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 fB6MJU024379; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 17:19:30 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 17:19:30 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <100732@tommy.demon.co.uk> 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: jn@tommy.demon.co.uk (John Nissen) To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2147] Re: December Issue of e*literacy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: PCElm 1.11 Status: O Content-Length: 2635 Lines: 65 Hi Emily, What happened to 6, 7 and 8? I'm particularly interested in 7! I'd like to think that WordAloud can make people healthier. My sig could become "access the word, access the wart" ;-} BTW, you can download a free evaluation copy of WordAloud from www.wordaloud.co.uk. Cheers from Chiswick John -- In message <A1064140F022D3118EBE0008C7919364025EB04D@fegsmail1.fegs.org> nifl-technology@nifl.gov writes: >News from NIFL: > >The December issue of e*literacy, NIFL's monthly electronic newsletter, is >now online at: http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/eliteracy/01_12_01.html . >The table of contents and first few articles are posted below: >1. AOL-TIME WARNER ADDS NEW "LITERACY" KEYWORD >2. EQUIPPED FOR THE FUTURE TOOLS NOW AVAILABLE IN SPANISH >3. NIFL AND HEAD START COLLABORATE ON FAMILY LITERACY >4. NIFL ASSISTS AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND IN NATIONAL TRAINING >PROGRAM >5. COMING SOON: ADULT ASSESSMENT WEB SITE NEARING COMPLETION >6. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: ESEA NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE >7. LITERACY IN THE NEWS FROM THE IRISH INDEPENDENT: ILLITERACY CAUSING >HEALTH PROBLEMS >8. CALENDAR: DECEMBER CONFERENCES AND EVENTS >**************************************************************************** >1. AOL-TIME WARNER ADDS NEW "LITERACY" KEYWORD LINCS and AOL-Time Warner [snip] >5. COMING SOON: ADULT ASSESSMENT WEB SITE NEARING COMPLETION In conjunction >with National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) >and LINCS staff, NIFL's Partnership for Reading is developing an interactive >Web site that allows teachers to enter reading scores (silent reading >comprehension, word recognition, word meaning, spelling, and words per >minutes reading speed) for their learners and receive matching profiles that >offer characteristics of learners with comparable scores, as well as >suggested interventions for teaching learners with those characteristics >based on relevant research. The site, which is under construction, will be >piloted this winter and available to the public in the spring. To continue >reading e*literacy, please click here: >http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/eliteracy/01_12_01.html > > >******************************************************************** >Emily Hacker >Moderator, NIFL Technology >Director of Learning Technologies >F.E.G.S >(212) 366-8122 >ehacker@fegs.org -- Access the word, access the world! -- Try our WordAloud software!! John Nissen, Cloudworld Ltd., Chiswick, London, UK Tel: +44 (0) 845 458 3944 (local rate in the UK) Fax: +44 (0) 20 8742 8715 Email: jn@cloudworld.co.uk Web: http://www.cloudworld.co.uk and http://www.wordaloud.co.uk
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