Hello everyone,
I'm working with ESOL programs looking for ESOL-friendly digital skills curricula or cohesive scope and sequence to help guide computer and technology learning, and am wondering if anyone has one to share, or can point me to where any may be living. This is for a meeting on January 4. Much appreciated!
(I'm cross-posting to the Career group because digital skills are job skills.)
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The Northstar Digital Literacy Standards website includes excellent lists of standards, plus informal/formal assessments and links to curricula. The list of curricula is near the bottom of this page. Hope this is helpful.
Thank you, Elizabeth! I'd known about the curricula but hadn't checked out the standards. Very helpful!
Hi there, you can check out CrowdEd Learning's skill directory. They are actively working to crowdsource open resources from instructors. Here is the digital literacy list: CrowdEd Learning Digital Literacy
Thank you, Alecia! Really nice collections, with interesting materials like this one.
Thanks, Alecia!
CrowdED is working to expand our ESOL resources in the coming year. We are also going to be updating our skills directory to be more searchable (as opposed to stagnant PDFs) so you can search by topic and other filters (i.e., Digital Literacy, ESOL).
That said, some info:
Hope these help!!!
Jeff
Hi Jeff,
Sorry for the delay responding - back from vacation :-) Thank you! I've already used CrowdED's wonderful lists - so helpful! The Texas one is new to me.
Best,
Diana
Hi Diana,
If you haven't already, take a look at Computer and other Digital Literacy Assessments and Lessons on the Literacy List. There are nearly a dozen digital literacy skills curricula listed there, some of which may be ESL-friendly.
David
David J. Rosen
Thanks for reminding me, David!
This website was created by a group of AmeriCorps members that I worked with as part of an 18 month study on digital literacy and learning opportunities for adult refugees. It is aligned to Northstar and offers a user interface designed through an iterative and research-based process. The result is a clear site that even learners with minimal literacy skills can navigate.
https://ctep.weebly.com/
It includes links to popular sites like GCF Learn Free and Digital Learn.
Jen
Love it - so user-friendly! Thanks.
You can try to explore Applied Digital Skills by Google.
https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/c/en/curriculum.html?audience=adult_learners
Most lessons have transcripts which are helpful for ESOL students. Also, the lessons plan are inside the lessons.
I saw this book Welcome to Computers for ESL Students at a conference recently and thought it might be a really good base text. Has anyone used it? It passed my "flip through" evaluation with both language and digital literacy objectives.