[NIFL-4EFF:1197] Re: Update: EFF Online Book Group

From: Marcia Anderson (manderson@newcastle.k12.pa.us)
Date: Wed Sep 20 2000 - 09:38:07 EDT


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Ronna,

I'm very interested in this information.  Can you post this information to
the entire list?  or will it be just the "end" results?

Marcia Anderson
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Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:1188] Update: EFF Online Book Group


> 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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