Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i1PDW3I00766; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:32:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:32:03 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <E80B3A88-6796-11D8-AAC2-000393ABE4D2@litwomen.org> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "mev@litwomen.org" <mev@litwomen.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2858] WE LEARN activities X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 2860 Lines: 74 1) radio show 2) conference update 1) For those of you in the Boston / eastern MA area.... Mev Miller & Lorna Rivera from WE LEARN will be guests on WRBB radio (104.9 fm) on Sunday morning Feb. 29 from 11:00 - noon. We will be guests of Ernest Best (director of the MassAAL - the adult learner organization in Massachusetts) on his black news radio program. The show will focus on the work of WE LEARN, women and literacy and our upcoming conference. .... 2) and speaking of our upcoming conference.... More information and details have been added to the website. The conference in March 27 from 9:00 - 4:30 at the University of Massachusetts - Harbor Campus - Boston, MA. (www.litwomen.org/welearn.html) Keynote speaker is Barbara Neely. We're still working on workshop details but we do have a preliminary outline... Morning workshops -- 1 1/2 hour long -- 10:45 – 12:15 General Issues of Women and Literacy / Women, Literacy and Empowerment Anna Yangko & Janet Isserlis Immigrant Women & Leadership Development Lorna Rivera & Elaine Ward with Valerie Flaherty The Change Agent Silja Kallenbach with Cynthia Peterson Afternoon workshops -- 2 hours long -- 1:45 – 3:45 Using Participatory Methods to Facilitate Student Writing: A Workshop for teachers and tutors ** Dr. Elsa Auerbach Participants will explore several tools for engaging students in writing as a way of eliciting important themes/concerns in their lives. The workshop will include hands-on activities with these tools as well as discussion about their usefulness for various teaching contexts. Participants are encouraged to bring examples of the types of writing activities they do with their classes. A call for articles for the special women and literacy issue of The Change Agent will be provided along with prompt questions for consideration. From Reading to Writing: a Workshop for students Sally Gabb (Net)Working – Using WE LEARN and the website as community & curriculum: A workshop for students and teachers Mev Miller ,Founder of WE LEARN This workshop will be in the computer lab and we will explore the WE LEARN website. Participants will learn about what is on the website. We will discuss how students and teachers can use the resources of WE LEARN for learning and teaching. We will imagine what more WE LEARN can offer. Through hands-on (net)working, participants will be asked for creative ideas about making WE LEARN better. more conference logisitics can be found at: http://www.litwomen.org/conference/logistics.html for more information, please contact Mev Miller WE LEARN Women Expanding: Literacy Education Action Resource Network www.litwomen.org/welearn.html Mev Miller, Ed.D., Coordinator 182 Riverside Ave. Cranston, RI 02910 401-383-4374 401-383-4374 (fax) welearn@litwomen.org
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