Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id RAA14272; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 17:15:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 17:15:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <v04003a00b3e2240a868b@[128.118.38.92]> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Barbara Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:2918] THURSDAY NOTES X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Status: OR >From the Desk of Ronald S. Pugsley, Director, DAEL Office of Vocational and Adult Education Editor: Sarah Newcomb Production: Rose Tilghman August 19, 1999 ___________________________________ CTC Panels Rate Nearly 750 Applications Sixty-two panels of almost 200 experts from around the nation this August rated the nearly 750 applications submitted to OVAE's Community Technology Centers program. Taking a hint from the program, and to conserve funds for grant awards, the panels used technology to conduct their business via conference calls. Awards will be announced this fall. Contact norris_dickard@ed.gov More GED Earners Plan on Higher Ed A new report from the GED Testing Service, Who Took the GED? shows that more people who took the test plan to go on to higher education. The 1998 data show that two out of three test-takers reported college plans, nearly double the one in three planning on college 20 years ago. Also good news is that 5% more test-takers earned the high school credential in 1998 than in 1997 when requirements for passing first were raised. Special accommodations for disabilities increased 7%. To purchase the report, contact Lisa Richards Hone at 202/939-9490. Download highlights from http://www.gedtest.org/ Computers For Adult Learning A Hit at NFL Adult learners using technology come in all shapes and sizes-and occupations. According to the Associated Press (AP), the National Football League joined the ranks of organizations using computers to train their, well...workers. To boost their last place execution of key plays and game plans, the New Orleans Saints tossed playbooks and picked up computers to train their offense. Software permits players to draw out a route on a play. When a player is wrong, the computer shows him where he should have gone. Players can test themselves and programs chart time spent studying. AP quotes tight end Cam Cleeland on the benefits of technology for learning: ``I can have this in front of me at all times. I can take it home. I can use it on my television. I can take it with me on the plane on road trips. Who needs to open a playbook ...when I'm one or two clicks away from learning?'' The New England Patriots and Dallas Cowboys followed suit. ________________________________________________________________ A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy Office of Vocational and Adult Education OVAE Homepage http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/
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