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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>This month’s XerteFriday session is on Basic literacy/functional skills. It will be especially useful for Basic skills tutors, ESOL tutors, teacher trainers, learning support and special needs tutors. There re also likely to be neat ideas that would benefit Modern Foreign Language teaching.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As ever, the url is <a href="http://www.instantpresenter.com/techdisonline104">www.instantpresenter.com/techdisonline104</a> and the session will start at 1300 London time, lasting for some 45 mins.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please pass this on to appropriate colleagues in teaching, learning or staff development.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Alistair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>Alistair McNaught<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>Senior Advisor <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F79646'>JISC</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span style='color:#31849B'>TechDis<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>C/O The Higher Education Academy Building<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>Innovation Way<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>York Science Park<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>YORK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>YO10 5BR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>07870567659<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#548DD4'>Skype: alistair_techdis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:navy'><a href="http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/?utm_source=emailsig&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sitelaunchmail"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk</span></a> </span><span style='color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#4F6228'>Interested in pragmatic inclusion- focused staff development? <br>See JISC TechDis <a href="http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/pages/detail/floating_pages/ITQ_Accessible_IT_Practice"><span style='color:#4F6228'>ITQ for accessible IT practice</span></a> information and <a href="http://itq.jisctechdis.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=5"><span style='color:#4F6228'>taster resource</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>