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Great!!<br><br>> From: eberlelinda@gmail.com<br>> To: educators@lists.laptop.org<br>> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:43:28 -0800<br>> Subject: Re: [Educators] Open Source Literacy Software?<br>> <br>> I have a great site for children and English!<br>> Www.starfall.com<br>> Will ask around about adult sites as I work with second language <br>> learners.<br>> Linda Eberle<br>> <br>> Sent from my iPhone<br>> <br>> On Jan 16, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Mike Dawson <mikeofmanchester@gmail.com> <br>> wrote:<br>> <br>> > Dear Educators,<br>> ><br>> > We are preparing to get ready for the first school in Afghanistan to<br>> > receive XO laptops here in Jalalabad. Literacy here is a relatively<br>> > high 60% as far as I can find out - nationwide it's more like 70-80%<br>> > illiteracy.<br>> ><br>> > We were hoping that when the kids go to sleep at home that we can find<br>> > something to help adults learn literacy as well as other skills, but<br>> > without the literacy the others of course shall be far more<br>> > difficult...<br>> ><br>> > I have seen:<br>> ><br>> > free-reading.net - web based research based literacy activities -<br>> > seems to have no internationalization and is exclusively for K-3<br>> > children<br>> > litnow.org - seems to have exactly the right objective, but I can't<br>> > find any hint of any actual software... I have sent in the contact<br>> > form and will see what (if anything) comes back.<br>> ><br>> > There is quite a lot of literacy related traditional (paper) based<br>> > materials around here - so getting the ingredients should not be<br>> > difficult. If anyone knows of anything that might meet this or anyone<br>> > interested in working together to start something like that please let<br>> > us know...<br>> ><br>> > Thanks/Regards,<br>> ><br>> > -Mike<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Educators mailing list<br>> > Educators@lists.laptop.org<br>> > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/educators<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Educators mailing list<br>> Educators@lists.laptop.org<br>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/educators<br></body>
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