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LR/RI produces a bulletin roughly every two weeks in order to inform area practitioners of news, events, and calls for participation and also as a forum for posing questions, issues and discussion topics. The current bulletin is posted below. To read previous bulletins, go to Bulletin Archives.

1 July, 1997 

Bulletin #13

Dear Colleagues, 

LR/RI remains open throughout the summer, as reading/discussion groups continue on Thursday afternoons and technology workshops run on Friday mornings. I hope you1ll be able to participate. If you know of someone in your program who would like to receive the bulletin at home during the summer, please contact me at 863-2839 or at janet_isserlis@brown.edu. Thanks.

Janet Isserlis 

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NOTICES 

Flash!

For the teacher sharing session on Thursday, July 10, these brief articles are being reviewed:

Cross-Cultural Issues in Adult ESL Literacy Classrooms,

(http://www.cal.org/ncle/digests/CROSS_CULTURAL.HTML)

Race and Gender in Adult Education,

http://coe.ohio-state.edu/cete/ericacve/docs/race-gen.htm

and

Adult Eduction: Social Change or Status Quo?

http://coe.ohio-state.edu/cete/ericacve/docs/dig176.htm

You can link to the articles at the URLs above, or contact LR/RI for hardcopies.

Two strands of professional development activities are being offered this summer. The technology strand is open to adult educators with limited previous experience with basic computing and internet use and whose programs have, or may soon have, access to computer and internet technology. These sessions take place on Fridays (except for July 4) through August 22nd. Zach Franklin, a recent Brown graduate, will work with participants to help them develop computer literacy (how to survive and thrive with computers), and will assist practitioners in learning basic word processing skills, using the internet for email and access to the world wide web. We will also talk about our own interests as educators and as individuals (community members, parents, etc.) in addition to considering how and why to use technology in our classrooms. Sessions run from 9 to 12 on Friday mornings, with additional assistance available as-needed. If Fridays are difficult for you, and you would like to schedule alternate times to become familiar with technology, please contact LR/RI.
 

Reading/discussion groups: On Thursdays, from 4 to 6 PM throughout the summer, I hope that you will find the time and energy to share insights and experiences at the Swearer Center (25 George Street, Providence). You1re invited to participate in a series of informal discussions around topics and issues that you identify. I encourage you to bring articles, questions and/or issues to the group, and/ or to call me if you'd like to facilitate/participate in a session around a particular topic. 

SUMMER INSTITUTE
 

The Adult Training and Development Network's Summer Institute will be held at the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut from August 12 to 14th. Program strands include curriculum and instruction, family education and support, personal effectiveness, leadership, and workforce development. Registration deadline is July 11; costs are $45 (one day), $75 (two days) and $100 for all three days. For more information about the institute and/or housing for the three days, please contact Elizabeth Kaflik, CREC/ATDN, 111 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106. Tel: (860) 524-4046; fax: (860) 246-3304; email: agopalak@crec.org. Program schedule and registration forms are available at LR/RI. 

SUMMER COURSE

Progresso Latino in Central Falls is offering a GED course in Spanish. Registration will take place on July 7. Classes begin July 14, and continue through the end of December. The $70 course fee includes the cost of the book. Registration for Progresso Latino1s ESL course will be held on August 25. For more information, please contact Linda Poidomani, 728-5920.

Interested in GED for speakers of English as an additional language, and/or for those who need more time to study for the test? If you have or know of learners who would like to study this summer, please Call CCRI, Lincoln, Community Service 333-7169. There1s a possibility that a GED-related course can be offered, with fees for 16 weeks (for reading skills work) are approximately $65. The course will run with sufficient enrollment, so if people are at all interested in taking the course, they are urged to call CCRI as soon as possible. 

COURSE OFFERING -- LIFE ISSUES OF ADULTS WITH LEARNING DIABILITIES AND ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS is a course being offered through Lesley College by Special Education Professor, Dr. Aryln Roffman. This course addresses the needs of adult learners with LD and ADD and offers practical strategies for helping them achieve a satisfying quality of life. A case study approach will be used to explore how these individuals live, learn, and love. Current reasearch and revelent theories will be highlighted. The course is recommended for administrators, educators, human service providers, advocates, mental health professionals, adults with LD or ADD. The course is offered in a covenvenient 2-weekend format: September 5-7, 1997 and October 31 - November 2, 1997.
For more information, please contact Jean Gumpert, Program Adviser. (617)-349-8496 29 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Fax. (617)-349-8506, Email jgumpert@mail.lesley.edu. 

The tenth annual Adult Literacy and Technology (ALT) Conference will be held in Boise, Idaho, on August 4 and 5, 1997. The event will focus on: improving partnerships between educators and private industry; merging new technologies into the teaching/learning experience, and improving connections between basic skills, the workplace and beyond. 

Idaho Adult Basic Education and Vocational Educators have made ALT the focus of the first two days of their summer conferences. This joint conference brings together adult educators sharing common values and goals. Costs for the conference have remained the same at $125 if registered and paid before July 18 and $135 after that date. ALT members can receive a 10% discount or $13 off the registration. The pre-conference is offered on Sunday August 3rd and costs only $120 for a full day or $70 for half a day. For detailed conference information please contact, Richard K Sparks (email: sparrich@fs.isu.edu,) Tel: 208-236-2468, or see: http://www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/alt/1997conf.html

Please contact LR/RI if you have information, questions or announcements to share with adult educators in Rhode Island. Bulletins go out at least twice a month; more frequently when there's more to share. To submit information for the next bulletin, please contact LR/RI by phone (401-863-2839), mail (PO Box 1974, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912) or email.