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 g3GE5Ju21704; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:05:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:05:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20020416140422.53406.qmail@web11408.mail.yahoo.com> 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: kate northcott <katenorthcott1@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:970] RE: Web Sites for Promotion X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 3266 Lines: 123 Your programs have scanners and your families have computers in their homes? --- Virginia Tardaewether <tarv@exchange.chemeketa.edu> wrote: > Well Ted if we need to not advertize field trips for > parents on the > website...is there a way to have a secure source of > information transfer? > Parents to contact school, school to contact > parents...??? > > Virginia Tardaewether > > Chemeketa {Place of Peace} > Outreach Instructor > Dallas, OR 97338 > > tarv@chemeketa.edu > 503-316-3242 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ted Rohling [mailto:tedr@instructors.net] > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:23 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:964] Web Sites for Promotion > > > Virginia, > > I know this will sound a bit ridiculous, but putting > field trip information > on web sites is like a billboard for problems. > > Most schools don't do things like this because it > can attract the wrong type > of participant. Our children have gone to a lot of > school that used to have > name tags on the kids during field trips. Now they > have tags but no names. > The names seem to allow people to identify a child, > talk to the child by > name (no stranger now) and some abductions have > occurred. > > Advertizing that 20 to 30 kids will be at a given > location at a given time > is great for the families but not so good for the > community. > > Your second point about keeping web sites up to date > is very, very > important. I work with a lot of volunteer > organizations who keep web sites > and after the first two months, the information is > virtually useless. They > are a lot like bulletin boards. If they don't > change very often or have out > of date information, no one looks any more. > > Just thinking out loud here. > > > Ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: nifl-family@nifl.gov > [mailto:nifl-family@nifl.gov]On Behalf Of > Virginia Tardaewether > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:00 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:963] Re: Promotion of Products > > > I would think that web sites would be good ways to > integrate planning for > families. Schools could add their schedules of > field trips, etc so families > could plan ahead and work out arrangements. Web > sites can be a good two way > communication media but important contributors have > to update regularly...I > think it has great potential in partnership > relationships of all kinds. > > Virginia Tardaewether > > Chemeketa {Place of Peace} > Outreach Instructor > Dallas, OR 97338 > > tarv@chemeketa.edu > 503-316-3242 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: GloriaW914@aol.com [mailto:GloriaW914@aol.com] > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 9:01 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:961] Re: Promotion of Products > > > Don't forget the use of scanners in parent and child > technology experiences. > > Children's artwork can be scanned, along with > photographs or pictures, then > children and parents can add text to create books, > signs, etc. > > Gloria Williams > Family Literacy Project > Tucson, Arizona __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/
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