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Professionals with insight--also humor--that's why I subscribe to this list. Thank heavens it exists.<div><br></div><div>Andrea :)</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 30, 2008, at 3:21 PM, Matusow, Robin I. wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"> <o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"> <!--[if !mso]> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">My reasons are many. One is to educate myself. I work with teachers and students with disabilities but I am not a classroom teacher. I feel as if I have gained more knowledge and insight to our student’s needs than any formal classroom education could have given me. Additionally, I have saved every e-mail with resources/references and am compiling a master list of resources for our teachers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thanks to all!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><b><font size="4" color="navy" face="Script MT Bold"><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:navy">Robin Matusow</span></font></b></strong><b><font size="4" color="navy" face="Script MT Bold"><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:navy;font-weight:bold"><br> </span></font></b><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:navy">Rehabilitation Instructional Specialist<br> Miami-Dade County Public Schools<br> 1450 </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><ns0:street w:insauthor="MDCPS" w:insdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z" w:endinsauthor="MDCPS" w:endinsdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z"><ns0:address w:insauthor="MDCPS" w:insdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z" w:endinsauthor="MDCPS" w:endinsdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z"><st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">Northeast Second Avenue</span></font></st1:address></st1:street></ns0:address></ns0:street><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">, </span></font><ns0:address w:insauthor="MDCPS" w:insdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z" w:endinsauthor="MDCPS" w:endinsdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z"><ns0:street w:insauthor="MDCPS" w:insdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z" w:endinsauthor="MDCPS" w:endinsdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z"><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">Ste.</span></font></st1:street></st1:address></ns0:street><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"> 837</span></font></ns0:address><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"><br> </span></font><ns0:place w:insauthor="MDCPS" w:insdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z" w:endinsauthor="MDCPS" w:endinsdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z"><ns0:city w:insauthor="MDCPS" w:insdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z" w:endinsauthor="MDCPS" w:endinsdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">Miami</span></font></ns0:city><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">, </span></font><ns0:state w:insauthor="MDCPS" w:insdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z" w:endinsauthor="MDCPS" w:endinsdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">FL</span></font></ns0:state><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"> </span></font><ns0:postalcode w:insauthor="MDCPS" w:insdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z" w:endinsauthor="MDCPS" w:endinsdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">33132</span></font></ns0:postalcode></ns0:place><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"><br> Office: 305 995-1842<br> Fax: 305 523-0738</span></font></span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:navy"><a href="mailto:rmatusow@dadeschools.net">rmatusow@dadeschools.net</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"> </span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> learningdisabilities-bounces@nifl.gov [<a href="mailto:learningdisabilities-bounces@nifl.gov">mailto:learningdisabilities-bounces@nifl.gov</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b><a href="mailto:RKenyon721@aol.com">RKenyon721@aol.com</a><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, October 30, 2008 2:40 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> learningdisabilities@nifl.gov<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [LearningDisabilities 2516] Reasons for Subscribing to the LDDiscussion List</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black">Thanks to Betsy and Shannie for their feedback on the usefulness of this Discussion List. Finding resources and learning from each others' experiences are certainly two of the major goals for all the National Institute for Literacy Discussion Lists.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black">I would be interested in hearing others' thoughts. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> What are your reasons for subscribing to this List?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> What value have you derived from being a subscriber?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black">The information would be helpful in my planning<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black">Thanks for sharing your thoughts!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"><img border="0" width="19" height="19" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://cdn-cf.aol.com/se/smi/0201e05fcb/08" style="height:44px;width:40px"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black">Rochelle<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT" family="SANSSERIF" ptsize="14"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black">Rochelle Kenyon, Ed.D.<br> Moderator, NIFL/LINCS Learning Disabilities Discussion List<br> Center for Literacy Studies at the University of Tennessee<br> <a href="mailto:RKenyon721@aol.com">RKenyon721@aol.com</a><br> 321.637.1319 <br> <br> To post a message:<br> <a href="mailto:Learningdisabilities@nifl.gov">Learningdisabilities@nifl.gov</a> <br> <br> To subscribe:<br> <a href="http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/learningdisabilitieses">http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/learningdisabilities</a> <br> <br> To read archived messages:<br> <a href="http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/learningdisabilities/2008.html">http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/learningdisabilities/2008.html</a></span></font><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family: "Tw Cen MT";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> <div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><b><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy">Pat and All LD Discussion List Members:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><b><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy">One of the greatest benefits for me as part of the LD Discussion List is learning about new resources to add to my collection. Pat, this looks wonderful, and I will definitely be ordering it soon. I am O-G certified and tutor a number of students of all ages as well as do tutor trainings. Thank you for sharing this resource.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><b><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy">Betsy Gauss<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><b><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"><ns0:personname w:insauthor="Unknown" w:insdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z" w:endinsauthor="Unknown" w:endinsdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z"><ns0:place w:insauthor="Unknown" w:insdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z" w:endinsauthor="Unknown" w:endinsdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z"><ns0:placetype w:insauthor="Unknown" w:insdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z" w:endinsauthor="Unknown" w:endinsdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z"><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy">Lake</span></font></ns0:placetype><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"> </span></font><ns0:placename w:insauthor="Unknown" w:insdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z" w:endinsauthor="Unknown" w:endinsdate="2008-10-30T15:16:00Z"><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy">Wales</span></font></ns0:placename></ns0:place><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"> Literacy Council</span></font></ns0:personname><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"> Tutor-Trainer<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><b><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy">Lake Wales, FL</span></font></b></strong><font color="black"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><b><font size="4" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial; color:black">I appreciatethe input. It's so nice to have a list where we can learn from each other's experiences. Our students benefit from the wealth of knowledge gained.</span></font></b></strong><b><font size="4" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial; color:black;font-weight:bold"><br> <strong><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></b></strong><br> <strong><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial">Shannie</span></font></b></strong></span></font></b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in"><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT"; color:black"><br> <br> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <div id="957bbc6ed95e4e18fb98b773dcc098f1"> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:7.5pt;text-align:center"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black"> <hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"> </span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. <a href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212416248x1200771803/aol?redir=http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001">Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals!</a></span></font><font size="5" color="black" face="Tw Cen MT"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT"; color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div> </o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">----------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">National Institute for Literacy</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Learning Disabilities mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:LearningDisabilities@nifl.gov">LearningDisabilities@nifl.gov</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to <a href="http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/learningdisabilities">http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/learningdisabilities</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Email delivered to <a href="mailto:andreawilder@comcast.net">andreawilder@comcast.net</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>