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• Picasa

  Created: Monday, 02 November 2009 21:06 Author: Daniel Pedroza

  By Daniel Pedroza, Writer & Learner      Digital cameras make taking photos easy. But keeping all those photos organized on your computer and editing them can be daunting. Many software programs exist to help you organize and edit your photos on your ...

• William McKinley

  Created: Monday, 02 November 2009 20:47 Author: Alison Werner

  By Alison Werner, Senior Writer         William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was born in Niles, Ohio on January 29, 1843. At 17, he enrolled at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, but he dropped out due to illness. W...

• Second Start Adult Literacy Program

  Created: Monday, 02 November 2009 20:26 Author: Alison Werner

  By Alison Werner, Senior Writer        The Second Start Adult Literacy Program has been teaching adult learners in Oakland, California to read for 25 years. A part of the Oakland Public Library, it provides free instruction to adult learners. Using ...

• Henry Barnes III

  Created: Monday, 02 November 2009 20:07 Author: Alison Werner

  By Alison Werner, Senior Writer    Ten months ago, Henry Barnes III walked into the Second Start Adult Literacy Program at the Oakland Library in California and asked for help. He wanted to learn to read better.     Barnes, 52, says, “I got sick a...

• Road Safety

  Created: Monday, 02 November 2009 19:36 Author: Alison Werner

  By Alison Werner, Senior Writer        In 2006, motor vehicle traffic crashes were the leading cause of death among people between the ages of 3 to 34, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The best way to protect ...

• A Letter to Readers

  Created: Tuesday, 08 September 2009 17:44 Author: Daniel Pedroza

  A Letter to ReadersBy Daniel Pedroza, President & LearnerDear Readers,     This issue of The Literacy Tribune marks our second anniversary. I, along with the staff and board of United Literacy, want to thank you for your support. We are thrilled to se...

• VALUE

  Created: Tuesday, 08 September 2009 17:35 Author: Daniel Pedroza

       VALUE (Voice of Adult Learners United to Educate) is a nationwide nonprofit founded to give adult learners a voice and improve adult literacy education in the United States through adult learner leadership and involvement. “There are three mill...

• Operating Systems

  Created: Tuesday, 08 September 2009 17:07 Author: Daniel Pedroza, Writer & Learner

       An operating system is the most important program on your computer. Without an operating system, your computer will not work. The operating system performs basic but important tasks. It manages and coordinates all your computer’s activities and...

• The Indian Wars

  Created: Tuesday, 08 September 2009 16:55 Author: Daniel Pedroza

       On December 29, 1890, 500 troops from the U.S. Army’s 7th Calvary surrounded the Pine Ridge Reservation of Sioux Indians near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. The Army came to disarm and detain the Sioux before moving them to a reservation in ...

• Henry Winkler

  Created: Tuesday, 08 September 2009 16:31 Author: Alison Werner, Senior Writer

            Henry Winkler is many things: actor, producer, director, author, and dyslexic.     For 10 years, Winkler played one of the coolest characters in television history: “Fonzie.” As the leather jacket wearing, motorcycle riding, char...

• Understanding Dyslexia

  Created: Tuesday, 08 September 2009 16:06 Author: Sylvester Pues, Contributing Writer

       Dyslexia is a language-based learning problem. People with dyslexia have problems with language skills like reading or writing and processing that information. Dyslexia has to do with how the brain organizes what the eyes see and what the ears he...

• Technology Watch: Buying a Netbook

  Created: Monday, 06 July 2009 17:42 Author: Daniel Pedroza

  By Daniel Pedroza, Writer & Learner     Over the last 15 years computers have shrunk in size. Gone are the bulky desktop computers that took up your entire desk. Laptops were designed to be smaller, portable versions of the desktop. A laptop did all t...

• A History Lesson: The Reconstruction Amendments

  Created: Monday, 06 July 2009 17:28 Author: Alison Werner

  By Alison Werner, Senior Writer    When the United States ratified the Constitution in 1788, slavery was a common practice. Most of the black people in America were slaves. A slave was someone who was owned by someone else. A slave was treated as prope...

• Member Spotlight: John Corcoran

  Created: Monday, 06 July 2009 17:06 Author: Alison Werner

  By Alison Werner, Senior WriterJohn Corcoran graduated from college, became a high school teacher, and a successful real estate developer all before he learned to read at age 48.    “People say I accomplished a lot without knowing how to read, but I ...

• Neighborhood Watch

  Created: Monday, 06 July 2009 16:23 Author: Alison Werner

   By Alison Werner, Senior Writer         Whether you live in a city, suburb, town, or rural area, crime is a concern. No one wants to come home one day and find their house has been burglarized. The idea that a stranger has entered one’s home and...

• Technology Watch: Mac OS X Desktop Basics

  Created: Saturday, 09 May 2009 20:24 Author: Daniel Pedroza

   By Daniel Pedroza, Writer &  Learner    The first thing you should familiarize yourself with on your computer is the desktop. The desktop is the main screen on the computer that you see after you turn it on. Each computer operating system will have a...

• A History Lesson: The Civil War

  Created: Saturday, 09 May 2009 20:11 Author: Alison Werner

  The Civil War By Alison Werner, Senior WriterThe American Civil War was a dark period in the history of the United States. The war divided the country and killed or wounded many people. However, the Civil War was also an important moment in U.S. history. ...

• Member Spotlight: Juan Munoz

  Created: Saturday, 09 May 2009 19:16 Author: Alison Werner

  By Alison Werner, Senior Writer         When Juan Munoz, 28, counsels a student with a learning disability, he understands what they are going through. Growing up in Rosemead, California, Munoz struggled with reading. “Everything I read I forg...

• Protect Yourself from the Flu

  Created: Saturday, 09 May 2009 18:24 Author: Alison Werner

  By Alison Werner, Senior Writer The current outbreak of swine flu has everyone thinking about the flu. Every year, flu season typically runs from October through May in the United States. Flu viruses, or influenza, are spread mainly from person to pe...

• Technology Watch: Installing and Uninstalling Software on Mac OS X

  Created: Friday, 13 March 2009 18:31 Author: Daniel Pedroza

  By Daniel Pedroza, Writer & Learner    Did you purchase a new Mac?  Wondering how to install new software on it?  I will show you how to install and uninstall software on a Mac.  The Mac operating system is one of the easiest on which to install sof...