Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f22LCT907107; Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:12:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:12:29 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <sa9fc5bf.054@jsi.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Jeff Carter" <jeff_carter@jsi.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:1621] New Teacher (and Student) Web Sites in Development X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.2 Status: O Content-Length: 6033 Lines: 137 Hi folks, I'm pleased to report (if a little belatedly) that the New England Literacy Resource Center (NELRC) and a consortium of other state agencies in the Northeast launched a new Web publishing mini-grant program this winter. This competitive program awards teachers (and/or students) with funding and modest technical support for a Web-based teaching/learning project. We've provided training this year as well, (we had one set of sessions in Boston and another in Baltimore), which we just completed last weekend. Anyway, participants are now working on their projects, and the drafts we've seen so far are promising. More importantly, this group has been terrific to work with and they deserve recognition for their efforts thus far. Here's the list (and this is just the lead person for each project): Active Mathematics for the Adult Learner Ruth Estabrook, Exeter Adult Education Exeter, New Hampshire This project will provide resources for math teachers and provide an interactive site for students which will provide opportunities for them to learn and practice concepts in basic math, algebra, and geometry. ABE Computer Lab Web Site Eric Appleton, The Fortune Society New York, New York This project will expand the current computer lab Web site to address the needs of ESOL, reading, math and GED students. They plan also to set up a computer system in their education program that will allow students, volunteers and staff an opportunity to connect with the technology and curriculum used in the computer lab. Adult Education Web Site Sue McLean, Queen Anne's County Board of Education Grasonville, Maryland The objective of this project is to design, develop and implement an adult education Web site that will provide students access to tutorials and learning resources. Beyond the Classroom Milton Dave, The Community College of Baltimore County Baltimore, Maryland This project will develop a Web-based adult literacy research template that teaches and reinforces beginning Internet research techniques. Computers in Adult Basic Education Nancy Sheridan, Stoughton Adult Basic Education Program Stoughton, Massachusetts The aim is to transfer their existing "Computer Subordinate Skills Analysis Chart" to a Web site which would serve as a resource for adult basic education educators seeking to integrate computers with an academic skills curriculum. Connecting Adult Learners to the Worldwide Web Allyson Randall, Charles County Public Schools Adult Services Center, Waldorf, Maryland Project will expand the use of Internet resources in all their adult education programs through the design and maintenance of a Web site which will provide a guide to pertinent adult education resources. Even Start Multi-Cultural Family Literacy Program Berta Perez, Lorie Preheim, Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Washington, DC The Cultural Links project will include: creating pages for the www.evenstartdc.org Web site, training staff and students to update the site, and adding pertinent links to the site. Enhancing the Applications of Web-Based Learning Georges Marceau, Central New York Staff Development Consortium Syracuse, New York They will develop a model Web page for teachers to develop that will include text, images, Q&As, FAQs, glossaries, discussion groups and extended Internet activities. Teacher-authors would be trained in the creation, interactive delivery and maintenance of their Web pages. Internet Health Lesson Project Sam Bernstein, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center--Adult English as a Second Language (AESL) Program, Boston, Massachusetts A student health team and AESL staff consultants will design and produce health workshop plans and bilingual materials. Literacy Links I: A Web-based Literacy Resource for ESOL Tutors Deborah Adair, Calvert County Literacy Council, Prince Frederick, Maryland The goal is to develop a dynamic, Web-based literacy resource forum for ESOL tutors to make learning resources more accessible, curricula more individualized, and tutors better informed and supported. Looking at Welfare Maura Donnelly, LaGuardia Community College New York, New York The students in level-two pre-GED classes will take a historical and national look at the issue of welfare in this country; they intend to create a paper publication from this project and would like to use the Web to expand this publication to include images, links and teacher materials. Multilingual Video Dictionary Paul DeLisle, Bangor Adult and Community Education Bangor, Maine The intent of this project is to provide ESL and ABE students with technology skills as they create a multilingual video and photo dictionary for the Web. -- One of the interesting things to me about this program is figuring out whether this is a staff development project or a product development project. Or both. We've found that whether or not the end-product (the Web sites) is ultimately successful in and of itself, the experience is likely to have a positive, transforming effect on the teachers and students involved, and helps to raise the awareness and use of technology in their programs. In addition to NELRC staff (Lou Wollrab, Steve Quann, and myself), we're assisted in this endeavor by our Web Publishing Steering Committee: Janet Isserlis, (RI SLRC), David Rosen (ALRI, Boston), Jana Sladkova (Consortium for Worker Education, NY), Abe Kreworuka (Electronic Grange Network, ME), and Ralph Silva (Hands-On Computer Learning Center, Brattleboro VT). In addition, various SLRC staff (and others) helped us get the word out about the program. And we had a lot of in-kind help this year from Kathy Ira at the Maryland SLRC, who, for one thing, helped us locate a training facility in the Baltimore area for our mid-atlantic participants. Needless to say, there is no way to do this kind of work on a regional basis without the interest, assistance, and support (often in-kind) of these regional folks. Jeff Jeff Carter NELRC/World Education (617) 482-9485 jcarter@worlded.org
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