It seem appropriate to note this again, given the nature of the current discussion. 


>From earlier posts, some of you may already know that as part of the WE LEARN conference, we have set up a special section of the Adult Literacy Education wiki (http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Main_Page).  The idea is to have some questions and ideas generated on the web prior to the conference, so that even those who cannot attend may still participate in some way. We also plan to have wiki updates throughout the conference itself, and post information and ideas after the conference is over. 


The main page for the conference is 
http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/WE_LEARN_2008_Conference

We have pages for each session. For example, 

Listening Across Difference
http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/WL08/3:_Listening_Across_Difference

Description: People tell and hear many stories in literacy programs. How can we use stories to understand each other better? Together we will use art to explore this question. Then you will learn about a research project in Toronto that is looking at stories and diversity in adult literacy.

As another example, 

Landscapes of Difference
http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/WL08/9:_Landscapes_of_Difference

Description: Immigrants move from one country to another uprooting families for economic, political, religious, and social reasons, often leaving family and history of place behind. Migrants traverse landscapes, continuously on the move, following agricultural growing seasons or housing booms often retracing steps over and over again yet never settling in one place, but many places. A landscape is not a given, a piece of reality that is simply there, but an effort of imagination, an ordering of reality from different angles. This session examines how dimensions of mobility, spatiality and culture influence learning and identity construction of diverse women. How five women experienced the destabilizing effects when the flow of their lives shifted and how they made meaning as they relocated from one place to another are taken into account. It is the internal shift in sense of well being and identity that is often profoundly thrown into question.

I think the last week or so of conversation would be easily lend itself to questions being posed about these topics. I encourage you to surf over, log in, and post your ideas and questions. 

Thanks. 

Erik Jacobson