Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h61093C02040; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 20:09:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 20:09:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <B28BD16DA07FD4119BF800304821217801571433@exchange.aiweb.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Heide Wrigley <hwrigley@aiweb.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2897] RE: Repurposed media : What's available fo X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Status: O Content-Length: 1811 Lines: 56 CNN has a site that includes modified readings and exercises for both English learners and English speaking (ABE) students. Designed originally for a K-12 market, many of the the activities work for adults as well http://lc.byuh.edu/CNN_N/CNN-N.html and http://lc.byuh.edu/CNN_N/CNN-N.html cheers Heide Wrigley -----Original Message----- From: lisa [mailto:eholzer@nyc.rr.com] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 3:45 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2893] Repurposed media : What's available for beginning readers? In my experience tutoring beginning readers, I've noticed it's difficult to get some of them interested in the reading materials available to them, which, where I tutored, was mostly fiction and biography. And since I'm a writer and editor by profession, I've started to wonder what other sorts of materials -- either repurposed from other media or original -- are available for this reading level. Here's what I've come across: 1. News for You: rewritten AP news stories, with a news quiz added 2. Sports Illustrated for Kids / Time for Kids : repackaged/rewritten content from these news weeklies 3. TV411 : web-based reading exercises based on tv news clips So my questions are these: * Are there other commercial publishing operations involved in creating or repurposing material for this market? I can't help but wonder whether there are regional publications that have been repurposed as well.. I've often thought that some students might respond to local news more enthusiastically than they do to fiction. * Has anyone collected circulation and/or usage data on these publications? * What resources are available to program directors in acquiring reading materials? Thanks in advance for help either on- or off-list. Lisa Holzer
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