Thanks, Carole.  Awesome Stories has been added to the wiki, along with a 
good bit of other resources.  The list has doubled since yesterday!  If 
anyone thinks of other collections, please respond to me or the discussion 
list--or add them directly to the wiki.

Amy
atrawick at charter.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carole Bos" <cbos at bosglazier.com>
To: <atrawick at charter.net>; <familyliteracy at nifl.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:37 PM
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 1163] Re: Finding Materials for Adult Readers



> Hi Amy:

>

> Awesome Stories might be something to include.

> http://www.awesomestories.com/  It is a collection of stories which

> should interest adults.  It also has a video section - where people can

> first read a paragraph about the video and then look at it.  There are

> around 400 videos listed.

> http://www.awesomestories.com/sample_topics/video_clips.shtml  Many

> of  the stories also have an audio component, so adult learners can hear

> the words as they read them.  Here's a link to that index.

> http://www.awesomestories.com/sample_topics/audio_collection.shtml

> The site is free - you just need to request a password to access all the

> materials.  It takes about ten seconds to get that.

>

> Best,

> Carole

>

>

>>>> atrawick at charter.net 8/12/2008 11:41 AM >>>

> Practitioners often ask how they can find books, poetry, or even simple

> paragraphs that relate to adult interests and issues.  I have added a

> few resources to the Reading section of the ALE Wiki*, but I realize

> this is a very incomplete list.  I wondered if we might pool our

> collective knowledge to create a "go to" list for the field. I'm

> envisioning this list being a list of collections of resources rather

> than a list of individual titles.  If you know of a site that already

> provides such a list, please let me know and I'll just create a link to

> it from the wiki instead of recreating the wheel:).

>

> If you are interested in contributing to the list I've started, please

> do the following:

>

> 1)  Go to the Reading section of the ALE Wiki.  Shortcut:

> http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Reading.

> 2)  Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the section Finding

> Materials for Adult Readers.

> 3)  Add to or revise the current list.

>

> To edit the page, you need to be registered on the ALE Wiki.  If you

> are not registered, take just a minute to complete a simple process.

> Click on "create an account or log in" at the top of any web page in the

> wiki. Fill in the information required (username, password, etc.).

>

> Once you are registered, log in.  Then go to the page you want to edit

> and click on "edit" at the top of the page.  Type your comments, select

> the "Show preview" button at the bottom of the page to see what they

> look like and then, when you like how they look, select the "Save page"

> button.

>

> If you need help or want to send an idea, question, or comment directly

> to me, you may contact me at atrawick at charter.net .  Or, you can post

> directly to the discussion list.

>

> Thank you in advance for your great ideas!

>

> Amy

>

> Amy R. Trawick

> Reading Topic Leader

> ALE Wiki  http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Main_Page

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> *What is the ALE Wiki?

> The Adult Literacy Education(ALE) Wiki is a free, online environment

> for practitioners, researchers, adult learners and others who are

> interested in the connections between research, professional knowledge,

> and practice in adult basic education, adult secondary education, and

> English language learning. Like other wikis*, this is a text environment

> where one can read what others have written, but also easily contribute

> one's own knowledge, opinions, findings, and observations. The ALE Wiki

> includes discussions and resources on a number of topics ranging from

> adult basic literacy, to assessment, workforce and workplace education,

> and public policy. In the topic areas are selected discussions which

> have taken place on electronic lists, summaries of these discussions,

> links to relevant research, research citations, bibliographies,

> glossaries of terms, and other resources.

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