NLA Info: New teacher training tool for basic education

[Janet Smith]

INTERNATIONAL LITERACY EXPLORER (website and CD-ROM)

The International Literacy Institute is pleased to announce this new 
multimedia teacher training tool for basic education. 
(Currently available at http://www.literacyonline.org/explorer/ and also 
in a cross-platform CD-ROM. Soon to be available in Spanish and French.)

The International Literacy Explorer is a multimedia teacher training tool 
for basic education designed to give an overview of literacy and basic 
education issues and practices in an international context. 

Whether you are a teacher/practitioner, policymaker, or researcher, the 
Explorer offers ideas, discussions, and activities to enrich your literacy 
thinking. 

In the context of the worldwide effort to more fully and effectively 
increase the literacy skills of all people, the Explorer focuses in on 
several innovative, useful, and/or effective literacy projects and 
programs across the globe. 

Also included are supplementary sections on general literacy concepts and 
statistics (an extensive interactive database is one component) to help 
the user to better understand the consequences of widespread illiteracy, 
the need for and importance of literacy education, and the achievements of 
the specific literacy projects. 

The Explorer has four main sections: Literacy Overview, Literacy Projects, 
Statistics, and Resources.

For more information, please contact editor at literacy.upenn.edu, not the 
NLA list. 

The International Literacy Institute is co-sponsored by UNESCO and the 
University of Pennsylvania/Graduate School of Education. Online 
information about the Institute and its mission can be found at:
http://literacyonline.org/ili/

Janet C. Smith, Ph.D.         |    National Center on Adult Literacy/
Editor/Webmaster              |    International Literacy Institute
smith at literacy.upenn.edu      |    University of Pennsylvania
Tel: 215-898-4539             |    http://www.literacyonline.org           =