Re: [DDN] Help still needed on the Gulf Coast

2005-12-30 Thread Carl Webb
Lisa Fithian and Scott from Common Ground were here in in Austin last night to give a report on what's going on. My youngest sister just moved her family to Texas so I don't have the same urgent need to be there. But I hope to come back again in the spring. Carl On 12/29/05, Gordon Soderberg

[DDN] Capacity Building in Cambodia Laos w/ Digital Divide Data

2005-12-30 Thread WVota
Do you want to make a real difference? Become the country capacity building director for a groundbreaking social enterprise that has established a proven sustainable model to create opportunities for disadvantaged people in the developing world. Digital Divide Data is a groundbreaking social

RE: [DDN] NAAL points to serious, ongoing adult basic skills problem in U.S.

2005-12-30 Thread Samuel Young
I don't think the Increase Use of Computers = Improved Literacy. Bridging the digital divide is not equal to improving literacy. It just means that more people are using the computer for their daily activities. One still has to get an education. Or am I wrong? Sam Young CIO La Sierra University

Re: [DDN] NAAL points to serious, ongoing adult basic skills problem in U.S.

2005-12-30 Thread Paul Mondesire
Hello all, ...after the repeated postponements, is it a coincidence that the first look at the NAAL data was released only after cuts in adult basic education and literacy funding were approved? No. There is no such thing as coincidence when it comes to the dissemination of information on

Re: [DDN] Help still needed on the Gulf Coast

2005-12-30 Thread Mark Warnick
I tend to be a lurker, and don't normally post on this forum, however a few of the statements in this posting scream for a response. I tend to agree with you on the response to the disaster. As a non-profit that delivered to Katrina efforts I found the initial FEMA response a far cry from

RE: [DDN] NAAL points to serious, ongoing adult basic skills problem in U.S.

2005-12-30 Thread Executive Director
After ten such digital-divide-narrowing years, the ability of students to read prose and documents has dropped slightly for all levels of education. I am not an academic researcher nor a PhD, but I am a teacher. I know that to teach writing effectively, students need to write and to teach

Re: [DDN] Help still needed on the Gulf Coast

2005-12-30 Thread Andy Carvin
This discussion is going really off-topic; please take it off-list. ac Mark Warnick wrote: I tend to be a lurker, and don't normally post on this forum, however a few of the statements in this posting scream for a response. I tend to agree with you on the response to the disaster. As a