Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 09:11:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Deborah Hunt <dhunt@exploratorium.edu>
To: TI Pinhole Listserv <pinhole@exploratorium.edu>,
Subject: Internet access stories wanted! (fwd)
Anyone have an Internet success story to share? See below.
Deb
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Deborah Hunt
Internet Resource Specialist
Exploratorium
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
Voice: 415-353-0485
Fax: 415-561-0307
email: dhunt@exploratorium.edu
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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 23:47:47 -0700
From: "Suzanne C. Levine" <Sclevine@WAONLINE.COM>
Reply-To: CALIX List <CALIX@SJSUVM1.SJSU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list CALIX <CALIX@SJSUVM1.SJSU.EDU>
Subject: Internet access stories wanted!
Hi everyone,
While this letter is to teachers, I also thought those librarians that work
in schools or other "special libraries" might have some good success
stories that can be used!
Please don't hesitate to suggest!
Suzanne Levine
Slevine@wid.org
September 25, 1997
<< Call for Teacher Success Stories - Deadline October 3, 1997>>
Dear Educators:
The World Institute on Disability in Oakland, California, needs your help..
We are looking for K-12 teachers working in the United States who have
successfully integrated all of their students into usage of the Internet.
We are particularly interested in finding teachers who have worked with
disabled students in integrated classrooms. We hope to profile diverse
"Success Stories" of teachers around the country and use them to highlight
best practices that other teachers can learn from.
The ultimate goal of this work is a concise, practical handbook with
information about common barriers to inclusion and successful access
strategies. This project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
What makes a good success Story?
A teacher who uses the Internet and has included every student in the class
in usage of it.
A teacher who has found easy ways to make sure all kids are included (eg.
using a large computer screen to include a low-vision student in classroom
activities, learning keyboard alternatives to the mouse.)
A teacher who's seen her students' enthusiasm, self-esteem and academic
performance improve as a direct result of getting on the Web and the Internet.
A teacher who has worked closely with a technology administrator on
purchasing hardware and software that will work for all kids. (Thinking
through the broadest range of end-users and what their needs might be.)
A teacher who has used the Internet to teach students a particular
subject, like math, and has exploited the barrier-reduction features of the
Web.
A teacher who has built bridges between students from different cultures,
backgrounds and abilities (including students with communication
disabilities) by linking them via e-mail for a pen pals project.
A teacher who has found innovative ways to use the web with students who,
for a variety of different reasons, have low literacy levels.
A teacher who has identified ways in which kids would like to "customize"
web pages by having them collaborate on a project to build their own web
pages, and/or helped a disabled student build their own web site in a
particular way to make it accessible.
A teaching team that has developed a web-based curriculum that works at
three different levels of literacy to help with language acquisition and
literacy development.
If you or an educator you know fits any of these descriptions or has
pursued strategies that you think we should investigate further, please
contact the Project Assistant, Suzanne Levine by sending e-mail to:
Slevine@wid.org or by calling (510) 251-4345. We are working on a very
tight deadline. Please send in your information NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 3,
1997.
Thank you for your participation and input. We look forward to hearing
from you.
Betsy Bayha
Director, Tech. Policy
World Institute on Disability
and
Suzanne Levine
Project Assistant
World Institute on Disability
510 16th Street, Suite 100
Oakland, CA 94612
Voice: 510-251-4345
Fax: 510-763-4109
e-mail: Slevine@wid.org
Internet access stories wanted!