[liberationtech] This is the free learning materials I'm putting on refurbished computers these days

[Phil Shapiro]

Hi refurbishers and other digital inclusion activists, 

One of my hobbies is writing nonfiction reading passages -- the kind that show up on reading tests. My reading passages show up 
on various reading tests around the country -- and also in various English language textbooks used in other countries. I also give them 
away for free on my web site at [ http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html | http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html ] 

(scroll down past the children's stories to get to the nonfiction reading passages) 

I've created some multimedia versions of these reading passages where the text is read aloud by a computer voice -- highlighting the 
sentences as the sentences are read. These might be helpful for ESL students -- as well as native English speakers learning reading and writing 
skills. 

I've collected these all together -- along with some other files -- in a package titled Reading Passages and More. You can download for 
free from the Internet Archive and freely distribute these files for any purpose. The package is 1.3 GB in file size. You can grab it from the link 
on the right side of 

[ https://archive.org/details/reading-passages-and-more | https://archive.org/details/reading-passages-and-more ] 

Use the torrent download, when possible, to save the Internet Archive bandwidth costs. 

I'm hoping this small project of mine can spur others to share "digital culture" in such a way that the recipients of donated computers 
can spend several hours (or days) poking thru different multimedia and text files. 

phil 

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Phil Shapiro, pshapiro at his.com 
http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html 
http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro 
[ http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html | http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html ] 

He/Him/His 

"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates 
"Learning happens thru gentleness." 
"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki 

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