Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g6BKmIX15313; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 16:48:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 16:48:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <NEBBKBCHKLLBJPDLNKHFMECMCBAA.jlee@famlit.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Jon Lee" <jlee@famlit.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1225] Clips and Cross Posts X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1739 Lines: 47 Hello from NYC! From: Thursday Notes, From the Division of Adult Education and Literacy, Office of Vocational and Adult Education Sounds good, but I have not read it - If you have, give us a review. Report Recaps Keys to Alternative Assessments If you're working on--or using--alternative assessments to measure learning gains in adult education, see the requirements for sound alternatives set out by the National Research Council. The Council just released its recap of an OVAE co-sponsored workshop on designing effective alternative assessments. Read it online at http://www.nap.edu/books/0309084539/html/ or buy it there at a 20% discount. From: GLEF Blast Newsletter: July 10, 2002 Community Technology Centers: A National Movement to Close the Digital Divide A 2000 report from the Children's Partnership concluded, "It is as important to create useful content on the Internet -- material and applications that serve the needs and interest of millions of low-income users and underserved Internet users -- as it is to provide computers and Internet connections." This article offers examples of how Community Technology Centers (CTCs) are providing young people in underserved communities with both technology access and the skills to become their own content creators. <http://glef.org/ctc.html> New Research Summary: Reports on the Digital Divide Four recent reports explore the nation's successes in bridging the Digital Divide as well as the challenges in determining next steps. <http://glef.org/ddreports.html> Hope everything is peachy for you and yours! Jon Lee Training Specialist National Center for Family Literacy 325 West Main St. Suite 200 Louisville, KY 40202 502-584-1133 Ext. 175 mailto:jlee@famlit.org
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