I have used This I Believe when I teach a 101 level Composition Writing class at the prison where I work.  It is a great resource.  I just linked to the Story Corps page too and the link seems to work. It looks pretty interesting too.
Thanks,
Gina

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From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Virginia Pulver
Sent: Wed 7/30/2008 11:36 AM
To: 'The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List'
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2427] Re: This I Believe - NPR - Do Over's



Carolina's link to This I Believe is a great one.  Another program aired on
NPR worth looking into is Story Corps.  Here is a link.  If it does not
work, Google Story Corps or go to the NPR site and search using the word
Story Corps. I have included a little narrative from the site below the
link. There is a do-it-yourself guide at the site so you do NOT have to wait
for a mobile unit!
_________________________________________
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4516989

Since 2003, tens of thousands of everyday people have shared life stories
with family and friends in StoryBooths in New York City and Nashville, and
in MobileBooths traveling the country year-round. Everybody's story matters,
every life counts, so make a reservation today.
_________________________________________

Both these opportunities can be wonderful tools for your students and your
programs...

"Ginn"
Virginia J. Pulver, AmeriCorps*VISTA
Recruiting Consultant, NM Coalition for Literacy
3209-B Mercantile Court, Santa Fe NM    87507
virginia at nmcl.org

YOU can become a volunteer adult literacy tutor or 
refer adult learners for FREE 1-1 tutoring!
1-800-233-7587 
Visit our Website: www.nmcl.org

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From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of
Forero-Moreno, Carolina
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 5:33 PM
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2419] Re: This I Believe - NPR - Do Over's

Hi Jackie,

NPR has this link with materials you can use to help your students submit
their own essays. I am not sure if you have seen it but here is the link:

http://thisibelieve.org/educationoutreach.html

Enjoy,

Carolina Forero-Moreno, MATESOL
Seattle Central Community College
Basic & Transitional Studies



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Sent:   Tue 7/29/2008 3:55 PM
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Cc:    
Subject:        [ProfessionalDevelopment 2418] Re: This I Believe - NPR - Do
Over's

Hi All,

Just a quick question:



What are the avenues available to students to publish their own success
stories? Is there a Wiki link where they could put stories on the Web, are
there other, more formal mechanisms on Web sites or with newsletters?



Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.



Thanks~! Best, Jackie



Jackie Taylor, PD List Moderator, jataylor at utk.edu





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From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Kathy Tyndall
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 4:20 PM
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2414] Re: This I Believe - NPR - Do Over's



I have already printed off this "Do over" story to share with my
developmental English students. Thank you for sharing it.

K. Tyndall

Wake Tech Community College

Raleigh, NC

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        From: Sandra (Sandy) Jensen <mailto:SJensen at hawkeyecollege.edu>


        To: virginia at nmcl.org ; The Adult Literacy Professional Development
Discussion List <mailto:professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov> 

        Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 2:28 PM

        Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2413] Re: This I Believe - NPR
- Do Over's

        

        Thank you so much for passing on something positive!!

        Sandy Jensen, Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo, Iowa

        Adult Basic Education, GED, ELL

        From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Virginia
Pulver
        Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 11:18 AM
        To: Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
        Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2412] This I Believe - NPR - Do
Over's

        Good Monday Morning to Each of YOU!

        I heard an essay on National Public Radio (NPR)  yesterday and
wanted to share it with you (see below) since we all share a passion for
this topic . It is a success story about adult literacy.  Though this man
did not seem to find a mentor in the adult literacy community, he did manage
to set significant goals and reach them.  It is a nice testimony about
literacy, motivation and success...It is these personal "love" stories that
we share with people that remind us that what we do
is important - that there is a need...  

         If you would like to hear this man tell his tale, there is an audio
link on the NPR website under the Weekend Edition program aired on Saturday,
20 July.  The segment is called: "This I Believe" and the title of the piece
is "Do Over's."

        Happy reading!

        Life is good....

        Virginia J. Pulver, AmeriCorps*VISTA

        Recruiting Consultant, NM Coalition for Literacy

        3209-B Mercantile Court, Santa Fe NM    87507

        virginia at nmcl.org

        YOU can become a volunteer adult literacy tutor or

        refer adult learners for FREE 1-1 tutoring!

        1-800-233-7587 

        Visit our Website: www.nmcl.org <http://www.nmcl.org/>

        Weekend Edition Sunday, July 20, 2008 * I don't know why I came to
the decision to become a loser, but I know I made the choice at a young age.
Sometime in the middle of fourth grade, I stopped trying. By the time I was
in seventh grade, I was your typical degenerate: lazy, rebellious,
disrespectful. I had lost all social graces. I was terminally hip and
fatally cool.

        It wasn't long after that I dropped out of school and continued my
downward spiral. Hard physical labor was the consequence for the choices I
made as an adolescent. At the age of 21, I was hopelessly lost, and using
drugs as a way to deal with the fact that I was illiterate and stuck in a
dead-end job carrying roof shingles up a ladder all day.

        But now I believe in do-overs, in the chance to do it all again.
And I believe that do-overs can be made at any point in your life, if you
have the right motivation. Mine came from a surprising source.

        It was September 21, 2002, when my son Blake was born. It's funny
that after a life of avoiding responsibility, now I was in charge of
something so fragile. Over the years, as I grew into the title of Dad, I
began to learn something about myself. In a way, Blake and I were both
learning to walk, talk, work and play for the first time. I began my
do-over.

        It took me almost three years to learn how to read. I started with
my son's books. Over and over, I practiced reading books to him until I
remembered all the words in every one of them. I began to wonder if it were
possible for me to go back to school. I knew I wanted to be a good role
model, so after a year-and-a-half and a lot of hard work, I passed my GED
test on my son's fourth birthday. This may not sound like much, and I'm
surely not trying to get praise for doing something that should have been
done in the first place, but all things considered it was one of the best
days in my life. Today, I'm a full-time college student, studying to become
a sociologist.

        It's funny, growing up I always heard these great turn-around
stories of triumph over shortcomings. But I never thought they applied to
me. Now I believe it's a choice anyone can make: to do it all over again.

        Independently produced for Weekend Edition Sunday by Jay Allison and
Dan Gediman with John Gregory and Viki Merrick.

       
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