Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e8IGpo907314; Mon, 18 Sep 2000 12:51:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 12:51:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <74.31d211b.26f7a14f@aol.com> Errors-To: rgspacone@aol.com Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Rgspacone@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:1188] Update: EFF Online Book Group X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 27 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 2238 Lines: 42 On Sept 13, Debbie Tuler wrote: "My main goal is to have better/stronger grasp of the Framework, and in particular the EFF standards. I'm participating in the online book discussion group for that reason." That's one of my goals too. In fact, eight of us have joined together to analyze and discuss the EFF Content Standards book for this reason. Our first reading selection covers pages 17-55 in chapter 3. We've agreed to finish it in 4 weeks. Then we'll post our questions/perceptions about the text amoung the eight of us. These initial messages will frame our discussion, which we've configured like a link chain in order to evenly spread the exchange of ideas. In other words, the first person will respond to whatever strikes her in our collective postings. Then, going in alphabetical order, we'll take turns responding to the responses to the responses...with a period of 24 hrs inbetween each. After we complete the first go-round, we will discuss how it went and how to move our activities to the NIFL-4EFF list. (One of my interests in organizing this group was to explore how an online EFF book group might contribute to and generate discussion here on the NIFL-4EFF list.) We've all committed to being part of three readings/dicussions and have tentatively identified our second selection: pages 57-64 in Standards book with a focus on assessment. Like some of the others in the book group, I'd like to be more conversant about the standards - particularly about how they guide instruction and support assessment. For that reason, I plan to approach my own particpation in the book group as if I were a student in a classroom using the EFF Standards to assess learning. The book group gives me the performance-based learning activities I need to experiment using the standards. Well, at least, that's the plan: to construct my own particpation so that I get hands-on experience using the standards in order to learn about using them. I'll see what happens. As the online EFF book group continues to work together, we'll continue to post updates here about what's going on. Ronna Ronna Spacone NIFL-4EFF List Moderator rgspacone@aol.com Visit the EFF website at: http://www.nifl.gov/EFF
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