http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/

Purposes
 

• disseminate information (especially the bulletin)

• provide access to resources (links page/specific pages)

• provide opportunities for practitioners, (teachers, administrators)and learners to connect to one another

• positive change in teaching and learning

• increased access to information within and beyond the site

• greater independence in finding and utilizing resources (lessneed for assistance on that level - more time to discuss, practice, analyze)
• publishing
• overload

• how to assist newcomers in navigating without overloadingthe site with directions, instructions
• filtering information in constructive ways
• list servs/discussion strands - how to provide room for discussionswithout overload/annoyance - balancing democracy on the net
• increasing access to the technology and its utilization

underlying assumptions:

-- literacy and language are socially constructed, informationabout ESOL, ABE, therefore should also be contextualized (include contentbeyond education, per se)

-- literacy and community development are integrally connected;the site therefore should reflect the larger contexts in which learningand teaching occur

-- the site is dynamic/constantly changing to reflectinterests, points of view and incoming/changing information

What do you think? please contribute to the conversation,too