Apr 30 2007
I just read an article in Technology and Learning, “Blogs Aren’t the Enemy” by Jeff Utecht. The author makes several good points and includes excerpts from “How to Comment like a King - or Queen” by Vicki Davis.
I encourage you to take the article for a spin, reflect on your experiences with blogging or [...]
Apr 24 2007
During the course of Universal Design for Learning programs, we often come to the topic of homework. In the January 007 issue of NEA Today, the debate about whether or not homework is good or bad is summarized. Those opposing homework claim that it is “mostly useless.” Those in favor of homework [...]
Apr 23 2007
In 001, the Governor’s Commission for Student Success introduced Senate Bill 1 allowing for new standards and testing in the state of Ohio. Shortly after, Battelle for Kids initialized Project SOAR with 4 school districts to pilot a new measurment metric called Value Added. Six years later, Ohio is in the final stages of adding [...]
Apr 22 2007
Despite being involved with Universal Design for learning for several years, I still sometimes have trouble telling people, particularly prospective clients, exactly what it is. I had a strong and clear picture of it from the first time I got involved. What I lacked was a framework from which to explain it. [...]
Apr 20 2007
I have come across some interesting articles and posts by educators and organizations who are trying to make sense of this tragedy and to help the younger students understand it. Please follow the links below.
http://www.edutopia.org/php/print.php?id=Art_1875&template=printarticle.php
http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/tb/007/04/18/15.html
http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/articles/00/03/01/06impulse.h13.html?
http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/articles/00/03/01/06impulse.h13.html?
Apr 18 2007
On Monday, April 16, 007, Virginia Tech University suffered a tragedy of monumental proportions, and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, the families of the victims, and their entire university community. How do things like this happen? And when they do, why do we blame everyone else but the person [...]
