I'll second what Marie Cora had to say. It seems it is more for the
literacy instructor to pull ideas from, like the video section, where
you can watch another instructor's class and get ideas.  I also like
that in both the "Book Search" and "scholar" sections of their program
they have pulled examples dealing with Adult Literacy, as well as more
common topics.

I think the map section could allow for more informal contact between
teachers, similar to that of the International Classroom Virtual Visit
Project.

All in all it's a good beginning, even a Groups section that focuses on
different areas of literacy instruction.

Barry Burkett


-----Original Message-----
From: technology-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:technology-bounces at nifl.gov]
On Behalf Of Marie Cora
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 2:01 PM
To: pshapiro at his.com; 'The Technology and Literacy Discussion List'
Subject: [Technology 612] Re: google's new literacy web site

Hi all,

The site is kind of interesting - it's really a huge collection of other
readings/resources that you can get on-line.  It's kind of like a
focused search engine.  There is a ton of stuff there - it certainly
reaches world-wide.

Marie Cora


-----Original Message-----
From: technology-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:technology-bounces at nifl.gov]
On Behalf Of Phil Shapiro
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 1:38 PM
To: technology at nifl.gov
Subject: [Technology 610] google's new literacy web site



hi nifl-technology community -

       google has launched a literacy web site. i haven't looked into it
yet, but it looks like it might have value.

      http://www.google.com/literacy/

           - phil

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