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[ProfessionalDevelopment 2092] The PD List and COABE Taylor, Jackie jataylor at utk.edu Mon Apr 21 08:31:12 EDT 2008

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Good day or evening, everyone!


Thanks to those who have been sharing information about the sessions they are presenting at COABE. This List actually provides us several opportunities to use the online environment to both prepare for and to extend the COABE learning experience.


I have a few suggestions and I welcome your thoughts this week. We have done variations of this in the past -- I hope that this tradition to use the PD List and COABE for sharing and creating blended PD will continue to grow.


This week, tell us a little about yourself and your answers to one (or more) of the questions below:


For those presenting at COABE:

Tell us about your session(s). Why might others attend your session? What might participants look forward to learning or exploring?


For those attending COABE:

What are you looking forward to learning at COABE? What are your goals for attending COABE and what do you plan to do to achieve them? (Here is the session agenda for easy reference: http://www.coabeconference.org/schedule.html )


For those who are not going:

What are the issues you are confronted with in your practice that you would like to hear more about in general? (This way, if someone attends or presents a session on your topic of interest they might share a report of the session with the PD List.)


After COABE I encourage us to share with each other what stood out about the conference, what was gained from it, and your notes from a session of your choice.


I look forward to hearing from you.


Best, Jackie


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[ProfessionalDevelopment 2053] Adult Reading COABE Pre-conference session Susan McShane smcshane at famlit.org Thu Apr 3 11:35:59 EDT 2008

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Greetings!


If you're interested in adult literacy, you may want to attend the pre-conference session I'll be presenting at the COABE conference in St. Louis on Monday, April 28th. It's titled, Adult Reading Instruction: Research-Based Strategies for Meeting Varied Needs.

Have you ever wondered why some adult learners struggle with their class work--why they "give up" quickly or make little progress over time? This session offers a brief overview of the research, focusing on common reading problems. Research suggests that one source of difficulty may be a deficit that isn't reflected in a TABE or CASAS test score. This training introduces the components of reading that may contribute to a reading problem: alphabetic skills, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. It also introduces common reader profiles identified by research and suggests resources for initial diagnostic assessment. Finally, participants learn and practice a selection of research-based instructional strategies for addressing adults' needs in the reading-component areas.

This full-day training is sponsored by the National Center for Family Literacy.

To learn more about the conference, check out the web page at http://www.coabeconference.org/

To register you can go directly to http://www.coabeconference.org/form.html

I'm looking forward to a stimulating, interactive session. Please come, so we can all learn more about addressing this important need!


See you in St. Louis,


Susan



Susan McShane

National Center for Family Literacy

502-584-1133, Ext. 175

[ProfessionalDevelopment 2056] COABE session robinschwarz1 at aol.com robinschwarz1 at aol.com Thu Apr 3 12:58:52 EDT 2008

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I have written several times on the list referring to professional development projects for adult ESOL teachers that I am doing with two regions of New York state.? At COABE, two of the teachers who are participating in one of those projects will be co-presenting with me to talk about their work and about our PD project.??? I invite anyone who would like to hear from those who are benefiting from these projects to come to our session on Wednesday afternoon during Concurrent Session H.???

In Concurrent session A, a teacher from the Washington, DC professional development initiative I am coaching will be presenting with me as well.??

These sessions provide wonderful opportunities for those of you interested in ESOL PD to talk to participants of these projects and find out from THEM how the projects are impacting their work.??

Robin Lovrien Schwarz

[ProfessionalDevelopment 2059] Re: [Professional Development 2053] Adult Reading COABE Pre-conference session Sara Nebiyeloul Sara.Nebiyeloul at csosa.gov Thu Apr 3 13:58:07 EDT 2008

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I cannot attend the conference, due to prior engagement. Therefore, Can I get a copy of Adult Reading Instruction: Research-Based Strategies for Meeting Varied Needs?

[ProfessionalDevelopment 2061] Re: [Professional Development 2053]Adult Reading COABE Pre-conference session Susan McShane smcshane at famlit.org Tue Apr 8 12:28:36 EDT 2008

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There would be no way to send the training per se, but you can get the book upon which it's based: "Applying Research in Reading Instruction for Adults: First Steps for Teachers" (McShane, 2005). It's available online at www.nifl.gov/ Just click on publications and you'll find it.


You can order a free print copy by contacting the National Institute for Literacy at ED Pubs, PO Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. You also can call 1-800-228-8813, or email edpubs at inet.ed.gov


I have been doing this training in lots of other places, too, so if your program or state is interested in scheduling a workshop, contact Ann Reynolds at NCFL: areynolds at famlit.org

From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov at nifl.gov On Behalf Of McLaughlin, Deborah Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 11:59 AM To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2054] Re: Adult Reading COABEPre-conferencesession


For those of us who aren't going to St. Louis, is there any chance you can post links & resources regarding the reading research? I'm very interested in this, and am right in the middle of a planning process to develop a reading assessment system that all of our faculty will use. We want the system to be well-grounded in research.


Debbie McLaughlin Director of Basic & Transitional Studies Seattle Central Community College 206.587.4142

[ProfessionalDevelopment 2062] Re: Adult Reading COABEPre-conferencesession Susan McShane smcshane at famlit.org Tue Apr 8 13:03:05 EDT 2008

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You can get the book upon which my training is based: "Applying Research in Reading Instruction for Adults: First Steps for Teachers" (McShane, 2005) by calling Ed Pubs at 1-800-228-8813, or emailing edpubs at inet.ed.gov


The National Institute for Literacy has lots of other resources online at www.nifl.gov/ (and available from Ed Pubs). You and others may already be aware of these, but just in case some readers are not, I do want to suggest the following:


o What is Scientifically Based Research? (Fall 2005)

o Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read

o Research-Based Principles for Adult Basic Education Reading Instruction (Fall 2002)

o Teaching Adults to Read (Fall 2005) (This is a shorter version of the Researched-Based Principles book)


Just click on publications on the site, www.nifl.gov <http://www.nifl.gov/>


Also check out the NCSALL web site for information about the Adult Reading Components Study (ARCS). Check research briefs under publications at http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=15

for the ARCS research brief (Strucker & Davidson). Another interesting article you'll find there is "The Relationship of the Components of Reading to Performance on the International Adult Literacy Survey (Strucker, Yamamoto, & Kirsch).


For more information on he ARCS and some free assessments, check out the Institute's "Assessment Strategies and Reading Profiles" site: http://www.nifl.gov/readingprofiles/


I hope this is helpful. Get in touch with me at smcshane at famlit.org if you want to talk about any of this. We've done a couple of projects involving diagnostic reading assessment and would be happy to share our experiences.

[ProfessionalDevelopment 2063] Re: Adult Reading COABEPre-conferencesession Wendi Maxwell WMaxwell at cde.ca.gov Tue Apr 8 13:26:37 EDT 2008

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California published four research digests on evidence based reading instruction. They are designed specifically to provide an overview for adult education teachers. You can download the digests at the URL below.

http://www.calpro-online.org/pubs.asp


Wendi Maxwell Education Programs Consultant Adult Education Office California Department of Education 1430 N Street, Suite 4503

[ProfessionalDevelopment 2066] Preview - NAASLN Sessions at COABE NAASLN at aol.com NAASLN at aol.com Wed Apr 9 08:10:32 EDT 2008

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Greetings ListServ Readers!

The National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs is pleased to announce another great NAASLN Track at COABE '08.

All participants at NAASLN's sessions will be offered an introductory NAASLN membership at no cost!

The listing of this years' sessions include:

Special Learning Needs: Incidence and Implications for Building Persistence

Part A & B Laura Weisel, Ph.D., Clinical Director, The TLP Group Barbara Arguedas, Director, Santa Fe Community College, NM Susan Geary, Instructor, Santa Fe Community College, NM Karen Hibbert, Director of Education, West Central Community Corrections, OH Margaret Girkins, Director of ABE, Flathead Valley Community College, MT

Tuesday, April 29 Part A - 9:30-10:30 am Part B - 11:00 - Noon As highlighted in the Spring 2008 KET Quarterly, the incidence of special learning needs in the adult basic and literacy population is astonishingly high! This comes to no surprise to instructors, but what does it mean if these needs go unmet?

In Part A - The 3 Year Incidence of Special Learning Needs Study in ABE will be presented. What does this data mean for your program and your services? What are programs doing to identify and address the key challenges to persistence, learning gains, and successful transitions?

In Part B - Administrators and instructors will enter into a dialogue with participants about what they are doing to address special needs. Programs identifying and addressing these needs have, in controlled studies, demonstrated over 200% increases in persistence and 67% increases in post-testing.

Join this two part session to get the facts straight about the underlying learning issues of ABE students and discuss the systemic shifts that have empowered and enabled learners to overcome learning challenges and show dramatic learning gains.


Screening ESOL Learners for Special Learning Needs: An Open Dialogue Laura Weisel, Ph.D., Facilitator of Dialogue Tuesday, 2:15-3:15pm

If the incidence of special learning needs is so very high in the general adult basic and literacy population, what might the incidence be the special learning needs of ESOL students?

Join this open dialogue session to 1). Discuss the issues in screening ESOL students for special learning needs, 2). Share what you and your program are doing to identify ESOL students that have learning challenges, and 3). Identify how ESOL students with special learning needs can be more successful academically and better able to transition into job training or post secondary programs.


Leveling the Playing Field with Adaptations and Accommodations: Making the GED Work for Special Need Students! Connie Leading, GED Accommodations Specialist, OH Department of Education Mario Payne, GED-TS, Washington DC Tuesday, 3:45-4:45pm

Adults with special learning needs taking the GED fall into two categories: (1) adults with documented ADA disabilities who require accommodations such as extended time, supervised breaks, scribes, and audiocassettes and (2) adults, for whom teachers have identified learning needs requiring adaptations or modifications such as magnifiers, colored overlays, straight edges, rooms without fluorescent lighting, etc. These later adaptations do not require prior approval by the GED State offices. Both of these areas will be discussed in the presentation.


The ADA and Adult Education Bevan Gibson, Director of Professional Development, Southern IL University Wednesday, 9:30-10:30am

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 has several implications for adult education. The Illinois Community College Board and the Illinois Adult Education Service Center Network have been working with programs in Illinois to bring them into compliance with the ADA. Come see what Illinois has been doing and how you might be able to use the information for your state's ADA compliance issues.


Serving Offenders with Special Learning Needs: A Look at the Problem and New Solutions Alan Toops, Executive Director, The Ohio Literacy Network Wednesday, 11:00-Noon

Many states are currently implementing holistic diagnostic screening for special learning needs in correction education programs. The findings of offenders' special needs appeared in the Corrections edition of NCSALL's Focus on Basics. This session offers new data profiling the special learning needs of offenders, discuss how education and others services are being re-designed based upon these needs, and implications for corrections education systemic improvements are happening at both the system and direct service levels.


Undetected and Undiagnosed Vision Problems - Obstructions to Literacy and Successful Transition to the Workforce Joan Hudson-Miller, Library Reproduction Service, CA Wednesday, 2:15-3:15pm

The percentage of adult learners who are struggling to succeed because of undetected and undiagnosed vision problems is extremely high. Become more familiar with the wide range of mild to severe perceptual problems and impairments, learn some practical screening procedures. and acquire a list of referral resources for evaluation, diagnosis and treatment.


Structured Learning for the Unstructured Thursday, 9:45-10:45am Richard Cooper, Ph.D., Center for Alternative Learning

Many students who have learning or attention problems manifest poor organizational skills and to lack structure. This presentation will provide participants with techniques to help learners to improve their reading, writing and spelling skills. Participants will receive handouts that they can use with their students to structure the learning of language.

[ProfessionalDevelopment 2067] Re: Preview - NAASLN Sessions at COABE Sara Nebiyeloul Sara.Nebiyeloul at csosa.gov Wed Apr 9 09:44:20 EDT 2008

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I could not participate the COABE 08. However, I would like to receive information on Serving Offenders with Special Learning Needs: A Look at the Problem and New Solutions, presented by Alan Toops, Executive Director, The Ohio Literacy Network'


Thank you

From: PowerPath at aol.com at aol.com Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 3:46 PM To: professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov Subject: Re: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2068] Re: Preview - NAASLN Sessions atCOABE


Carol - thank you for your interest in the NAASLN track at COABE (St. Louis, April 28 - May 1st.).

If you are coming to COABE, the sessions will be part of the agenda/program.The NAASLN sessions are of great interest to conference attendees - so, plan on coming to the session early to be assured of a seat and handouts.

If you are not coming to COABE - there are several things you can do if one or more of the topics are of interest to you:

1. COABE will be having conference session handouts/PowerPoints on the COABE website sometime in May - NAASLN presenters will be submitting their handouts and PowerPoints to COABE for the website. 2. NAASLN will also be having the conference session handouts/PowerPoints on the NAASLN website sometime in May. AND 3. If there is a specific session you are interested in and you can't be at COABE, NAASLN can link you directly to the presenter. Each of the NAASLN presenters will gladly answer your questions and share their conference sessions with you.

Laura Weisel, NAASLN Board Member

[ProfessionalDevelopment 2094] WE LEARN COABE Session & exhibit mev at litwomen.org mev at litwomen.org Mon Apr 21 10:49:26 EDT 2008

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WE LEARN is presenting as part of the Social Justice Strand at COABE. I expect Andy or Silja will post the details about the strand here.

The purpose of the WE LEARN workshop (LGBTI and the Language of Sexual Diversities) will be to consider how lesbian and gay identities (and gender/sexuality issues in general) impact both students and educators in ABE/ESOL.

Also, I just wanted everyone to know that WE LEARN & The Change Agent will have a shared table in the exhibit area called Literacy for LIberation. Because we we late in registering for it, the exhibit will not be in the program book. So, we wanted to make everyone aware so that you can come by and visit us!

Thanks

Mev Miller, Ed.D., Director welearn at litwomen.org

WE LEARN Women Expanding: Literacy Education Action Resource Network www.litwomen.org/welearn.html

182 Riverside Ave. Cranston, RI 02910 401-383-4374

[ProfessionalDevelopment 2099] Re: WE LEARN COABE Session & exhibit Andy Nash andy_nash at worlded.org Wed Apr 23 16:05:28 EDT 2008

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As Mev mentioned, the Change Agent (www.nelrc.org/changeagent) is sponsoring a Social Justice Strand at COABE, including the following workshops:

1. LGBTI and the Language of Sexual Diversities: From Awareness to Action 2. Hey . . . That’s not Fair! Problem Solving for Social Justice in the ABE Math Class 3. Connecting ESOL Learners with the Community: Building Civic Action Skills 4. Digital Storytelling for Civic Engagement and Action 5. Teaching Writing in a Social Justice Context 6. Let's Get Out the Adult Education Vote in 2008! 7. Math: Gateway to Change 8. Language and Access to Education: A Social Justice Issue 9. Teaching Basic Skills through Socially Relevant Content

Please attend this wide variety of sessions that talk about why and how to bring social issues into the classroom in very practical ways! And please stop by the Literacy for Liberation table for a flyer that provides times and locations for the entire strand.

We look forward to meeting you there, Andy Nash, Silja Kallenbach, Cynthia Peters, and Leah Peterson

[ProfessionalDevelopment 2101] Re: The PD List and COABE Marilyn Rymniak MarilynR at lacnyc.org Thu Apr 24 10:51:48 EDT 2008

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Good Morning, All.


For those of you attending COABE-St. Louis - if you have an interest in exploring innovative methodologies that positively impact learner persistence, motivation, attendance and retention and increase standardized test scores (and you're an American film buff!) you may want to attend:


Accessing Contextualized Language and Literacy Through American Film : Aligning EFF, CASAS + Increasing Standardized Test Scores


This session will demonstrate an innovative, high performance-outcome methodology, effective for both multi-level ESOL and ABE/GED Literacy students. Using a carefully selected (for language chunks and cultural elements) 60-unit American Film component, the presenter has aligned the content to both the EFF standards and CASAS competencies. This program, launched in 5 diverse venues around the country, including immigrant/refugee, correctional facility, workplace, community based volunteer and college transfer programs, has not only consistently shown remarkable gains in NRS educational levels based on standardized test performance but has increased both learner retention and engagement rates and provided a community bonding mechanism within the classroom.


Presenter: Marilyn J. Rymniak

Concurrent Session E: Wednesday, April 30, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.


Safe travels. -- Marilyn



Marilyn J. Rymniak

Project Leader - NYSED Statewide Professional Development System

Literacy Assistance Center

32 Broadway, 10th Floor

New York, NY 10004

Voice: 212-803-3322

Fax: 212-785-3685

E-Mail: marilynr at lacnyc.org <mailto:marilynr at lacnyc.org>

www.lacnyc.org

[ProfessionalDevelopment 2105] Re: The PD List and COABE robinschwarz1 at aol.com robinschwarz1 at aol.com Thu Apr 24 17:05:26 EDT 2008

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Hi-- I have already described my sessions but will remind the list according to Jackie's good questions. Here are the why's: 

   First session: The NAASLN pre-conference strand on adult learners with special needs:  Many reasons to attend this one:  Special needs learners in adult ed are always a puzzle to programs and teachers.  This session will provide an unprecedented opportunity to talk to practitioners and administrators of many kinds of adult education programs about how they have successfully addressed the needs of these learners.  Among these people, from all over the country, will be two teachers--maybe three- who have made significant changes in their ESOL practice in the attempt to address a wider range of learners' needs and who have had great success in that endeavor.  Why attend?  This session will provide participants with resources for getting more information and answers about learners with special needs of all kinds.  NAASLN is looking to become the "go-to" place for such information, and this session will demonstrate why that can happen.

Second session: Tuesday afternoon-- Using minimal pairs to help adult ESOL learners with their auditory perception of English A teacher who undertook a pilot study on the use of minimal pairs in one of his two classes in a large ESOL school in DC will share his experiences and student response to the use of minimal pairs in class. I will present some theoretical groundwork for the project and the need for such attention to adult ESOL learners' listening skill improvement. Why attend?? Because this approach is little used and discussed despite the clear research evidence showing that adult language learners need explicit instruction in sound discrimination. Also, you will learn how easy and fun it is to do this work. Finally, this project came about because of a PD project in this school, where the administration supports any and all attempts at helping learners be successful and of teachers to expand their practice to this end. The model of PD is one to learn about!

Third session-- Wednesday Afternoon-- (I don't have the title of this one right)-- Addressing the needs of all adult ESOL learners through the use of learning centers and individualized, multisensory activities. Two teachers representing a PD project in the mid-Hudson region of NY state will talk about and show their work with learning centers and learner- driven instruction in their adult ESOL classes. These are among the most successful teachers in this project who have shifted practice to increase engagement, promote persistence and improve learner outcomes-- all of which have happened. Again, I will present the theoretical overview of this approach and will briefly describe the PD project that has supported these teachers in their work for almost two years. Why attend?? Because adult ESOL classes, particularly those in drop-in, open enrollment situations, present so many challenges to teachers and seeing a successful model of managing these challenges may help you understand how it can be done.

Fourth session: Thursday AM-- Assuring the success of non/preliterate adult ESOL learners. This population of learners has a much different set of needs than do learners who have even a little education. In this session, I will explain those needs and provide concrete ideas for ways to address the needs and assure that these learners get the foundation instruction and information they need to get off to a good start in beginning literacy --in other words, I will be talking about PRE-literacy skills, not how to teach these learners to read. Why attend? Because these learners are so often suspected of having LD when they do not learn at the pace expected; this happens because they are compared to literate learners and because their needs are so much more fundamental than teachers realize. Learning how to teach these fundamental skills will make you a more effective teacher for this population and will go a long way in preventing these learners from being suspected of having learning problems.


Looking forward to meeting/seeing many of you in St. Louis. Robin Lovrien Schwarz

[ProfessionalDevelopment 2106] Re: The PD List and COABE David J. Rosen djrosen at comcast.net Fri Apr 25 09:33:49 EDT 2008

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Colleagues,

On Apr 24, 2008, Taylor, Jackie wrote:

> For those presenting at COABE:

>

> Tell us about your session(s). Why might others attend your

> session? What might participants look forward to learning or

> exploring?

>


(I am not sure of the room numbers below, so please check your schedule at the conference.)

TUESDAY

Building Program-based Professional Development: How the National Institute for Literacy Can Help Program-initiated Professional Development using NIFL LINCS and other online resources 9:30 - 10:30

Jackie Taylor and I will present two cases where an administrator wants to help teachers or tutors get access to good online professional development resources to help them answer their questions or meet their needs. We'll start with the administrator's and teachers' questions and show a rewarding search for online resources.

Assess and Improve Your Classroom Tech Skills Online Professional Development in Integrating Technology 11-12 St. louis H

Marian Thacher and I, with Tim Ponder, Kate Nicolet, and Mariann Fedele -- representatives from Ohio, Vermont and New York, states that have adopted it -- will present a free online professional development process for teachers interested in better integrating technology in their classrooms, and administrators at the program and state level who want to use this free online service for groups of teachers. The Technology Integration Self Assessment (TISA) is a teacher online self assessment, followed by a process for developing an online PD plan, and then selection of strategies and online resources for carrying out the PD plan. It's designed for teachers who cannot attend face-to-face training, and for those who can do both face-to-face and online PD.

English at Work: A National Model for Integrated Language Learning Workplace ESOL 2:15 - 3:15

Heide Spruck Wrigley, Betsy Mckay from the McDonald's Corporation, and I will present McDonald's new "English Under the Arches" workplace English language learning program, a collaboration with selected restaurants and community college ESOL faculty to deliver work-contextualized ESOL to employees who want to advance into restaurant management positions. The program offers five hours a week of work-time instruction: three hours of real-time online ESOL classes, one hour of state-of-the-art, highly engaging, asynchronous Web-based learning activities, and one hour of guided English language practice on the job. Heide and I are on the Advisory Committee for this project.

Student Voices in Adult Education: Panel Discussion Student Leadership 3:45 - 4: 45 Director's Row 48

I am moderating a panel of adult learners and practitioners who have considerable personal and professional experience with adult learner leadership. They include: Ernest Best, Director of the Massachusetts Alliance for Adult Literacy; Ami Magisos, Pima County Community College; Dwight Johnson an Intern with the ABC's of Literacy Project in Missouri; and Etta Key, a teacher in Missouri. We hope there will be a crowd of adult learners and practitioners participating in the discussion.

WEDNESDAY

The Learner Web: A Learning Support System 11 -12 St. Louis G

Steve Reder and I will present the Learner Web, a three-year, federally-funded demonstration of a new online learner support system designed for students enrolled in programs as well as for those who study on their own. It is being implemented in eight regions throughout the U.S., and begins pilot project services to learners this fall. In addition to its many other intriguing features, the Learner Web enables practitioners to do collaborative curriculum development within their program or their region and across regions.

Wikis For You 3:45 -4:45

Want to know what a Wiki is and how you can use it for your own professional development or with students? I will present the Adult Literacy education Wiki, WikiHow, the Wiring Wiki, the Wikipedia and a plain language version of the Wikipedia for learners.


And if these six presentations are not enough, then also come to the two pre-conferences I am presenting at. : - )


David J. Rosen djrosen at comcast.net

[ProfessionalDevelopment 2107] Re: The PD List and COABE Ramdeholl, Dianne DRamdelholl at dycd.nyc.gov Fri Apr 25 17:52:50 EDT 2008

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Here's another COABE presentation to add to the list...

thanks dianne ramdeholl nyc

It Must Be Told: Linking Stories In Adult Literacy To a More Equitable World Tuesday, April 29th 3:45 - 4:45 Dianne Ramdeholl and Elizabeth Peterson

This presentation will focus on using testimonials from an oral history study of one adult literacy community organizaton called The Open Book. The purpose of this workshop is explore and better understand systemic connections between adult literacy, race, and economics through the lens of critical theory/critical race theory. We will examine implications of this study in order to inform practice and policy.

[ProfessionalDevelopment 2108] Re: The PD List and COABE Annie Walker walker_annie at att.net Sat Apr 26 00:21:54 EDT 2008

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David, Will there be audio tapes or transcripts of any of these presentations. I can't attend COABE but I would especially like to hear about Heide Wrigley's presentation on Mc Donald's program. Thank you,m Annie Walker

[ProfessionalDevelopment 2109] Re: The PD List and COABE David J. Rosen djrosen at comcast.net Sat Apr 26 05:44:48 EDT 2008

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Annie and others,

I am not sure what the COABE conference organizers have in mind for post-conference follow-up, but I will raise with my colleagues the possibility of having some information about the English Under the Arches workplace English program posted on the Web someplace.

David J. Rosen djrosen at comcast.net

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