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 j57FIKG28264; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:18:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:18:20 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <DD8C854E-7C12-4910-8683-6441C2D32507@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:3616] Re: Distance Learning: Shortest distance t o a new skill: X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 1142 Lines: 38 NIFL-Technology colleagues, This article will now be found at: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/06/05/ shortest_distance_to_a_new_skill/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Rosen > To: Multiple recipients of list > Sent: 6/6/05 5:44 PM > Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3615] Distance Learning: Shortest > distance to a > new skill: > > NIFL-Technology colleagues, > > This article from the Sunday, June 5th, Boston Globe, about students > in the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, begins: > > "While some of his classmates struggled to open their e-mail, Dong > Chen whizzed through sample English-language lessons during an > orientation session at a Chinatown computer lab. He eschewed the > lab's flat-screen monitors and fast Internet connections for his own > mini-laptop, which he had bought in China." > > 1. What is your reaction to the article? > 2. What questions, if any does it raise for you? > 3. What does it suggest about the future of adult English language > learning? > 4. What should practitioners be doing to prepare for this future? > > David J. Rosen > djrosen@comcast.net > >
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