Please explain the second bullet, i.e., what are "trailing replies," what is "trimming" them, and pretty much the whole rest of that bullet. In non-tech speak, please. Sorry, I'm new to participating in these discussions. I've only replied to something once and that was a couple of years ago.
Thanks,
Jim

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From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov [professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Taylor, Jackie [jataylor at utk.edu]
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 7:05 AM
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2178] Information for Guest Discussion

Good day or evening, all,
Our guest discussion of Student Involvement and Critical Thinking in Adult Literacy begins today. One goal of the discussion is to share ideas, strategies, and approaches so that those planning instruction and professional development for fall may adapt some of the ideas shared. Please ask questions that will help you to achieve your own goals for participating. Resources and strategies that subscribers share will then be compiled and posted to the PD List.

Just a few items as we get started:


 *   Topics of discussion often change through dialogue. Please adjust the subject lines of posts to match the topic being discussed.


 *   Trim off trailing replies as applicable. This helps subscribers who receive PD List posts in “digest” format because the digests are bundled and sent once the compilation of posts reaches a certain size limit (KB).


 *   The list archives provide a second way to monitor the conversations. To view the archives, visit:

http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/2008/date.html


 *   Most importantly, we hope to hear from you. To participate in the discussion, send your email messages to: professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov<mailto:professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov> .

Looking forward,

~ Jackie

Jackie Taylor, Adult Literacy Professional Development List Moderator, jataylor at utk.edu<mailto:jataylor at utk.edu>