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 g2BLmuu13719; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 16:48:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 16:48:56 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <A1064140F022D3118EBE0008C7919364025EB1D5@fegsmail1.fegs.org> 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: "Hacker, Emily" <EHacker@fegs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2305] What's New at NIFL LINCS X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Status: O Content-Length: 5421 Lines: 105 Hello List, The "What's New" and "News Flashes" sections at the NIFL LINCS Web site: http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/whats_new/flash_1_2000.html are updated weekly with literacy-related news and events from around the country. Technology-related issues featured in this week's News Flashes include the following articles: >From Canada NewsWire : Citizenship Minister Jackson Kicks Off Learning Disabilities Month by Helping Learning Disabled "Get Connected" March 1, 2002 With the push of a button, Citizenship Minister Cam Jackson today launched a wide range of new Internet-based "virtual services" that will help Ontarians with learning disabilities, parents and educators access a host of resources for learning disabilities anytime, anywhere. http://www.newswire.ca/releases/March2002/01/c6519.html >From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer : Online book-sharing for the blind launched March 2, 2002 Bookshare, based in Palo Alto, is building an online library of books scanned into audio and Braille formats for the exclusive use of the blind and people with reading problems such as dyslexia. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/60544_bookster02.shtml >From the Associated Press : Internet Access Gap Closing March 3, 2002 For eighth-grader Dale Willis Jr., getting Internet access at home means no longer having to wait in line at the library for less than a half-hour at the computer. http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/020303/internet_inequities_1.html >From the Guardian : Rural area have-nots lose out on the net March 4, 2002 The internet revolution has created a new underclass of people in rural and remote areas who are being excluded from the brave new world of teleworking, virtual shopping and online public services by lack of access to technology. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4367171,00.html >From the Tampa Bay Business Journal : Technology divide creates social, educational cavern March 1, 2002 The "digital divide" is all about technology, right? And closing the divide means ensuring that everyone, whatever the income, ethnicity or location, has access to the ever-expanding world of electronic information. http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2002/03/04/focus6.html >From Stockhouse : Bertelsmann Foundation and AOL Time Warner Foundation Call for Greater Global Commitment to Digital Literacy March 7, 2002 At a special gathering in Berlin of more than 300 policymakers, business leaders, media experts and academics from 35 countries, the Bertelsmann Foundation and the AOL Time Warner Foundation today presented a joint White Paper on the global development of digital literacy skills for the 21st century. http://www.stockhouse.com/news/news.asp?tick=AOL&newsid=1090241 FL Adult School Goes Tech Prep Florida Community College at Jacksonville is one of nine winners of a FY 2001 Tech Prep Demonstration grant, OVAE just announced. The college gets $485,519 over three years to redesign its downtown adult high school as a tech prep program. The goal is to provide adult students with integrated academic and technical instruction, including opportunities to enroll in dual credit technical education courses. Graduates earn a diploma and credits toward an Associates Degree in a technical career field. Evaluation components include academic achievement, retention and completion, placement in employment and enrollment in postsecondary education. Verizon Funds Workplace and Online Learning Verizon gave $350,000 recently to Laubach Literacy International (LLI) and Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA) to support workplace literacy and online resources. LLI gets $250,000 to create/distribute a booklet boosting employers' awareness of how low literacy affects productivity, profitability, and competitiveness. LVA gets $100,000 to develop the LVA/Verizon Promising Practices Exchange. The Exchange will expand online information and learning opportunities for educators helping low-literate adults. 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