Hi Workplace Educators,
Below is a description of a project that would be easy to adapt to 
workplace education.  I can see a workplace literacy class doing a virtual 
visit of their own workplace to share with not only people in a different 
location that would be their partnering class, but also with the colleagues 
in their own workplace to better understand each others' jobs.  It would be 
enlightening to their work colleagues, and would be an excellent way to 
work with ESOL workers and expand the vocabulary they need for their 
workplace.  Just thought I'd share.
Donna

Donna JG Brian
Moderator, NIFL Workplace Literacy Discussion List, and
Coordinator/Developer LINCS Workforce Education Special Collection at 
http://worklink.coe.utk.edu/
Center for Literacy Studies at The University of Tennessee
600 Henley Street, Suite 312
Knoxville, TN 37996-4135

865-974-3420 (desk phone)        FAX 865-974-3857
djgbrian at utk.edu




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>Dear Colleague,

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>The International Classroom Virtual Visit project will begin again this

>September and October, linking classrooms across the world to enable 

>students to meet each other virtually, share information about their 

>cultures, their classrooms, and their communities, and to build world 

>understanding. Classes can include English as a Second or Other Language, 

>Adult Basic Education,  elementary or secondary education, or family 

>literacy.  Students can be from age seven to adult.

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>This year we hope classes will continue to share student-to-student 

>questions and answers, and to choose and discuss a film which each class 

>agrees to watch.  We also hope that  some classes will be interested in 

>making a community virtual visit Web site to share with their partner class.

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>What is a community virtual visit?

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>A small group of students, camera and clipboard in hand, and with 

>questions prepared in advance, visits a community institution, agency, 

>employer or service to learn more about what the organization does.  The 

>group then takes this information and makes a Virtual Visit Web site so 

>that other students locally and across the world can learn about this 

>community institution, too.  In this case we hope that students will 

>choose a local institution which will be of  interest locally, to their 

>partnering class, and to others around the world.  This could be an 

>historical site, a tourist attraction, a manufacturer or farm which 

>employs environmentally friendly practices, a visual or performing arts or 

>cultural center, a newspaper or television station....or..... whatever 

>students and teachers choose together. They should be places of interest 

>to the students, of course.

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>For examples of virtual visits made by adults and teenagers in Eastern

>Massachusetts and Southern California, take a look at:

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>       http://alri.org/visits/vv.html

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>If you would like to participate in this year's project, sign up on the 

>I.C.V.V. e-list  by going to:

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>      http://lists.literacytent.org/mailman/listinfo/icvv

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>If you would like to look at classroom visit projects from previous years 

>go to:

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>      http://www.otan.us/webfarm/emailproject/school.htm

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>Scroll down the page to choose an ID and password.  That's it. Easy and free.

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>If you are already on the I.C.V.V. e-list, send an e-mail to:

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>        icvv at lists.literacytent.org

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>indicating your interest.  Be sure to describe your class, when it starts, 

>and what age group or nationality, if any, you would prefer to partner with.

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>David J. Rosen

>djrosen at comcast.net

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>Susan Gaer

>sgaer at yahoo.com

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