Should we be mass emailing this stuff?

At 02:53 PM 11/2/05 -0500, you wrote:

>Hello all,

>Following is information about on-line professional devlopment

>opportunities that may be of interest to you.

>Regards,

>Mariann

>

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>

>Subject: Online Professional Development

>

>The Center for Literacy Studies at the University of Tennessee, and the Ohio 

>Literacy Resource Center at Kent State University are proud to announce the 

>opening of registration for our winter distance learning courses. Overviews

>of 

>each course, as well as the start dates, are outlined below.

> 

>Each course is a carefully-paced, facilitated training opportunity for adult 

>education professionals.  Each one has been piloted, reviewed, and offered 

>previously to excellent reviews.

> 

>More information and registration can be found at:

>http://www.aeprofessional.org.

> 

>__________________________________________________

> 

>Integration of Technology in the Adult Education Classroom Course begins

>January 9, 2006 

>Cost - $149/person

>Facilitator: Linda Eckert, AE Pro Developer

> 

>Have you ever tried to blindly put a puzzle together without knowing what

the 

>final picture will look like? This may be what is happening to you when you 

>are trying to integrate computer technology into your classroom. This course 

>will provide quick access to educational resources, lesson plans,

activities, 

>tools for evaluating educational software, information about purchasing 

>educational software, and knowledge to help you utilize a variety of

software 

>applications and web-based activities in the classroom. Online activities, 

>discussion boards and assessments will keep you engaged.

>__________________________________________________

> 

>ESOL Basics

>January 9, 2006 

>Cost - $149/person

>Facilitator: Claire Valier, ESOL Coordinator and Certified CASAS Trainer

> 

>Do you need to know the basics of ESOL instruction? Through this online 

>course, you will learn how to identify characteristics of adult ESOL

>learners, 

>effective methods of teaching languages, the four language skills, and how 

>adults learn another language. Online activities, discussion boards and 

>assessments will keep you engaged.

>___________________________________________________

> 

>Adult Education Teacher and Student

>Course begins January 9, 2006 

>Cost - $149/person

>Facilitator: Debra L. Hargrove, AE Pro Developer

> 

>How Do We Teach Adults? Research investigating adults as learners concludes 

>that adults learn differently than children. If that premise is true, then

>why 

>do we so often teach them both in the same way? In truth, many practitioners 

>come to adult education with little or no background in "adults as

learners." 

>Through this online course, you will look at "who is the adult learner" by 

>looking at background statistics on "who takes the GED", learning

>disabilities 

>in adults, and what brain research says about how adult learners learn best. 

>Online activities, discussion boards and assessments will keep you engaged.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>Mariann Fedele

>Coordinator of Professional Development, 

>Literacy Assistance Center

>Moderator,

>NIFL Technology and Literacy Discussion List

>32 Broadway 10th Floor

>New York, New York 10004

>212-803-3325

>mariannf at lacnyc.org

>www.lacnyc.org

>

>

>

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Ira Yankwitt, Director
Professional Development / 
NYC Regional Adult Education Network 
Literacy Assistance Center
32 Broadway, 10th Floor
NY, NY 10004
(212) 803-3356
iray at lacnyc.org