WebJunction

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Course Description

WebJunction's Spanish Language Outreach provides useful tips and tools for reaching out to Spanish speakers near your library in order to define and better meet their needs and, ultimately, to help them bridge the digital divide that separates them from the benefits of information technology.

The course is filled with best practices, case studies, resources, and Web sites to support outreach. Learners create an action plan for building partnerships and implementing outreach activities to Spanish-speakers in their community.

Learning Goals: By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

• Identify two benefits of reaching out to Spanish speakers to increase their access to library resources.
• Identify two challenges in reaching out to Spanish speakers to increase their access to public computers and technology resources.
• Define culture, how people learn it, and how it impacts their behavior and perceptions.
• Identify five cultural differences between Anglo-American and Hispanic/Latino cultures.
• Develop an action plan to build strong community partnerships and collaborate with a Spanish-speaking community.
• Explain why community partnerships are essential to outreach.
• List four techniques for marketing the public library and public computers to a Spanish-speaking community.
• Create a plan for developing a computer class for Spanish speakers in your library.
• Identify four online sources of curriculum materials for teaching computer skills to Spanish speakers.
• Explain why evaluation is important to outreach