Mixing the two can slow down overall output.
Get your format all worked out.
Then use something as basic and content-focused as an opml outline to get the ideas, the prose itself, down.
For me, anyway, separating form from substance increases idea flow through!!!!
Ray and I have met and planned. we’re working for board participation and extension of ideas.
We’ve prepared what we call the 15 pager: a prospectus of our five year plan
In it we’ve specified major goals, budget, personnel, classes.
We’re eager to hear the response from our approx 15 heavy duty alternative educaors.
Just prior entry has details of grant so far.
We need to accomplish a number of things:
| Spike Material: |
| -Body argument about cost effectiveness & J.V. s paper about cost effectiveness |
| -Targeted objectives need to be inserted in grant: |
| For starters here’s a list: |
| Programs for Teachers increase or improve |
| There are increased options for students in schools |
| Immaculate web site giveing acces to “all” major online alted reources + contact info for those resources not online |
| Centrallize ed network of people in alte ed who are connected via online system |
| Literature of impact outlined, developed, researched and Published (success stories a start on this set of qualitative studies/ messages of the heart [those types of research which can be related to by nonresearchers. |
| See references below for appropriate learner outcome descriptions |
| 1. Overview of Alt Ed on iaae.net a paper by Urban Institute (resources) |
| 2. Alternative Learning Environments |
| 3. AltEd Quality Indicator Checklist |
| 4. NCES Public Alternative Schools report — extract their statistical reasoning sequence (either from report or from interviews of members that R. Knows) |
| Ray Material: |
| Ron Mirr — heads up we’re coming with material (Ray says we’ve got enough) |
| Bill Callahan — the ten pages we have enough for him… feel him out on the terminal degree issue. |
| Ray to recruit Taiwan and Russian and ?? international membership of board with help of Jerry Mintz.. |
