Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id XAA23637; Sat, 18 Mar 2000 23:27:55 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 23:27:55 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20000319042457.86800.qmail@hotmail.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: "ralph silva" <silva_ralph@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:232] Re: Basic Writing Online X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 2045 Lines: 42 Our program manager, here at the Vermont Adult Learning Brattleboro Learning Center, has a basic writing group that meets at the center Wednesdays, and via an online community that we recently set up. Students use it to get assignments, that they then email to Walter(program manager). The online community took a few minutes to set up in Hotmail. It works quite well, both as a content delivery system, and as a means to increase student interest and ability in the Internet world. Our writing group is open access. Check it out at; http://content.communities.msn.com/isapi/fetch.dll?action=get_threads&ID_Community=BLCWritingGroup&ID_Topic=0&Dir=0&ID_Last=0. RS >From: "ralph silva" <silva_ralph@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:228] Basic Writing Online >Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 13:36:22 -0500 (EST) > >I constantly search for free basic ed resources on the web. There are quite >a few sites out there offering material, lessons, lesson plans, and good >links. We currently have a group of students at our learning center using >online writing lessons in a combination in-class and email based creative >writing course. They seem to like the ability to post their homework >assignments on a "Hotmail" email and bulletin board. We only use stuff >that's free and unencumbered. Here are some interesting sites I have found; >http://www.cdlr.tamu.edu/tcall/toolkit/ch01.htm >Teachers toolkit. >http://www.snymor.edu/~hildebfl/rindex.html >Writing samples and discussion. >http://www.abeonline.net/ >Good online writing lessons and resources. >http://www.powa.org/ >Online help for a variety of writing subjects. >Anyone out there in FOBland with good web writing resources? Post them >here. >RS >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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