- Perfect Copy
- Speech Assisted Reading and Writing Program (SARAW)
- Spell It (Plus or Deluxe)
- Star 1020/Star 2010
- Starspell 2001
- Typing Tutor
See the attached
list of software reviews from On the Margins: Creating Opportunities
for Learning with Computer Technology for Homeless People.
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Integrated
learning systems
(Hardware/software systems that offer instructional materials under
the umbrella of a management system that monitors and reports on
student performance. Most ILS's run on networked computers comprised
of a file server and student workstations.)
- Autoskill
- Computer Curriculum Corporation (CCC)
- Jostens INVEST
- Principle of the Alphabet Literacy System (PALS)
- Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations (PLATO)
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The web is increasingly being used to support instructional activities in literacy
education. Two examples of recent initiatives are:
- "GED Online": The College of the Rockies offers GED-level Math and Writing
Skills over the Internet using WebCT as a platform.
- "AlphaRoute":
AlphaPlus, the Ontario literacy resource centre, has developed a new
set of tools to support adult literacy on the Internet that includes
reading, writing and math activities. Web site is: http://alphaplus.ca/alpharoute/demo/
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For the past several years the literacy community in Canada has been developing
electronic networks and conferencing services that provide new opportunities
for communication, networking, and professional development within the field.
- The western provinces and territories use FirstClass email and conferencing
software as the platform for their on-line literacy communities.
- Ontario's system,
AlphaCom, is currently based on the web at: http://alphaplus.ca/talkto.htm
Prepared by Sandy
Middleton, Literacy BC
April 2001
Revised August 2003
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