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Become Money Smart!
April 20-27
Money Smart Week @ your library is a national initiative of the American Library Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago designed to provide financial literacy programming to help patrons better manage their personal finances.
Register your library as a partner.
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Powerful Partnerships in Workforce Recovery
Thursday, May 2 10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon Eastern
Join Pam Thompson and representatives from Florida libraries and Workforce Central Florida for a discussion on library partnerships created to address workforce recovery needs in job seeking, small business /entrepreneurship, and financial literacy.
FLA 2013 Annual Conference
Orlando Hilton
Orlando, Florida
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FEL Career Transitions
Tuesday, May 7
12:00-1:00 p.m. Eastern
This one-hour webinar will introduce you to the new FEL resource available to you in Florida. Career Transitions helps library patrons, find jobs, create resumes, and prepare for interviews. |
Trends and Issues in
E-Government Services
Tuesday, May 14
2:00-3:00 p.m. Eastern
Join Pam Thompson and the E-Government Workgroup to discuss delivery of E-Government services in Florida libraries. May will feature Jill Canono with information on the Sunshine State Library Leadership Institute.
Register for the online meeting. |
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What Libraries Need To Know To Help Local Businesses Succeed
Tuesday, May 14
10:30-11:30 a.m. Eastern
Libraries help people start and grow neighborhood businesses with programs on government licensing and funding, as well as workshops on research. But how many people on your staff have ever run a successful business? Can you offer business-support services that will actually create new jobs in your community? Join instructor Pat Wagner and learn to better see, hear and understand the challenges of small business success.
Register for the webinar.
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Broadband Adoption Toolkit
Wednesday, May 22 1:00-2:00 p.m. Eastern Join this one-hour webinar from WebJunction as the creators of the Broadband Adoption Toolkit discuss how to implement strategies for building digitally inclusive communities. |
Webinar Recording
Did you miss the GED Test Closure webinar on April 1? You can access the recording of this E-Government webinar.
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Greetings!
As more and more available jobs are found online, the ability to use a computer and navigate the Internet is critical for many of the unemployed or underemployed.
This month's newsletter focuses on resources you can use for digital literacy programming for your patrons to help strengthen the skills needed to search and apply for employment.
Please let me know if I can help you with your efforts, and don't forget to share your ideas and resources on the Project Compass Florida website.
Pam Thompson
850.245.6633
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EveryoneOn
EveryoneOn is a national campaign to motivate Americans to become connected and take advantage of free digital literacy training in their own communities. The campaign targets the digital newbie, those who are non or limited Internet users, in both English and Spanish. Your patrons can find a free training class through the site's zip code locator.
The campaign is an initiative of Connect2Compete (C2C), a national nonprofit organization that aims to eliminate the digital divide by delivering free and low-cost Internet, computers, and digital literacy training to all Americans.
Libraries can add information on their facilities and training programs to the Connect2Compete database at the partner login. Enter the Username: c2c and the Password: literacy. Click on "Add Location" on the left hand side to add or edit the information. Connect2Compete's goal is to host over 25,000 training sites across the country.
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Microsoft Digital Literacy
The goal of Microsoft Digital Literacy is to teach and assess basic computer concepts and skills so that people can use computer technology in everyday life to develop new social and economic opportunities for themselves, their families, and their communities.
This curriculum can help your patrons develop a fundamental understanding of computers whether they are entirely new to computing or have some experience
From using the Internet to sending email or creating a résumé, the Digital Literacy Curriculum helps you develop the essential skills you need to begin computing with confidence.
Currently, the original version of the Digital Literacy Curriculum is available in 17 languages, including English, Spanish, and French.
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Digital Literacy.Gov
The Digital Literacy portal is an Obama Administration initiative. Libraries can use this valuable resource to help their patrons looking for digital literacy training and services in their communities. This Web portal is the result of a federal interagency working group responding to this need. Its goal is the advancement of digital literacy across all age groups and stages of learning.
The Digital Literacy portal organizes content conveniently, enables discussion and collaboration among users and elevates best practices to improve the quality of digital literacy offerings. The site's Collaboration page invites users to share their content and their ideas to make the portal more robust.
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GCF LearnFree.org 
GCFLearnFree.org creates and provides quality, innovative online learning opportunities your patrons can use to improve their technology, literacy, and math skills needed to be successful in both work and life. GCFLearnFree.org delivers over 750 different lessons to millions of people in over 200 countries and territories .
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DigitalLearn.org
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant-funded project creates an online hub for digital literacy support and training. It is currently in Beta testing and will be launched in June 2013.
The site includes a collection of self-directed tutorials your patrons can use to increase their digital literacy, and a community of practice for digital literacy trainers to share resources, tools, and best practices.
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Can You Help? 
Do you know about
Raspberry Pi? Email Pam Thompson at pam.thompson@dos.myflorida.com if you know of a library that is using or planning to use this inexpensive credit card-sized computer.
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This program is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Florida Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services. |
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