Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e94CVg925352; Wed, 4 Oct 2000 08:31:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 08:31:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s9daea8a.067@jsi.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Barbara Garner" <Barbara_Garner@jsi.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:292] LINCS news X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.2 Status: O Content-Length: 3222 Lines: 104 NIFL has asked me to post this... NIFL Announces New Grantees for LINCS Regional Technology Centers NIFL has awarded five new LINCS (Literacy Information aNd Communication System) Regional Technology Center grants. The grants are awarded for a three-year period, which began on October 1, 2000. LINCS Regional Technology Centers will work with the NIFL to: 1. Expand the LINCS network to include the broadest possible range of national, state, and local partners. 2. Extend the knowledge and use of LINCS web sites, infrastructure, resources, and services throughout the state and local adult education and adult and family literacy community in each region. 3. Assist the adult education and adult and family literacy community in integrating LINCS resources and new technology into teaching and staff development. 4. Enhance the literacy field's electronic knowledge base by creating, collecting, and organizing new high quality literacy information resources on-line, especially locally developed materials. The five new Regional Technology Centers are: * Pennsylvania's ABLENet -- lead site for Eastern LINCS * Ohio Literacy Resource Center -- lead site for Midwest LINCS * Northwest Regional Literacy Resource Center -- lead site for Northwest LINCS * Center for Literacy Studies, lead site for Southern LINCS * Peninsula Library System and State Literacy Resource Center of California -- lead site for Western/Pacific LINCS Each Regional Technology Center will be expected to build on the achievements of the previous regional hub and to work in cooperation with a consortium of partners and affiliates to: 1. Build new partnerships at the regional, state, and local level. 2. Implement a comprehensive regional training plan for the use of LINCS and related technology. This plan is to result in the effective integration of technology in teaching and learning. 3. Market LINCS resources and services widely to various potential LINCS audiences, with a priority on adult education and adult and family literacy practitioners. 4. Implement a regional plan to locate and organize high quality resources, particularly for LINCS Special Collections, and to facilitate the creation of new resources to meet target audiences' needs. 5. Connect increasing numbers of literacy stakeholders of all kinds -- researchers, practitioners, administrators, students, and policymakers. 6. Build evaluation tools and methods, based on the project's goals, that will show the impact of LINCS use on improving professional development and instruction. 7. Take maximum advantage of the strengths and unique capabilities of the region. Regional Technology Centers will work with each other and NIFL to coordinate their activities and, when possible, carry out joint activities, in order to maximize the total mount of resources available to LINCS and allow them to have the greatest impact possible. For more information on LINCS, contact Jaleh Behroozi at jbehroozi@nifl.gov <mailto:jbehroozi@nifl.gov> or 202/233-2039. Jaleh Behroozi Soroui LINCS Director National Institute for Literacy 1775 I Street, Suite 730 Washington, DC. 20006 Phone 202/233-2039 FAX 202/233-2050
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