Join VALUEUSA's Board ▬ Leadership Opportunity For Adult Learners & Practitioners

New Leadership Opportunity For Adult Learners & Practitioners !

VALUEUSA: 2021

Are you an adult learner who wants to learn leadership skills?

Are you a tutor or community member who believes in VALUE USA’s mission?

VALUEUSA wants current or former adult learners and tutors to join its team.

Click Here to Apply for the Board

Click Here to Apply for Committee

 

DEADLINE TO APPLY: MARCH 30, 2021

 

BENEFITS

Join Board or committees:

➤ to help low literate adults change their lives and communities

➤ to learn skills to use at work, at home, and in life

➤ to improve adult education and help adult learners reach their goals

WHO CAN APPLY ?

For the Board of Directors:

➤ Current or former students in adult basic education or English literacy classes

For committees:

➤ Teachers, tutors, administrators, staff, and others in the field

➤ Community members who care about VALUE USA’s mission

➤ Anyone willing to share their skills and talents

VALUE USA is the only national organization run by current and former adult learners.

WHAT SKILLS ARE NEEDED TO DO THE JOB WELL ?

Understanding the needs of adult learners:

➤ why’s and how’s of adult learner leadership

➤ why is it important

➤ how leadership can be improved for U.S. adult learners?

Understanding the adult education field:

➤ who it helps

➤ how it is structured and supported

➤ gaps in the system

Special skills or talents in one or more area

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Automatic Readability Checker

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 11

Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. old

(Tenth to Eleventh graders)

Top 15 Graphic Organizers via Tech Learning

Top 15 Graphic Organizers

Tech Learning:  1.28.2020 by David Kapuler

These web tools and apps have made it easy to create beautiful, productive graphic organizers.

Graphic Organizers, including mind maps, Venn diagrams, infographics,and other tools, allow teachers and students to organize and present facts and ideas visually in order to facilitate teaching and learning. The web tools and apps below have made it easy to create beautiful and productive graphic organizers.

*List is in alphabetical order and Best Mind Map Software of 2019

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Automatic Readability Checker

Based on (7) readability formulas:

Grade Level: 12

Reading Level: difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 17-18 yrs. Old

(Twelfth graders)

Long Beach Library ◯ Center for Adaptive Technology ◯ WYNN Wizard

@LBCityLibrary

Center for Adaptive Technology

Long Beach Public Library

One of the many assistive devices available at the Center for Adaptive Technology at BJK Main is the WYNN Wizard. WYNN is a literacy tool that reads text out loud, highlights words as they're spoken & color-codes toolbars to support individuals w/ #dyslexia, dysgraphia & aphasia.

We provide adaptive hardware and software, library materials, and library staff to answer reference requests and assist with computers and technologies.

Many of these assistive technologies are also available at the Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library.

Adaptive Software

JAWS

WYNN Wizard

WordQ + SpeakQ

ZoomText

Dwell Clicker 2

Dragon Naturally Speaking

Adaptive Hardware and Assistive Devices

Hearing Loops

Tracker Pro

Switch Click

Joystick + Rollerball Mouse

High-Contrast, Large Print, + Braille Keyboards

Interpretype (ITY)

Optelec Full Page Magnifier

Handheld Magnifiers

Power-Adjustable Workstations

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GUNNING FOG INDEX: 19.46

punctuation marks: 4

words: 81

3+ syllable words: 23

XPrize Learning Apps Ready for FREE Download

XPrize Learning Apps Ready for Download

VALUEUSA: 3.31.2019

In the United States, right now we are helping 10% of the people who need help in learning how to read and speak English. We at VALUEUSA strongly believe that this is an opportunity to help the rest of the 90%, so we need you to help share this information, verbally because non-readers get the majority of our information by word of mouth.

We ask you to pass this information on to other programs and more importantly with adults who need to learn. We are not looking for you to do reports, get information, or collect data on anybody. All we are asking for is for you to get these free learning apps into the hands of the individuals who needs these skills, so they can make life better for themselves and their families.

Learning Upgrade https://abc.xprize.org/lu4499

Amrita Learning https://abc.xprize.org/ac4499

Cell-Ed https://abc.xprize.org/ce4499

Codex https://abc.xprize.org/pw4499

USE CODE 4499 FOR FREE ONE YEAR USE

An Android device is required to download from the Google Play Store.

So, raise your voice and take action now, from April 1 to August 30, 2019.

If you download these apps then, they will be free to use for one year. We are asking you to share it with the students in programs and anyone on the waiting list. Ask them to pass it on to anybody they think can benefit from these learning apps in any way. =Nearly 36 million adults in the U.S. lack basic literacy, yet only approximately 10% access educational services. The goal of the $1 million Adult Literacy XPRIZE Communities Competition is to expand access to adult education technology tools. XPRIZE’s mission is to empower millions of adult learners to acquire the skills they need to advance their education, find better work, or simply read a bedtime story to their children.

VALUEUSA wants your help to get this brochure and these apps in the hands of non-readers, plus verbally tell them about it. And give them a chance to learn and acquire the skills that they have no other way of getting. VALUEUSA wishes you to give us a hand and share your voice with all that will listen; let them know about the apps and give them the codes to begin!

For a tutorial on how to use these learning apps,

check their guides below:

Learning Upgrade

Cell-Ed

Amrita Learning

Codex

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