Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id RAA04254; Mon, 27 Dec 1999 17:45:11 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 17:45:11 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <0.270dd058.259944bd@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Dwyoho@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:3875] Re: Materials for Special Ed X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 45 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Status: RO Content-Length: 1054 Lines: 21 I take the approach that just about any teaching "materials" are useful for someone. As a teacher I was an awful packrat, and gathered materials for needs as IK identified them. Part of our problem is a tendency to want a silver bullet. Good special ed and ESL teachers have the skills to adapt what they have to what is needed, a rather magical art. They also know you can't rely on just what's in catalogs, or at the library. They use just about anything at hand, from commercial television to the comics, and create what they need when they can't find it. They also know how to get learners to create materials for future lessons even as they are studying the matter at hand. They also know that what works today with this learner may not work the next time with that learner. I know I haven't been much practical help, but hopefully this response will spark discussion and thought. Deborah W. Yoho Chief Executive Officer Greater Columbia Literacy Council 921 Woodrow Street Columbia, SC 29205 803/765-2555 dwyoho@aol.com
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