Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j32IBVG13899; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 13:11:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 13:11:31 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <9c8208d0c9f31be81e0f4b5e4d285902@theworld.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: David Rosen <DJRosen@theworld.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2943] Re: Shared Priorities X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 2269 Lines: 63 FirstFind Correction: Sorry. The correct Web address for FirstFind is: http://firstfind.info David J. Rosen djrosen@comcast.net On Apr 2, 2005, at 1:04 PM, David Rosen wrote: > Amy and others, > > On Mar 23, 2005, at 12:42 PM, Amy R. Trawick wrote: >> >> I think about a shared priority as being a 'hot topic' or a >> student-generated unit of study through which skills are used and >> developed. >> I am not in the classroom right now but am working with teachers who, >> although they value using life-based topics/activities to guide >> instruction, >> find it a challenge to find topics and activities that are meaningful >> to >> students. If anyone has used a technique or an approach that worked >> well >> for you in identifying a shared priority, I think a bunch of us would >> benefit from your sharing that on the list. > > Amy, sometimes narrowing the topic area helps a group choose a topic > they are all interested in. In Massachusetts the Department of > Education has funded small, participatory grants on health literacy, > for example. The teacher tells the students in a class that they need > to come up with a health topic that is important to everyone in the > class. Health is often a good area to start with. Another is "next > steps: work or college." Another is "schools: how the K-12 schools > work." If you look at www.firstfind.org -- a collection of plain > English web pages for low-literate adults who go to libraries to get > information, the topics chosen are for the most part ones which are of > high interest to adult learners. > > It helps sometimes to define what the product is that the class will > produce: a brochure, newsletter, presentation (for other groups) web > page, health fair, etc. > > Once the topic area is settled, brainstorming questions -- in the > class -- is the next step. Then these can be voted on -- for > importance to the students -- or pairs or small groups of students can > investigate certain questions. > > If you are interested I can send some links to web-based student > projects in health, and next steps work or college, that were made > using this process. > > Hope this is what you were asking for. > > David > > David J. Rosen > djrosen@comcast.net >
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