Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i8FI4jR00430; Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:04:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:04:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20040915135400.00b865d8@pop.utk.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Margaret Lindop <glindop@utk.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:1424] Announcing - New Literacy & LD Special Collection! X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 2883 Lines: 66 Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to announce that NIFL's Literacy and Learning Disabilities Special Collection web site has been revised, redesigned, and just launched at http://ldlink.coe.utk.edu Changes were made with two improvements in mind: a more accessible site for all users and a richer collection of resources. ACCESSIBILITY We hope it will now be easier to find what you need. To make this possible, you will find pull down menus, a "Search the Collection" feature, and alternate paths to the same information. For example, one person might click on "Planning" while another might need the direct question, "What helps me succeed if I have LD?" Both "ways in" lead to important factors for success: collecting information, making choices, finding out what works, and becoming a self advocate. Another key step toward accessibility is soon to be placed on the Special collection site. "Webspeakster" is a user friendly browser that will make it possible for users to listen to anything on the site as well as the sites to which we link. RICHER COLLECTION OF RESOURCES There are new resources throughout the site and some pages--Research, Teacher/Tutor, and Student/Learner--have been completely redone. **The Research page provides access to current scientifically-based research in the fields of literacy and learning disabilities. Scroll down the Research page to find articles on the neurobiology of learning disabilities, current thinking on how to assess LD, results of a 20 year study on success attributes, and research in reading, thinking, and learning. **The Student/Learner page is for use by learners. Find independent learning activities, help with GED preparation, and true stories of other adults with LD. **The Teacher/Tutor page is for use by teachers. Find teacher preparation for teaching basic skills and GED subjects to those with LD, learning activities to use with learners, stories of other teachers, and discussion groups related to LD. **A newly created page, LD and Work Issues, will be placed on the site before the end of summer. We hope you will explore the redesigned site and give us feedback! We need to find out from you what works well, what can be improved, and what other resources you need. Because the discussion list does not accept attachments, please contact me personally at glindop@utk.edu to request a copy of the survey. I will e-mail it to you, and you can return it to us via email attachment or by regular mail. Please complete the user survey as you go through the site! Thank you so much, Margaret Lindop Coordinator, LINCS Literacy & Learning Disabilities Special Collection http://ldlink.coe.utk.edu/ Center for Literacy Studies The University of Tennessee 600 Henley St., Suite 312 Knoxville, TN 37996-4135 Phone 865-974-6659 FAX 865-974-3857 email glindop@utk.edu
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