Re: Welcome to Week Three of the On-line Seminar

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I've been trying to establish in my own mind what made my subsidsed connection 
a success.

1)  I had to want it!!!

2)  There has been support that is experienced and appropriate.  We have had
another connection grant in the area that is not experienced and that grant has 
not worked as well.

3)  The district did not have to support me (although the grant said so), but
it did and we are moving (5 years later) toward full inclusion of our district.

4)  The people made the difference.

5)  It isn't easy and the process is long.

6)  We have individually interested teachers using the Internet.

In general, a true give-away will probably be wasteful. But a grant, based
on participation,
will probably be best.  There needs to be a 2 to 5 year maturation period.
Don't compete with private resources, but provide money to buy from those
resources.  Then we will actually
generate universal services.  The grants should include a "real" resource
for support!

Hope this is concise enough.  

Tom Hibbs
1995 PAESMT, Colorado

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