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 i94Mg0811548; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 18:42:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 18:42:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <35B9CD6A-1656-11D9-A66A-00039381D39E@comcast.net> 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: David Rosen <djrosen@comcast.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3311] Re: Voter and Civic participation X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 3820 Lines: 112 Mariann, Your Vote Matters, a web site where you can easily download a voter registration application for your state, might be useful. http://www.yourvotematters.org/vote/index.cfm?ms=VER001 Literacy President has answers to questions about adult literacy from at least one Presidential campaign, perhaps with others' responses on the way. http://litpresident.org/ Check out the New England Literacy Resource Institute/Change Agent Voter Education Registration Action (VERA) campaign and get a free copy of Votiung in the 2004 elections http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent/backIssues.htm David J. Rosen djropsen@comcast.net On Monday, October 4, 2004, at 05:03 PM, Mariann Fedele wrote: > Colleagues, > One timely issue that we may want to discuss and share resources on is > voter and civic participation. The upcoming presidential election may > stimulate interest in this topic for students and educators. There are > certainly many resources to share on this topic. What technology based > resources are you using with learners? Many of the resources out there > are > not designed with adult new-readers or English language learners in > mind, > please share your strategies for using your resources of choice with > learners. What do those resources offer in terms of their distinct > functionality (an interactive web-based resource for example, video > that is > accessible even to new-readers) that you find useful and most > effective? > > Following is a message from Eliza Licht at P.O.V., PBS's excellent > documentary film affiliate, and an election year resource on voting > that > may be of value to you. The home page for this resource is: > http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/election/index.html > Of interest is their "Talking Back" feature that offers a short digital > video of people discussing the importance of voting, and what is > influencing their vote this election year. It may be useful in > initiating > classroom discussion and writing on this topic. > Best regards, > Mariann > >> From Eliza Licht: > I wanted to let you know about two exciting new resources on our > website. > The first is our Why Vote? website, you should check out the entire > site > but I wanted to specifically draw your attention to the > Democracy in Action Project page. > http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/election/res/res_povce.html > Campuses across the country have applied to hold screenings of these > films > as part of their Election 2004 activities. Some schools are holding > all day > film series on election day, while others are screening one or two in > the > upcoming weeks to motivate students to vote. If you are interested in > holding a screening, just hit the application at the bottom of the > site. > For those of you who teach high school, you may be interested in using > the > "I'm not old enough to vote but if I was..." lesson plan on the for > educators page. > > The second page I wanted to tell you about was our Engagement Campaigns > site. There you can apply to hold screenings and download guides. > www.pbs.org/pov/outreach/ > > > I would also love to hear from you. Tell me why you downloaded the > guide > and if you used it. We will be creating a more formal feedback > tool--but > any feedback is useful. > > If you want off of this list, just let me know. > > Thanks so much and don't hesitate to contact me if you have any > questions! > > Eliza > Eliza Licht > Community Engagement Manager > P.O.V., American Documentary, Inc. > 212-989-8121 x316 > www.pbs.org/pov/outreach > > Mariann Fedele > Coordinator of Professional Development, > Literacy Assistance Center > Interim Moderator, > NIFL Technology and Literacy Discussion List > 32 Broadway 10th Floor > New York, New York 10004 > 212-803-3325 > mariannf@lacnyc.org > www.lacnyc.org >
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