Reading

• Reading for Pleasure
  From the UK's National Literacy Trust, this paper explores reading for pleasure. It shows that promoting reading can have a major impact on children/young people and adults and their future.

Technology & Learning

• Mobile Phones for Learning?
  Mobile phones, texting and computer games are frequently blamed for causing a decline in spelling and grammar among young people. Could they be used for learning? The UK Basic Skills Agency reports on a project using M-learning that "engendered so much interest that others, all of whom had been unsuccessful at school and had not engaged in learning since, found their way to the learning centre and asked to be participants… Everyone interviewed for this article was convinced about the potential of mobile technology for engaging young people in basic skills learning…”
  Also of interest and referenced in this article is a web site for m-learning
  http://www.m-learning.org
  Reference: Mobile learning – December 2006, Schools Sharing Practice, Basic Skills Agency, UK.

Violence

• Violence & Learning Web site
  The Learning & Violence Web site has evolved! It covers a vast range of materials – both text and visual – from understanding the complex issues of violence and its impact on learning, selfhelp for learning, connecting with others working on this issue, to dreaming of a different world.

Workplace Literacy

• Unlocking Canada's Potential
  This report, from the Canadian Council on Learning, describes the state of workplace and adult learning in Canada.
• New Zealand's Workbase Portal
  Workbase is a non-profit organization that specialized in improving workforce literacy. The Web site has online publications, an e-mail newsletter, and other useful information for those involved in workforce literacy. Subscribe to the newsletter with your e-mail address.