Screens and Pages - Technology and reading for pleasure

[Context] [Training Aim] [Training Objectives] [What are the benefits] [Programme Outline] [Application Form]

The one day workshop will be particularly relevant to:

• Skills for Life tutors
• Library staff
• UK online centre staff
• ICT tutors - who wish to embed literacy work
• Staff/volunteers who support learners with reading
• Union learning representatives

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Training Context

The headlines shout that technology - with the wealth of choices and distractions it brings - is directly responsible for the decline of traditional reading, especially among younger adults.

The intention of this workshop is to challenge these assumptions and regain a more balanced understanding of technology and reading. The aim of the workshop is to raise awareness, skills and knowledge of how technology can, and is, being used to support and encourage reading, with the emphasis being on reading by choice or for pleasure.

Indeed, reading for pleasure is now recognised as a crucial consideration in developing reading literacy and life skills for adults. Acknowledging the increased amount of time people spend online, on mobile phones and iPods, technology should be recognised as an increasingly important medium for reading.

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Training Aim

The aim of the workshop is to raise awareness, skills and knowledge of how technology can and is being used to support and encourage reading for pleasure.

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Training Objectives

For participants to:

• Explore, and gain confidence in, the use of online tools, resources and mobile technologies to promote and encourage reading for pleasure
• Develop some ideas how to incorporate technology (online resources, tools and mobile technologies) in their own work, and the work of their organisations, to support and promote reading for pleasure

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What are the benefits of attending the training

By the end of the day participants should be better able to:

• Use new devices to access electronic text
• Improve the accessibility of electronic text
• Apply technology in reading for pleasure in their professional practice

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Programme Outline

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Application Form

(This form is for people not using the online reservation system above.)