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 h5UNErC29970; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:14:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:14:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <FLEIJPFJGNEBFCGDMABPKEPOCGAA.john_kamplain@albanyparkcommunitycenter.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: "John Kamplain" <john_kamplain@albanyparkcommunitycenter.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2895] RE: Repurposed media : What's available for beginning readers? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1701 Lines: 57 Try also: -City Family Magazine cityfamily.org -CNN Learning Resouces www.literacynet.org/cnnsf > -----Original Message----- > From: nifl-technology@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-technology@nifl.gov]On > Behalf Of lisa > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 5:44 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2893] Repurposed media : What's available for > beginning readers? > > > In my experience tutoring beginning readers, I've noticed it's > difficult to > get some of them interested in the reading materials available to them, > which, where I tutored, was mostly fiction and biography. And since I'm a > writer and editor by profession, I've started to wonder what > other sorts of > materials -- either repurposed from other media or original -- are > available for this reading level. > > Here's what I've come across: > > 1. News for You: rewritten AP news stories, with a news quiz added > > 2. Sports Illustrated for Kids / Time for Kids : repackaged/rewritten > content from these news weeklies > > 3. TV411 : web-based reading exercises based on tv news clips > > > So my questions are these: > > * Are there other commercial publishing operations involved in > creating or > repurposing material for this market? I can't help but wonder > whether there > are regional publications that have been repurposed as well.. I've often > thought that some students might respond to local news more > enthusiastically than they do to fiction. > > * Has anyone collected circulation and/or usage data on these > publications? > > * What resources are available to program directors in acquiring reading > materials? > > Thanks in advance for help either on- or off-list. > > Lisa Holzer
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