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BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English Course Pack 6

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Shantel Ivits, Vancouver Community College

Copyright Year: 2015

Publisher: BCcampus

Language: English

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Reviewed by Laurie Dickinson, Instructor, Lord Fairfax Community College on 4/4/21

The design of the text is digital with reading links and other course links that include an OER companion text, downloadable organizers, and technology tutorials. Many of the text readings include spotlights on previous student digital stories,... read more

Table of Contents

  • Storytelling Goes Digital
  • What's Your Story?
  • What's Your Message?
  • Setting the Tone
  • Writing the Script
  • Seeing and Hearing Your Digital Story
  • Getting Started With WeVideo
  • Bringing It All Together
  • Sharing Your Digital Story

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About the Book

This course pack is designed to meet the learning outcomes for Adult Literacy Fundamental English Level 6 (roughly equivalent to grades 7.5 to 9 in the K-12 system). Every chapter includes a level-appropriate, high-interest reading of between 500 and 1,000 words. The readings are freely available in a separate reader with convenient links to the readings in each chapter of this course pack. Font size and line spacing can be adjusted in the online view, and have been enhanced for the print and PDF versions for easier reading. This course pack has been reviewed by subject experts from colleges and universities.

About the Contributors

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Shantel Ivits is an instructor in the Basic Education Department at Vancouver Community College, on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

Shantel has designed curriculum for the National Film Board of Canada, the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation, and many community-based projects.

Over the past decade, they have taught in literacy programs, university bridging programs, an ESL academy, and K-12 public schools.

They hold a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Trent University, as well as a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Arts in Educational Studies from the University of British Columbia.

Shantel identifies as a queer and trans person with white settler privilege. Their goal as an educator is to help people build their capacity to reach their goals and create more socially just communities.

Shantel also enjoys raising awareness that ‘they’ can be used as a singular pronoun!

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