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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Absolutely! U.S.A. Learns is perfect for a public library setting. Most libraries have fast Internet connections and many have workstations equipped with headphones.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">John</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><b><a href="mailto:specialtopics@nifl.gov">specialtopics@nifl.gov</a> on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 1:43 PM -0800 wrote:</b></font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Pristina" size="+1" color="#000000" style="font-family:Pristina;font-size:15pt;color:#000000;">Could this program be accessed from a public library computer?</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Pristina" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Pristina;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Melissa Speight Vaughn</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Tahoma" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:specialtopics-bounces@nifl.gov">specialtopics-bounces@nifl.gov</a> [<a href="mailto:specialtopics-bounces@nifl.gov">specialtopics-bounces@nifl.gov</a>] On Behalf Of Leslie Petty [<a href="mailto:leslie.lpetty@gmail.com">leslie.lpetty@gmail.com</a>]</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Tahoma" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:56 AM</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Tahoma" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:specialtopics@nifl.gov">specialtopics@nifl.gov</a></font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Tahoma" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><b>Subject:</b> [SpecialTopics 1123] Re: New Designs in Online and Distance Learning --your questions</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Belinda,</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">U.S.A. Learns is primarily designed for individual, independent learners, but it is also possible for teachers or tutors to use this as with a group of students. It is available free to anyone with computer and Internet access.   You could certainly make it available to parents of the children at your school to access whenever they wanted.  As we were testing the usability of the site with adult learners, we found a great deal of interest among our testers in getting other family members to use the site. </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">There is one important caveat, however.   The wide bandwidth requirements for U.S.A. Learns make it unsuitable for use in classrooms or computer labs. Even with a fast Internet connection in the school or lab, simultaneous use by just a few learners could slow the program to a crawl and make the learning experience frustrating.</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Leslie</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Omenitsch, Belinda (ES) <</font></span><a href="mailto:belinda.omenitsch@dc.gov"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">belinda.omenitsch@dc.gov</font></span></a><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">> wrote:</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:12px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Hi,</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:12px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">I would like to know how I could get the information to the parents of the students at school?  I am at an elementary school in DC and I am sure that we have parents who could benefit from this.  Is this program set up for the individual or is it based on a model to augment formal programs?  If it is available for the individual then I might be able to arrange for parents to take the course during the school day at our school.</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:12px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Thanks.</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:12px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Belinda Omenitsch</font></span></div>
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