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 e8KDc6924442; Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:38:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:38:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <003101c02309$45ce4e00$7871b4ce@manderson> 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: "Marcia Anderson" <manderson@newcastle.k12.pa.us> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:1197] Re: Update: EFF Online Book Group X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2660 Lines: 72 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Rgspacone@aol.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 12:50 PM 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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