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 h61GloC21217; Tue, 1 Jul 2003 12:47:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 12:47:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <001f01c33fef$e6bc4e60$7ceeacce@lindsayXP> 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: "Lindsay" <werekenn@sympatico.ca> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2899] RE: Repurposed media : What's available fo X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2107 Lines: 70 Take a look at http://www.thewclc.ca/edge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eunice Snay" <ESnay@qcc.mass.edu> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 10:14 AM Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2898] RE: Repurposed media : What's available fo > Here are some web resources for lower reading levels. > > http://www.awesomestories.com/index2.htm > > http://www.hipmama.com/ > > http://www.cal.org/ncle/health/#Do > > Eunice Snay > Central SABES Regional Technologist > 508-854-4514 > esnay@qcc.mass.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: lisa [mailto:eholzer@nyc.rr.com] > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 6:47 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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