Table of Contents

• The Literacy  List
  A frequently updated list of Web sites, electronic lists, moos, internet training and other resources for adult literacy and ESL/ESOL teachers and students
• Harnessing Technology to Serve Adult Literacy
  Solutions -- which use technology -- to common problems of adult education practitioners
• All Write News A.L.R.I.'s bi-monthly newsletter
• Connections A journal for adult literacy educators
• Fabric of History
  An American history curriculum (1600-1980) which builds on students' interest in clothing and fashion
• Special Publications, Presentations and Research by David J. Rosen

Fabric of History Curriculum
This curriculum builds on students' interest in clothing and fashion statements by helping them develop a framework of important dates and events in U.S. history through an exploration of clothing and style in the years 1600-1980. The curriculum includes timelines, pictures, readings, formal and informal writing assignments, multiple choice practice, and suggestions for interpreting and synthesizing new information through visual, kinesthetic, and interpersonal activities.

All Write News

A bi-monthly publication of articles and news primarily written by and intended for adult literacy practitioners in the Greater Boston area. Complete issues of the newsletter published since May, 1998, are available here, as are text-only versions of virtually all articles published in the newsletter since May, 1996.

Complete Issues of the All Write News: To access these issues you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded for free on the Web. Go to Adobe's Web site at "www.adobe.com/" and click on the little yellow box that says "Get Acrobat Reader." Just follow the instructions, but be prepared for it to take some time to download the program.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you run into trouble trying to access one of these files, it may be due to a problem with Acrobat Reader. There is a default setting in Acrobat Reader 5 that apparently causes a problem for some computers. If you get an error message, you may be able to fix it by doing the following: Open Acrobat Reader>Edit>Preferences>Internet settings>Options, and then UNCHECK "Allow fast web view." (If you don't find Options under Internet settings, try under General.) Please note: The "Allow fast web view" box will already be checked; you want to UNCHECK it.

• June 2004 Issue
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• May 2003 Issue
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• November 2002 Issue
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• May 2002 Issue
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• January 2002 Issue
• November 2001 Issue
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• May 2001 Issue
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• November 2000 Issue
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• July 2000 Issue
• May 2000 Issue
• March 2000 Issue
• January 2000 Issue
• November 1999 Issue
• September 1999 Issue
• July 1999 Issue
• May 1999 Issue
• March 1999 Issue
• January 1999 Issue
• November 1998 Issue
• September 1998 Issue
• July 1998 Issue
• May 1998 Issue

All Write News Individual Articles (text-only)

Connections
A bi-annual journal of adult literacy education

Two issues are available electronically in PDF format
(see above under the All Write News heading for information on PDF):
Connections Volume VII/Multilevel Classes and Connections Volume VIII/Taking Risks.

Need I Say More
A literary magazine written and edited by Boston area adult learners

Setting the Stage for Literacy
A volume of original plays by Boston area adult learners

Special Publications and Presentations by David J. Rosen

• Project-based Learning in Adult Literacy and ESOL
  A statewide Teleconference presentation, Austin, Texas, June 13, 2002
  
• Adult Literacy Advocacy: In for the Long Haul
  A Keynote presentation.at the 2002 New York Association for Continuing/Community Education Annual Conference, Kerhonkson, New York, April 29, 2002
• Keeping Up but Feeling Breathless: Learners and Practitioners Using Technology
  Learners and Practitioners Using Technology A presentation in April, 2001, New Orleans, LA
  
• ICT and Skills for Life
  A presentation at the Skills for Life International Colloquium , Ashridge, Hertfordshire, U.K. January 17-19, 2001 
• Technology, Meet Adults Who Need Basic Skills
  A keynote address to the Eleventh Annual Computers in Adult Literacy Conference, sponsored by the Mayor's Commission on Literacy, Philadelphia, PA,  May 21, 1999
  
•  Cyber-swimming to the Philippines: Stories about Computers
  A keynote address by David J. Rosen, Ed.D. to the Tenth Annual Computers
  in Adult Literacy Conference, sponsored by the Mayor's Commission on Literacy,
  Philadelphia, PA, May 12, 1998
  
• The Literacy List: Web sites, Gophers, Listservs, Moos and Internet Training Resources
  
• Literacy Webliography
  Reviews of Web sites for Adult Literacy/Basic Skills/ESOL by Boston area adult education teachers
  
• Web-based Lessons
  Lesson plans built on Web sites for Adult Literacy/Basic Skills/ESOL students written by Boston area teachers

Research conducted by David J. Rosen in 1996, as part of a National Institute for Literacy
Fellowship. (Articles online here in full text)

• How Easy is it for Adult Educators to Use the Information Superhighway?


• How Adult Literacy Practitioners are Using the Internet
  
• The Internet for Beginners: A Staff Development Model for Adult Education Practitioners
  
• How Adult Learners are Using the Internet

How to Order Hardcopy A.L.R.I. Publications

For more information, contact Steve Reuys at 617-287-4071