Add from New Zealand David my grateful thanks as well – you have always challenged and informedbut most of all made us think 

 

Kind regards 

Susan Reid 

www.workbase.org.nz

 

 

From: specialtopics-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:specialtopics-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Barbara Garner
Sent: Wednesday, 30 September 2009 11:05 a.m.
To: specialtopics at nifl.gov
Cc: specialtopics at nifl.gov
Subject: [SpecialTopics 1454] Re: Close of the Special Topics Discussion List

 

Thank you, David, for coming up with great topics, wonderful guests, and good questions to start discussions. I'll certainly miss the Special Topics list as well as your thoughtful and probing skill as a moderator.

Best,

Barb Garner 


Sep 29, 2009 04:27:20 PM, specialtopics at nifl.gov wrote:

	Colleagues,
	
	As you may know from reading the announcement posted last Friday, and copied below, the Special Topics and the Family Literacy discussion lists are coming to a close at the end of this month. The National Institute for Literacy is redesigning some of the current lists, and adding new lists, aligned to its Resource Collections. This discussion list (originally designed by former NIFL staff to cover a range of topics not covered by its other discussion lists) does not align to a resource collection, so it is being eliminated.
	
	I want to thank the many guest experts and active participants who have contributed to the eighteen lively and informative discussions held here since 2006. I understand that the discussions will continue to be archived, at 
	http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/list_archives.html at least through next year, when the Institute itself will close.Some of the
	discussions are also archived on the Adult Literacy Education Wiki http://wiki.literacytent.org . Here's a list of the Special Topics discussions for those who might care to visit/re-visit them:
	
	2006
	Adult Reading Components Study
	Persistence Study
	Formative Assessment
	Corrections Education, Family Literacy and Transition to Community Education
	
	2007
	What Works Study for Adult ESOL/ESL Students?
	Adult and Family Community Literacy
	GED Outcomes and Earnings Study

	Subscribers' Ideas for Special Topics
	What International Literacy Programs Offer Programs in the U.S.
	The Components of Numeracy Study
	
	2008
	Formative Assessment in Adult Literacy Education Study
	From Corrections Education to Community Education
	Implementing State Adult Education Content Standards
	New Designs in Online and Distance Learning
	
	2009
	Green Jobs and Basic Skills
	World Literacy and Nonformal Education
	Counseling and Advising
	Adult Literacy Leadership
	
	I also want to thank the current and past staff at the National Institute for Literacy for inviting me to host this discussion list and for their support for this and all the discussion lists. I especially want to thank past NIFL staff member Jaleh Behroozi Soroui, who created the discussion lists  (I think in 1995) as part of the NIFL Literacy Information and Communications System (LINCS), Jo Maralit, who provided able leadership to the discussion lists for several years after Jaleh, B. Denise Hawkins, who continued after Jo, and Connie Harich, who has for many years provided the discussion lists and the moderators with superb technical support.
	
	Although you are subscribed to this list now, you will not need to unsubscribe, as everyone will be unsubscribed after September 30th.
	
	It has been a pleasure to moderate the Special Topics discussion list. I have learned a great deal from guest panelists and from participants.  I hope that you have found the discussions worthwhile.
	
	David J. Rosen
	Special Topics Discussion Moderator (through September 30th when I virtually turn off the lights and close the door)
	djrosen at theworld.com
	
	----- Original Message ----- 
	From: "Lopez, Noreen" <Noreen.Lopez at ed.gov>
	To: <assessment at nifl.gov>; <englishlanguage at nifl.gov>;
	<familyliteracy at nifl.gov>; <healthliteracy at nifl.gov>;
	<learningdisabilities at nifl.gov>; <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov>;
	<diversity at nifl.gov>; <specialtopics at nifl.gov>; <technology at nifl.gov>;
	<workplace at nifl.gov>
	Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 4:04 PM
	Subject: [SpecialTopics 1395] Changes in the Discussion Lists
	
	
	> Dear Discussion List Subscribers:
	> As the Institute enters a new fiscal year October 1 and a new phase in its
	> operation, it has decided to reorganize some of the work of LINCS, most
	> noticeably, the Discussion Lists. The Institute decided to more closely
	> align the Discussion Lists with the Resource Collections, needs of the
	> field and priorities of the administration. The intent is to structure the
	> Discussion Lists as communities of practice that can support teachers,
	> administrators, and staff developers in critical literacy areas by sharing
	> best practice and the best available research.
	> To that end, the Institute has added three new Discussion Lists and
	> expanded the titles and offerings of others. Starting in October, the
	> following 11 Discussion Lists will launch and be affiliated with these
	> Resource Collections:
	> Program Management Resource Collection
	>
	> ·         Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
	>
	> ·         Assessment Discussion List
	>
	> ·         Learning Disabilities Discussion List
	>
	> ·         Transitions to Post Secondary Education Discussion List (NEW)!
	> Workforce Competitiveness Resource Collection
	>
	> ·         Adult English Language Acquisition Discussion List
	>
	> ·         Technology & Distance Learning Discussion List
	>
	> ·         Workforce Competitiveness Discussion List
	> Basic Skills Resource Collection
	>
	> ·         Reading & Writing Skills Discussion List (NEW)!
	>
	> ·         Math & Numeracy Discussion List (NEW)!
	>
	> ·         Health Literacy Discussion List
	>
	> ·         Diversity & Literacy Discussion List
	> Other changes to the Discussion Lists include discontinuing Special Topics
	> and Family Literacy as of September 30, 2009. While they will no longer
	> operate as separate Lists, special topics and family literacy will be
	> among the issues addressed online by all of the Institute’s moderators.
	> The Institute would like to thank David Rosen, Special Topics Discussion
	> List moderator; and Gail Price, Family Literacy Discussion List Moderator,
	> for their contributions and for sharing their expertise with the field.
	> They have both worked hard to bring relevant issues to the forefront.
	> Noreen S. Lopez
	> Senior Program Officer
	> National Institute for Literacy
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