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[Assessment 521] (no subject)David Rosen djrosen at comcast.netTue Oct 10 21:28:14 EDT 2006
Assessment and Technology Colleagues, First, a cross-post: ================= Tom Sticht saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you should see it. ** Message ** Aaace-nla Colleagues: This article illustrates differences in news sources amng younger and older youth and aldults and raises questions about literacy assessment. ** Web browsing beats page-turning ** Europeans now spend more of their week online than they do reading papers or magazines, a report says. < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/business/6034433.stm > ** BBC Daily E-mail ** Choose the news and sport headlines you want - when you want them, all in one daily e-mail < http://www.bbc.co.uk/email > ** Disclaimer ** The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have been verified. ================= Now some questions for you: 1. Have you assessed your students' web page reading skills? Has anyone assessed adult learners' web page reading skills? Is there such an assessment? 2. What impact do adult literacy programs have on students' access to or use of computers or the Internet? I have seen an unpublished study which found they have --- none -- and that makes me wonder why. Any ideas? Are you aware of any studies of adult literacy programs' impact on students' access to or use of computers? 3. Are adult literacy programs helping students to use assistive technology -- for example, (free) text-to-speech web page reader software that would enable them to join the community of internet users even if they have difficulty reading text? If not, should this be a program responsibility? David J. Rosen djrosen at comcast.net
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