A collection of ideas for Powell River Volunteer Literacy Tutors. Please feel free to comment on the ideas, add links of your own, especially anything with exercises that can be copied or games that will enhance learning.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
GED Help
This is a great site to visit if you have a learner who is working on his or her GED. Look near the bottom and see some of the study information there. I think you can work through some of this information with your learner
.http://www.pr.viu.ca/abe/admission.asp
Monday, February 18, 2013
In and Out Workshop March 26
No Fail Writing Method
noon to one o'clock
Please join us for a quick one hour skill building session for tutors. On March 26 at noon please come to The Learning Centre above the Bank of Montreal.
What is this topic about?
-how to encourage your learner to write
-how to flag their errors without making your learner feel bad
-how to create lessons based on the errors you see
-how to keep a portfolio of writing samples
Whether you have a learner right now who needs to write more or you just want to learn more for the future please join us.
You will have a chance to meet other tutors and grab a cup of tea and a cookie. We are trying to create a community of tutors, so that you all get to know one another a bit, get comfortable with the Learning Centre and check out the constantly changing resources.
Please do come. Just RSVP to call@prepsociety.org
Thanks a lot.
Deb
noon to one o'clock
Please join us for a quick one hour skill building session for tutors. On March 26 at noon please come to The Learning Centre above the Bank of Montreal.
What is this topic about?
-how to encourage your learner to write
-how to flag their errors without making your learner feel bad
-how to create lessons based on the errors you see
-how to keep a portfolio of writing samples
Whether you have a learner right now who needs to write more or you just want to learn more for the future please join us.
You will have a chance to meet other tutors and grab a cup of tea and a cookie. We are trying to create a community of tutors, so that you all get to know one another a bit, get comfortable with the Learning Centre and check out the constantly changing resources.
Please do come. Just RSVP to call@prepsociety.org
Thanks a lot.
Deb
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Computer Help for the Older Generation
Mom, can I help you with that? Here is a great site from Google that helps parents learn some basics on the computer. It is designed for an older group.
Take a look.http://www.teachparentstech.org/
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