BFI South Africa Progress Report BFI-SA, in partnership with Mindset, and others, has completed a prototype that is currently being tested with out of school youth in Limpopo Province in South Africa. Additional research is being carried out with the University of Limpopo to ascertain the motivations of youth to learn different languages in a complex multilingual environment.
BFI Ghana Progress Report Read about BFI's lastest efforts to integrate appropriate, high-quality, and culturally sensitive multimedia to improve teaching in Ghana.
YouthHub Read more about this new planning grant project funded by the W.K Kellogg Foundation to lay the groundwork for creating a resource center for ICT-based, context-related skills training for at-risk youth.
TECH21 Resources now available The following resources are indexed on the TECH21home page for easy viewing: research and practice papers; training modules for tech products ; tech implementation lessons learned ; prototype tech resources database; Project STAIT; ICT roundtable papers.
New Technologies for Literacy and Adult Education: A Global Perspective by Daniel Wagner and Robert Kozma - ways that technology can support the development of youth and adult literacy, and non-formal education in a global perspective (with an emphasis on developing countries). Click here for the PDF document.
BFI India Project Update BFI was expanded to 13 sites in the Hyderabad /RangaReddy region of Andhra Pradesh, with more than 250 participating youth. Read more about it.
Professional Development Institute at COABE, 2005 -- Read about this new model for professional development.
Connecticut Lessons Learned From Year Two, 2004 Grant overviews, reflections on technology leadership, technology resource reviews, and technology-facilitated lesson plans from Connecticut. Read all about them here!
New Training Modules now available online. Professional development modules for the English For All, Professional Development Kit, GED Math on the Internet, Writing, and TV411, 2004
Information Technologies and Education for the Poor in Africa, 2004 Read this report that focuses on what is being and has been attempted in this domain in some of the poorest communities in Africa, with a special emphasis on South Africa and Ghana.
Expanding State Initiatives Using Technology: Policy, Research, and Models for Implementation. Find information about the topics covered and resources presented at this COABE 2004 Pre-Conference Event.
Literature review by Janet Smith on desktop videoconferencing and professional development, 2004. Read this new report from TECH21.
Bridging the Digital Divide, September 2003 An article offering an international perspective on literacy issues in the Literacy at Work newsletter (#42) from ABC Canada.
Smaller, quicker, cheaper: Alternative strategies for literacy assessment in the UN Literacy Decade, 2003 This paper makes a strong case for assessment approaches that are smaller and more focused, quicker, and cheaper -- a more tailored approach to surveys that are the "right size" for the questions addressed.
International Roundtable on ICT in Non-Formal and Adult Education: Supporting Out-of-School Youth and Adults, 2003, co-sponsored by U.S. Department of Education/Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Benton Foundation, World Bank and IBM Corporation. Read the press release, background papers, presentations, and country case studies.
BFI: Progress in South Africa, Launch in India, & Prototype Multimedia Learning Tools Developed in India, 2003. Read about all of the new developments with the BFI Project in India and South Africa.
Progress on BFI Project, 2003: South Africa & India -- Read about R&D on the use of ICTs to improve literacy and basic education in these two countries. Funded by U.S. Dept of Education, World Bank, Unicef, JPMorganChase, and others.
Workplace USA, 2003 -- Read about this recent workplace ESL book whose objectives are to increase students' readiness for work and their understanding of workplace culture in this country.
JPMorgan Chase Funds Partnership to Bridge Digital Divide, 2003. J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation will support the ILI's Bridges to the Future Initiative (BFI) in India, aimed at increasing access to information and communication technologies for teachers, students, out-of-school youth, and adults.
Adult Literacy Practitioners’ Readiness to Use Technology in the Classroom: A Five State Survey in 2002 - 2003. Read this new report.
Literacy Innovations Winter 2002/2003 newsletter -- Read the most recent issue of the ILI's electronic newsletter.
Professional Development Training Modules now available -- Workplace Essential Skills, GED Connection, ESL/CivicsLink, Technology Integration, 2002
International Literacy and Technology Resource Locator -- resources on information and communications technology (ICTs) and other issues in literacy work throughout the world, with emphasis on developing countries, 2002.
Literacy and Technology: Lighting the Dark-- NCAL's Ashley Del Bianco was quoted extensively in this article from the online issue of Convergence Magazine. "Technology can be a tremendous motivator for people who have traditionally struggled with text based mediums..."
ILI/UNESCO Literacy Assessment Practices (LAP) in Selected Developing Countries produces new reports. ILI is pleased to announce the publication of several documents on new methods for literacy assessment in developing countries. The Literacy Assessment Project (LAP), sponsored by UNESCO, produced two main project papers as well as a set of four case studies (India, China, Nigeria and Mexico).
BFI-India Training Program begins in Andhra Pradesh in conjunction with UN International Literacy Day -- Read the press release.
PDK Couples Web Resources with Peer Interaction, 2001. Teacher Shelly Ratelle found it enlightening to be the learner in a learner-centered approach to professional development. Read this new Focus on Basics article about NCAL's PDK.
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