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Pass it on: High impact, low cost ways to share
products, information & ideas

 Camille Catlett: catlett@mail.fpg.unc.edu                         919.966.6635

Bonnie Blagojevic: bonnie.blagojevic@umit.maine.edu        207.581.3849

Workshop Agenda

  1. Orientation
  2. Every developer’s basics: Who, What, When, Where and Why
    1. Who’s your audience? Who are your staff resources?
    2. What do you want to share? What resources do you have to support these efforts?
    3. When do you envision sharing? Every day? Once a week? Once a month?
    4. Where do you want your message to reach? Staff? Immediate community? National audience?
    5. Why are you thinking of doing this?
  3. Strategies for sharing products, information and ideas
    1. First things first
      • Access for all
      • Netiquette
    2. Options to consider
      • Electronic Discussion Lists
      • Distribution Lists
      • Periodicals
      • Modules
      • Blogs
      • Chat Rooms
      • Podcasts
      • Repurposing
    3. Supports
      • Templates and Tools
      • Graphics
      • Content Resources
      • Evaluation/Feedback
  4. Two cases in point
    1. The Tale of the Tipsheets
    2. A Natural Progression  
  5. Discussion

Workshop Resources

Natural Resources listserv Listserv

Are you interested in quality materials on topics related to early childhood and early intervention? Our new listserv is one way to stay up to date with the latest free or low-cost booklets, CD ROMs, videos, Power Point presentations and other items.

Subscribe to the Natural Resources listserv and receive a weekly email announcement featuring a product that is available at little or no cost. A short description and “tips for trainers” combined with the product’s ordering information will give you the details you need to add another valuable source to your own library.

Join this listserv by sending an email to listserv@unc.edu
Leave the subject line blank. 
For the text of the message, type only the following: subscribe natural_resources2 
Then send the message.

Here are two recent items we featured:

An Administrator’s Guide to Preschool Inclusion

Ruth Wolery, Sam Odom and colleagues associated with the Early Childhood Research Institute on Inclusion (ECRII) are responsible for this great resource. The guide was developed to help administrators who are responsible for setting up, monitoring, supporting and maintaining inclusive programs for preschool children with and without disabilities. It delineates barriers and roadblocks, while at the same time offering strategies, supports and illustrations. Download at http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~publicationsoffice/pdfs/AdmGuide.pdf 

Diversity in Children’s Lives: Children’s Books and Classroom Helps

Looking for quality children’s books that reflect children who have special needs? Or stories that depict capable, diverse characters? This 22-page bibliography lists books that feature positive images of children and adults who are culturally, linguistically and ability-diverse. Each entry includes title, author, diversity type and a brief explanation of content. Download at http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~pfi/pdfs/diversity_booklist.pdf 

Past and present materials featured in the weekly Natural Resources listserv are listed on the Natural Allies web site at: http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~scpp/nat_allies/na_resources.cfm

Please note: the listserv will be a ONE –WAY mailing, which means that you will not get unwanted messages from others on the list.

The Natural Resources listserv is a service of the U.S. Department of Education-funded Natural Allies project. We welcome feedback and also encourage you to suggest “natural resources” you know about.  Suggestions may be emailed to Camille Catlett at camille@unc.edu

Ideas that work                          Natural Allies

 

Strategies for Sharing Products, Information and Ideas

Format

Features

Examples

Electronic Discussion Lists(listservs)

Electronic distribution of information, often followed by email discussion

Responses typically go to all subscribers to the list

 Electronic discussion lists hosted by ECAP (Early Childhood and Parenting Cooperative) at http://ecap.crc.uiuc.edu/ include:

ECEOL-L (Early Childhood Education On Line LISTSERV:  http://www.umaine.edu/eceol/index.html

National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (discussion groups and e-notes): http://www.nectac.org/chouse/discgroup.asp

Distribution Lists
 & eNewsletters

Electronic distribution of information

One-way transmission from sender to recipients without option to reply

Periodicals

Online journals, with articles, essays, etc.

Modules

Downloadable professional development resources

Blogs

Short for web log; a journal (or newsletter) that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption.

Podcasts

Electronically published files

Repurposing

Same materials, new purpose

  • Leading the Way to Quality Early Care and Education: A Child Care Bureau Technical Assistance Tool (2005) (presentations and handouts from a conference repackaged as a CD-ROM): http://www.ccb-cmc.org/cdrom2005/
 

Supports for Generating Your Products, Information and Ideas

Format

Features

Examples

Accessibility

Help create access to all potential users

Content
Resources

Sources for information and ideas

Evaluation / Feedback

Help finding out if what you did made a difference

Graphics

Sources for graphics and fonts

Netiquette

“Network etiquette, or the do’s and don’ts of online communication

Templates & Tools

Sources for developing the formats you want

Web Site Development

Resources for your website development or re-development

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