Educational technology

This Technical Tips article from CONNECT provides information about organizing files and folders on the computer.

This lesson plan from CONNECT teaches the format for writing a personal letter, while practicing writing skills.

This book review from CONNECT features The Technology Toolkit, the account of a literacy and technology initiative by the Brooklyn Public Library. The Technology Toolkit describes the learners' experiences with this program, and provides a resource for instructors who wish to help adults learn computer skills.

This lesson plan from CONNECT teaches how to find and print information from a website, and practices reading and writing simple directions.

This website review from CONNECT features Canada.com by CanWest Interactive. Canada.com provides Canadian information on practical topics, and is a potential source of reading practice for literacy learners.

This website review from CONNECT features the Muskol website. Muskol provides information about mosquitoes in various formats, and is a potential source of reading practice for literacy learners.

This website review from CONNECT features the Mazemaster website for youth employment. Mazemaster provides an easy-to-use online resume writing tool.

This software review from CONNECT describes Improving Writing Skills 1 by Queue. This software program provides learners with writing practice.

This software review by CONNECT describes Norton SystemWorks by Symantec. Norton SystemWorks 2001 puts together a collection of popular software utilities that help optimize, maintain and repair computers.

This software review from CONNECT describes Deep Freeze by Faronics. Deep Freeze is a security software that enables instructors to prevent accidental deletions and changes to the settings by restoring the computer to its original state whenever it is turned off.