For one thing we were working on a project that we chose and that was very interesting to us. So often at least some part of inservice training is not relevant to an individual's needs. I would not even compare this experience to an ordinary inservice. It was indeed more like participating in an electronic symposium centered on my classroom situation. The OAR Database includes data related to effective literacy instructional approaches, findings and outcomes, and assessment and evaluation strategies for each of the 12 teacher researchers.
Some information is duplicated in different parts of the database for easy access.