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 h635ETC19191; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 01:14:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 01:14:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <108F55FC93DEA6429086EC1757B6E3E6B9F714@exchange2.ad1.softcom.biz> 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: "Glenn Groulx" <glenng@softcom.biz> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2906] RE: Reading materials X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2711 Lines: 79 Hello, My name is Glenn Groulx. I am teaching Internet Literacy at George Brown College in Toronto, Canada, and spoke to an adaptive technologist about assistive technologies recently, and I can see the relevance of a text reader such as readplease.com for texts from the web to aid with teaching literacy . I find most of my students are interested mostly in the ability to write in their own voice using E-mail and Instant Messaging. A word prediction software can assist with this. An example that comes to mind is wordqueue.com. A great source of authentic material online is from newsgroups such as groups.google.com although you should pre-screen and edit the content for clarity in some cases. Regards, Glenn -----Original Message----- From: bjteach [mailto:bjteach@ameritech.net] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 12:51 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2905] RE: Reading materials I find that the Internet is difficult for new readers as they are more worried about using the computer properly than reading. High-interest, low reading level materials are the best. Carol is correct in saying student generated materials are the best. Don't forget the LEA. It may be an ancient strategy, but it helps. Barb Sabaj District 214 Community Education bjteach@ameritech.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Kamplain" <john_kamplain@albanyparkcommunitycenter.org> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 3:27 PM Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2902] RE: Reading materials > I've had the best results from asking students what it is they're interested > in reading. Sometimes the answers are interesting: from manuals and > magazines for their jobs to applications, utility bills...you get the idea. > I try to avoid the "classics" and shoot for the "practicals". > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: nifl-technology@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-technology@nifl.gov]On > > Behalf Of Carol Morris > > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 3:00 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list > > Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2901] Reading materials > > > > > > In my opinion the best instructional materials for begining readers are > > books, > > anthologies, stories, etc. written by the learners themselves. They > > usually > > have a simplistic sentence structure and are on topics adult new readers > > could > > be interested in. Many programs across the country have long published > > student-written materials. We just held an Authors Night where students > > read > > from our newly published Collections 2003. Students love to read what > > they and others have written! > > > > Carol Morris > > Waukegan Public Library
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