Month: December 2007

Bad Luck can Lead to Low Literacy

Michael ChalkLeave a commentace, adult literacy, classroom

Great article in this month’s Literacy Link from ACAL. Steve Goldberg writes about his work running the national Reading Writing Hotline over the last seven years. He’s always inundated with requests for radio interviews, occasionally from shock-jocks who try to make him say that the education system is cracking up, and urge him to name the blameworthy. i love the way Steve tells his story .. these interviews are his favourite, because he gets to challenge all the “loaded assumptions about adult literacy”. And then he’ll tell some real life Read More …

Cartoon slideshow

Michael Chalk2 CommentsUncategorized

This is a blog post about blogging. (oh-oh … eyes roll) No, actually the point i want to make is about using visuals. This slideshow presentation uses cartoons to make a series of points .. and it’s very effective. Think you can’t draw? Well, how sophisticated are the visuals here, really? Similar points to the ones Sue Waters makes over here. See i don’t do any of the things recommended, which is why i’m writing for myself. Ha ha. At least i enjoy writing. | View | Upload your own