Re: Alternates and outreach

blunck susan (blunck@umbc.edu)
Fri, 2 May 1997 18:04:22 -0400 (EDT)

I second the thoughts that Paul has shared with the alternates and invite
all of you to join in our e-mail conversations.

Susan M. Blunck
University of Maryland (UMBC)
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250

On Fri, 2 May 1997, Paul Burchard wrote:

> I appear to have made a fortuitous mistake: at the last minute, I
> temporarily added the alternate teams to the ESI97 mailing list.
>
> Although I need to apologize to the alternates for any confusion that
> resulted, this sort of inclusiveness would actually fit nicely with the
> way we are trying to evolve the summer institutes. In the past,
> post-institute outreach has been the exclusive domain of travelling
> TORCH teams. This year, with the web an integral part of our
> operations, *every* project will be, to some extent, an outreach
> project. Indeed, we hope that you will conceive of your project, in
> part, as an ongoing service to the teaching community (or if you prefer,
> ongoing professional development for yourself).
>
> As a result, the alternates could play an interesting, if informal, role
> in the institute. The alternates are highly qualified teachers with a
> clear interest in the subject matter. What better test audience to
> provide initial feedback for the development of outreach services? I
> would therefore like to invite the alternates whose interest has been
> piqued, to stick around and participate vicariously in the institute
> through the live web site (which will chronicle our daily progress).
>
>
> Paul Burchard <burchard@www.woodrow.org>
> Woodrow Wilson Web Architect
>