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BBC Skillswise - Literacy

reneemargaret — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:16:39 CDT

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BBC Skillswise - Literacy

'Ah'm no a brick darlin'. ah kin think fur ma'sell'

BBC Skillswise - Grammar

BBC Skillswise - Listening

BBC Skillswise - Reading

BBC Skillswise - Spelling

BBC Skillswise - Workplace Vocabulary

BBC Skillswise - Writing

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This is one big reason why we pay our BBC license fees. As citizens of this country we have access to an amazing range of online educational resources that would not be available without our fees. I believe that BBC Skillswise offers the only on-line free adult education access of any national TV channel in the WORLD. The selection of literacy & numeracy worksheets, quizzes and educational games are absolutely brilliant. If you're involvement is adult education you must visit these sites.

Local and National Government sites & Voluntary organisations

reneemargaret — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:59:10 CDT

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Adult Literacies Online - "If you're involved in adult learning and in particular helping people in Scotland to read, write and use numbers, then this site is for you."

Brittish Council Scotland OPENING DOORS - BROADENING HORIZONS
The British Council is the UK's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. If you are in Scotland, the British Council offers you a gateway to our global networks. If you are in another country, the British Council provides you with a window on Scotland.

Who are we?

Where are we?

What do we do?

contact us

Working for us

Communities Scotland- "Welcome to Communities Scotland If you’re involved in adult learning and in particular helping people in Scotland to read, write and use numbers, then this site is for you".

Basic Skills Agency - "Our aim is to help people of all ages who struggle with words and numbers in their everyday lives".

The Big Plus - The campaign, which forms part of the Scottish literacy and numeracy strategy, has been designed to encourage those adults in Scotland who need help with reading, writing and numbers to access local support. Please use our contact us page if you would like more information. The Big Plus is funded by Learning Connections and is supported by learndirect Scotland.

Communities Scotland - "is a Scottish Executive agency. Our aim is to work with others to ensure decent housing and strong communities across Scotland."

Consumer Education - "The Generation Europe Foundation has launched a new initiative, supported by the European Commission’s DG Health & Consumer Protection (DG Sanco), to educate young people about consumer affairs. The cornerstone of the Europe-wide effort is the Europa Diary: Wise Choices? – an agenda for the school year 2004/2005 that students aged 15-18 can use in class." These are free dowloadable pdf worksheets or online activities that can be used with your adult learners.

Department for Education and Science Embedded Learning Portal - "Embedded teaching and learning combines the development of literacy, language and numeracy with vocational and other skills. The skills acquired provide learners with the confidence, competence and motivation necessary for them to progress, gain qualifications and to succeed in life and at work".

DirectGov Jobsearch - Search for a job, training, career information, voluntary work and childcare provision anywhere in the UK

Europass - Europass consists of five documents:

two documents (Europass curriculum vitae (CV) and Europass Language Passport) you can fill in yourself; and
three other documents (Europass Certificate Supplement, Europass Diploma Supplement and Europass Mobility) filled in and issued by competent organisations.

Translations in all EU languages

bg	Добре ли
cs	Vítáme Vás
da	Velkommen
de	Willkommen
et	Tere lemast
el	Καλώς σατε
en	Welcome
es	Bienvenido
fr	Bienvenue
hr	Dobrodošli!
is	Velkomin
it	Benvenuti
lv	Laipni dzam
lt	Sveiki tvykę
hu	Üdvözöljük
mt	Merħba
nl	Welkom
no	Velkommen
pl	Witamy
pt	Bem-vindos
ro	Bun venit
sk	Vitajte
sl	Dobrodošli
fi	Tervetuloa
sv	Välkommen
tr	Hoş eldiniz

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Healthwise Aberdeen - "Welcome to the Healthwise Aberdeen web site!

Learn Direct Scotland - "In direct support of the Scottish Executive’s Lifelong Learning Strategy, the mission of learndirect scotland is to help individuals and small businesses across Scotland to realise their potential through learning, at a time, place, pace and style that suits their needs".

NIACE's - formal aim is: "to promote the study and general advancement of adult continuing education"

The New Curiosity Shop - "The aim of the New Curiosity Shop is to provide high quality online courses in a wide range of topics. At the New Curiosity Shop we encourage learning for the pleasure of learning, and our short courses are designed to stimulate thinking, provoke questions and provide opportunities for our students to explore ideas. Each course is written for the New Curiosity Shop by the tutor, who is not only an experienced teacher but also an expert in the subject. We encourage Internet users from all over the world to become active learners at the New Curiosity Shop, working with the tutors and their fellow students." There is a charge for these courses. The New Curiosity Shop is part of Newbattle Abbey.

Quality Improvement Agency "Welcome to the electronic version of Basic Skills for adults with learning difficulties or disabilities: A resource pack to support staff development. The pack is designed to be used by adult basic skills tutors and can be used either as a stand alone resource or in conjunction with the printed version."

Scottish Enterprise - "Scottish Enterprise is Scotland's main economic development agency, funded by the Scottish Executive. Our mission is to help the people and businesses of Scotland succeed. In doing so, we aim to build a world-class economy."

The Scottish Parliament - "Welcome to the official website of the Scottish Parliament. Our founding principles are openness, accountability, the sharing of power and equal opportunities. These are at the heart of all our activities and we hope you find this website lives up to these principles."

Workers' Educational Association "Our vision is to be the recognised voice of adult learners, and the leading provider of adult and community learning in the UK by any standard".

Workers' Educational Association in Scotland "The WEA is a national, democratic, voluntary sector provider of community-based and workplace-based adult learning. We make a unique contribution to lifelong learning. 14,000 people are enrolled on courses organised by the WEA in over 200 locations across Scotland. The WEA's priority is to reach people who face barriers to learning".

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Scottish Writing

reneemargaret — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:54:13 CDT

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Scottish Corpus - An archive of the Scots language is now available all over the world thanks to a comprehensive new website. Researchers at GlasgowUniversity have completed work on the online resource, which contains more than four million words in Scots and Scottish English.

Association for Scottish Literature Studies - "The Association for Scottish Literary Studies aims to promote the study, teaching and writing of Scottish literature, and to further the study of the languages of Scotland".

The Book of Saint Fittick - "SAINT FITTICK, the ruins of whose church stand by the mouth of the "Cheerful Vale of Tullos," in Aberdeen, Scotland was the Patron Saint of Torry. The "Book of St. Fittick" is a gathering together of some fragments of history relating to the Torry district and what is inseparable from it—the harbour and the river mouth." Thanks to ElectricScotland.com

Edwin Morgan

Liz Lochhead

Norman MacCaig

Robert Burns & the Official Robert Burns Site

Robert Louis Stevenson

William Soutar

Elphinstone Kist- " The Elphinstone Kist was born of a desire to bring new and fresh writing in North East Scots to the attention of schools ... Although the 'Kist' was to be primarily aimed at schools it soon became obvious that the breadth of material submitted should be made available to a much wider public." Read more.

Gateway to Scottish Authors - "The site contains all of the biographies of 79 Scottish authors from the past included in the original publication, with appropriate hyperlinked cross-references".

Famous Scots - Not many famous women here but worth a look!

National Library of Scotland -An information treasure trove for Scotland The National Library of Scotland is an information treasure trove of Scotland’s knowledge, history and culture, with millions of books, manuscripts and maps covering every subject.

Scottish Gaelic Download Dictionary - "Install this Freelang dictionary and browse both the Scottish Gaelic-English and the English-Scottish Gaelic lists. Look up a word, add your own words, edit or delete an entry, and learn words at your own rhythm from a personal learning list. For a complete list of features click here or see the Help menu of the program."

Scottish Storytelling Centre "Welcome to the Scottish Storytelling Centre and Network, the home of Scotland's stories. The Centre is the ideal place to discover live oral storytelling. Make it the first port of call if you want to nurture your own storytelling skills, develop a community storytelling project or find out how to work with a storyteller. The Centre also presents a seasonal public programme of storytelling, theatre and literature, supported by exciting visual arts, craft and multimedia exhibitions... Read more"

Scottish Writers This is part of the firstfoot website and is listed on the left hand side of firstfoot's home page.

Anyone can submit stories to the site - you do need to be a member, but it's dead easy to join, and submitting stories etc is pretty straightforward. NB remember to email the webmaster afterwards to let them know you've submitted.

General Literacy

reneemargaret — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:34:08 CDT

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ABC Teacher - "Free Printables: 5000+ free printable pages and worksheet".

Literacy Connections "Resources for Adult Literacy Teachers and Tutors."

AGENDA WEB - " hundreds of free english grammar, listening and reading comprehension exercises online."

AlphaPlus - "AlphaPlus Index to Web Resources Access more than 1000 helpful Web sites for administrators, practitioners, and learners!"

Axis Education - "The United Kingdom’s leading publishers of quality teaching resources for adult, disaffected and secondary students".

Check out the the 'Download' link for free sample literacy & numeracy worksheets.

CITY LIT A collection of learning resources for students and teachers.

Discovery Educational Software - Free printable worksheets "These worksheets can be printed as they are, or adapted to suit your requirements. The files are Word documents and no file exceeds 100kb in size."

English Banana - You may freely print, copy and distribute English Banana.com materials, subject to our Copying Licence. Check out these new GAMES

Happy Child - Don't let the name fool you - loads of useful weblinks and free resources:> Link to extra information

How to Complain - "This service is FREE independent, empowering you to get results: How often have you intended to complain about something but never got around to it? Well now you can easily and effectively:"

Only of use in the UK

"• Learn about your rights and where to get advice and help.

• Submit, escalate and resolve complaints online.

• Find out how to complain about any issue."

Inside Out -This website has links to MacMillan, One Stop English and Skyline.

MacMillan English - Free Resources.

Punctuation - "Larry Trask bides at the University of Sussex and his excellent guide has advice and examples of everything you ever wanted to know about punctuation - brackets, quotation marks, colons, semi-colons, ellipsis and even exclamation marks!"

Skyline English - "Each month there are new activities for every level. The activities are quick, fun and easy to use. Simply click below on the level appropriate for your students".

Scholastic - Free tutor resources.

School House Technologies - " ....Select from math worksheets, vocabulary worksheets, word search worksheets, and crossword worksheets. Feel free to print these worksheets and distribute.

Student Games - Excellent free online numeracy and literacy games.

Teachnet - Literacy and Numeracy Resources by
John Farrell B.Ed H. Dip. ICT. "These worksheets are designed to be practical and easy to use. Feel free to change and adapt to your own needs".

Family Learning

reneemargaret — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:17:32 CDT

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'We are family'

Roald Dahl Day!!! - "13th September is officially Roald Dahl Day across the world!
It's a fantastic opportunity to hold events, read Roald Dahl stories and to celebrate the World's No. 1 Storyteller wherever you are." You can use the activities all year round.

Abernet (Aberdeen schools resource website)

"Get Books, Lesson Plans, Worksheets, and Other Activities
We all owe much of our success in life to teachers everywhere. We at Learning A–Z want to thank educators the best way we know how—by opening up access to our websites. Last year during Teacher Appreciation Week, we held an Open House that provided FREE access to ALL of our educational websites. Response was so overwhelming that we are going to do it again, and for even longer!"

AtoZ Teachers Stuff - "A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. Find lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more".

BBC Bitesize Scotland Standard Grade Revision

BBC Scotland Education

The Big Wild Read - "The Big Wild Read was the 2007 national Summer Reading Challenge™ in libraries - a Reading Agency initiative in the UK.
This website is part funded by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) as part of the “Framework for the Future” programme for public libraries. Loads of games and links on conservation."

Boggles World ESOL - "Boggle's World (or bogglesworld) contains printable teaching resources for TESOL, TEFL and ESL teachers who teach elementary and middle school English, ESL and EFL to kids".

Confucius Classroom - "Confucius Classrooms will be local hubs, based in a Scottish school or college, which will stimulate and support innovative teaching and learning of Chinese language and culture. They will be developed in partnership as part of International Education in Scottish schools."

Education World - The templates here can be downloaded from our site, saved to your hard drive, edited as necessary, and then printed. Or they can be downloaded, printed, and used as is. There are a few ice-breakers too!!

Family Education Network

Fathers Direct - The National Information Centre on Fatherhood - "Welcome to Fathers Direct, the national information centre on fatherhood. We're here to help you harness the full potential of fatherhood with news, training information, policy updates, research summaries and guides for supporting fathers and their families."

Food and Drink Federation - foodlink is organised by the Food and Drink Federation which represents the UK food and drink manufacturing industry.
The foodlink programme has been running for 15 years and contains several strands of activity, all with the overarching objective of raising awareness amongst consumers of all ages about the simple steps that they can take to keep their food safe:

Free Education Downloads - "Free educational software for Windows that you can download and install on your own computer" - suitable for children.

Free Online Games for girls.

Health Protection Scotland - "Scotland’s National Hand Hygiene campaign was launched in January 2007 and is being delivered by Health Protection Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Executive Health Department. This campaign is the first of its kind in the UK and its core aim is to improve hand hygiene and reduce avoidable illness. There are promotional materials to download, including a Children's Pack "Health promotion is an important issue and this includes raising awareness about hand washing to help reduce the spread of germs. Our aim is to raise the awareness of hand hygiene as early as possible, the sooner children get into the habit of washing their hands regularly, the better. "

IKnowthat.com "At IKnow that.com our goal is to help your child discover the magic - and power - of lifelong learning skills." There are really good free basic online education games here but you will have to pay for premium access.

LTS National Qualification for Standard Grade - "The materials are relevant to pupils following a National Qualification course at Standard Grade level".

Mathroom.co.uk - This site is a growing collection of links to Maths web resources and interactive teaching aids. Most are either teaching/demonstration resources or interactive activities for pupils to complete on-line.

Mary's Free Printables - A range of free printable fun resources for both adults and children. This is a US site.

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Maths is Fun

The Idea - The idea behind the site is to offer mathematics as well as some fun bits, and to combine the two wherever possible. General - The main content of the site is aimed at basic math skills. However you will find some more complex stuff, and some easier bits. Hopefully there should be something for everybody.

My Free Colouring Pages "Welcome to The Free Coloring Pages website, The Free Colouring website is designed to share a large selection of my free Children's pictures with others around the world. To read more about how the free colouring pages website started check out the About Us page."

Nationanl Literacy Trust - Family Reading Campaign - Resources for parents and families.

National Geographic for Children

On The Money - "Change the way you think about money with this collection of stories from four of Scotland’s top children’s authors. They look at all sorts of things to do with money in fun and useful ways.The stories are guaranteed to make you laugh and think, and look at money as you never have before."

Owl and Mouse Educational - "Help your child learn with games, software and educational activities from Owl & Mouse Educational Software. Early reading software—phonics software, alphabet games, and Dolch sight words in a fairy tale story. All of it FREE! Free online USA maps, world maps, map of Europe, map puzzles of the US, Europe, Africa, Asia, and many more. You can build your own castle and coat of arms—free downloads."

Rainforest maths - Interactive online maths activities. This is an Australian link - but could be converted to British maths, It's fun anyway!!

Repeat After Us - "Welcome to our Worldwide Family of Learning! Created by a high school student, RepeatAfterUs is an award-winning online library with the best collection of copyright-free English texts and scripted recordings. Our free audio clips provide an excellent resource for students and literature lovers of all ages."

TlsBooks - "Welcome to tlsbooks.com, where you'll find a variety of free printable worksheets for home and school use. Use our free worksheets to help your child gain valuable readiness skills or to reinforce material they may already be learning in school."

Teaching Ideas - "Welcome to Teaching Ideas! This site contains free lesson ideas, activities and resources, and they're all FREE for you to use in your classrooms!"

Woodlands Web - "Welcome to Woodlands Web our award winning interactive home on the Internet"The most visited school website in the country"

TES February 2007 "Kent's very own rival to Wikipedia"
Meridian Tonight 2007 ""A place where you can have fun by playing our learning games and activities. We have three pages full of Literacy Games, a huge section on maths games and activities, as well as fun science games".