Literacy

Rosetta Stone V3 (requires a log-in) is available in the literacy computer labs at Central, Hardesty and Martin. An older version of Rosetta Stone (no log-in required) is available at Zarrow and Rudisill. Call Alisa at 918-549-7400 if you want to know more about this great literacy lab resource!

The BOK Event Center is hosting a “Get Motivated! Business Seminar” on Monday, February 13th, and Tulsa County officials are expecting a high turnout. Due to increased traffic and limited parking, please avoid coming to Central library to tutor your adult learner between 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. on this date.

For a vibrant, interesting, and entertaining website full of educational videos, visit www.openculture.com. You can take free courses on various subjects or languages. You can watch Christopher Walken read books aloud, watch a brief video about a robot that flies like a bird, and watch over 450 movies for free online (including classics, westerns, foreign films, indie films, and more). You can download free e-books or audio books, watch rare footage of Samuel Becket, or download a lecture series on Roman architecture. This website is amazing!

“Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything for free.” This is the heading at www.khanacademy.org. The site contains over 2,700 videos and 260 practice exercises for people interested in learning anything from arithmetic to physics to investing. Though this site is heavily focused on science (including healthcare and medicine), math, history, and economics, there are also videos for general SAT and GMAT prep. Take a little time to check it out; I guarantee you will learn something.

Did you know that you can take free non-credit courses through Universal Class with your TCCL library card number? You can enroll in up to five courses, and you have six months to complete each course. You can take courses that focus on developing specific knowledge and skills, like accounting, history, medical coding, language arts, office skills, etc. You can also take courses to prepare for the GED! Tutors, basic literacy learners, and English language learners can all find something interesting and useful to improve their abilities and knowledge base. Click here to try it, or find it under Research, then Databases, then Universal Class.