Exciting News! The National Institute for Literacy is launching a new electronic list focusing on special topics related to adult literacy. This list is different from other lists, in that it will be an intermittent discussion list.  The topics will open and close throughout the year, so there will be periods where there will be no discussion or postings. The first week long discussion will start on May 23rd. Read below for more information from David Rosen, the Special Topics Discussion List Moderator:

Dear Colleague,

On May 23rd we will begin a week-long discussion on the new National  
Institute for Literacy Special Topics electronic list.  The topic is  
the Adult Reading Components Study (ARCS).  Dr. Rosalind Davidson and  
Dr. John Strucker, the co-researchers, will join us to answer your  
questions.

Special Topics will be an intermittent discussion list.  The topics  
will open and close throughout the year, so there will be periods  
where there will be no discussion or postings. You can subscribe to  
the e-list for a particular topic of interest, and then unsubscribe,  
or you can stay subscribed throughout the year.  To participate in  
this first topic, the Adult Reading Components Study, and to learn  
more about the ARCS interactive Web site -- which has lots of reading  
help for teachers --  please subscribe to the Special Topics list now  
by going to:

http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/specialtopics

Before the discussion begins on May 23rd please look at a 30-minute  
streaming video introduction to the discussion with researcher  
panelists Rosalind Davidson and John Strucker, and practitioners Kay  
Vaccaro and Jane Meyer.

http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/webcasts/20040204/webcast02-04a.html
(Note: Macintosh users will need to have Real Player installed, and  
for them performance may not be optimal.)

After you subscribe, you can send your questions to the discussion  
list.  Note, however, that messages will not be posted until May 22nd.

I look forward to having you join us in this discussion.


David J. Rosen
Special Topics Discussion List Moderator
djrosen at comcast.net