something-wrong-with-the-library-s-image-a-pictorial-guide-2bb042b26fee"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">READ
MORE ➤➤</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 11</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: fairly difficult to
read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(Tenth to Eleventh graders)</span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-11795608449765227862021-06-09T06:32:00.004-07:002021-06-09T06:32:59.812-07:00Literacy ▬ Spanning the US :: Manitowoc WI :: Glen Ellyn IL :: Altadena CA<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0; tab-stops: 205.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a name="_Hlk48108642"></a></span><a name="_Hlk64437771"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Literacy In The News ::
Spanning the US</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></a></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6IILZFcmOAUzQ9xuDLmIp9H5jvAUrT5BlxoF46nd4YZ-LjTtYN33X-8d9nvHV5B_QFARnYSzqjMCU6y4nCR8guFRSL8cVR37Xq653rVMIPnhSjysCIHWnkxWx5Oe17Vnyp-S3vEKdokS/s70/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6IILZFcmOAUzQ9xuDLmIp9H5jvAUrT5BlxoF46nd4YZ-LjTtYN33X-8d9nvHV5B_QFARnYSzqjMCU6y4nCR8guFRSL8cVR37Xq653rVMIPnhSjysCIHWnkxWx5Oe17Vnyp-S3vEKdokS/s0/6.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/manitowoclibrary/"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Manitowoc
Library</b></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Manitowoc Public Library Battles Adult
Illiteracy with One-to-One Program<br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.seehafernews.com/2021/05/19/101901/"><b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Seehafer News:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b> 5.19.2021
by Margo Meyer, Adult Services Associate - Manitowoc Public Library</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> “Reading is a portal—into the past, the future. It’s a parent reading
‘Where the Wild Things Are’ to the child on his lap. It’s someone filling out a
job application to better her life or following a recipe from a cookbook to
feed their family. It’s a quiet hour on a rainy afternoon, a note from a
friend, the instructions on a bottle of medication. It’s elemental, and it’s
magic, and it’s vital.”</span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">These eloquent words from author </span></span><a href="https://noraroberts.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Nora Roberts</b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"> get
to the core of what </span></span><a href="https://www.manitowoclibrary.org/alp/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Manitowoc Public Library’s One-to-One Adult
Literacy Program</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"> is all about. Our
volunteer tutors work with adults ages 18 and older in our community who would
like goal-oriented, individualized literacy tutoring. After experiencing our
free training, tutors are equipped to develop and enhance their learners’
skills in reading, writing, comprehending, and speaking English. These literacy
and reading skills truly lead to wonderful things.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">In a given month, I feel fortunate to hear
about the many goals our tutors and learners are working towards. It could be
the gains in pronunciation an ELL learner is making through conversation practice
or the sharing of recipes and how to cook something from someone’s home country
to practice the imperative form in English. Throughout the pandemic, our
learning pairs were very creative and adept at taking advantage of online
learning. Reading aloud to each other through Google Duo, Zoom, or Face Time
allowed instruction to continue, often including pets who would curl up and
listen to the shared stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.seehafernews.com/2021/05/19/101901/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">READ MORE </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">➤➤</span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><br /></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic
Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 11</span></i></b></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Tenth to Eleventh graders)</span></span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4SQ9g5opmVeHlM6LeWL-U0jTa6Mj0-K4WVeiWvxyZUwv8XsSwvlnz5shWCA2LSPEdxqvxAFlrdNJTaqBMb5ZgXSTeRj6PXgvT_w9FS-Bf_qgSj89EjOJpvUr8ZPXJOWiVNDQlcuA90Sr/s70/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="28" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4SQ9g5opmVeHlM6LeWL-U0jTa6Mj0-K4WVeiWvxyZUwv8XsSwvlnz5shWCA2LSPEdxqvxAFlrdNJTaqBMb5ZgXSTeRj6PXgvT_w9FS-Bf_qgSj89EjOJpvUr8ZPXJOWiVNDQlcuA90Sr/s0/5.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/LiteracyDuPage"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>@LiteracyDuPage</b></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Literacy DuPage Receives Donation of New
Computers<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/literacy-dupage-receives-donation-new-computers"><b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Patch.com:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b>
5.20.2021 </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span><a href="https://www.banknaperville.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Naperville Bank & Trust</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">
recently presented a generous gift of new Lenovo computers to </span></span><a href="https://literacydupage.org/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Literacy DuPage</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">, one
of Illinois' largest volunteer tutor literacy organizations. The donation
includes seven laptops and six desktop computers with monitors. These devices
will be provided to lower-income adult learners in DuPage County, who are
currently limited to receiving virtual one-to-one tutoring via cell phones.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">According to U.S. Census figures,
approximately 1.1 million Illinois households do not have computer access,
creating a challenge for remote learning.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These donated computers will support
instruction for adults who have reached out to Literacy DuPage to improve their
English language reading, speaking, comprehension, and writing skills. Communicating
effectively and increasing fluency leads to safer, more productive, and richer
lives. </span><a href="https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/literacy-dupage-receives-donation-new-computers" style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">READ
MORE ➤➤</span></b></a></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic
Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 12</span></i></b></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 17-18 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Twelfth graders)</span></span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br /></p><div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivSC49CPV294ROYmk0actlZpHgGOxgSvj6BrYhvD5dg2S1TCfwKCR-A6-kdrAHahyQ9OnfCKPKkYN5suz2IpJRgo9ZlgIbmhlffkaeieOXoqLFRsCtpT4egqD_IkWyHekBMgOL4ulnimX/s70/7a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="29" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivSC49CPV294ROYmk0actlZpHgGOxgSvj6BrYhvD5dg2S1TCfwKCR-A6-kdrAHahyQ9OnfCKPKkYN5suz2IpJRgo9ZlgIbmhlffkaeieOXoqLFRsCtpT4egqD_IkWyHekBMgOL4ulnimX/s0/7a.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/altadenalibrary?lang=en"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;">@AltadenaLibrary</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Altadena
Library Official Honored by California Library Association<br /></b><a href="https://www.pasadenanow.com/main/altadena-library-official-honored-by-california-library-association/" style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pasadena
Now:</span></b></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> 5.13.2021 by
Brian Day</b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">An </span></span><a href="https://www.altadenalibrary.org/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk74049181;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b>Altadena</b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b>
Library District</b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a><!--[if !supportNestedAnchors]--><a name="_Hlk74049181"></a><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"> trustee has been awarded the </span></span><a href="https://www.cla-net.org/page/302"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>California Library Association’s President’s
Award</b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"> for her
contributions to libraries and literacy, the library announced Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Katie Clark, who serves as president of the
Board of Trustees, has been named the recipient of the honor, the Altadena
Library District said in a written statement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“[She] is a central leader in the community
of Altadena whose vision and tireless commitment to libraries have created a legacy
of long-term, positive impact that will provide critical library services for
Altadena for decades to come,” the statement said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">The CLA President’s Award recognizes
“outstanding contributions, leadership, and achievement in support of
California libraries by a Trustee, Friend, Elected Official, or other layperson
who has given his or her time and talents to further the advancements of California
libraries,” the statement added. </span></span><a href="https://www.pasadenanow.com/main/altadena-library-official-honored-by-california-library-association/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b>READ
MORE </b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b>➤➤</b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic
Readability Checker</span></i></b></a></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Based on 7 readability formulas:</i></span></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 17</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: very difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: College graduate</span></i></b></div></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-9533031651402007782021-06-08T07:40:00.002-07:002021-06-08T07:40:48.647-07:0010 Ways to Use Your Blogs and Podcasts Together ▬ Databox<p style="height: 0px;"></p><div style="background: rgb(0, 112, 192); text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">10
Ways to Use Your Blogs and Podcasts Together</span><br /></span></span></b><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With
audiences preferring to consume content in different formats, it’s essential to
invest in both blogs and podcasts. The best part? Making them work together.
Learn how.</span></span></b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNafcjCv8be7PSwUCLfAVq0b1HTXQjxP139yQLlcmGJCIuruUF_jcvDfJ6CruL-nPsxpe-pR-9i2001pClpZZHtstdRJI5B_JPpWMLY2q57U8-qIShUYVzbHhjK7fqxcKpuCBJECINGH1/s115/PodcastsAsml.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="115" data-original-width="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNafcjCv8be7PSwUCLfAVq0b1HTXQjxP139yQLlcmGJCIuruUF_jcvDfJ6CruL-nPsxpe-pR-9i2001pClpZZHtstdRJI5B_JPpWMLY2q57U8-qIShUYVzbHhjK7fqxcKpuCBJECINGH1/s0/PodcastsAsml.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Podcasts</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://databox.com/blog-and-podcast#9" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Databox:</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">
2.09.2021 by Masooma Memon</span></span></b>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Consider this: about 409 million people view 20 billion
pages every month. And, 51% of the US population – over half of the population
that is – has listened to a podcast at least once.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you were to put these numbers under the microscope,
you’d come to one conclusion: both blog and podcast are important content
formats that people consume widely.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It’s as Daniel Foley puts it, “blogs are the newspaper of
the internet. This is what you do when you want to read an article, find out
some information or catch up on news.” “Podcasts” on the other hand “are the
radio of the internet. You may have read the newspaper in the morning but you
want to listen to the radio on the way to work.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But, of course, you already know that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It’s why you have both a blog and podcast and want to make
sure you can get the best of both. Or, you have one and plan to start the
other, and therefore, are looking for ways to make both work in tandem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Either way, let’s make things easy for you by giving you
the lowdown of how you can use blog and podcast together in 10 simple ways
including:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>➤ Create show notes<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;">➤ </b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Blog and podcast together for a strong SEO game<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;">➤ </b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Podcast and blog under a common theme<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;">➤ </b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Expand the information<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;">➤ </b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Create new pieces of content from podcast interviews<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;">➤ </b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Write a podcast preview on your blog<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;">➤ </b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Use quotes from the podcast in your blog<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;">➤ </b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Repurpose and put everything into a blog post<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;">➤ </b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Repurpose blog posts into podcast episodes and more<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;">➤ </b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Cross-promote your blog and podcast</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://databox.com/blog-and-podcast#9"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>READ MORE ➤➤</b></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 10</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: standard / average.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 14-15 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(Ninth to Tenth graders)</span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-22878681470173077432021-06-07T07:42:00.003-07:002021-06-07T07:42:30.737-07:00How Libraries Keep Serving As A Hub Of The Community ▬ Matter Of Fact<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How
Libraries Keep Serving As A Hub Of The Community</span></span></span></b></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJ4uT9oAyeNcKbeABzwYJEVqgWmHikuzcm7Erwc-92nx0G_gHvts2St-oJB17B9x3L4eykbzeOK5xjMr1cRoi7BNWBUYByhbxxat7W9DqatTxDDlN9wuOqF-RTiCkAWwsX2rE7gaQqz4R/s672/voteBuild1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="672" height="69" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJ4uT9oAyeNcKbeABzwYJEVqgWmHikuzcm7Erwc-92nx0G_gHvts2St-oJB17B9x3L4eykbzeOK5xjMr1cRoi7BNWBUYByhbxxat7W9DqatTxDDlN9wuOqF-RTiCkAWwsX2rE7gaQqz4R/w200-h69/voteBuild1.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-1ny4l3l r-1ddef8g r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BuildLibraries?src=hashtag_click" role="link" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">#BuildLibraries</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.matteroffact.tv/how-libraries-keep-serving-as-a-hub-of-the-community/" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Matter
Of Fact:</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 4.04.2021 by </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Soledad
O’Brien</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While the coronavirus forced some libraries to physically
shut their doors, many have found new ways to help people during the pandemic.
Some are offering wi-fi hotspots and book deliveries or even becoming hubs for
health care. Before the pandemic we took you inside America’s library with <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-7396/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Librarian of Congress Carla
Hayden</span></b></a> who says no matter what happens, they’ll continue to serve their
communities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.matteroffact.tv/how-libraries-keep-serving-as-a-hub-of-the-community/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">WATCH
04:43</span></b></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-85307970224626364372021-06-06T07:30:00.002-07:002021-06-06T07:30:37.250-07:00Literacy ▬ Spanning the US :: Huntington Beach CA :: Albuquerque NM :: Santa Fe NM :: Williamsburg VA<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0; tab-stops: 205.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a name="_Hlk48108642"></a></span><a name="_Hlk64437771"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Literacy In The News ::
Spanning the US</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></a></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBfKUa6FPAtbj3lSnWCsa8iWFAr3xGnjvuwFAGA43BD-Y01XMk1Lq0Cx34-ZXvXiGvWp347FM282iZ9zTmyqHkAaI4BEbFtWpiltPwvNlEmEgCaBpotkVcQJIkF53N1Eiu2xp5g36GTmw/s70/1b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="34" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBfKUa6FPAtbj3lSnWCsa8iWFAr3xGnjvuwFAGA43BD-Y01XMk1Lq0Cx34-ZXvXiGvWp347FM282iZ9zTmyqHkAaI4BEbFtWpiltPwvNlEmEgCaBpotkVcQJIkF53N1Eiu2xp5g36GTmw/s0/1b.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LiteracyVolunteersHBPL/"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>HBPL
Literacy Volunteers</b></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>National Library Workers Day<br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LiteracyVolunteersHBPL/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Literacy Volunteers
HBPL:</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b> 4.06.2021</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">April 6, 2021, is </span></span><a href="https://ala-apa.org/nlwd/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">National Library Workers Day</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"> (NLWD),
a time to recognize library professionals for their expertise and leadership
skills in transforming lives and communities through education and lifelong
learning. The day also reminds the public that library workers serve as
community compasses that lead users to endless opportunities for engagement,
enrichment, and development<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">For </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/33DVsGZ"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">#NationalLibraryWorkersDay</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">,
we're highlighting the incredible humans who work at Huntington Beach Public
Library. This post features one of our librarians, Amy Crepeau!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When I was a child, some of my favorite books
involved libraries and librarians and I think that is where my interest began.
I remember reading All of a Kind Family and how important library books were to
the sisters and the chapter when Sarah lost her library book--the librarian was
so compassionate. There were so many examples like this and some,
unfortunately, where librarians were the opposite of compassionate but people
telling how important libraries were to them inspired me. Beyond that, I love
libraries! Programs, storytimes, books, computers, literacy, study space, free
to use, people from infants to seniors coming through our doors everday…sign me
up! In 2009, I finally decided to go to graduate school to earn my MLIS and the
feeling of accomplishment I had in May 2016 when I walked across that virtual
stage was far more than earning either my high school or college diplomas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have worked at HBPL since April 15, 1997.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">I have worked in </span></span><a href="https://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/government/departments/library/literacy_programs/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">literacy</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"> until
March 2021 and the best part was working with amazing learners and volunteers
from Huntington Beach and seeing people accomplish important things like
reading with their children, getting a better job, passing the driver’s test or
becoming U.S. Citizens. It was constantly inspiring and people were so grateful
to the library. </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LiteracyVolunteersHBPL/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b>READ MORE </b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b>➤➤</b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic
Readability Checker</span></i></b></a></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Based on 7 readability formulas:</i></span></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 13</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 18-19 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(college level entry)</span></span></i></b></div></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dh_XIrvra37vrywGmK07MrcroqNp9jE3WISF4GTduPunyp63riZdUcbh-UL3YaOtjCcJzbZOWsg9nt0mdX3DPHtJaZaQ3d2X7oV7nrFQi947MPiiHhpMhXUMbmqUhqPdRlp88lvHcymW/s70/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dh_XIrvra37vrywGmK07MrcroqNp9jE3WISF4GTduPunyp63riZdUcbh-UL3YaOtjCcJzbZOWsg9nt0mdX3DPHtJaZaQ3d2X7oV7nrFQi947MPiiHhpMhXUMbmqUhqPdRlp88lvHcymW/s0/2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/abqalc/"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Albuquerque Adult<br /></b></span></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/abqalc/"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b> Learning Center</b></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>A Determined Mom Illustrates The Possible<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://www.abqjournal.com/2391180/a-determined-mom-shows-possibilities.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73803736;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Albuquerque Journal:</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73803736;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73803736;"></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5.15.2021
by Rick Nathanson </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ashley Solano admits, “I wasn’t the best
student.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">She had difficulty reading and writing and
“felt stupid and not teachable,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">At age 16, and barely into her sophomore
year of high school, she gave up, dropped out and began working minimum wage
jobs at fast food restaurants.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“It was not stimulating work, it was just a
way of getting a paycheck,” she said. “I was breathing but not really living,
and I was trying to fit into a world that didn’t make sense to me. I had all
these friends who were going to college and doing stuff with their lives, and I
was just trying to survive.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two decades later, Solano, 36, has a number
of degrees, continues to go to school, works for a bank as a bilingual customer
representative and is on track to become a certified public accountant. She
attributes her ability to elevate her literacy skills to an adult education
program that helped her get her high school equivalency certification and
showed her that she could do so much more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">In 2016, she accompanied a friend to the </span></span><a href="https://www.abqalc.org/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Albuquerque Adult Learning Center</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"> for
a presentation about earning a high school equivalency certificate. She
immediately realized this was the path she had to pursue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.abqjournal.com/2391180/a-determined-mom-shows-possibilities.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b>READ
MORE </b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b>➤➤</b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic
Readability Checker</span></i></b></a></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Based on 7 readability formulas:</i></span></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 10</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: fairly difficult to
read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 14-15 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Ninth to Tenth graders)</span></span></i></b></div></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QcVsRhy_8Wf5XiMN9tb2UG8vVEplLIA8_IrCHnexBQmnHOmb4gCyP8EzmOmSsuGuMKhWmcMl3fLeS6Fd-MPhL6JiuDlvJEvin8Bj1z8xbzefi1PJyephM25SrVMxb_JPfQPQMWepbP2U/s70/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="46" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QcVsRhy_8Wf5XiMN9tb2UG8vVEplLIA8_IrCHnexBQmnHOmb4gCyP8EzmOmSsuGuMKhWmcMl3fLeS6Fd-MPhL6JiuDlvJEvin8Bj1z8xbzefi1PJyephM25SrVMxb_JPfQPQMWepbP2U/s0/3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/nmadultliteracy?lang=en"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>@NMAdultLiteracy</b></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Longtime NM Literacy Coalition Loses Funding<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.abqjournal.com/2391352/longtime-nm-literacy-coalition-loses-funding.html"><b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Albuquerque
Journal:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b> 5.16.2021 by Dan McKay</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">For decades, the </span></span><a href="https://sharenm.org/new-mexico-coalition-for-literacy"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">New
Mexico Coalition for Literacy</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"> delivered funding
throughout the state to help adults learn to read.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But its operations largely ground to a halt
last fall.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">The coalition lost state funding in 2020 as
the state </span></span><a href="https://hed.state.nm.us/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Higher
Education Department</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"> shifted to a new
strategy – awarding grants directly to adult literacy programs throughout New
Mexico, rather than hiring the coalition to manage the system and distribute
the money.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The change, state officials say, was
intended to establish a more equitable, transparent system of funding.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But it had a devastating impact on the
Coalition for Literacy, which laid off the few staff members it had. The group
closed its office space and now survives on volunteer support.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">Founded in 1987, the coalition has been a key
statewide voice in New Mexico’s push to improve adult literacy – a critical
challenge in one of the poorest states in the nation. For years, it had a
contract to manage and support a network of adult-literacy providers throughout
the state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a name="_Hlk73804689"></a></span></span><a href="https://www.abqjournal.com/2391352/longtime-nm-literacy-coalition-loses-funding.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73804689;"><b>READ MORE </b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73804689;"><b>➤➤</b></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73804689;"></span></span></span></a></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73804689;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></i></b></a></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Based
on 7 readability formulas:</i></span></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 12</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 17-18 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Twelfth graders)</span></span></i></b></div></span></div>
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73804689;"></span>
</span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGY2yygnPBqWl7k1IBghtZgW4eXwIHX1J1F6yqBopB8srRgcBS23XabDgDFOXnmm2s9p5iJQPSRMihHrypd4PFZ4-ljlWcv-Kp88Rf9gGImcm06gYh43B30HubcWVq286EknXpyPajGFD/s70/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="44" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGY2yygnPBqWl7k1IBghtZgW4eXwIHX1J1F6yqBopB8srRgcBS23XabDgDFOXnmm2s9p5iJQPSRMihHrypd4PFZ4-ljlWcv-Kp88Rf9gGImcm06gYh43B30HubcWVq286EknXpyPajGFD/s0/4.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/Literacy_4_Life"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;">@Literacy_4_Life</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>From Teaching A New Language To Skill-Based Training,
One Williamsburg Organization Offers New Opportunities To Thousands<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-literacy-for-life-0514-20210517-iqrheiswvvgkfgvbbvr5tyw7o4-story.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Virginia
Gazette:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b> 5.17.2021 by Em Holter </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When Olga Ramirez arrived in Williamsburg
nearly five years ago, she did not speak much English. The native Spanish
speaker had spent most of her life living and working in Colombia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, when she arrived in the States, she set
out to learn.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When a friend told her about an organization
that offered a variety of courses teaching non-native English speakers
everything from language to history to job certification and resume building at
no cost, she signed up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">Now, Ramirez is a newly naturalized U.S.
citizen, fluent in her second language and working as a phlebotomist and a
certified nurse’s assistant. Without the help of </span></span><a href="https://www.literacyforlife.org/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Literacy for Life</span></b>,</span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"> she
said she would not be where she’s at now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“I’ve tried many programs to learn English,
but it’s not the same,” Ramirez said. “They have made my life here in the
United States.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">Literacy for Life, a nonprofit organization,
aimed at helping non-native and native English speakers alike, has offered
various classes, courses and tutoring opportunities for nearly 50 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-literacy-for-life-0514-20210517-iqrheiswvvgkfgvbbvr5tyw7o4-story.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b>READ
MORE </b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b>➤➤</b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic
Readability Checker</span></i></b></a></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Based on 7 readability formulas:</i></span></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 9</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: standard / average.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 13-15 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(Eighth and Ninth graders)</span></i></b></div></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-35221863912912611162021-06-05T07:49:00.002-07:002021-06-05T07:49:37.900-07:00Reading Resource Library: Gratitude, Mystery, Sports, Physical Health ▬ Barbara Bush Foundation<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><span style="font-size: medium;">R</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">eading
Resources for Educators and Adult Learners</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25nETApUbpnjR3Q6bxGIEe5YNcYnfmhVPL6qWakrtDLhxcDgaVtKkzGNRpdF7CYO5gSUwZ1eovlDcGZh9YGq1WmwSBxjd58Kvy30WSk7xsxLPUUFnBkMrAiL7Sh-NmV0Zn8l2SbIRdB2f/s115/BBushrrLib.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="115" data-original-width="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25nETApUbpnjR3Q6bxGIEe5YNcYnfmhVPL6qWakrtDLhxcDgaVtKkzGNRpdF7CYO5gSUwZ1eovlDcGZh9YGq1WmwSBxjd58Kvy30WSk7xsxLPUUFnBkMrAiL7Sh-NmV0Zn8l2SbIRdB2f/s0/BBushrrLib.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DWDq2EBhSw_jjbbmPg1642_HHdetIqT4xDkBZR7AH24/edit#slide=id.gae6c75b5da_1_513"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Reading Resource</span><br /> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Library</span></b></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.barbarabush.org/" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Barbara
Bush Foundation for Family Literacy:</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 2021</span></span></b></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.barbarabush.org/reading-resource-library/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Reading Resource
Library</span></b><br /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Q2 2021 RELEASE</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This resource includes high interest
books at a variety of reading levels and is intended to support adult education
and literacy-focused teachers in their curriculum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The following high interest books were
selected to support an exploration of each topic. Each book has a summary
and additional information, such as book trailers and links to reviews, in a
separate slide deck. </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DWDq2EBhSw_jjbbmPg1642_HHdetIqT4xDkBZR7AH24/edit#slide=id.gae6c75b5da_1_513"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Visit
this link to access the books</span></a>.</b></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.barbarabush.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Reading-Resource-Guide_Gratitude.pdf"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Gratitude</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.barbarabush.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Reading-Resource-Guide_Mystery.pdf"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mystery</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #DDDDDD; mso-background-themecolor: background2;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: black;">Engaging books for adults</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Hangman Louise Penny</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And Then There Were None Agatha
Christie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Body in the Woods: A Point Last
Seen Mystery April Henry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Case of the Missing Marquess: An
Enola Holmes Mystery Nancy Springer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tunnels Roderick Gordon and Brian
Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Curious Incident of the Dog int he
Night-Time Mark Haddon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #DDDDDD; mso-background-themecolor: background2;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk73770070"><b><span style="color: black;">Engaging
books for adults and children</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73770070;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73770070;"></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nate the Great Marjorie Weinman Sharmat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Missing Monster Card Lori Mortensen
and Remy Simard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pedro’s Mystery Club Fran Manushkin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Judy Moody: Girl Detective Megan
McDonald<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Fenway Foul-Up David Kelly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Detective Dog Julia Donaldson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Maze of Bones Rick Riordan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Buried Bones Mystery Sharon Draper</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.barbarabush.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Reading-Resource-Guide_Sports.pdf"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sports</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.barbarabush.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Reading-Resource-Guide_Physical-Health.pdf"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Physical
Health</span></b></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Family literacy starts with adult
literacy. That’s why the <a name="_Hlk73769480">Barbara Bush Foundation for
Family Literacy </a>is committed to supporting adult learners nationwide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The <a href="https://www.barbarabush.org/reading-resource-library/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Reading Resource
Library</span></b></a> is a tool created for educators to share with learners and is
filled with topically relevant, educational, and captivating books for readers
of all ages and levels. Start by selecting the specific release from the
options below, then explore the Resource Guides for information like topic
background, reading level, and even instructions on how best to use the Reading
Resource Library.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.barbarabush.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Reading-Resource-Guide_Mystery.pdf"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">READ
MORE ➤➤</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 11</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: fairly difficult to
read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(Tenth to Eleventh graders)</span></span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-22278090891324559252021-06-04T07:29:00.001-07:002021-06-04T07:29:21.513-07:00Poems by Students: “The Hill We Climb” ▬ West Coast Reader<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Poems
by Students</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqarKJhVJec9hs1yuu9kaqWzftFJ9ibyo2Lg5RVn49qJa7tYkeb_ub2TOiis1_VpaiWUmEOk5qjlEPKfYOAsUWnyRBuhRnIjDkR6n3yrJaQh4eImYQpf2iDnVd2o2G-zBHz-HhM2dxC24x/s190/WCR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqarKJhVJec9hs1yuu9kaqWzftFJ9ibyo2Lg5RVn49qJa7tYkeb_ub2TOiis1_VpaiWUmEOk5qjlEPKfYOAsUWnyRBuhRnIjDkR6n3yrJaQh4eImYQpf2iDnVd2o2G-zBHz-HhM2dxC24x/s0/WCR.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/westcoastreader"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>@WestcoastReader</b></span></a><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Symbol, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thewestcoastreader.com/poems-by-students/" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">West Coast Reader:</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">
4.30.2021</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.theamandagorman.com/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Amanda Gorman</span></b></a> is an African
American poet. She wrote a poem called “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz4YuEvJ3y4"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Hill We Climb</span></b></a>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The LINC 7/8 class at the <a href="https://cowichanintercultural.org/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cowichan Intercultural Society</span></b></a> in
Duncan, BC wanted to celebrate Black History Month in February and National
Poetry Month in April.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Seven students wrote poems with the
title “The Hill We Climb.” Here are some of the poems. Two other poems are
available in the April issue of <a href="https://thewestcoastreader.com/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The
Westcoast Reader</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b>Read & Listen</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Miguel's poem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jack's poem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yumi's poem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mei's poem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Zoilabet's poem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Zoilabet reading her poem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>The June issue of the WCR is OUT!<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">It has articles about biking, community gardens, the Marine
Detective, and more...</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://thewestcoastreader.com/articles/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">READ MORE ➤➤</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 7</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: standard / average.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 11-13 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(Sixth and Seventh graders)</span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0Canada56.130366 -106.34677127.820132163821157 -141.503021 84.440599836178848 -71.190521tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-58066559399587203472021-06-03T08:10:00.002-07:002021-06-03T08:10:35.909-07:00Working Memory and Reading ▬ Digital Promise<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Working Memory and Reading</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWma9pwE9QonzJdeFcdH8j9ho18GfcgqygXcUQ1Y0xrYOOc5dS4d-scWfZw1elYpvppLuWtnPjWROh2yuI-awfNm9nMryCu7XoWoQpUfUnNSiL6btX3S_fDNfUtNztSrLzPG99Wc23cyc/s205/W+Memory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="115" data-original-width="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWma9pwE9QonzJdeFcdH8j9ho18GfcgqygXcUQ1Y0xrYOOc5dS4d-scWfZw1elYpvppLuWtnPjWROh2yuI-awfNm9nMryCu7XoWoQpUfUnNSiL6btX3S_fDNfUtNztSrLzPG99Wc23cyc/s0/W+Memory.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Working Memory<br />and Reading</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwk38zlLk84&t=131s" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Digital Promise:</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">
2.08.2017</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Working
memory allows a person to temporarily hold and manipulate a limited amount of
information. Research shows significant differences in working memory between
skilled and less skilled readers. No approach will work for all learners, but
there are some research-based approaches that can help those with low working
memory become proficient readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Transcript</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A student who
can't read at grade level by third grade is four times less likely to graduate
high school than one who can.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Despite
approaches like phonics and whole language, many learners still struggle with
reading. Research shows significant differences in working memory between
skilled and less skilled readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Working
memory allows a person to temporarily hold and manipulate a limited amount of
information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's thought
that readers with low working memory have difficulty combining new information with
what they already know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To recognize
the meaning of sentences while reading, students must first hold individual
sounds and then words in their working memory as they figure out how these
relate to one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As learners grow
and encounter more complex information, difficulties with working memory may
become more apparent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #DDDDDD; mso-background-themecolor: background2;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: black;">What
does low working memory look like?</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➧ Students with
low working memory may be easily distracted and behave as though they are not
paying attention.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">In reading or
writing, they may forget some or all of the words in a sentence of sequence of
words.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➧</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Or they may
lose their place, repeating or skipping letters and words.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As a result,
they may struggle to understand how sentences or words relate to one another.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #DDDDDD; mso-background-themecolor: background2;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: black;">How
can you support students' working memory?</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➧ </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">No approach
will work for all learners, but there are some research-based approaches that
can be helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➧ </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Repeat
instructions and break down complex tasks into single steps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➧ </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have students
create organizers like wall charts and checklists they can refer back to when
used to stay on track.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➧ </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Provide
options like audiobooks, manipulatives, or physical activities connected to
learning, like walking or tossing a ball.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These
learning methods can help them focus. Reading skills are necessary for student
success. With awareness and interventions, it is possible to help those with
low working memory become proficient readers and improve their learning
outcomes for the rest of their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwk38zlLk84&t=131s"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">WATCH 02:11</span></b></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To learn more, visit <a href="https://researchmap.digitalpromise.org/topics/literacy/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Research Map:
Digital Promise</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 11</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: fairly difficult to
read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(Tenth to Eleventh graders)</span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-79899000095756398302021-06-02T07:21:00.002-07:002021-06-02T07:21:38.241-07:00Literacy ▬ Spanning North America :: Duncan OK :: Williams Lake BC :: Big Rapids MI<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0; tab-stops: 205.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a name="_Hlk48108642"></a></span><a name="_Hlk64437771"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Literacy In The News ::
Spanning North America</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></a></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wZFRo9Xh4B2u3_puzSCCYLP1DvOncmn7_CPq1vMR5L5Ko-Am1aiMddDPl_zyn6sA9MwERebYDQoql0WsDYwEfhnySzX25iKb3bvUTPkAlSra2ChvXwH0mTCLRiui5mHW4fFG5x49ZVS4/s70/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="14" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wZFRo9Xh4B2u3_puzSCCYLP1DvOncmn7_CPq1vMR5L5Ko-Am1aiMddDPl_zyn6sA9MwERebYDQoql0WsDYwEfhnySzX25iKb3bvUTPkAlSra2ChvXwH0mTCLRiui5mHW4fFG5x49ZVS4/s0/5.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dalc73533/"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Duncan Area <br /></b></span></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dalc73533/"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Literacy Council</b></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>DALC Set To Host Training Session; Nonprofit
Seeking Volunteers<br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.duncanbanner.com/community/dalc-set-to-host-training-session-nonprofit-seeking-volunteers/article_31da7818-b1e2-11eb-8157-4b783f0c1926.html"><b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Duncan
Bnner:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b> 5.11.2021 by Charlene
Belew</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nearly one in five Oklahomans are illiterate,
meaning they are unable to read and write above a third grade level. A local
nonprofit is on a mission to change this but needs volunteers to make this
happen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">The </span></span><a href="https://duncanreads.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Duncan Area Literacy Council</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">
(DALC) will host a training session for anyone interested in tutoring another
adult lacking in literacy skills.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“The tutor only needs to know English …
that’s what their students will be learning,” she said. “DALC has successfully
worked with people from 14 different countries to learn English.”</span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Brancich pointed to the one-in-five
statistic in Oklahoma and said, “In Oklahoma, you could fill the OU football
stadium five times with that number.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“In Stephens County, you could fill the
Duncan High School stadium three times with the number of people who are
illiterate,” Brancich said. “During the pandemic, so many of our learners were
affected and we are trying to rebuild our programs.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">She said getting back into the swing of
things would be a “step toward ‘normal’ as” the nonprofit seeks new volunteers
to help in the fight against illiteracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a name="_Hlk73443004"></a></span></span><a href="https://www.duncanbanner.com/community/dalc-set-to-host-training-session-nonprofit-seeking-volunteers/article_31da7818-b1e2-11eb-8157-4b783f0c1926.html"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73443004;">READ MORE </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73443004;">➤➤</span></span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73443004;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73443004;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73443004;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based
on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 10</span></i></b></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 14-15 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Ninth to Tenth graders)</span></span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73443004;"></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Pzx-TPlAHalKlY0ApnDZcgzF4C4FthJ7UHXAK_AHqUQTa6VyNiq0-1NzxI1YdQTLnibIocpE513iumh9WLc5hVWegWcQc-Kt9PrK8n7gLZGluYWUDwJr7Sb1UH5j_jPEMKPwyNCESFgn/s70/6b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Pzx-TPlAHalKlY0ApnDZcgzF4C4FthJ7UHXAK_AHqUQTa6VyNiq0-1NzxI1YdQTLnibIocpE513iumh9WLc5hVWegWcQc-Kt9PrK8n7gLZGluYWUDwJr7Sb1UH5j_jPEMKPwyNCESFgn/s0/6b.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CaribooChilcotinPartnersforLiteracy"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Cariboo-Chilcotin <br /></b></span></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CaribooChilcotinPartnersforLiteracy"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Partners for Literacy</b></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Lil Mack of Williams Lake Honoured With BC
Achievement Community Award<br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.wltribune.com/community/lil-mack-of-williams-lake-honoured-with-bc-achievement-community-award/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">WL
Tribune:</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span>5.11.2021 </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">A longtime Williams Lake resident has been
named as a recipient of this year’s </span></span><a href="https://www.bcachievement.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BC Achievement Community Award</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now in its 18th year offering the program,
award recipients were announced May 10 by Premier John Horgan and Annie
Giardini, OC, OBC, QC and Chair of the BC Achievement Foundation, after an
independent committee reviewed nominations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“This year’s community awardees are, without
exception, remarkable British Columbians who have strengthened their
communities during challenging times,” Horgan said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“As a result of their commitments to causes
beyond themselves, they have ensured that B.C. is a better province for all of
us.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mack has been an ever-present, quietly
powerful literacy force in Williams Lake for several decades.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">As one of the founders of the </span></span><a href="https://www.caribooliteracy.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cariboo-Chilcotin Partners for Literacy</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"> in
1997, Mack continues to keep literacy front and centre, promoting early
childhood, adult and financial literacy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span><a href="https://www.wltribune.com/community/lil-mack-of-williams-lake-honoured-with-bc-achievement-community-award/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">READ
MORE </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">➤➤</span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic
Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 12</span></i></b></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 17-18 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Twelfth graders)</span></span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jrGqxyO2SnBp26JAAFLtP086mESY2y_uiU7o4KWQZO_XGKjUNPzGj7sIHd4_AjZtz5eVTL61mf2wEe4ZiUDMcULKW7msTLcj1tkz8MnxfpAsNQ2vzNPDbr_FlHnAGC-z2ExxnxE54iRQ/s70/7a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="32" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jrGqxyO2SnBp26JAAFLtP086mESY2y_uiU7o4KWQZO_XGKjUNPzGj7sIHd4_AjZtz5eVTL61mf2wEe4ZiUDMcULKW7msTLcj1tkz8MnxfpAsNQ2vzNPDbr_FlHnAGC-z2ExxnxE54iRQ/s0/7a.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/angelsofaction"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>@angelsofaction</b></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>New Literacy Program Created Through Angels
of Action<br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/local-news/article/New-literacy-program-created-through-Angels-of-16172341.php"><b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Big
Rapid News:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b> 5.12.2021</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A new family-based literacy program will
offer opportunities for improved reading and employability skills, focusing on
family involvement through Angels of Action.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">The program, called </span></span><a href="https://www.angelsofaction.org/book-program/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Literacy in Action</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">
(LIA), has a mission to provide an incentive-based literacy program that
strengthens families by fostering child development, parent support and
programs that help parents further their employment and literacy skills.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">The goal of LIA is to first build the youth
program that will offer opportunities for improved reading through one-on-one
tutoring and homework help. The future goals consist of offering adult services
that work in partnership with already existing community services focused on
employability skills, family communication, and parent support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/local-news/article/New-literacy-program-created-through-Angels-of-16172341.php"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">READ
MORE </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">➤➤</span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic
Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 18</span></i></b></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: very difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: College graduate</span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-15262284722021536422021-06-01T07:46:00.002-07:002021-06-01T07:46:08.804-07:00Freedom Through Literacy Award ▬ Judith's Reading Room<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Freedom
Through Literacy Award</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.judithsreadingroom.org/freedom-through-literacy-award/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Judith's
Reading Room:</span></a> 2021 </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Freedom Through Literacy Award was
established by Judith’s Reading Room in 2015 to identify and honor individual
champions of literacy from all disciplines around the world — teachers,
librarians, authors, researchers, educators — anyone who has done exemplary
work to instill in others a love of reading.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rAcvxzMOul7Z117weXed4Amv21FaFi8OAo3-12M2XPeJgbnqJ9BPGM3S0Lp_jFFGMcv9XUbsCQIDGzQn-YMg6M3MC7NP8Sf-IEAcO1g8m-0F_xUts-_rn6eC-drxjepGuHqBwVEbNfGt/s140/1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="125" data-original-width="140" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rAcvxzMOul7Z117weXed4Amv21FaFi8OAo3-12M2XPeJgbnqJ9BPGM3S0Lp_jFFGMcv9XUbsCQIDGzQn-YMg6M3MC7NP8Sf-IEAcO1g8m-0F_xUts-_rn6eC-drxjepGuHqBwVEbNfGt/w200-h179/1a.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.judithsreadingroom.org/apply/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Freedom Through Literacy Application</span></a></span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">DEADLINE </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">▬ </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">July 1, 2021</span></span></b></div></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Judith’s Reading Room, a nonprofit
literacy organization founded in 2010 in the memory of Judith F. Krug continued
its 10 year Anniversary celebration by naming its 2020 Freedom Through Literacy
Award winners. Judith F. Krug, cousin to the organization’s founders, served as
the Director of Intellectual Freedom for The American Library Association for
40 years.</span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>2021 FREEDOM THROUGH LITERACY AWARD</b></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Grand Prize Winner will receive $2,500
cash</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Judith’s Award</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">$1,500 to
the champion of literacy teacher, librarian or author</span></div></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Board Option Awards</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A pool of $1,000 awarded in different amounts</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">to deserving champions of literacy with or
without an Application</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">based on Board of Directors nominations</span></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.judithsreadingroom.org/freedom-through-literacy-award/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">READ
MORE ➤➤</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 15</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: very difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: College graduate</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.judithsreadingroom.org/2020-freedom-through-literacy-award-winners/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-small;">2020 Freedom Through Literacy Award</span></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.judithsreadingroom.org/2019-freedom-through-literacy-award-winners/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2019 Freedom Through Literacy Award</span></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.judithsreadingroom.org/2018-freedom-through-literacy-award-winners/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2018 Freedom Through Literacy Award</span></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.judithsreadingroom.org/2017-freedom-literacy-award-winners/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2017 Freedom Through Literacy Award</span></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.judithsreadingroom.org/freedom-through-literacy-award/2016-freedom-literacy-award-winners/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2016
Freedom Through Literacy Award</span></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.judithsreadingroom.org/freedom-through-literacy-award/2015-freedom-literacy-award-winners/"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">2015
Freedom Through Literacy Award</span></a></b></div></span></b></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-12070157489986085222021-05-31T07:15:00.004-07:002021-05-31T07:15:56.669-07:00National Literacy & Library Events ▬ June 2021<p style="height: 0px;"></p><div style="background: rgb(0, 112, 192); text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">National Literacy
& Library Events</span></strong></div></span></o:p></span></strong><strong><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">June 2021</span></span></span></strong></div></strong><strong><span style="color: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk52258658">Literacy & Library Events & Conferences</a></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.trumba.com/calendars/scllns_calendarholidays"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Events-National
& International Events</span></a></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.languagemagazine.com/calendar/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Events-International:
Language Magazine</span></b></a></div></span></div>
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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXopKKDLb6HYXGvLQFV-06zxkSipoRzN9LvHHYISEJikQVQ0Z8dHhWSDoslDRNC57BgFpFzCSLerAT1shIPOMNhRre6kmj0gbNbX5xba78VYeV7wadyeodol5cagMXIn70TmPOSQrbRCQ/s711/month1a+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="154" data-original-width="711" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXopKKDLb6HYXGvLQFV-06zxkSipoRzN9LvHHYISEJikQVQ0Z8dHhWSDoslDRNC57BgFpFzCSLerAT1shIPOMNhRre6kmj0gbNbX5xba78VYeV7wadyeodol5cagMXIn70TmPOSQrbRCQ/w400-h86/month1a+-+Copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="http://www.audiopub.org/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">National
Audiobook Month</span></a> </span> </span></b></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.ala.org/rt/rrt/rainbow-book-month"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rainbow Book Month</span></a> </b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cslpreads.org/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Tails
& Tales Summer Library Reading Program</b></span></a></div></span></span></div>
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<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 01<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://calico.org/">Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium</a> VIRTUAL<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 01<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://dyslexiatraininginstitute.org/classes.html">What is Dyslexia?</a>
An In Depth Look OnLine<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 03<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://newprairiepress.org/aerc/">Adult Education Research Conference</a>
VIRTUAL<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 03<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://www.nextlibrary.net/">Next Library 2021</a> VIRTUAL<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 08<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="https://iplf-conference.org/">International Public Library Fundraising
Conference</a> VIRTUAL<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 09<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://www.childlitassn.org/">Children’s Literature Assoc Conference</a> VIRTUAL<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 11<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="https://linktr.ee/pridebookfest">Pride Book Fest</a> VIRTUAL<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 13<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://www.nhd.org/">National History Day Contest</a><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>VIRTUAL<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 14<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://www.pointsoflight.org/">Volunteering and Service Conference</a> VIRTUAL<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 15 <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="https://lincs.ed.gov/state-resources/federal-initiatives/teaching-skills-matter-adult-education/virtual-conference">Teaching
the Skills That Matter Conference</a> VIRTUAL<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 17<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="https://booksummit.ca/">Book Summit 21</a> VIRTUAL<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 17<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://www.library20.com/">Library 2.021 Reinventing Libraries Post-COVID World</a> VIRTUAL<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 19<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/juneteenthbkfst?lang=en">Juneteenth Book Fest</a> VIRTUAL<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 20<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="https://readinggroups.org/">National Reading Group Day</a> UK<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 23<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="https://2021.alaannual.org/">ALA Conference - Community Through
Connection</a> VIRTUAL<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 23<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://www.ascd.org/Default.aspx">ASCD Conference</a><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> VIRTUAL<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 25<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="https://pheedloop.com/workingintconf21/site/">Working Internationally
Conference</a><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> VIRTUAL<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Jun 28<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><a href="http://afpfc.com/">Intl Fund Raising Conference AFP ICON 2021</a> VIRTUAL</span></span></span></b></div>
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<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://libraryconferences.tumblr.com/post/110503943637/state-library-associations-have-conferences"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-small;">State
Library Associations :: Conferences</span></a></span></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://aalbc.com/events/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">African American Book
Events</span></a></span></span></b></div><span lang="EN"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://read.gov/resources/statefairs.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Book Fairs by State Library of
Congress</span></a></span></span></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.cbcbooks.org/events/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Children’s Book Council
Kid Lit Events</span></a></span></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://chrisbarton.info/blog/2016/08/all-the-college-kidlit-conferences-as-of-august-2016.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">College
Children’s & Young Adult Literature Conferences Festivals</span></a></span></b></div></span><span lang="EN"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.everfest.com/book-festivals"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Everfest Book Festival Calendar</span></a></span></span></b></div></span><span lang="EN"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.literacyworldwide.org/about-us/news-events/calendar-of-events"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ILA
:: Literacy Calendar Worldwide</span></a></span></span></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://storynet.org/calendar/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Storytelling Events</span></a></span></b></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.everfest.com/book-festivals"><b></b></a><b><a href="https://www.everfest.com/book-festivals"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">US Book Festivals</span></a></b></div></span></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-6395423180042423052021-05-30T07:34:00.004-07:002021-05-30T07:34:53.214-07:00Literacy ▬ Spanning North America :: Orlando FL :: Winnipeg MB :: Southern Pines NC :: Kingston JM<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0; tab-stops: 205.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a name="_Hlk48108642"></a></span><a name="_Hlk64437771"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Literacy In The News ::
Spanning North America</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></a></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOLhsqEUWt5bKRdW9f3yikDZxZMgSu1jTCR4wgRknBJTfa0-2zDfzYSgV5bQ_2-qP1LyjLhNripWLPUV4WWXSECpAjHwqvtgHl5RkW-opsH4dNiDwunjtpp8tcdXnRupXCwkeiZJKf5lG/s70/1b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOLhsqEUWt5bKRdW9f3yikDZxZMgSu1jTCR4wgRknBJTfa0-2zDfzYSgV5bQ_2-qP1LyjLhNripWLPUV4WWXSECpAjHwqvtgHl5RkW-opsH4dNiDwunjtpp8tcdXnRupXCwkeiZJKf5lG/s0/1b.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/oclslibrary"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>@oclslibrary</b></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Orange County Libraries Offer Free English,
Spanish Courses For All Levels<br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/05/04/orange-county-libraries-offer-free-english-spanish-courses-for-all-levels/"><b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Click
Orlando:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b> 5.04.2021 by Crystal
Moyer</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">The </span></span><a href="https://libguides.ocls.info/englishocls"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Orange County Library System</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">
offers English and Spanish courses for all skill levels, free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The course use to be taught in-person at
several of its branches, but because of the pandemic, they’ve had to go
virtual. You can now learn English or Spanish from just about anywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“As a new immigrant I wanted to improve my
language, I want to get more in the community,” said Hetty Huang.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Huang was born and raised in China. A few
years ago, she moved to the U.S. with hopes of studying at the University of
Central Florida. With little English, she took the college entry test.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“I failed, but I didn’t give up, I continued
to study,” said Huang.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">She started taking English courses with the
Orange County Library System. The curriculum created 15 years ago by ESL
Specialist Jelitza Rivera.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“We have writing courses. Writing clearly
with grammar and we work slowly to help them get to whole paragraphs and cover
letters. Then we have speaking classes where we work on pronunciation,” said
Rivera.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rivera said moving from in-person classes to
virtual provides more flexibility for her students. She said the program now
has more than 200 students from many different cultures.</span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“We have Chinese, Mandarin and Vietnamese
students. We have Arabic students and we have a lot of Brazilians, not just
Spanish,” said Rivera. “I get exposure to a lot more culture, a lot more
language. As a professional, I become better informed.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">The library also offers several free digital
resources to help you continue learning outside of class, from your phone or
computer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/05/04/orange-county-libraries-offer-free-english-spanish-courses-for-all-levels/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">WATCH
04:42</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73201836;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></span></a><!--[if !supportNestedAnchors]--><a name="_Hlk73201836"></a><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73201836;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk73201836;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based
on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 7</span></i></b></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: standard / average.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 11-13 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Sixth and Seventh graders)</span></span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfI3yRiD29lkrXMkUWrtLyIaXS5m08j-cRiuEhtbPJC31ilEy3NIGaIPJ68-guQCujPVn_U6trKaUI508I8oYOPezRYTRyYMbEq2IvVTl5Nw6aXSPG3c2CClipuS90qQjnxbaGdFAM_LJ/s70/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="55" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfI3yRiD29lkrXMkUWrtLyIaXS5m08j-cRiuEhtbPJC31ilEy3NIGaIPJ68-guQCujPVn_U6trKaUI508I8oYOPezRYTRyYMbEq2IvVTl5Nw6aXSPG3c2CClipuS90qQjnxbaGdFAM_LJ/s0/2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElmwoodCommunityResourceCentre/"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Elmwood Community <br /></b></span></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElmwoodCommunityResourceCentre/"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Resource Centre</b></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Reading And More At Community Resource Centre<br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/herald/correspondent/Reading-and-more-at-community-resource-centre-574370641.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Winnipeg
Free Press:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b> 5.08.2021 by Susan
Huebert</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">Some people might barely remember a time
before they could read. Others, however, might struggle long into adulthood to
be able to comprehend what they see on the page. For people like these, the </span></span><a href="http://elmwoodcrc.ca/adultliteracyprogram/#:~:text=The%20GOAL%20program%20is%20a,Manitoba%20Advanced%20Education%20and%20Literacy."><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">GOAL
adult literacy</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"> and upgrading program at
the Elmwood Community Resource Centre is available to help.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The need for literacy is everywhere in
Canadian society, from filling out job applications to reading instructions or
recipes to sitting and relaxing with a good book on quiet afternoons. In many
jobs, good reading comprehension is essential. When people are unable to
develop the necessary skills in childhood, learning as an adult can help.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The GOAL program is geared towards the needs
of its students. Adults aged 18 and up can register at any time of the year, as
the program has a continuous intake of students. New arrivals receive a quick
assessment of their skills and a customized learning plan, designed to help
them earn a GED certificate or gain a work promotion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">As Condo says, the organization has "20
years of being in the community, serving the community."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/herald/correspondent/Reading-and-more-at-community-resource-centre-574370641.html"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">READ
MORE </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">➤➤</span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic
Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 10</span></i></b></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 14-15 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Ninth to Tenth graders)</span></span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFimWB7wFsDjQ4Unwieo6pwcHVBhT7cJq8ufdyBWRJ7OHBfQTlDU0lWFSWZiGFXjc7E3Cv1h7mBhJdYWqSGd6wth0zeY2QjDfPvnfB45uNz0isSjZC0R6HHR0ShFldbNP685mSpUI0Z-wQ/s70/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFimWB7wFsDjQ4Unwieo6pwcHVBhT7cJq8ufdyBWRJ7OHBfQTlDU0lWFSWZiGFXjc7E3Cv1h7mBhJdYWqSGd6wth0zeY2QjDfPvnfB45uNz0isSjZC0R6HHR0ShFldbNP685mSpUI0Z-wQ/s0/3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mooreliteracy"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Moore
County <br /></b></span></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mooreliteracy"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Literacy Council</b></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Moore County Literacy Council Builds Self-Esteem,
Skills, New U.S. Citizens<br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://sandhillssentinel.com/moore-county-literacy-council-builds-self-esteem-skills-new-u-s-citizens/"><b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sandhill
Sentinel:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b> 5.07.2021</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">The </span></span><a href="https://mcliteracy.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Moore County Literacy Council</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"> had
two new tutors graduate on May 4 from its tutoring training program. Aggie
Cohen and Flavia Abele will now offer tutoring in English as a second language.
The tutoring program assists in both learning English and in attaining U.S.
citizenship.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cohen retired to Moore County after living
in Pennsylvania for 30 years. She said she could complain on the sidelines and
moan about how many people do not have jobs and cannot read – or help someone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Abele has lived in Moore County for one year
since her spouse retired from the military. She volunteered as a tutor in
Maryland and said it was a lot of fun. She said so far she has only helped with
Spanish-speaking students.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“I get to see people improve their lives,
especially see their self-esteem go up every time they come,” Program
Specialist Susan Lamm said.</span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">There is a wide range of languages and
dialects entering Moore County Literacy Council. Students from the Philippines,
Italy, Venezuela, Ukraine, and Taiwan are a few. “Asian students have a
difficult time because they don’t have r’s in their language,” Lamm said. “They
have to learn that weird sound.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://sandhillssentinel.com/moore-county-literacy-council-builds-self-esteem-skills-new-u-s-citizens/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">READ
MORE </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">➤➤</span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic
Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 7</span></i></b></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: standard / average.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 11-13 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Sixth and Seventh graders)</span></span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHqdbfGW-_xXHSFbNs6qyZxuXUuXJlGeN4h2lyyMFihRAvcVeQ498lbS3MGufy1VHPzs-9ughfKo7T7AXpxLZTmR2-BFpHvrGEwSXJl0SdNhTTzeWFo9iNJmkwO1Q2b1XtgP2FQSrnU1q/s70/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHqdbfGW-_xXHSFbNs6qyZxuXUuXJlGeN4h2lyyMFihRAvcVeQ498lbS3MGufy1VHPzs-9ughfKo7T7AXpxLZTmR2-BFpHvrGEwSXJl0SdNhTTzeWFo9iNJmkwO1Q2b1XtgP2FQSrnU1q/s0/4.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dogoodjamaica.org/organization-search/item/jamal_foundationjamaica_foundation_for_lifelong_learning/"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>JFLL</b></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table>There's Hope Amid The Difficulties<br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/editorial/there-s-hope-amid-the-difficulties_221091?profile=1100"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">Jamaica
Observer:</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span>5.10.2021</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Available statistics — up to four or five
years ago — appear to suggest that close to 88 per cent of Jamaicans were
classified as literate; that is, able to read and write.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's still way behind a number of this country's
Caribbean neighbours, and, without doubt, COVID-19, which has mostly hindered
or prevented face-to-face schooling since March last year, will worsen upcoming
literacy indicators.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">However, for older Jamaicans, who go back to
the early 1970s when Jamaica's literacy rate among adults was only about 50 per
cent — triggering Mr Michael Manley's </span></span><a href="https://dogoodjamaica.org/organization-search/item/jamal_foundationjamaica_foundation_for_lifelong_learning/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">adult
literacy programme</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"> — the current situation
is a vast improvement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">We've ventured down this road as a direct
result of two articles in yesterday's Sunday Observer which touched squarely on
the importance of basic literacy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/editorial/there-s-hope-amid-the-difficulties_221091?profile=1100"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">READ
MORE </span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">➤➤</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></a></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic
Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 16</span></i></b></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: College graduate</span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-76990602622168657492021-05-29T07:05:00.003-07:002021-05-29T07:05:42.942-07:00An Ear for Reading: Audiobooks Take Center Stage in the Classroom ▬ SLJ<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">An Ear for Reading: Audiobooks Take
Center Stage in the Classroom</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrJc_i3Ugd090FiiiG7BlBd04yX3_wxt_qsYf5NzOqm_gA6sjwWWoHNAz8VIhNR7rIXZyenwn_D_zx5M1aZdVIQ0Ap09QKwrrhVjmLWEa3T9dpM3QQeS6xx4SOI7wjg39j4Tz6T9n8NyL/s180/AudioSm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrJc_i3Ugd090FiiiG7BlBd04yX3_wxt_qsYf5NzOqm_gA6sjwWWoHNAz8VIhNR7rIXZyenwn_D_zx5M1aZdVIQ0Ap09QKwrrhVjmLWEa3T9dpM3QQeS6xx4SOI7wjg39j4Tz6T9n8NyL/s0/AudioSm.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://literacyspace.blogspot.com/search/label/Audiobooks">Audiobooks</a></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=an-ear-for-reading-audiobooks-take-center-stage-in-the-classroom-libraries-books-audio&utm_source=editorial&utm_medium=SLJTW&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=articles" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">SLJ:</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">
5.04.2021 by Melanie Kletter</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As educators adjusted to a radically
altered learning environment last fall, high school librarian Erin Cassaro
realized she needed to do something different to support the literacy needs of
her students.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“We knew it would be difficult for
kids to have access to physical books, so we invested a lot in ebooks and
audiobooks,” says Cassaro, who works in Dublin (OH) City Schools. “What we have
seen this year is that when kids are exposed to audiobooks and get a chance to
experience them, they are hooked.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cassaro is one of many librarians and
classroom teachers around the country who are increasing their use of
audiobooks as a teaching tool. With many students learning from home this year,
there has been a surge in the use of all digtal </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">[sic]</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> resources in schools,
including ebooks and audiobooks. According to SLJ’s 2020 School Library Budget
& Spending Survey, about 30 percent of respondents reported that they
planned to spend more on audiobooks this school year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Educators are using audiobooks in new
ways to teach material and help students build literacy skills. Instead of
using audiobooks as a learning station, where one student at a time or a few
students listen to them during reading time, many educators are using them for
entire class reading assignments and class discussions. Teachers in some
schools are using audiobooks as a social-emotional tool by playing guided
mindfulness recordings to help students relax and focus in class. New tech
resources have made it easier for students to access audiobooks both at school
and at home, enabling families to listen to books together and practice and
reinforce skills that students are learning in class.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #DDDDDD; mso-background-themecolor: background2;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">New uses in schools</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When it comes to using audiobooks as a
learning tool in schools, there has long been debate about whether audiobooks
count as “real” reading, since students are not decoding and figuring out the
words as they read. However, researchers and educators now recognize the many
benefits of audiobooks for learners of all ages and abilities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Audiobooks are reading,” says Denise
Johnson, a professor of reading education at William & Mary who studies
literacy learning and conducts research on the uses of technology in education.
“The idea that we must decode in order to read is an unfair way to think about
it. The goal is comprehension.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When kids can’t decode, it can make a
book inaccessible, says Johnson. “But just because a kid can’t read at a high
level, that doesn’t mean they can’t understand and comprehend at a high level.
Using audiobooks opens up access and levels the playing field. Kids can all
listen to the same book and then can talk and discuss it and have rich
conversations.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Audiobooks also help with fluency,
since students hear the way a story should sound when it is read. This benefits
students who struggle with reading as well as students who are English language
learners.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Resources</span></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.audible.com/" target="_blank"><b>Audible</b></a> <br />
Audible has the world’s largest selection of audiobooks. Offerings for young
people include a selection of free audiobooks that became available during the
pandemic. Audible requires an individual membership, and each title must be
purchased.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.bookshare.org/cms/" target="_blank"><b>Bookshare</b></a><br />
Bookshare provides ebooks and audiobooks for students and adults with diagnosed
reading disabilities. Free for students and schools.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.follettlearning.com/books-materials/digital-content/digital-audiobooks" target="_blank"><b>Follett</b></a> <br />
Follett offers an array of print and digital resources for schools and
libraries, including a large selection of audiobooks. Subscribers pick the
titles and collections they want to purchase.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://learningally.org/Solutions-for-School/Audiobooks-Today" target="_blank"><b>Learning Ally</b></a> <br />
This nonprofit organization provides audiobooks and other resources to students
and adults who have a diagnosed reading difficulty. Its reading app for schools
includes more than 80,000 audiobooks available for a fee.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://librivox.org/" target="_blank">LibriVox</a> </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
This site provides free public domain audiobooks that are read by volunteers
from around the world. It has hundreds of books for kids, including many
classics.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://libro.fm/" target="_blank">Libro.fm</a> </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
This is a subscription audiobook service like Audible, but purchases benefit
the indie bookseller of the buyer’s choice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.mackin.com/hq/digital/audiobooks/" target="_blank"><b>Mackin</b></a> <br />
Mackin has a variety of print and digital resources available for schools and
libraries, with many audiobooks. Subscribers choose titles and collections for
purchase.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.overdrive.com/apps/sora/" target="_blank"><b>Sora</b></a> <br />
This OverDrive reading app designed for schools has a large selection of
audiobooks and ebooks. The content available for student use is selected by the
district or school.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.storynory.com/" target="_blank"><b>Storynory</b></a> <br />
This site provides free audio stories for kids, including many classic fairy
tales, original stories, and some nonfiction. The stories can be accessed
through the Storynory website or app.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://audiofilemagazine.com/sync/" target="_blank"><b>SYNC</b></a> <br />
<i>AudioFile</i> magazine runs this free audiobook summer reading program
for teenagers. Participants 13 and older receive two free audiobooks a week
during the summer, accessible through the Sora app.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.tales2go.com/" target="_blank"><b>Tales2go</b></a> <br />
An audiobooks subscription service for schools through which subscribers get
full access to more than 10,000 titles.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=an-ear-for-reading-audiobooks-take-center-stage-in-the-classroom-libraries-books-audio&utm_source=editorial&utm_medium=SLJTW&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=articles"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">READ
MORE ➤➤</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 11</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: fairly difficult to
read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(Tenth to Eleventh graders)</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";"><a href="https://literacyspace.blogspot.com/search/label/Audiobooks"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">How
Audiobooks Can Make People More Literate <span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">▬</span>
Medium</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-79321650846593507622021-05-28T06:51:00.001-07:002021-05-28T06:51:07.213-07:00Uruk (Writing): Centers of Progress, Pt. 2 ▬ Human Progress<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Centers
of Progress, Pt. 2: Uruk (Writing)</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhw_NWmiUAcuHsWHTSOpet_P7DwyNm0JvQtdfzk06FKtPQxEovshx3n5CaopcAnMQubmndbFp_Xy60-bMo-d9mpTAWF56snql77Zg-Iw0o-SZORqVXayjzLFy_N6JRfJhnDx8iwFmXyDf/s173/1b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="115" data-original-width="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhw_NWmiUAcuHsWHTSOpet_P7DwyNm0JvQtdfzk06FKtPQxEovshx3n5CaopcAnMQubmndbFp_Xy60-bMo-d9mpTAWF56snql77Zg-Iw0o-SZORqVXayjzLFy_N6JRfJhnDx8iwFmXyDf/s0/1b.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/142113"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>Uruk <br /></b></span></a><a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/142113"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>UNESCO World Heritage
Site</b></span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.humanprogress.org/centers-of-progress-pt-2-uruk-2/" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Human
Progress:</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 5.08.2020 by Chelsea Follett</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today marks the second installment in a series of articles
by HumanProgress.org called Centers of Progress. Where does progress happen?
The story of civilization is in many ways the story of the city. It is the city
that has helped to create and define the modern world. This bi-weekly column
will give a short overview of urban centers that were the sites of pivotal
advances in culture, economics, politics, technology, etc. Part 1 can be found
here. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our second Center of Progress is <a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/big-history-project/agriculture-civilization/first-cities-states/a/uruk"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Uruk</span></b></a>,
the world’s first large city and the birthplace of writing around 3200 BCE. By
creating the first writing system, the people of Uruk revolutionized humanity’s
ability to exchange information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before the invention of writing, the only way people could
communicate was by speaking to each other in person. Communication over vast
distances and across long stretches of time was restricted by the fallibility
of human memory. It was possible to send a messenger to a faraway city, but
there was always a risk that the messenger would not recite the message
accurately. People were able to pass down knowledge and histories through oral
traditions from one generation to the next, but the details tended to change
over time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today, Uruk is an uninhabited archeological site preserved
in the desert of southern Iraq. It is part of a <a href="https://whc.unesco.org/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">UNESCO World Heritage Site</span></b></a>, honoring the
“relict landscape of the Mesopotamian cities.” You can still see the remains of
the city walls and gates, make out the shape of the streets and the layout of
the houses from their crumbling foundations, and view the cracked steps of the
temple mounds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today’s Uruk is quiet and ghostly. But if you were to visit
Uruk in the late 4th millennium BCE, you would have entered a thriving hub of
art and commerce populated by around 10,000 inhabitants. That would increase to
between 30,000 and 50,000 inhabitants by the beginning of the 3rd millennium
BCE.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For perspective, Uruk’s population in the late 4th
millennium BCE was about the same as the population of the small town of Brattleboro,
Vermont, today. But Uruk was among the first settlements to achieve a
population of that size and is considered by many to be the world’s first large
city. In the year 3200 BCE, Uruk was the largest city in Mesopotamia and
possibly in the entire world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As Uruk’s population grew, its society became more complex
and the Sumerian civilization (the world’s first true civilization, which
flourished in southern Mesopotamia between 4500 BCE and 1500 BCE) reached its
creative peak. Surviving tablets indicate that Uruk had over a hundred
different professions, including ambassadors, priests, stonecutters, gardeners,
weavers, smiths, cooks, jewelers and potters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Near one of the temple’s entryways, you may have witnessed a
history-altering breakthrough. You may have seen an accountant or record-keeper
marking a clay tablet each time a pitcher of grain entered the temple. He would
have made a small picture of a grain stalk next to his tally marks, like the
city’s record-keepers had done for centuries.</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But if you looked more closely, you would have observed
that his picture was not really a picture at all. That is because, over the
course of many years, the record-keepers’ pictures had become simpler to make
taking inventory of goods faster. Eventually, the image that was used to
represent grain in the temple records no longer even vaguely resembled a grain
stalk. The pictographs evolved, in other words, to become non-pictorial symbols
that represented concepts—such
as grain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">By agreeing on a set of abstract symbols to represent
common goods stored in their temple warehouses, Uruk’s accountants were able to
avoid the laborious chore of making detailed drawings on their clay tablets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Eventually, the people of Uruk used these written symbols
to not only represent different concepts, like grain or fish or sheep, but to
also represent the spoken sounds that people used to express those concepts.
Once they had symbols for different sounds, it became possible to write out
names or other words phonetically. After that innovation, the Sumerians were
able to write down more than simple inventory lists. They could also create
increasingly complex documents. Their written output ranged from lengthy epic
poems and wisdom literature, to genealogies and lists of kings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.humanprogress.org/centers-of-progress-pt-2-uruk-2/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">READ MORE ➤➤</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic
Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 12</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: fairly difficult to
read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 17-18 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(Twelfth graders)</span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0Iraq33.223191 43.6792914.98044549127501 8.523041 61.465936508724994 78.835541tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-21859648842062864662021-05-27T07:14:00.002-07:002021-05-27T07:14:58.531-07:00How Audiobooks Can Make People More Literate ▬ Medium<p style="height: 0px;"></p><div style="background: rgb(0, 112, 192); text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">How
Audiobooks Can Make People More Literate<br /></span></span></b><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Professional
audiobook narrators help bridge the ‘understanding gap’</span></span></b></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxJm_HmRFYQwk_wUuEnUrXaJuXSmqSMPgE0v86BFBTkOdlcwilkUU4qcZ-SUuwV-zU3McDgaGNMRg0yWDpB-4JMlqsZ_8xjsdif49CxqxS4kEnv0FlSX1zav-buuC_AjlnXkBPrs4rugo/s115/AudioFile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="115" data-original-width="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxJm_HmRFYQwk_wUuEnUrXaJuXSmqSMPgE0v86BFBTkOdlcwilkUU4qcZ-SUuwV-zU3McDgaGNMRg0yWDpB-4JMlqsZ_8xjsdif49CxqxS4kEnv0FlSX1zav-buuC_AjlnXkBPrs4rugo/s0/AudioFile.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://medium.com/@edassist" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-small;"><b>AudioFile Magazine</b></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://medium.com/everylibrary/https-medium-com-everylibrary-how-audiobooks-can-make-people-more-literate-41e2405bd241"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Medium:</span></a>
9.08.2018 by AudioFile Magazine *</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Educators and cognitive scientists recognize that “reading”
is a very broad term. In the audiobook community, we already know that
“reading” can and does mean critical listening as well as visual understanding
of printed text. Pushback still comes from some who believe that “to read” is to
decode visually. I like to call them reading “print-bound purists.” As most
long-established “eye-readers” know, assumptions about characters, plot
direction, and capacity to grasp how facts in chapter one will be required in
chapter seven, can and do miss the mark on any first complete reading of a
book. How many of these print-bound purists re-read texts — silently, of
course, as 20th century pedagogy taught many of us to be a requirement of
“skillful” reading?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Professional audiobook narrators, in fact, are the people
who do that essential pre-reading for us before we sit down to acquire the
author’s work by listening to interpretive choices that make sense the first
time around as listening readers. Professional narrators, having familiarized
themselves thoroughly with the book before the recording session begins, know
and impart appropriate pacing and alterations in inflections that we can have
from the get-go when we hear their reading. Passages dense with significant and
complex information are delivered in a manner that allows us to concentrate
point by point instead of rushing by without collecting what we need for
understanding the next stage of the work. And when personal names may be too
close for eye comfort, narrators introduce specific tones — if not outright
voices — that allow us to distinguish between speakers readily.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Try these audiobooks as examples of how reading comprehension
can receive significant boosts from hearing skilled narrators:</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>What do I need to understand about this character?</b></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/96966/the-war-that-saved-my-life-by-kimberly-brubaker-bradley/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The
War that Saved My Life</span></b></a>, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, read by Jane
Entwistle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>How can I make sense of all these technical explanations
when I’m not even sure which clause is important?</b></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/30782/death-by-black-hole--by-neil-degrasse-tyson/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Death
by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries</span></b></a>, by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, read
by Dion Graham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b>Who’s who when I see a cavalcade of character names that I
can’t distinguish among quickly?</b></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/141968/death-notice-by-zhou-haohui-zac-haluza-%5Btrans%5D/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Death
Notice</span></b></a>, by Zhou Haohui, translated by Zac Haluza, read by Joel de la
Fuente</span></p>
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performances and dynamic listening experiences. We do not sell audiobooks.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://medium.com/everylibrary/https-medium-com-everylibrary-how-audiobooks-can-make-people-more-literate-41e2405bd241"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>READ
MORE ➤➤</b></span></a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 14</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(college level)</span></span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-47361877923971157592021-05-26T06:55:00.001-07:002021-05-26T06:55:26.501-07:00Literacy ▬ Spanning the US :: Lee MA :: Cocoa FL :: Philadelphia PA<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0; tab-stops: 205.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a name="_Hlk48108642"></a></span><a name="_Hlk64437771"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Literacy In The News ::
Spanning the US</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></a></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8H_E1yGFBviKTJirRw1uocVS0PRGTq29eR-U59-tJiP9Os_6BQeWgwN8YZ0Eg_kdLi1U2soanB21rOKkP-uT7LY9k9-H8NrQ00z5pAfmzSi0oJHKZ060H6sAjVkCJsviF3MvNgc0qg-rS/s70/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8H_E1yGFBviKTJirRw1uocVS0PRGTq29eR-U59-tJiP9Os_6BQeWgwN8YZ0Eg_kdLi1U2soanB21rOKkP-uT7LY9k9-H8NrQ00z5pAfmzSi0oJHKZ060H6sAjVkCJsviF3MvNgc0qg-rS/s0/5.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/litnetsb"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>@litnetsb</b></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Four LitNet Learners Are Recipients Of Diane
Laurin Memorial Fund<br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://theberkshireedge.com/baker-announces-plans-for-continued-reopening"><b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Berkshire
Edge:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b> 4.28.2021 by Amanda
Giracca</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">The <a name="_Hlk72857005"></a></span></span><a href="https://litnetsb.org/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72857005;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Literacy
Network of South Berkshire</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72857005;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72857005;"> </span>(LitNet) recently announced that
Guadalupe Miranda, Claudia Villamil, Viviana Moreno, and Carolina Escobar are
the recipients of the Diane Laurin Memorial Fund Scholarship, a grant for
LitNet learners established to honor the memory of LitNet Board member and
colleague Diane Laurin, who passed away suddenly in 2009. LitNet’s volunteer tutors
were asked to nominate learners who fit the scholarship descriptor: learners
who demonstrate commitment to their learning goals, to improving their
financial stability, and to gaining independence, and who will use the fund to
further their educational and civic goals. The $150 award is to be used as the
recipient sees fit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“It was such a pleasure to read the
nomination letters from tutors and to then hear the sense of gratitude and
inspiration from the learner recipients upon receiving these unexpected funds,”
said LitNet Executive Director Leigh Doherty. “My guess is Diane Laurin herself
would feel very proud to be able to acknowledge such committed people who are
on the road to transforming their lives.”</span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">Diane Laurin was the publisher of Laurin
Publishing in Pittsfield and throughout her life was involved with several area
nonprofits, educational programs, and cultural venues, and was serving on the
board of LitNet at the time of her death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span><a href="https://theberkshireedge.com/baker-announces-plans-for-continued-reopening"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">READ
MORE </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">➤➤</span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic
Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 17</span></i></b></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: College graduate</span></span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcYHmkAtlwtSPIiy-XZ_6Fhyphenhyphenlg2XoPKg8Swc14S53VoEOhmhFGacMGW01OuftFy_EqMG3lzmrbe7Rm3aJ0jYkMncuNc4P-iCrjzjkA9wNH1nY_DpJgfa6uAUBrHzttyKID2YRSnEgX_sA/s70/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcYHmkAtlwtSPIiy-XZ_6Fhyphenhyphenlg2XoPKg8Swc14S53VoEOhmhFGacMGW01OuftFy_EqMG3lzmrbe7Rm3aJ0jYkMncuNc4P-iCrjzjkA9wNH1nY_DpJgfa6uAUBrHzttyKID2YRSnEgX_sA/s0/6.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/literacyforadultsbrevard"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Literacy
for Adults <br /></b></span></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/literacyforadultsbrevard"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>in Brevard</b></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Volunteer Programs Helps Adults
With Literacy<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://www.hometownnewsbrevard.com/news/volunteer-programs-helps-adults-with-literacy/article_3f8e4824-a835-11eb-84bb-4b6f6a7d44b4.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hometown
News:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b> 4.29 2021 by Josh
Whitener</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">The adult illiteracy rate in the United
States is 21% according to the </span></span><a href="https://nces.ed.gov/naal/estimates/StateEstimates.aspx"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">National
Center for Education Statistics</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.literacyforadultsinbrevard.org/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72858352;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Literacy for Adults in Brevard</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72858352;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72858352;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"> (LAB) is a local nonprofit staffed by
volunteers from around the county who work with adult residents on literacy
composition. LAB started in 1971 and the organization will be celebrating its
50th anniversary in October.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“It actually got started in Titusville by a
group of Methodist women who wanted to help the migrants,” said Vicky Dunn,
volunteer and vice-president of LAB.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For the past five decades the organization
has helped residents qualify for jobs, work towards citizenship requirements
and improve the quality of their reading and writing skills.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">“We’ve been up and down and all around with
how many volunteers we’ve had and of course COVID has had an impact on us,” she
said. “We were pretty quiet during 2020. We couldn’t meet in the libraries
which is our primary space to see our students, but we’re coming back to life
now. A lot of our volunteers have already had their vaccine and we’re reaching out
to our students that we’ve had to see if they are ready to start up again.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a name="_Hlk72857489"></a></span></span><a href="https://www.hometownnewsbrevard.com/news/volunteer-programs-helps-adults-with-literacy/article_3f8e4824-a835-11eb-84bb-4b6f6a7d44b4.html"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72857489;">READ MORE </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72857489;">➤➤</span></span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72857489;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72857489;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72857489;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based
on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade
Level: 11</span></i></b></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading
Level: fairly difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's
Age: 15-17 yrs. olds</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Tenth
to Eleventh graders)</span></span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJK8GEYWXEixeGZItwXxd-9yrSg-6V2tfR6AQKlUrzuSvszahcirIi7N0F_x91kKyelrrMTyTF_TAKkBataCDv1XvoTew4rVsPyAlNv67MewdI2VY_CCunmZDmiwsFj78igMRHeBX0-e5/s70/7a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="26" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJK8GEYWXEixeGZItwXxd-9yrSg-6V2tfR6AQKlUrzuSvszahcirIi7N0F_x91kKyelrrMTyTF_TAKkBataCDv1XvoTew4rVsPyAlNv67MewdI2VY_CCunmZDmiwsFj78igMRHeBX0-e5/s0/7a.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/beyondliteracyphilly"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Beyond
Literacy</b></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Beyond Literacy: Combining Nearly 90 Years Of
History Into One Org<br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://generocity.org/philly/2021/04/29/beyond-literacy-combining-nearly-90-years-of-history-into-one-org/"><b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Generocity:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b>
4.29.2021 by Grace Shallow </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Access to a college education changed Enrico
Crispo’s life about 25 years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“I went to a public high school in a
blue-collar town in North Jersey, and I was lucky to get an athletic
scholarship to go to a good college and get a good education,” Crispo said.
“For me, education opened a lot more doors.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">Crispo now serves as the board president of <a name="_Hlk72858377"></a></span></span><a href="https://beyondliteracy.org/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72858377;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Beyond Literacy</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72858377;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72858377;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">, the product of a merger between two
long-standing Philadelphia organizations—the Community Learning Center and the
Center for Literacy. He credits the The Nonprofit Repositioning Fund and
William Penn Foundation for providing critical support and funding to aid the
merger and its strategic planning activities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Beyond Literacy (BeLit) will focus on
expanding opportunities for adults through education and workforce readiness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;">Education gaps are a prevalent issue in <a name="_Hlk72857951">Philadelphia</a>. According to an interactive mapping tool
by the <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/naal/estimates/StateEstimates.aspx"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">National Center for Education Statistics</span></b></a>, 32 percent of Philadelphians
lack basic literacy and 49 percent lack basic math skills. These numbers have
serious implications; a report by the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board
linked low levels of literacy with poverty, poor health and the likelihood of
incarceration. The same report noted adult education as a powerful driver of
the local economy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://generocity.org/philly/2021/04/29/beyond-literacy-combining-nearly-90-years-of-history-into-one-org/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">READ
MORE </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">➤➤</span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic
Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 13</span></i></b></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 18-19 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(college level entry)</span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-29076545381389216632021-05-25T07:50:00.001-07:002021-05-25T07:50:09.405-07:006 Benefits Of Literacy In The Fight Against Poverty ▬ Concern USA<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">6
Benefits Of Literacy In The Fight Against Poverty</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLvlMiMjcRxFnF26yQk73cI8A92qhbo9Fm-CXtZdrEHfFIIz7sYliztz3DTY5RuYBgBwhhaozaIx6ySAM9qNEyIzYLl3Wgpz3YZQFvz7zN2THFY0AWBQJ6UsDHha97rPVeSpgXln7olib/s116/1skiA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLvlMiMjcRxFnF26yQk73cI8A92qhbo9Fm-CXtZdrEHfFIIz7sYliztz3DTY5RuYBgBwhhaozaIx6ySAM9qNEyIzYLl3Wgpz3YZQFvz7zN2THFY0AWBQJ6UsDHha97rPVeSpgXln7olib/s0/1skiA.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://twitter.com/concern"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><b>@Concern</b></span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.concernusa.org/story/benefits-of-literacy-against-poverty/" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Concern
USA:</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">8.27.2020 by Olivia Giovetti</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Literacy, as part of education, is a
fundamental human right. Yet there are, according to <a href="https://en.unesco.org/gem-report/report/2020/inclusion"><b>UNESCO, 781 million illiterate adults</b></a> (over the age of 15) around the globe. Over 63% of those
adults are women. In countries like Niger, literacy rates are as low as 24%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fundamental human rights are just that
— fundamental. These figures are also important because literacy (and numeracy)
is one of the key ingredients to ending extreme poverty. As former UNESCO
Director-General Irina Bokova said in 2015: “The future starts with the
alphabet.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #DDDDDD; mso-background-themecolor: background2;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: black;">Here are 6 benefits of literacy as a tool
for breaking the cycle of poverty.</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>1. LITERACY IMPROVES HEALTH</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Literate patients also have an easier
time following instructions from their doctors, and literacy is a key benefit
during a health crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>2. LITERACY PROMOTES “LIFELONG
LEARNING” AND BUILDS SKILLS</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Literacy and numeracy are a
prerequisite for a broader education. Students who struggle to read (often due
to language barriers in the classroom) are more likely to drop out of school
before they can complete a basic education. This can set off a vicious cycle:
literacy rates increase as levels of completed schooling increase.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>3. LITERACY IMPROVES THE ECONOMY AND
CREATES JOBS</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Literacy is a powerful tool against poverty.
If all students in low-income countries had basic reading skills, 171 million
people could escape extreme poverty. Illiteracy comes at a high price.
According to the <a href="https://literacyspace.blogspot.com/search?q=World+Literacy+Foundation"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">World Literacy Foundation</span></b></a>, illiteracy costs the global economy
$1.5 trillion annually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.concernusa.org/story/benefits-of-literacy-against-poverty/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">READ
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 9</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 13-15 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(Eighth and Ninth graders)</span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-18358248360923273082021-05-24T07:11:00.001-07:002021-05-24T07:11:17.059-07:00The Man Who Taught Millions Of Americans To Read Before Being Forgotten ▬ Washington Post<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Man Who Taught Millions Of Americans To Read Before Being Forgotten</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4euwkW9WdfIzlbZZCUWFzDHD_ZeGJCJAArG7ngoCiWEZCY69r3_ikrR1FLooLvGtY7loayB0WRXujMU6rnJhyphenhyphenIllqDrPljfse6xpXSXMHzYegnG38VC7l8JTOvJp5Zw2XupZj-dPWH4AQ/s115/McGuffey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="115" data-original-width="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4euwkW9WdfIzlbZZCUWFzDHD_ZeGJCJAArG7ngoCiWEZCY69r3_ikrR1FLooLvGtY7loayB0WRXujMU6rnJhyphenhyphenIllqDrPljfse6xpXSXMHzYegnG38VC7l8JTOvJp5Zw2XupZj-dPWH4AQ/s0/McGuffey.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14640/14640-pdf.pdf"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Project
Gutenberg EBook <br /></b></span></a><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14640/14640-pdf.pdf"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><b>McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, <br /></b></span></a><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14640/14640-pdf.pdf"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Revised Edition</b></span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/05/23/william-holmes-mcguffey-readers-schools/" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Washington
Post:</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 5.23 2021 by Jess McHugh</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When an Ohio publisher released William
Holmes McGuffey’s school primers in 1836 and 1837, <a href="https://www.miamioh.edu/cca/mcguffey-museum/wh-mcguffey/index.html"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">McGuffey</span></b></a> was an ancient
languages professor at a rural college.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He quickly became an influential voice
in the 19th-century common school movement, and his <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14640/14640-pdf.pdf"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">McGuffey Readers</span></b></a> became
something more: books that educated millions of Americans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Over the course of the next 100 years,
nearly every president as well as influential figures from Henry Ford to Laura
Ingalls Wilder learned to read from McGuffey’s primers. Yet today, McGuffey is
hardly a household name outside of conservative Christian home-schooling
circles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">McGuffey was a purist — to his
detractors, an extremist — a Calvinist preacher who believed that dancing was a
sin and once expelled so many students that come springtime, there was only one
senior left to graduate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">But McGuffey’s Readers would strike a
chord far beyond Oxford, their influence spidering out into a country just
beginning to create public school systems. As Americans debated how to educate
an expanding number of citizens, McGuffey’s books offered a convenient answer.</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Readers could guide children from
learning the alphabet all the way to high school materials, as each volume
increased in skill level. Just as importantly, with their tales of self-made
men, American revolutionaries and Pilgrims, they served as a conduit for White,
Christian culture. In that way, McGuffey Readers were about much more than
teaching spelling and grammar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">This Calvinist-inflected idea of
American identity made its made mark on generations of schoolchildren —
McGuffey’s Readers have sold at least 122 million copies — and helped found a
tradition of God in the classroom debated to this day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/05/23/william-holmes-mcguffey-readers-schools/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">READ
MORE ➤➤</span></a></span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 14</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(college level)</span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-61790299281638972672021-05-23T06:23:00.004-07:002021-05-23T06:24:31.162-07:00Literacy ▬ Spanning the USA :: National City CA :: Oswego NY :: Marshall TX :: Wichita Falls TX<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0; tab-stops: 205.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a name="_Hlk48108642"></a></span><a name="_Hlk64437771"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Literacy In The News ::
Spanning the US</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></a></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: verdana;">Our Tutor Of The
Year, Cris Mendez !</b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk66016089"><b></b></a><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_WfjsilaHN9uZw-AItPwaItFKOeJJQpEzcpRuRhL1By2Z-NGI1uwkWX_g_oe83ghX1qRESlYOpWwpw8d5xyb83GTGtE03fc4VfuXkQigZ3SNcJOHCeAFRjeyIOqaI_9fORZGz5neTbdhd/s70/1b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="46" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_WfjsilaHN9uZw-AItPwaItFKOeJJQpEzcpRuRhL1By2Z-NGI1uwkWX_g_oe83ghX1qRESlYOpWwpw8d5xyb83GTGtE03fc4VfuXkQigZ3SNcJOHCeAFRjeyIOqaI_9fORZGz5neTbdhd/s0/1b.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.nationalcityca.gov/government/library/adult-literacy"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>National City <br />Public Library</b></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.nationalcityca.gov/home/showdocument?id=26666&t=637546070173159674"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br />National
City Library Literacy Services Newsletter:</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b> April
2021 </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>*</b></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In 1978, I worked at the International Center
for Language Studies in Bogota, as an ESL instructor during an extended stay in
Colombia. I found the experience rewarding and the eagerness learners displayed
inspiring. On my return to the U.S., I enrolled in college, met my future
husband, and life continued. Nonetheless, I remembered with fondness my
experience teaching ESL to learners, ranging in age 18 to 60, who were seeking
employment as flight attendants, in the field of hospitality and tourism to
established corporate executives to retirees, stay-at-home mothers, and other
delightful individuals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: verdana;">An ESL Opening and Literacy Services:<br /></b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fast-forward to January 2018. An email I
received from the </span><a href="https://www.nationalcityca.gov/government/library/adult-literacy" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>literacy
services at the National City Public Library</b></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> highlighted
an opening for a volunteer ESL tutor. On the spot, I applied. After
orientation, I was asked to lead a class. I entered the classroom with a
flutter of butterflies in my stomach, but instantly, I felt at ease. Soon
after, I was assigned to tutor a learner preparing for the </span><a href="https://www.ets.org/toefl" style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">TOEFL</span></b></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (Test
of English as a Foreign Language) exam. Within a few months, a learner skilled
with computers joined, then the third learner, and a wonderful ESL trio was
formed. Shortly thereafter, I was offered a group of learners for an evening class
followed by another group for a morning class, and the fun amplified.</span></div><div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Why I Recommend Tutoring:<br /></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Whether an individual is a tutor or a
learner, everyone has something to contribute. Seek tutoring in math, ESL,
computer readiness, writing classes, as well as unconventional classes, such as
driver’s license and citizenship test preparation—knowledge is key. I often
share with learners: as I am getting older, the more I realize there is still a
great deal for me to learn.</span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Teaching is more than imparting knowledge,
it is inspiring change.</i></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.</i></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b> </b><a href="http://williamarthurward.com/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-small;">William
Arthur Ward</span></b></a></div></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a name="_Hlk72595937"></a></span></span></span><a href="https://www.nationalcityca.gov/home/showdocument?id=26666&t=637546070173159674"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72595937;"><b>READ MORE </b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72595937;"><b>➤➤</b></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72595937;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72595937;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72595937;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></i></b></a></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Based
on 7 readability formulas:</i></span></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade
Level: 10</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading
Level: fairly difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's
Age: 14-15 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Ninth
to Tenth graders)</span></span></i></b></div></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72595937;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTd-GO_ImZtvZlXir0aIhUCT3IsK2DY425Wg-rLpEqvgqb68k-YZx3GQqxJA06uPeOeE3EoH0dgulhfNlQu3z8nHRz3lwi0-VCuPUBHLm3qg_6WT4K3myGg4uLT1-lx7XfAQFVnD2Fwoc/s70/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="40" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTd-GO_ImZtvZlXir0aIhUCT3IsK2DY425Wg-rLpEqvgqb68k-YZx3GQqxJA06uPeOeE3EoH0dgulhfNlQu3z8nHRz3lwi0-VCuPUBHLm3qg_6WT4K3myGg4uLT1-lx7XfAQFVnD2Fwoc/s0/2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/ocotweetspot?lang=en"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>@OCOtweetspot</b></span></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Oswego County Opportunities Honors LVOC
Tutors<br /></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://oswegocountytoday.com/news/oswego-county-opportunities-honors-lvoc-tutors/"><b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oswego
County Today:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b> 4.26.2021 </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span><a href="https://www.oco.org/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Oswego
County Opportunities</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"> (OCO) </span></span><a href="https://www.oco.org/education-services/literacy-volunteers"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Literacy
Volunteers of Oswego County</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"> tutors were named
co-recipient of OCO’s prestigious Howard Wilcox Volunteer of the Year Award.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Established in memory of a very special OCO
volunteer, the Howard Wilcox Volunteer of the Year Award is presented annually
to a volunteer that goes above and beyond in offering their time and talents to
an OCO program.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02GsolfrK7y8rkhV2BUomTADhmPssFgB5H_XHZ3oMqXst9aMNhuFSOwosbXdp-9g1icph1UBd-7-IiW3cmwHn9v-XrGVpyzgQyFbTS2RQ9Ey0MVZzin0Gpo7RmiaQb3x33RwFTVy3pR_o/s70/2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="63" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02GsolfrK7y8rkhV2BUomTADhmPssFgB5H_XHZ3oMqXst9aMNhuFSOwosbXdp-9g1icph1UBd-7-IiW3cmwHn9v-XrGVpyzgQyFbTS2RQ9Ey0MVZzin0Gpo7RmiaQb3x33RwFTVy3pR_o/s0/2a.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lvoswegocounty/"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Literacy Volunteers of <br />Oswego County</b></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table>Literacy Volunteers of Oswego County (LVOC)
provides one-to-one tutoring to adults seeking assistance in reading and math.
LVOC’s Literacy Leaders team is comprised of eight volunteer tutors. These
dedicated individuals provide weekly tutoring services in reading, writing,
math, English speaking, computer, and workplace skills to adult students to
assist them in reaching their educational and employment goals. Tutors develop
individualized learning plans taught at a pace that works best for the student.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic presented
the LVOC program and its tutors with a number of obstacles. The transition to
distance learning was not an easy one but the tutors stepped up to overcome
those obstacles and provided a variety of remote learning options tailored to
each student’s technological capabilities. From Zoom and Go-To meetings to
delivering learning packets to students and tutoring via telephone, the tutors
did what was needed to continue to help students meet their literacy goals. As
a result the LVOC program and its students have thrived during a very
challenging time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a name="_Hlk72596546"></a></span></span><a href="https://oswegocountytoday.com/news/oswego-county-opportunities-honors-lvoc-tutors/"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72596546;"><b>READ MORE </b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72596546;"><b>➤➤</b></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72596546;"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72596546;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72596546;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></i></b></a></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Based
on 7 readability formulas:</i></span></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 14</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(college level)</span></span></i></b></div></span></div>
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk72596546;"></span>
</span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><i><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></i></b></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HwncmvPWV3M4-K3KXpkEN8iwPALeIn-u7lCN-CIAWQXdobHaskiIzlVS731MYUnnRTeHIm7rjkyNJ8dlNiV1L-fzAMmNn-PlPNYC-jej9ulWCRTo4CWr9vvHTozDoIEefySHvMCpP4YZ/s70/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="20" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_HwncmvPWV3M4-K3KXpkEN8iwPALeIn-u7lCN-CIAWQXdobHaskiIzlVS731MYUnnRTeHIm7rjkyNJ8dlNiV1L-fzAMmNn-PlPNYC-jej9ulWCRTo4CWr9vvHTozDoIEefySHvMCpP4YZ/s0/3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/marshallliteracy/"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Marshall Harrison Co<br /></b></span></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/marshallliteracy/"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b> Literacy Council</b></span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Marshall Harrison County
Literacy Council Works To Help Community Members<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/harrison-magazine-marshall-harrison-county-literacy-council-works-to-help-community-members/article_b1a4ff02-881e-11eb-8058-377517e78123.html"><b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Marshall
News Messenger:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b> 4.28.2021 by Jessica
Harker</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When Marshall citizens were forced indoors a
year ago due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, many community members
chose to take the time to further their education.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">Whether it was to improve their job
prospects, or to fulfill a personal goal, the </span></span><a href="https://mhcliteracy.org/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Marshall Harrison County Literacy Council</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">
supplied the tools these community members needed to get their General
Educational Development certificate, or GED’s.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“People don’t finish high school for a huge
variety of reasons, and when they come into the office interested in getting
their GED, that already is such a huge step,” said director Karen Bickerdike.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">She said that the difference in wages from
somebody with a GED and someone without one is about $4 or $5 an hour.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“A lot of people decided that when they had
time, they were going to seize the opportunity and try for their GED,”
Bickerdike said.</span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">“One third of Harrison County is low literate
or what we call ‘functionally literate’,” Bickerdike said. “That can be
stressful, and burdensome for someone to deal with every day.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/harrison-magazine-marshall-harrison-county-literacy-council-works-to-help-community-members/article_b1a4ff02-881e-11eb-8058-377517e78123.html"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">READ
MORE </span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">➤➤</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></a></span></div>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></i></b></a></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Based on 7 readability formulas:</i></span></b></div></b><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 11</span></i></b></div></b><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></b><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Tenth to Eleventh graders)</span></i></b></div></span></div>
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<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2u7Moxrr7x_XNppwkPhdmP4P20z8iqThQk7MfVYJw0q8oScscwMi6zU0sOY154MJP84KMVfJr-S9eUWesnuhp7FehOqsiwPXkpF0k4VXhAfMpqGoKGSQO3FUzBJhtWR72B0ymJeYlfIV/s70/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="70" data-original-width="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2u7Moxrr7x_XNppwkPhdmP4P20z8iqThQk7MfVYJw0q8oScscwMi6zU0sOY154MJP84KMVfJr-S9eUWesnuhp7FehOqsiwPXkpF0k4VXhAfMpqGoKGSQO3FUzBJhtWR72B0ymJeYlfIV/s0/4.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WFwalc/"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Wichita Adult <br /></b></span></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WFwalc/"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Literacy Council</b></span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Wichita Adult Literacy Council Says Through Donations
Tutors Can Empower Their Students<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/local-news/hth-wichita-adult-literacy-council-say-through-donations-they-can-continue-to-empower-their-students/"><b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Texomas
Homepage:</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b> 4.28.2021 by Shatanya
Clarke</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">According to the </span></span><a href="http://www.wfwalc.org/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Wichita Adult Literacy Council</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">
officials, one in five adults in Wichita County is at the lowest literacy
level.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They’re working to change that, but they say
they need more volunteers and donations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nikki Schwartz, board vice president of the
Wichita Adult Literacy Council said she enjoys being a part of an organization
that supports the advancement of individuals in the community.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“We’ve seen people who just want to read the
bible, we help save people, we help people be a better parent, be a better
employee which in turn helps our community,” Schwarts said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Executive Director Carla Arinder said the
sole purpose of WALC is to improve the literacy skills of each individual it
serves all while promoting awareness of the literacy issues within the
community.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“We predominantly have students here in
Wichita Falls but we do have about an 11 county range,” Arinder said.</span></span></span></p>
<div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Officials with the organization said they
were forced to cancel two major fundraisers because of the pandemic hence they’ve
seen a $40,000 decrease in what it generally takes to keep the doors open.</span></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;">“This past year, the year of COVID we still
were able to provide over 5,000 hours of tutoring services,” Arinder said. “The
year before in 2019 we were able to do almost twelve thousand so it was cutting
in half.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/local-news/hth-wichita-adult-literacy-council-say-through-donations-they-can-continue-to-empower-their-students/"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk64437771;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk48108642;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">WATCH
02:19</span></b></span></span></a></span></p><div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></i></b></a></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Based on 7 readability formulas:</i></span></b></div></b><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 11</span></i></b></div></b><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></b><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></b><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(Tenth to Eleventh graders)</span></i></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>* <a href="http://literacyspace.blogspot.com/p/newsletters-blogs-stories.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Newsletters ◻ Blogs ◻ Stories</span></a></b></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://literacyspace.blogspot.com/p/newsletters-blogs-stories.html"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></a></span></p></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-18133660309861900692021-05-22T07:28:00.000-07:002021-05-22T07:28:11.072-07:00Literacy Mic Podcasts ▬ Washtenaw Literacy<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Literacy
Mic Podcasts</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIwDJ7-UWygIKOmOpy40di8KYjPCtNJrUQV5Vc1w2m_-jV0j894VuniWxMhByzB_wmgYngbj7anRx6YVq1KbVM8l7HJOt__Ih5Xjv0LRrV66bEj5mCZG1NGBOdftD1S5zxZzRb_uSmT-5/s115/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="115" data-original-width="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIwDJ7-UWygIKOmOpy40di8KYjPCtNJrUQV5Vc1w2m_-jV0j894VuniWxMhByzB_wmgYngbj7anRx6YVq1KbVM8l7HJOt__Ih5Xjv0LRrV66bEj5mCZG1NGBOdftD1S5zxZzRb_uSmT-5/s16000/3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>Literacy Mic <br />Podcasts</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://literacymic.buzzsprout.com/" style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Washtenaw
Literacy</span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Literacy Mic is <a href="https://washtenawliteracy.org/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Washtenaw Literacy's</span></b></a> podcast where we have
conversations about learning. Each season centers around a broad theme and each
episode is an interview with a constituent, be they staff, board, learner, or
community member about that theme. Our first season is about barriers to
learning, with a special introductory episode about Washtenaw Literacy's
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://literacymic.buzzsprout.com/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">LISTEN</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>➤ Thanks for Listening to Season 1: Barriers to Learning</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;">➤ </b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Discussing Privilege & the Future with Makayla Whitney<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;">➤ </b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Taking Ownership & Valuing Yourself with Myeshia
McDaniel<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;">➤ </b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Personal & Societal Learning Barriers with Nick Lacy<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;">➤ </b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Diversity, Equity & Inclusion + Anti-racism and Literacy
with Grace Pang<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;">➤ </b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Introduction to Season 1 - Barriers to Learning</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0Wisconsin, USA43.7844397 -88.787867815.474205863821155 -123.9441178 72.094673536178846 -53.6316178tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-17473666188609126072021-05-21T07:01:00.004-07:002021-05-21T07:01:51.629-07:00ProLiteracy’s National Book Fund® Awards $130,184 to Local Literacy Programs ▬ PR Web<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">P<span style="font-size: medium;">roLiteracy’s
National Book Fund® Awards $130,184 in Grant Funding to Local Literacy Programs</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZHkdrhXFlxbuoYrO-JZhPhYirkc__U3utemLHHA_ZbM7Okxx8S1bZy3enuL2ex2itCUIIvkszvcd5fYsNv1RsRMmvgtMgBWplF1GMvSLl_DPVwHfSRPmHJgb9PUjfkB1kcZ04ECBD5708/s144/prolitSnap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZHkdrhXFlxbuoYrO-JZhPhYirkc__U3utemLHHA_ZbM7Okxx8S1bZy3enuL2ex2itCUIIvkszvcd5fYsNv1RsRMmvgtMgBWplF1GMvSLl_DPVwHfSRPmHJgb9PUjfkB1kcZ04ECBD5708/s0/prolitSnap.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.proliteracy.org/What-We-Do/Programs-Projects/National-Book-Fund" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-small;">ProLiteracy's <br />National Book Fund</span></b></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.prweb.com/releases/proliteracys_national_book_fund_awards_130_184_in_grant_funding_to_local_literacy_programs/prweb17951320.htm" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">PR
Web:</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 5.202021</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.proliteracy.org/What-We-Do/Programs-Projects/National-Book-Fund"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ProLiteracy's
National Book Fund®</span></b></a> provides adult literacy and basic education programs
with instructional materials to help teach adults to read and write. More than
470,000 adults, youth, and children have improved their reading skills as a
result of ProLiteracy’s National Book Fund®.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">New Readers Press, the publishing division of ProLiteracy,
provides the books and materials for the grant program. These high-quality
instructional materials are specially written to meet the needs of adult
literacy students, instructors, and trainers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Additionally, the National Book Fund has provided more than
60,000 instructors with the capacity-building resources they need to provide
direct literacy instruction to students and impact their community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“There are 43 million adults in the United States who lack
basic education and literacy skills. These individuals are some of the most
vulnerable people in our society, and many were among the first to lose their
jobs during the economic downturn of the pandemic,” said Kevin Morgan,
president and CEO of ProLiteracy. “While adult literacy programs are unsure of
future funding sources, the National Book Fund® is one of the ways that
ProLiteracy is committed to helping local adult literacy programs each year.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.prweb.com/releases/proliteracys_national_book_fund_awards_130_184_in_grant_funding_to_local_literacy_programs/prweb17951320.htm"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">READ
MORE ➤➤</span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://www.proliteracy.org/Portals/0/pdf/Programs/NBF/2020-NBF-Recipients.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2020 NBF Recipients</span></a><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.proliteracy.org/Portals/0/pdf/Programs/NBF/2019%20NBF%20Recipients%20List.pdf?ver=2020-01-16-113804-337" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">2019 NBF Recipients</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
</ul>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 14</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(college level)</span></i></b></div></span></i></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><br /></p><p></p>william s byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15937951604167617966noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.7128918.780006163821156 -130.869141 65.400473836178847 -60.556641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1259435040212161717.post-77439890301730686202021-05-20T07:03:00.000-07:002021-05-20T07:03:01.151-07:00A Snapshot of Literacy Worldwide ▬ ProLiteracy<p style="height: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: #0070C0;"><b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Snapshot of Literacy Worldwide</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpYpS2wJNr19KvLmNQ4saqdFZYxY_veboonOjL0BjLGgn7JvBcWIXQaJ_-42qvjy968C3YBFFImfKnf1Im7d4V1Siz2yJ1ae6XFGt-OsmOD8ODo24s-75pKTEEPqNVVnrcuvr0vOKJtbr/s221/prolitSnap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="221" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpYpS2wJNr19KvLmNQ4saqdFZYxY_veboonOjL0BjLGgn7JvBcWIXQaJ_-42qvjy968C3YBFFImfKnf1Im7d4V1Siz2yJ1ae6XFGt-OsmOD8ODo24s-75pKTEEPqNVVnrcuvr0vOKJtbr/w200-h105/prolitSnap.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://www.proliteracy.org/Portals/0/Images/Adult%20Fact%20Sheet/2021-04-ProLiteracy-AdultBasicEducation-InternationalFactSheet-1184.pdf"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>Literacy
Worldwide <br /></b></span></a><a href="https://www.proliteracy.org/Portals/0/Images/Adult%20Fact%20Sheet/2021-04-ProLiteracy-AdultBasicEducation-InternationalFactSheet-1184.pdf"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>Snapshot</b></span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.proliteracy.org/Blogs/Article/678/A-Snapshot-of-Literacy-Worldwide?utm_campaign=Communications%20-%20Blogs&utm_content=164941984&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-95990820" style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ProLiteracy
Blog:</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 5.04.2021 by Laura McLoughlin</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Low literacy
is a global crisis. We often hear about the how increasing literacy rates in
the U.S. would impact our economy, health care system, and communities, but
what impact would improving literacy on a worldwide scale have? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.proliteracy.org/"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ProLiteracy’s</span></b></a> mission extends beyond
the United States to create a more literate world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🔽<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">In an
effort to serve adult literacy programs worldwide, we strive to be aware of the
global state of adult literacy. Recently we re-examined our statistics to
provide a <a href="https://www.proliteracy.org/Portals/0/Images/Adult%20Fact%20Sheet/2021-04-ProLiteracy-AdultBasicEducation-InternationalFactSheet-1184.pdf"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">snapshot of where literacy
stands worldwide</span></b></span></a>. Some of the most staggering statistics
include: </span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➤ 750 million
adults around the world lack basic reading and writing skills </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➤</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Women are
disproportionately burdened by low literacy and account for two-thirds of the
world’s low-literate population </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">➤</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">49 percent of
the world’s low-literate population can be found in one place—southern
Asia </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://www.proliteracy.org/Blogs/Article/678/A-Snapshot-of-Literacy-Worldwide?utm_campaign=Communications%20-%20Blogs&utm_content=164941984&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-95990820"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">READ
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<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Automatic Readability Checker</span></a></span></i></b></div><b><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Based on 7 readability formulas:</span></i></b></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Grade Level: 14</span></i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reading Level: difficult to read.</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old</span></i></b></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(college level)</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> </span></div></span></i></b></div>
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